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Flour Power

November 29, 2025 Dave Leave a comment

What a show for the day after Thanksgiving! This week we roll out a two-hour celebration of bakery-inspired tunes—an irresistible mix of cakes, pies, donuts, cookies, and every sugary delight ever to find its way into a lyric. We’ll be mixing up a blend from a century’s worth of music, from early jazz confections and country-fried treats to soulful blues pastries, golden-era pop indulgences, and rock-and-roll slices served hot from the oven. It’s all about how bakery imagery has sweetened American music’s storytelling. Jazz bands swing like a spoon in batter; country artists offer homestyle wisdom baked into every verse; blues singers lean into the bittersweet with slow-cooked grooves; and rock outfits bring the heat with songs that crust, crackle, and pop. Whether it’s a dusty 78 from the 1920s or a modern track with sprinkles of retro charm, the playlist draws straight from the musical pantry of the past hundred years. This week’s highlights include performances from Dan Hicks, NRBQ, Curtis Salgado, Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Waller and a whole lot more. Tune into community radio for West Sonoma County. KOWS-LP 92.5 FM Occidental, streaming to planet Earth at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Paul Chaplain And His Emeralds	Shortnin' Bread	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
3	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	Sweetheart (Waitress In A Donut Shop)	The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
4	Warren Smith	Singing the Blues (& Donut Ad)	At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 18)
5	Johnny Cash	Give My Love to Rose (& Donut Ad)	At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 20)
6	The Carolyn Sills Combo	That Doughnut Song	That Doughnut Song
7	Andy Kirk	Dunkin' A Doughnut	An Anthology Of Big Band Swing 1930-1955 [Disc 1]
8	The Modernaires	Coffee Five, Doughnuts Five	The Very Best of the Modernaires With Paula Kelly
9	Rosemary Clooney	Cherry Pies Ought To Be You	Tenderly
10	Eileen Barton & The New Yorkers	If I Knew You Were Comin' (I'd've Baked a Cake)	Cookin' Choice Cuts from the Famous Fifties
11	Art Mooney & His Orchestra	If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake	Meet Me At The Candy Store: 31 Sweets For The Dentist's Joy
12	Nat Russell	Chocolata	Meet Me At The Candy Store: 31 Sweets For The Dentist's Joy
13	Galactic	Baker's Dozen	Late For The Future
14	Curtis Salgado	Cookie Dough	Americana Roots Songbook: Modern Blues
15	Jay & The Techniques	Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie	45's on CD, Vol. 4: 1967-1969
16	Linda Martell	The Wedding Cake (Remastered 2022)	Color Me Country (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022)
17	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	Shortnin' Bread	100 Ans De Jazz
18	Fats Waller	You Can't Have Your Cake (And Eat It)	The Definitive Fats Waller: His Rhythm, His Piano, Vol. 1 [Disc 2]
19	Frank Zappa	Muffin Man	The Best Of Frank Zappa
20	Chuck Cabot & His Orchestra	Chocolate Cha Cha	Meet Me At The Candy Store: 31 Sweets For The Dentist's Joy
21	Ella Mae Morse	The Patty Cake Man	Barrelhouse, Boogie, And The Blues [Disc 1]
22	Texas Top Hands	You Can't Have Your Cake	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 9]
23	NRBQ	RC Cola And A Moon Pie	Peek-A-Boo: The Best Of NRBQ, 1969-1989 [Disc 1]
24	NRBQ	Hot Biscuits and Sweet Marie	Kick Me Hard
25	Mamie Bradley	The Patty Cake	Meet Me At The Candy Store: 31 Sweets For The Dentist's Joy
26	Marvin & Johnny	Cherry Pie	Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll
27	The Four Clefs	I Like Pie, I Like Cake	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
28	The Newbeats	Bread and Butter	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1964
29	Ella Fitzgerald	The Muffin Man	Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41
30	Louis Jordan	Beans and Corn Bread	Number Ones
31	Billy Hughes Buckaroos	Take Your Hands Off It (Birthday Cake)	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
32	Johnny Cash & The Light Crust Doughboys	W. Lee O'Daniel (And The Light Crust Dough Boys)	Johnny Cash is Coming To Town
33	Lonnie Johnson	He's A Jelly Roll Baker	RCA Record Label: The 1st Note In Black Music [Disc 1]

