Category Archives: Jazz

White Powder Muse

Cocaine is one of a few substances that have served as a muse, both in word and effect, in various forms of art throughout history, particularly in the 20th century. Its influence can be found repeatedly in the music industry, peaking in use during the 1980s when it was used by performer and listener as the disco and party-going atmosphere exploded, Contributing to this bacchanal were films depicting its use (and abuse) with plot themes embracing the white powder in storytelling. Cocaine’s impact is predominant in the genres of rock, jazz, and hip-hop and many performers have openly discussed their cocaine use, and its influence can be heard in lyrics, musical styles, and even album artwork. This week’s show looks at this muse with sounds from Margo Price, The Reverend Horton Heat, Lucille Bogan, Fred Neil and a host of others from 1929 to the present.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Roy Hogsed Cocaine Blues Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
3Hank Williams III Cocaine Blues Risin' Outlaw Amazon
4Dick Justice Cocaine Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi Amazon
5Carl Martin That New Kind Of Stuff Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works Amazon
6Lucille Bogan Baking Powder Blues Cocaine Blues Amazon
7Johnny Cash Cocaine Blues Silver Amazon
8Billy Hughes Cocaine Blues Country & Western Hit Parade 1947 Amazon
9Son Volt Cocaine and Ashes American Central Dust Amazon
10The Reverend Horton Heat Bales of Cocaine Holy Roller Amazon
11Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Cocaine Blues Dance Ranch Amazon
12Miss Marcy & Her Texas Sugardaddy's Whiskey And Cocaine Deep Ellum Amazon
13Grateful Dead Casey Jones Workingman's Dead Amazon
14The Byrds Take A Whiff On Me Untitled / Unissued [Disc 1] Amazon
15Fred Neil Sweet Cocaine The Many Sides Of Fred Neil [Disc 1] Amazon
16Woody Guthrie Take A Whiff On Me Muleskinner Blues (The Asch Recordings, Vol. 2) Amazon
17Woody Guthrie Bad Lee Brown (Cocaine Blues) (traditional, arr. Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston) Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
18Jackson Browne Cocaine Running On Empty Amazon
19Dave Van Ronk Cocaine Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk Amazon
20Eric Clapton Cocaine Slowhand Amazon
21Margo Price Cocaine Cowboys All American Made Amazon
22Doc & Merle Watson Let the Cocaine Be Live & Pickin' Amazon
23The Manhattan Transfer That Cat Is High Anthology – Down In Birdland (Disc 2) Amazon
24Chick Webb & His Orchestra Wacky Dust Cocaine Blues Amazon
25Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra Kickin' The Gong Around Cocaine Blues Amazon
26Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra Kickin' The Gong Around Chronological Cab Calloway (1932-1934) Amazon
27Mills Blue Rhythm Band Kokey Joe Cocaine Blues Amazon
28The Spirits of Rhythm Junk Man Cocaine Blues Amazon
29Curtis Mayfield Pusherman The Very Best Of Curtis Mayfield Amazon
30The Ink Spots That Cat Is High Cocaine Blues Amazon
31Memphis Jug Band Cocaine Habit Blues Cocaine Blues Amazon

420 Fun

It’s a topical theme…it’s a medicinal thing…it’s a blend of sounds celebrating vipers and jives from the past century.  We will join in the celebration (in spirit anyway) of the date and time that three Marin County teenagers are said to have inaugurated over a half century ago. There is no shortage of material to pull from the well of Americana…whether that be from the 1920s or from the 2010s. We’ll brighten up the playlist with music that will help us kick back. We’ll pour over a selected list of great sounds from the last 100 years that either directly or indirectly find us thinking about (or maybe imbibing in) the herb so many care about. There will be music from John Prine, Willie Nelson, Kacey Musgraves, Ray Charles and some early century jazz nuggets you will find hard to resist. Friday morning sounds from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California, streaming to West County and the world on KOWS-LP, Occidental 92.5 FM and kowsfm.com/listen. 