Mean Old Frisco

October 4, 2025 Dave Leave a comment

It’s a City (with a capital ‘C’ to locals) whose cultural history practically hums with musical possibilities. This is due in large part to how the city has always been a meeting point for restless ideas and diverse communities. From the Gold Rush boomtown that lured fortune-seekers from every continent, to the Beat poets of North Beach and the psychedelic counterculture that turned Haight-Ashbury into a world stage, it’s been an easy mark for songwriters. This week’s show will visit that blend of beauty, grit and idealism with performances for and about San Francisco. Join us for a whole batch of vintage sounds covering any old genre we care to share with the likes of Harry “The Hipster” Gibson, Little Walter, Charlie Musselwhite, Linda Martell, and, of course, Tony Bennett. We’ll celebrate from a short distance away with memories of Broadway, the fog rolling through the Golden Gate, and that endless palette of imagery and mood that is a living chorus always ready to be set to music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Sound Of The City	KSFO 560 – San Francisco	78s
3	Tony Bennett	I Left My Heart in San Francisco	The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
4	Logan Ledger	The Lights Of San Francisco	Logan Ledger
5	Chris Isaak	San Francisco Days	San Francisco Days
6	Journey	Lights	Journey's Greatest Hits
7	Eric Clapton	San Francisco Bay Blues	Unplugged
8	Linda Martell	San Francisco is a Lonely Town (Remastered 2022)	Color Me Country (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022)
9	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Hello, San Francisco (Part I)	Putumayo Presents: American Blues
10	The Teskey Brothers	San Francisco	Run Home Slow
11	Otis Redding	(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay	The Dock of the Bay
12	Little Walter	Mean Old Frisco	Blues With A Feeling [Disc 2]
13	Charlie Musselwhite	When The Frisco Left The Shed	Mississippi Son
14	Richie Havens	San Francisco Bay Blues	Mixed Bag
15	Eric Lindell	Here In Frisco	Matters Of The Heart
16	Mark Spoelstra	San Francisco Zoo Song	Out Of My Hands
17	Marty Robbins	San Francisco Teardrops	San Francisco With Fond Memories
18	Dom Flemons	San Francisco Baby	Prospect Hill
19	Jimmy Martin	Fly Me To Frisco – 1973	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 5]
20	Johnny Paycheck	The Ballad Of Frisco Bay	Nowhere to Run: the Little Darlin' Years 1966-1970
21	Merle Haggard	Return to San Francisco	Like Never Before
22	Harry "The Hipster" Gibson	I Flipped My Wig In San Francisco	Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine?
23	Connie Russell	Foggy Night In San Francisco	San Francisco – With Fond Memories
24	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	San Francisco Bay Blues	South Coast
25	Jeanette McDonald – San Francisco O.S.T.	San Francisco (Soundtrack Version)	The 30s: Hollywood's Best
26	Tee Vee Toons	Streets Of San Francisco	Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70's & 80's
27	Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	Mean Ole Frisco	That's All Right (Mama)
28	Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton	Lonesome Frisco Line [Album Version]	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
29	Memphis Minnie	'Frisco Town	Queen Of Country Blues
30	Scott McKenzie	San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)	San Francisco – With Fond Memories
31	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	San Francisco Fan	Jazz Noire (Darktown Sleaze of 1940s L.A.)

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Fortunate Son

September 27, 2025 Dave Leave a comment

The days are getting darker both by season and on the sidewalks of your town. Jackboot thugs with masks, clubs, and weapons are descending for you. Make no mistake. If you believe in your right to free speech and all that our Constitution affords you, think again. Know that you and your neighbor are in the crosshairs of this regime. This week’s show won’t break the spell but it will share with its language of comfort, joy and hope that music delivers as it stimulates the release of dopamine triggering pleasure and relaxation. Our prescription this morning is a compound of a free form eclectic blend that delivers a response from all corners. America’s music has always been built on a foundation of free expression so why not make the best…and that’s what we’ll be doing this morning with tracks from Glenn Miller, Charlie Christian, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Randy Newman and Dean Martin, just to name a few. Dream when you’re feeling blue. Rise up when you’re being pushed down. This week’s show takes us where we want to go.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Fogerty	Fortunate Son	The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
3	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Midnight Ramble	Stratosphere Boogie
4	Charlie Christian	Till Tom Special	Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution
5	Django Reinhardt & Stiphane Grappelli	You're Driving Me Crazy	Quintesential
6	The Miracles	Mickey's Monkey	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
7	Mink Deville	You Just Keep Holding On	The Mink De Ville Collection
8	The Staple Singers	Let's Do It Again	The Buddah Box Disc 3
9	Sam Cooke	I'll Come Running Back To You	Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
10	Etta James	I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)	Love Songs [MCA]
11	Bob Dylan	The Levee's Gonna Break	Modern Times
12	Randy Newman	Burn On	Sail Away
13	The Secret Sisters	Tennessee Me	The Secret Sisters
14	Fats Domino	My Girl Josephine	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1)
15	Dean Martin	Dream	Late at Night with Dean Martin
16	Les Baxter And His Orchestra	The High And The Mighty	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55
17	Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra With Eddie Heywood	Canadian Sunset	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
18	Billie Holiday	Too Marvelous For Words	Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years [Disc 1]
19	Doris Day	The Deevil, Devil, Divil	Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2]
20	Jean Shepard	I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded	Rounding Up The Girls/Great Female Country Vocals Vol 1
21	The Andrews Sisters	Rum And Coca-Cola	20th Century Masters: Millenni
22	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	A String of Pearls	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
23	Linda Lyndell	What A Man	Stax 50th [[Disc 1]]
24	The Meters	Running Fast (single version)	Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology [Disc 2]
25	The Notting Hillbillies	Run Me Down	Missing….Presumed Having A Good Time
26	Vocaltones	Sugar Lump	Spotlight Series : Vol. 2-Gee Records
27	Dominoes	Sixty Minute Man	Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B
28	The Coasters	Run Red Run	50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 2]
29	Del Shannon	Runaway	Oldies But Goodies: 21 #1 Hits
30	Buddy Holly	Think It Over	From the Original Master Tapes
31	Lovett Sisters	Bacon And Eggs	Big "D" Jamboree, Gals Of The
32	Norman Fox & The Rob Roys/Sid Bass/The Rob Roys	Pizza Pie	Doo Wop Box Disc 3
33	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Run Through the Jungle	Tropic Thunder (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
34	Party Ben	Single Ladies (In Mayberry)	The Party Ben Experience

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Down By The Woodshed

May 24, 2025 Dave

Jazz, rhythm and all the very best of blues and swing from the past century, reaching as far back as the thirties and taking in some of rock royalty from the early fifties. This week we’re snapping fingers and cutting the rug with some of the very greats including Wynonie Harris, Buddy Johnson, The Five Royales, The Cadillacs, and a touch of gospel vocal majesty from Marie Knight and Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The themes are wide-ranging, taking us from the woodshed to the urban streets and some Cadillac competitions and we’ll also get with the stuff that’s arrived and is oh so mellow. Night trains, sugar lumps, boogie woogie daddies and tall skinny papas rule the roost. Don’t miss out, even if you’re a night owl you’ll want to take these sounds with you into the early hours of tomorrow. Let me off uptown, would ya?

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Baby Doll & Her Royal Swingsters	Down By The Woodshed	Stompin' 25
3	The Enchanters	Boogie Woogie Daddy	Jubilee Jezebels
4	Big Maybelle	One Monkey Don't Stop No Show	The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55
5	Effie Smith	Root-Lie-Voot (08-16-50)	1945-1953
6	The Five Royales	Thirty Second Lover	Dedicated To You
7	Wynonie Harris	Adam Come And Get Your Rib	Lovin' Machine
8	Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra	A Pretty Girl (A Cadillac and Some Money) (Cadillac)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
9	The Cadillacs	Speedo (Cadillac)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
10	Tony Allen & The Champs	Night Owl (Birds)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
11	Savannah Churchill	Fat Meat Is Good Meat	Jazzin' The Blues – Volume4 :1929-1943
12	Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers	Sugar Lump	Darktown Strutters Ball
13	The Four Blazes	Night Train	Mary Jo
14	Professor Longhair	Looka, No Hair	Ebb Records Story (Vol. 2): 1957-1959
15	Willie Mabon	The Seventh Son	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 4]
16	The Mills Brothers	The Love Bug Will Bite You	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 4
17	The Ravens	I'm Going to Paper All My Walls With Your Love Letters	The Greatest Group of Them All
18	Ray Charles	Hallelujah, I Love Her So	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
19	Cleo Brown	The Stuff Is Here And It's Mellow	The Legendary Cleo Brown
20	Ella Johnson & Buddy Johnson	Get On Down The Road	Go Ahead And Rock And Roll
21	Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio	Trouble In Mind	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
22	Margie Day	Dumplin' Dumplin'	Rock 'n' Roll Mamas Vol 3
23	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	I Want A Tall Skinny Papa	Vintage Sex Songs
24	Smiley Lewis	Big Mamou	Smiley Lewis Vol 1
25	Blue Lu Barker	A Little Bird Told Me	From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944
26	Little Willie John	Home At Last	Fever: The Best Of Little Willie John
27	Chuck Willis	Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes	I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
28	The Clovers	Your Cash Ain't Nothin' But Trash	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four
29	Lula Reed	Rock Love	Get Hot Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3
30	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Hungary Man	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
31	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	A Man's Best Friend Is A Bed	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
32	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Let Me Off Uptown	The Best Of 1940-50
33	Bo Diddley	Moon Baby	Bo Diddley Is A Lover
34	Nappy Brown	The Right Time	Savoy Blues 1957-1994 [Disc 3]
35	Slim Harpo	Bobby Sox Baby	The Best Of Slim Harpo