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Johnny Price Marijuana, The Devil Flower Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
3Cordovas Stone Cold Stoned The Rose of Aces Amazon
4Yonder Mountain String Band Two Hits and the Joint Turned Brown Mountain Tracks, Vol. 2 Amazon
5Sam Bush Granny Wontcha Smoke Some Marijuana Radio John: Songs of John Hartford Amazon
6Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen Seeds And Stems (Again) Lost In The Ozone Amazon
7Jesse Dayton Dope Smokin' Song The Alternate Root 420 Sampler Amazon
8Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson It's All Going to Pot Django and Jimmie Amazon
9Willie Nelson/Snoop Dogg/Kris Kristofferson/Jamey Johnson Roll Me Up (Album version) Heroes Amazon
10k.d. lang Smoke Rings Drag Amazon
11Kacey Musgraves High Time Pageant Material Amazon
12Moonalice It's 420 Somewhere Dave's Way Vol 1 Amazon
13Chris Stapleton Might As Well Get Stoned Traveller Amazon
14Asleep At The Wheel Jack I'm Mellow New Routes Amazon
15Ashley Monroe Weed Instead Of Roses Like A Rose Amazon
16Brothers Osborne Weed Whiskey And Willie Port Saint Joe Amazon
17John Prine Illegal Smile Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
18Kacey Musgraves Burn One With John Prine Demos Amazon
19Tom Petty You Don't Know How It Feels Wildflowers Amazon
20Ben Harper Burn One Down Fight for Your Mind Amazon
21Julia Lee Marijuana Kansas City Star [Disc 4] Amazon
22The Ink Spots That Cat Is High Cocaine Blues Amazon
23Trixie Smith Jack I'm Mellow Trixie Smith Vol. 2 1925-1929 Amazon
24Buck Washington Save the Roach for Me [FCC Warning n word] When Hemp Was Hip Amazon
25Dave Van Ronk You's A Viper Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers Amazon
26Wayne Hancock Viper A-Town Blues Amazon
27Harlan Pepper Reefer The Alternate Root 420 Sampler Amazon
28Ray Charles Let's Go Get Stoned Ultimate Hits Collection [2 of 2] Amazon
29The Devil Makes Three Champagne And Reefer Redemption & Ruin Amazon
30Chris Ardoin and Double Clutchin' Stay In or Stay Out – Pass the Dutchie Putomayo Presents Zydeco Amazon

Cuppa Joe

The history of coffee consumption in 20th century America takes hold in the small cafes, truck stops and coffeehouses which became venues and social spaces for the community. Like music, they helped with the congregation of like minds and served as hubs for intellectual exchange, artistic expression and social activism. And it was all because of the caffeine. Instant and decaf coffees were just an aberration; much like disco. This week’s Deeper Roots drives the theme of coffee home with tracks that span the century including Emmett Miller, the King Cole Trio, The Bobs, Ella Mae Morse and Merle Travis (among others) to tell us a cuppa tale or two. It’s one more Friday show ahead of next week’s 420 observation…one more libation to celebrate.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Warren Barker Caper At The Coffee House (From '77 Sunset Strip') Jazz Noir Amazon
3The Manhattan Transfer Java Jive Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1] Amazon
4King Cole Trio You're The Cream In My Coffee The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1] Amazon
5Ella Mae Morse Coffee Date Singles 3 Amazon
6Patricia Kaas Black Coffee Jazz a Saint Germain Amazon
7Jack Barlow Hot Cup Of Coffee I Live The Country Songs I Sing Amazon
8Merle Travis I Can't Afford The Coffee The Guitar Picker CD4 (1954-56) Amazon
9Tex Ritter 01 – Coffee Pot (2000) High Noon (CD 4) Amazon
10Claude Gray I4ll Have an Other Cup of Coffee Country & Western Nuggets Amazon
11Lefty Frizzell Make That One for the Road a Cup of Coffee 1962-1965 (Warped 6382) Amazon
12Curtis Gordon Caffeine And Nicotine Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon
13Jon Rauhouse Corn & Coffee Steel Guitar Rodeo Amazon
14Frank Sinatra The Coffee Song Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan Amazon
15Enric Madriguera And His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee American Dance Bands – Playing the Music of Irving Berlin Amazon
16Pancho Cantaneo y los Cubaztecas Moliendo Cafe Cuba. Por La Musica Amazon
17Terry Snyder / Earl Palmer Binga Banga Bongo-Percolator Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 8: Cocktail Capers Amazon
18Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra Forty Cups of Coffee Barrell House Boogie and the Blues Amazon
19The Modernaires Coffee Five, Doughnuts Five The Very Best of the Modernaires With Paula Kelly Amazon
20The Ink Spots Java Jive The Great Entertainers Amazon
21Atilla Coffee, Coffee Mo 33004 Amazon
22Greg Brown Good Morning Coffee If I Had Known Amazon
23Kim Lenz Percolate Slowly Speeding Amazon
24Julie London Black Coffee 36 All-Time Greatest Hits Disc 1 Amazon
25Ruth Etting You're The Cream In My Coffee Love Me or Leave Me CD1 Amazon
26Brook Benton Another Cup Of Coffee Best Of Brook Benton Amazon
27The Boswell Sisters Coffee In The Morning And Kisses In The Night [Album Version] That's How Rhythm Was Born Amazon
28Emmett Miller You're The Cream In My Coffee Minstrel Man From Georgia Amazon
29The Larks Coffee, Cigarettes And Tears Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1] Amazon
30Bellevue Cadillac Cuppa Joe Hipsters, Zoots & Wingtips, Vol. 3 Amazon
31Lefty Frizzell Cigarettes and Coffee Blues Life's Like Poetry (Disc 5) Amazon
32Otis Redding Cigarettes And Coffee Oxford American Southern Music Issue Vol. 25 Amazon
33Neil Young + Promise of the Real A Rock Star Bucks A Coffee Shop The Monsanto Years Amazon