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Good Questions

May 10, 2025 Dave

A curious theme, indeed! We’re talking ‘questions’, naturally. And don’t you think it’s time we got around to this theme? There was no shortage of ammunition…songs that end with that curly-que that has been the topic of many theories. One such theory suggests that it originate from the Latin word “quaestio” which, shortened to “qo”, would evolve into the symbol we recognize today. Each and every track in the show today delivers that terminating mark in search of an answer. We’ve heard of answer songs, but what about these question songs and most demand good answers because, well, they’re good questions. Jazz, country, rock ‘n roll, and everything in between with selections from The Lovin’ Spoonful, Dan Hicks, The Robins, Joe Liggins and Bo Diddley are just a sampling of the nearly three dozen songs with “good questions” theme. Where would we be without music? Don’ have that answer but I’m guessing I don’t want to know.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Harlem Hamfats	What's On Your Mind?	Harlem Hamfats Vol. 3 1937-1938
3	B.B. King	Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?	Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan
4	Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five	Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby	Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1941 – 1944
5	Ella Fitzgerald	How Long Has This Been Going On?	Pure Ella
6	The King Cole Trio	Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good To You?	Jazz Noire (Darktown Sleaze of 1940s L.A.)
7	The Robins	Whadaya Want?	50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 1]
8	Joe Liggins	Do You Love Me Pretty Baby?	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
9	Varetta Dillard	What'll I Do?	Got You On My Mind
10	Ruth Brown	Why Don't You Write Me?	Along Comes Ruth
11	Bo Diddley	Who Do You Love?	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3
12	Bette Midler	Do You Want to Dance?	Experience the Divine [1993]
13	The Isley Brothers	Who's That Lady?	Something's Got A Hold On Me
14	Barry White	What Am I Gonna Do With You?	All Time Greatest Hits
15	The Amazing Rhythm Aces	Who Will The Next Fool Be?	Two Classic Albums From The Amazing Rhythm Aces: Stacked Deck/Too Stuffed To Jump
16	Peggy Lee	Is That All There Is?	Peggy Lee – The Marvelous Miss Lee
17	Los Lobos	Is This All There Is?	By the Light of the Moon
18	Buck Owens	Would You Be Ready?	Dust On Mother's Bible
19	The Texas Tornados	Who Were You Thinkin' Of	The Best Of Texas Tornados
20	Wanda Jackson	Who Shot Sam?	Queen Of Rockabilly
21	Eddy Arnold & Jaye P. Morgan	Do You Love Me?	Crossroads In Cowtown
22	Frankie Miller	Hey! Where Ya Goin?	The World Is A Monster
23	Jim Lauderdale	What Kinda Guy?	An American Troubadour: The Songs of Steve Forbert
24	The Lovin' Spoonful	Do You Believe In Magic?	Do You Believe In Magic?
25	The Lovin' Spoonful	Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?	Do You Believe In Magic?
26	Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks	How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away	Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 Disc 4
27	The Grass Roots	Where Were You When I Needed You	All Time Greatest Hits
28	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Have You Ever Seen Rain?	All Time Greatest Hits Disc 1
29	Chicago	Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?	The Heart Of Chicago 1967-1997
30	Ramones	Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?	Modern Rock: Lost Hits Of The 70s
31	The Five Royales	$64,000 Question (Do You Love Me)	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3]
32	Lemon Nash	Anybody Seen My Kitty?	Papa Lemon: New Orleans Ukulele Maestro & Tent Show Troubadour
33	Tom Paxton	What Did You Learn In School Today?	Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
34	Ella Mae Morse	How Can You Leave A Man Like This?	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
35	Elvis Presley	Are You Lonesome Tonight?	The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1]
36	Clyde McPhatter	A Lovers Question	The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD2)