Don’t Wanna

Theme time and I’m going to break it to you slow…it’s all about the negative and those that refuse. If there’s something that’s more prevalent in our lives than saying that we ‘want to’…it’s when we don’t want to. The ‘desire not to’ seems to be winning over the ‘desire to’ in our show today. We’ve got a collection of songs that all begin with the phrase “I Don’t Want” in some form or another. We’ll bring you the early sounds of The Blue Sky Boys and some country sounds of Jimmy Wakely from the hayloft, blues and soul from Magic Sam and that firecracker Sugar Pie DeSanto, and plenty of Americana from The Blasters, Wanda Jackson and Doug Sahm in our show today. It’s going to be a romp because there’s a lot of fodder to choose from when stubbornness is the theme. Tune into community radio for Sonoma County to find out. I don’t want to spoil the theme…but not ‘wanting to’ isn’t always a bad thing…

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Chuck Willis Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll Amazon
3The Ravens Honey, I Don't Want You Rhythm 'N' Blues Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 4 Amazon
4The Blasters I Don't Want To American Music Amazon
5Wanda Jackson I Don't Wanta Go Wonderful Wanda Amazon
6Doc Williams Don't Want To Work Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
7Tom Waits I Don't Wanna Grow Up Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years Amazon
8Hayes Carll I Don't Wanna Grow Up Trouble In Mind Amazon
9Tex Williams I Don't Want To Be Free Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2 Amazon
10Jimmy Wakely w/Margaret Whiting I Don't Want to Be Free The Collection 1940-53 CD3 Amazon
11Sir Douglas Quintet I Don't Want To Go Home Mono Singles '68-'72 Amazon
12The Blue Sky Boys I Don't Want Your Greenback Dollar Presenting The Blue Sky Boys Amazon
13Iris DeMent I Don't Want To Get Adjusted Lifeline Amazon
14Carrie Rodriguez I Don't Want To Play House Anymore Seven Angels on a Bicycle Amazon
15Tammy Wynette I Don't Wanna Play House Super Hits Amazon
16Dr. John I Don't Wanna Know The Best Of The Parlophone Years Amazon
17Fernest Arceneaux & His Louisiana French Band I Don't Want Nobody Putumayo Presents: Blues Party Amazon
18Leonard Carbo I Don't Want To Lose Her The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3] Amazon
19Slim Harpo I Don't Want No One The Scratch Amazon
20Barbara Lynn I Don't Want A Playboy A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979 Amazon
21Magic Sam I Don't Want No Woman West Side Soul Amazon
22Susan Tedeschi I Don't Want Nobody Better Days Amazon
23Buddy & Ella Johnson I Don't Want Nobody ( To Have My Love But You) Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 2] Amazon
24Sugar Pie DeSanto I Don't Wanna Fuss Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966) Amazon
25Johnnie Taylor I Don't Wanna Lose You The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 7] Amazon
26Barbara & The Browns I Don't Want To Have To Wait Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
27The Drifters I Don't Want To Go On Without You All-Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965 [Disc 2] Amazon
28Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers I Don't Want To Cry The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3] Amazon
29Pearlean Gray And The Passengers I Don't Want To Cry Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 2] Amazon
30The Ink Spots I Don't Want The Set The World On Fire Your Hit Parade – 1941 Amazon
31Fats Domino I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire This Is Gold Disc 2 Amazon
32Billie Holiday I Don't Want To Cry Anymore Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years [Disc 1] Amazon
33Big Maybelle I Don't Want To Cry Blues, Candy & Big Maybelle Amazon
34Ted Fio Rito & His Orchestra I Don't Want to Love You Spotlighting the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra Amazon

Fats Waller Revisited

Fats Waller was a master of stride piano, a style that emerged in the early 20th century and became a cornerstone of jazz. His virtuosity in this style influenced countless pianists who came after him. But he is remembered most for his songwriting and the lively and humorous quality to his performances, incorporating all of these elements into his music. His ability to infuse joy and playfulness into his compositions and improvisations set him apart and made his music accessible to a wide audience. His contributions to the Great American songbook include jazz standards like “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” “Honeysuckle Rose,” and “Black and Blue” which have been covered by countless artists over the years. This morning on Deeper Roots, we drop in to revel in the music, humor, warmth and charisma that was Thomas “Fats” Waller.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Squeeze Me One Hour Mama Amazon
3James P. Johnson Carolina Shout Jazz In The Charts Vol. 2 – Hot Lips Amazon
4James P. Johnson What's The Use Of Being Alone A Piano Anthology Amazon
5Duke Ellington That Rhythm Man The Okeh Ellington [Disc 2] Amazon
6Willie The Lion Smith & His Cubs More Than That Harlem Jazz (The 30's) Amazon
7Willie "The Lion" Smith Morning Air A Piano Anthology Amazon
8Fats Waller The Joint Is Jumpin' The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
9Fats Waller Ain't Misbehavin' The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp Amazon
10Fats Waller I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
11Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards I'm Goin' Huntin' The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
12Fats Waller With Morris' Hot Babies Fats Waller Stomp The Compete Recorded Works Vol. 1, [Disc 2] Amazon
13Fats Waller & His Rhythm Mamacita 100 Ans De Jazz Amazon
14Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Thomas "Fats" Waller & Jeni Le Gon Living In A Great Big Way Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 1] Amazon
15Fats Waller I Wish I Were Twins The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 4] Amazon
16Ethel Waters What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue? Ethel Waters 1929 -1939 (feat. Duke Ellington & Benny Goodman) Amazon
17Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue [Album Version] Louis Armstrong: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934 Amazon
18Fats Waller Let's Pretend There's A Moon The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 4] Amazon
19Fats Waller I'm Going To Sit Down & Write Myself A Letter Music By Fats Waller Amazon
20Fats Waller (Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
21Fats Waller Your Feet's Too Big Fats Waller Greatest Hits Amazon
22Fats Waller & His Rhythm It's A Sin To Tell A Lie Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936 Amazon
23Fats Waller & His Rhythm You're The Picture Complete Recorded Works Vol.3 Amazon
24Fats Waller All That Meat & No Potatoes Music By Fats Waller Amazon
25Fats Waller Sweet Savannah Sue The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 1] Amazon
26Fats Waller Sweet Sue Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4 Amazon
27Fats Waller Six Or Seven Times The Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2: A Handful Of Keys, [Disc 1] Amazon
28Billie Holiday Blue Turning Gray Over You Billie's Blues Amazon
29Maxine Sullivan & Her Jazz All-Stars My Fate Is In Your Hands Memories of You: A Tribute To Andy Razaf Amazon