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Spring Fever

April 12, 2025 Dave

Every year about this time there’s a quick burst of blossom, a promise of renewal and that first pitch of the national pastime. I don’t know about you but it’s my favorite time of year, a time when winter’s cold is shut down and we’ve got that Spring Fever. This week’s show will take time out for a couple sets celebrating and remembering baseball’s past through music with the likes of The Treniers, Danny Kaye, and Dr. John with some early rapping from Mel Allen of all people. And that’s just the half of it because the fever goes beyond the diamond: we’ll share songs of April love with Shirley Jones, Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White with Perez Prado, Nina Simone, Martha Tilton, and a run of classic country with Johnny Horton, Sons of the Pioneers and the Sons of the San Joaquin. From stickball to kite-flying to the first frisbees of the year in the local park. Let’s get away from it all.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Radio Commercial	'Spring Time Fever Time'	Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
3	The Velvets	Spring Fever	Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
4	Shirley Jones & Pat Boone	April Love (Film Version)	Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
5	The Pentagons	It's Spring Again	Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
6	Martha Tilton	I'll Remember April	The Liltin' Miss Tilton [Disc 1]
7	Perez Prado And His Orchestra	Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
8	Count Basie	April in Paris	Pure Jazz
9	Naturals & Mel Allen	Baseball Dreams	Baseball's Greatest Hits
10	Johnny Darling	Baseball Baby	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan
11	Dr. John	Take Me Out To The Ballgame	Baseball A Film By Ken Burns – Original Soundtrack Recording
12	The Treniers	Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)	Baseball Anthems
13	Sister Wynona Carr	The Ball Game	Baseball Anthems
14	Russ Hodges	Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard 'Round The World	Baseball Anthems
15	Terry Cashman	Talkin' Baseball (Willie, Mickey & "The Duke")	61* [Box Set] Disc 1
16	Mickey Mantle & Teresa Brewer	I Love Mickey	Baseball's Greatest Hits
17	Danny Kaye	D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song (Oh, Really? No, O'Malley)	Baseball's Greatest Hits
18	Stormy Weather	The Land Of Wrigley	Baseball's Greatest Hits
19	Steve Goodman	A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request	Baseball's Greatest Hits
20	Betty Bonney & Les Brown and His Orchestra	Joltin' Joe Dimaggio	Baseball Anthems
21	Little Willie John	I've Got Spring Fever	Little Willie John
22	Birdlegs & Pauline And Their Versatility Birds	Spring	Birth Of Soul: 2
23	Jerry Duane & The Monarchs	It Might As Well Be Spring	Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
24	Nina Simone	It Might As Well Be Spring	The Best Of Nina Simone: The Colpix Years
25	Craig Douglas	Hello Spring	Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
26	The Cadillacs	It's Spring	For Collectors Only (Disc 3)
27	Delbon Johnson	It's Always Springtime in Nassau	Putumayo Presents: Calypso
28	The Browns	Springtime	Classics 1964-1966 (Warped 6529)
29	Johnny Horton	When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)	36 All-Time Greatest Hits
30	Sons of the Pioneers	Springtime On the Range	1941 vol 1 (Warped 4108)
31	Sons Of The San Joaquin	Ridin' For The Roundup In The Springtime	From Whence Came The Cowboy
32	Charlie Monroe	Springtime in Glory	1950-1956 (Warped 5079)
33	Billie Holiday	Some Other Spring	Ken Burns Jazz
34	Mose Allison	Spring Song	Mose Allison [2-fer]
35	Mose Allison	Fires Of Spring	Gimcracks and Gewgaws
36	Tony Perkins	April Fool	On a Rainy Afternoon

Music Goes ‘Round

March 1, 2025 Dave

Put another nickel in that nickelodeon ‘cause rhythm saved the world. This week on Deeper Roots we’re spinning up songs about the jukebox, hit records, little bitty records, disc jockey pleas, and swinging syncopated rhythms from across the past century. That’s right, we’re taking a trip across ninety years featuring jazz from Jimmie Lunceford, country from the Sons of the Pioneers, gospel from the Chuck Wagon Gang, and swinging send-ups from Louis Armstrong, NRBQ, Slim Gaillard, and The Sensations. Well, you can also count on more from the usual suspects in this week’s thematic celebration of the very best of Americana. Whether that’s reaching out to the jukebox, the DJ or that record hawker…we’ve got two hours of rhythm here on KOWS Community Radio. Spend your time with music, not your hard earned dough on this day of resistance.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Commercial	Nuclear Survival Course Record Album (1954)	Rock'N'Roll & Rock-A-Billy Inferno
3	The Sensations	Please Mr Disc Jockey	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
4	Fred Astaire	Music Makes Me	American Songbook Series
5	Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven	The Music Goes Round And Round	Me & Orson Welles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
6	Louis Prima	The Music Goes 'Round and Around	Capitol Collectors Series
7	Louis Armstrong	Rhythm Saved The World	Rhythm Saved The World
8	Tex Beneke, The Modernaires	Jukebox Saturday Night	Stagedoor Canteen Music Of The War Years Vol 1
9	Jimmie Lunceford	Rhythm Is Our Business	An Introduction To Jimmie Lunceford
10	The Boswell Sisters	That's How Rhythm Was Born	Music From The Motion Picture – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
11	Three Sharps And A Flat	That's The Rhythm	Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm
12	Ella Fitzgerald	Vote For Mr Rhythm	The Millenium Anthology – Ella Fitzgerald [Disc 3]
13	Ella Fitzgerald	My Last Affair	The Millenium Anthology – Ella Fitzgerald
14	Fats Waller	Music Maestro Please	Music Maestro Please
15	The Cats & The Fiddle	Mr. Rhythm Man	The Very Best Of
16	Slim Gaillard	Jumpin' At The Record Shop	Vout For Voutoreenes
17	The Mills Brothers	Rhythm Saved The World	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 4
18	George Kent	Hello, I'm A Jukebox	The Beginning Of The End – The Existential Psychodrama In Country Music (1956-1972)
19	Boyd Bennett & His Rockets	Cool Disc Jockey	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio Vol.5
20	Sons of the Pioneers	Syncopated Rhythm	Songs of the Prairie – CD4
21	Jerry Lee Lewis	Jukebox Junky	Killer Country
22	Brook Benton	Hit Record	Mercury 1962
23	Charles Senns	Dig Me A Crazy Record	One More Record Please
24	Norma Jean	I Heard the Jukebox Playing	1965-1966
25	Willie Nelson	Mr. Record Man	One More Record Please
26	Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue	Jones On the Jukebox	Set Two
27	Chuck Wagon Gang/George Jones	Turn Your Radio On	70th Anniversary
28	Bill Kirchen	Little Bitty Record	King of Dieselbilly: Classic Kirchen
29	NRBQ	Music Goes Round And Around	Tiddly Winks
30	BR5-49	A1 On The Jukebox	Dog Days
31	The Blasters	Border Radio	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2)
32	Dillard & Clark	The Radio Song	The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark
33	Teresa Brewer	Music ! Music ! Music !	Music ! Music ! Music !
34	Gene Kelly	I Got Rhythm	The Big Picture: Great Music from Films You Love

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Jazz, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Urban Blues

American Banned Stand

November 23, 2024 Dave

The past century’s puritanical interlopers, better known as the ‘thought police’, have had their way with music. And we’re not talking about just the lyrics (which will no doubt be the source of most of the songs in the show today)…whether that be the sound of the saxophone or Link Wray’s sinister fuzz and feedback…telling us how to think or suggesting that your children would be swayed to the dark side due a mention of Susie getting home past curfew. It’s an age old problem. It’s really stinkin’ thinkin’ if you’d have asked Frank Zappa. And someone did and summarized his opinions thusly: “Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are, in my opinion, more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate their sexuality.” All the songs this week suffered from some form of censorship, whether corporate or governmental. And we’re going to play them…damned be the fools.