Jump Blues Party

Jump blues was the precursor to rock, emerging in post-war America. You can count Chuck Berry and Little Richard among those who were heavily influenced by jump blues. This lively and rhythmically driven music genre is characterized by the fusion of elements from jazz, blues, and rhythm and blues with a nod to big band. Urban migration led to this blending of musical styles and seemed to foster a faster and more electrified sound. Our show today zeroes in on some of the most influential performers in the realm of jump blues including Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, Lucky Millinder, and Jimmy Witherspoon. It’s a Friday morning house party once again on KOWS Community Radio’s Deeper Roots with your host Dave Stroud with some bluesy licks, upbeat tempos and joyful vocals.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Jimmy Rushing Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him Amazon
3Bull Moose Jackson Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950 Amazon
4Bull Moose Jackson Keep You're Big Mouth Shut Bad Man Jackson Amazon
5Wynonie Harris Wasn't That Good Lovin' Machine Amazon
6Wynonie Harris Bloodshot Eyes Lovin' Machine Amazon
7Amos Milburn House Party (Tonight) Amos Milburn Rocks Amazon
8Amos Milburn Down The Road Apiece Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn Amazon
9Amos Milburn Let's Have A Party ABC Of The Blues Vol 30 Amazon
10Johnny Otis Baby Baby Blues Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2 Amazon
11Johnny Otis Good Ole Blues ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 34 Amazon
12Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra Silent George Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B Amazon
13Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra Shorty's Got to Go Greatest R&B Hits of 1946, Vol. 4 Amazon
14Louis Jordan Saturday Night Fish Fry Artist's Choice: Joni Mitchell Amazon
15Louis Jordan Salt Pork, W. Va. Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 2] Amazon
16Roy Brown, Professor Longhair & Dave Bartholomew Cadillac Baby Roy Brown & New Orleans R&B – Disc A Amazon
17Roy Brown, Dave Bartholomew Ain't Gonna Do It Roy Brown & New Orleans R&B – Disc C Amazon
18Big Joe Turner Morning, Noon and Night Big Joe Rocks Amazon
19Big Joe Turner Feeling Happy Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]] Amazon
20T-Bone Walker Come Back to Me Baby Blues Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1 Amazon
21T-Bone Walker Street Walking Woman The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1] Amazon
22Jimmy Witherspoon K.C. Loving The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 2] Amazon
23Jimmy Witherspoon Bar Fly Blues Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars Amazon
24Paul Gayten Music Goes Round And Round Roots of Rock 'n' Roll – Rough and Rowdy, Vol. 3 Amazon
25Paul Gayten For You My Love Chess New Orleans [Disc 1] Amazon
26Dave Bartholomew Shrimp And Gumbo 1952-1955 Amazon
27Tiny Bradshaw I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie Amazon
28Joe Liggins Going Back To New Orleans Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Amazon
29Fats Domino I'm Walkin' My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino Amazon
30Joe Liggins Rag Mop Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie Amazon
31Bill Haley & the Comets Farewell, So Long, Goodbye From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (2): Rock the Joint Amazon
32Louis Jordan Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie Amazon
33Wynonie Harris Lollipop Mama Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949 Amazon
34The Treniers Go! Go! Go! Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie Amazon

Making Believe

Fresh from a couple of weeks away, we’re going for the easy listening, classic pieces from the Great American Songbook. Join Dave Stroud on a dream-laden journey on the waters of the past century of America’s music as he pairs up some of the classic ballads and torch songs from the past. Mostly crooners but there’s plenty of jazz and pop standards to celebrate. We’ll hear pairings from The Mills Brothers and Les Paul & Mary Ford, Sinatra and Sarah Vaughan, Rosemary Clooney and Leon Redbone, Etta James, Billie Holiday, and Peggy Lee. That’s the short list. We’ll hear versions of “Fever”, “Dream”, “Smile”, “April in Paris” and “Autumn Leaves” in a show that reminds us that so many of these pop standards hold up well when put to the test of time. Drop by on a Friday morning where there’s whispering grasses among the autumn leaves here on Sonoma County Community Radio. 

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Peggy Lee Bali Ha'i American Beauty Amazon
3Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots I'm Making Believe R&B Jukebox Hits 1944 Amazon
4April Stevens I'm Making Believe Teach Me Tiger Amazon
5Betty Carter/Ray Charles Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2 Amazon
6Natalie Cole Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye De-Lovely Amazon
7Tony Bennett Smile The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 2 Amazon
8Nat King Cole Smile 30 Greatest Hits Disc 1 Amazon
9Nat King Cole Autumn Leaves Sings For Two In Love (And More) Amazon
10Roger Williams Autumn Leaves Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3) Amazon
11Clem Snide Don't Want to Set the World on Fire Sweetheart Amazon
12The Ink Spots I Don't Want The Set The World On Fire Your Hit Parade – 1941 Amazon
13The Ink Spots Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees) Greatest Hits Amazon
14Ringo Starr Whispering Grass Sentimental Journey Amazon
15The Mills Brothers April In Paris The Very Best Of The Mills Brothers [Disc 2] Amazon
16Frank Sinatra April in Paris Come Fly with Me [Capitol] Amazon
17Louis Armstrong & All His Stars When You're Smiling When you're smiling Amazon
18Frank Sinatra When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! And More Amazon
19Frank Sinatra I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself A Letter Songs For Young Lovers & Swing Easy! Amazon
20Sarah Vaughan I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself A Letter) Great American Songbook Amazon
21Rosemary Clooney When You Wish Upon A Star Tenderly Amazon
22Leon Redbone When You Wish Upon A Star From Branch To Branch Amazon
23Elvis Presley Fever The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1] Amazon
24Peggy Lee Fever Kuties And Krooners Amazon
25Dean Martin Dream Late at Night with Dean Martin Amazon
26The Pied Pipers Dream Dreams From The Sunny Side Of The Street [Disc 1] Amazon
27The Righteous Brothers Ebb Tide Lifetime Of Romance: Falling In Love [Disc 1] Amazon
28Lenny Welch Ebb Tide Glory of Love: Sweet & Soulful Love Songs-'60s Amazon
29Etta James Stormy Weather At Last! Amazon
30Sarah Vaughan Stormy Weather Lady Sings the Blues [Disc 2] Amazon
31Les Paul & Mary Ford My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii Lovers' Luau Amazon
32The Mills Brothers My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua Hawaii The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 5 Amazon
33Billie Holiday I'll Be Seeing You Stealing Beauty Amazon

Flying Home

A fine blend of vintage sounds on the show today, all driving down a free form track. The blend mixes gospel from Mavis Staples, some classic mid-century rock from Little Feat and Rick Nelson, all dressed up alongside to lounge and cool jazz sounds of Frank Sinatra, Lionel Hampton, Pearl Bailey, and a some classic and contemporary tunes featuring the late, great Tony Bennett. We’ve got Zydeco, classic and contemporary country, some alternative sounds from E and the Eels to share as well. We enjoy sharing a mix of the very best in a free form show every month or so and today will not disappoint. There will also be some recent tracks from Sarah Jarosz, Charley Crockett and The Brother Brothers to measure up against the throwback sounds. We’d be glad to have you once again; just dial-up your internet browser to kowsfm.com/listen or, if you’re on the run, take us with you on your mobile device by installing the KOWS app from the Google Play store or Apple App Store.