Americana, Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Jazz, Folk and Tradition, Theme Time

White Powder Muse

May 19, 2024 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Roy Hogsed	Cocaine Blues	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
3	Hank Williams III	Cocaine Blues	Risin' Outlaw
4	Dick Justice	Cocaine	Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi
5	Carl Martin	That New Kind Of Stuff	Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works
6	Lucille Bogan	Baking Powder Blues	Cocaine Blues
7	Johnny Cash	Cocaine Blues	Silver
8	Billy Hughes	Cocaine Blues	Country & Western Hit Parade 1947
9	Son Volt	Cocaine and Ashes	American Central Dust
10	The Reverend Horton Heat	Bales of Cocaine	Holy Roller
11	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Cocaine Blues	Dance Ranch
12	Miss Marcy & Her Texas Sugardaddy's	Whiskey And Cocaine	Deep Ellum
13	Grateful Dead	Casey Jones	Workingman's Dead
14	The Byrds	Take A Whiff On Me	Untitled / Unissued [Disc 1]
15	Fred Neil	Sweet Cocaine	The Many Sides Of Fred Neil [Disc 1]
16	Woody Guthrie	Take A Whiff On Me	Muleskinner Blues (The Asch Recordings, Vol. 2)
17	Woody Guthrie	Bad Lee Brown (Cocaine Blues) (traditional, arr. Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston)	Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection [Disc 2]
18	Jackson Browne	Cocaine	Running On Empty
19	Dave Van Ronk	Cocaine	Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
20	Eric Clapton	Cocaine	Slowhand
21	Margo Price	Cocaine Cowboys	All American Made
22	Doc & Merle Watson	Let the Cocaine Be	Live & Pickin'
23	The Manhattan Transfer	That Cat Is High	Anthology – Down In Birdland (Disc 2)
24	Chick Webb & His Orchestra	Wacky Dust	Cocaine Blues
25	Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra	Kickin' The Gong Around	Cocaine Blues
26	Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra	Kickin' The Gong Around	Chronological Cab Calloway (1932-1934)
27	Mills Blue Rhythm Band	Kokey Joe	Cocaine Blues
28	The Spirits of Rhythm	Junk Man	Cocaine Blues
29	Curtis Mayfield	Pusherman	The Very Best Of Curtis Mayfield
30	The Ink Spots	That Cat Is High	Cocaine Blues
31	Memphis Jug Band	Cocaine Habit Blues	Cocaine Blues

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Jazz, Folk and Tradition, Theme Time

420 Fun

April 21, 2024 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Price	Marijuana, The Devil Flower	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
3	Cordovas	Stone Cold Stoned	The Rose of Aces
4	Yonder Mountain String Band	Two Hits and the Joint Turned Brown	Mountain Tracks, Vol. 2
5	Sam Bush	Granny Wontcha Smoke Some Marijuana	Radio John: Songs of John Hartford
6	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	Seeds And Stems (Again)	Lost In The Ozone
7	Jesse Dayton	Dope Smokin' Song	The Alternate Root 420 Sampler
8	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	It's All Going to Pot	Django and Jimmie
9	Willie Nelson/Snoop Dogg/Kris Kristofferson/Jamey Johnson	Roll Me Up (Album version)	Heroes
10	k.d. lang	Smoke Rings	Drag
11	Kacey Musgraves	High Time	Pageant Material
12	Moonalice	It's 420 Somewhere	Dave's Way Vol 1
13	Chris Stapleton	Might As Well Get Stoned	Traveller
14	Asleep At The Wheel	Jack I'm Mellow	New Routes
15	Ashley Monroe	Weed Instead Of Roses	Like A Rose
16	Brothers Osborne	Weed Whiskey And Willie	Port Saint Joe
17	John Prine	Illegal Smile	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
18	Kacey Musgraves	Burn One With John Prine	Demos
19	Tom Petty	You Don't Know How It Feels	Wildflowers
20	Ben Harper	Burn One Down	Fight for Your Mind
21	Julia Lee	Marijuana	Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
22	The Ink Spots	That Cat Is High	Cocaine Blues
23	Trixie Smith	Jack I'm Mellow	Trixie Smith Vol. 2 1925-1929
24	Buck Washington	Save the Roach for Me [FCC Warning n word]	When Hemp Was Hip
25	Dave Van Ronk	You's A Viper	Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers
26	Wayne Hancock	Viper	A-Town Blues
27	Harlan Pepper	Reefer	The Alternate Root 420 Sampler
28	Ray Charles	Let's Go Get Stoned	Ultimate Hits Collection [2 of 2]
29	The Devil Makes Three	Champagne And Reefer	Redemption & Ruin
30	Chris Ardoin and Double Clutchin'	Stay In or Stay Out – Pass the Dutchie	Putomayo Presents Zydeco

A Century of America's Music