No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Lionel Hampton Flying Home Flying Home (His 48 Finest) Amazon
3Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots I'm Making Believe R&B Jukebox Hits 1944 Amazon
4The Ink Spots Whispering Grass BMG Vol. 01 Disc 01 1937-1958 Amazon
5Dinah Washington Manhattan Bob Dylan: Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 5 [Disc 4] Amazon
6Herb Jeffries and Shades Of Rhythm At Least You Could Save Me A Dream Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang Amazon
7Buddy & Ella Johnson (Gotta Go) Upside Your Head Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
8Wynonie Harris I Feel That Old Age Coming On (12-19-48) Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949 Amazon
9Pearl Bailey I Can't Rock And Roll To Save My Soul The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 8 Amazon
10The Amazing Rhythm Aces Third Rate Romance Stacked Deck Amazon
11Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson Swinging Doors Django and Jimmie Amazon
12Whitney Rose Honky Tonk in Mexico Rosie Amazon
13Little Feat Willin' Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (1 of 4) Amazon
14Sarah Jarosz Simple Twist of Fate Build Me Up From Bones Amazon
15Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding John Wesley Harding Amazon
16The Brother Brothers That's How I Got To Memphis Cover to Cover Amazon
17The Everly Brothers A Brand New Heartache Bob Dylan: Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 5 [Disc 4] Amazon
18Levon Helm Stuff You Gotta Watch Electric Dirt Amazon
19Charley Crockett Just Like Honey The Man from Waco Amazon
20John Prine Summers End The Tree of Forgiveness Amazon
21Eels Summer In The City (Live At Kexp Seattle/2011) Wonderful, Glorious (Deluxe Version) Amazon
22Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur 99 Year Blues Penny's Farm Amazon
23Rick Nelson Garden Party Garden Party Amazon
24Tony Bennett I Wanna Be Around The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1 Amazon
25Tony Bennett & B.B. King Let The Good Times Roll Playing With My Friends Amazon
26Frank Sinatra & Tony Bennett New York, New York Duets Amazon
27Julie London Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) Mad Men: Music From the Series, Vol. 1 Amazon
28Gene Phillips & The Rhythm Aces My Mama Told Me Swinging The Blues Amazon
29The Gaylords Ma Ma Ma Marie Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1 Amazon
30Rosemary Clooney Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina) Tenderly Amazon
31The David Thom Band Windy City That Old Familiar Amazon

Cool Daddy

Welcome to the club. We’ve got some cool sounds from the jazz lounges and clubs blended with some beat generation salutations for you this morning. Beatniks, boppers, lounge chanteuse performances, saxophones, and some cool fifties sounds. Tune in for Patsy Raye and The Beatniks, Earl Bostic, Mose Allison, Charlie Parker’s Quintet, and a BeBop blend of out-of-this-world swing and percussion. From the Gaslight Café to Slim Gallaird’s Yep Roc sounds…we’ll have your foot tappin’ and your fingers snappin’ on a magical blend of cool ultra-lounge and café sounds from mid-century. Tune in on the web or grab our free app out on the Apple Store or Google Play. You can find them by searching for KOWS.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra Salt Peanuts Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3] Amazon
3Gerry Mulligan Quartet Swinghouse The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
4Charles Kuralt The Greenwich Village Poets The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
5King Pleasure Don't Get Scared The BeBop Singers Amazon
6Mose Allison Your Mind Is On Vacation Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
7Earl Bostic Up There In The Orbit Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space Amazon
8J. J. Johnson Beboppers Coppin' The Bop J. J. Johnson: Bone-O-Logy (Proper Introduction) Amazon
9Peggy Lee The Boy from Ipanema Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 15: Wild Cool & Swingin' Too Amazon
10Richard Marino & His Orchestra Fever Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 6: Rhapsodesia Amazon
11Martin Denny Cool Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood Amazon
12Patsy Raye And The Beatniks Beatnik's Wish The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
13Carl Sandburg On Beatniks The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
14Three Bips, A Bop Professor Bop The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
15Charlie Parker Quartet Cosmic Rays The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
16Charlie Parker Quintet Scrapple From The Apple Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3] Amazon
17Charlie Ventura & His Orchestra Ha The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
18Kenny Clarke & His 52nd Street Boys Oop-Bop Sh-Bam The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
19Elmer Bernstein Like Having Fun The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
20Del Close & John Brent Cool The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
21Slim Gaillard, The Middle Europeans Yip Roc Heresy The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
22Oscar Brown Jr. But I Was Cool The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
23The Playboys Charge It Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
24Joe Carroll Got A Penny Benny The BeBop Singers Amazon
25Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Twisted The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
26Ken Nordine Hunger Is From The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
27Eddie Jefferson Old Shoes The BeBop Singers Amazon
28Serge Chaloff Gabardine And Serge Birth of Bebop Amazon
29Julie London Daddy Wild Cool and Swingin' Amazon
30Edd Kookie Byrnes Kookie's Mad Pad The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
31Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes And Connie Stevens Kookie Kookie [Lend Me Your Comb] The Greatest Novelty Songs, Disc 2 Amazon
32Mabel Scott Yes Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A. Amazon
33Julie London Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast Wild Cool and Swingin' Amazon
34Cooltrane Quartet Some Like It Hot Vintage Cafi Vol.3 Amazon

Sinner’s Playground

The landscape this morning is smothered in ominous clouds as the music we have for you features the gospel beat with a blend of suggestive celebratory, suspicious, and devil-may-care songs. We’ve got the fire and brimstone bible-thumping sounds of Brother Claude Ely, some classic gospel warnings from The Golden Gate Quartet, a pastiche of British Clerkenwell nuggets from The Real Tuesday Weld, The Weavers, Lonnie Johnson, and a whole lot more. An eclectic blend of songs of Satan, dark nights, and sinner’s bemoaning their dirty little religion on another Friday morning collection of sounds on Deeper Roots. Tune in. The ground is saturated with blues, gospel, country, and even some hillbillies from hell…just for you.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Harry James & His Orchestra/Dick Haymes/Helen Forrest/Dalton Rizzotto & Orchestra The Devil Sat Down And Cried Best Of The Big Bands Amazon
3Golden Gate Quartet Atom and Evil 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
4Warren Zevon Dirty Little Religion Life'll Kill Ya Amazon
5Kane Welch Kaplin Satan's Paradise Lost John Dean Amazon
6Johnny Cash Rusty Cage Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American Amazon
7Lonnie Johnson Devil's Got The Blues Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1 Amazon
8Bob Brozman Devil's Slide Devil's Slide Amazon
9The Real Tuesday Weld It's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Got to Do It I, Lucifer Amazon
10Sister Rosetta Tharpe Changes The Great Gospel Women Vol. 2 Amazon
11The Real Tuesday Weld The Life and Times of the Clerkenwell Kid I, Lucifer Amazon
12The Gospeleers The Devil's Gonna Get You Black Vocal Groups Vol. 5 (1923-1941) Amazon
13Brother Claude Ely Farther On Satan Get Back Amazon
14Steve Earle Devil's Right Hand Ain't Ever Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection (2 of 2) Amazon
15Uncle Tupelo Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down March 16-20, 1992 Amazon
16The Louvin Brothers Satan And The Saint The Family Who Prays: 26 Classic Tracks Amazon
17Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws Dance Of The Dodo Bird The Best Of Western Swing Amazon
18Chiwetel Ejiofor I Want To Be Evil (Original Version) Kinky Boots Amazon
19The Robins That Old Black Magic Apple Bobbing Mix Vol. 2 Amazon
20The Swan Silvertones Sinner Man Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
21The Weavers Sinner Man Traveling on With The Weavers Amazon
22The Harmonizing Four Oh Sinner Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
23Jesse Winchester Evil Angel Gentleman Of Leisure Amazon
24Calexico Sinner in the Sea Algiers Amazon
25Jimmy Minor Satan's Chauffeur Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
26Rusty Dean Sinner Beware Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5 Amazon
27Fern Jones This World Is Not My Home The Glory Road Amazon
28Roscoe Robinson With Huey Brown & The Silver Quintette Sinner's Crossroads Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
29The Flamingos The Sinner (El Pecador) Requestfully Yours & the Sound Of Amazon
30Daniel Lanois Sleeping in the Devil's Bed For the Beauty of Wynona Amazon
31C.W. Stoneking We Gon' Boogaloo Gon' Boogaloo Amazon
32The Real Tuesday Weld (Still) Terminally Ambivalent Over You I, Lucifer Amazon
33Howlin' Wolf Evil Chess Blues Disc 2 Amazon
34Freddie & The Hitch Hikers Sinners Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon