It’s a deep dive we’re taking today into the digital dustbin of the past century with the focus being on fretwork, string bending, bottlenecks and tripping the lap steel fantastic. That’s right…a collection of fascinating tonal embellishments that cross the genres of country, jazz, blues, folk and pop. Our show this morning will feature some Lonnie Johnson, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, John Fahey, Grady Martin and a few others. It’s a trip with a few well knowns but more not so much and you’ll just have to make room in your day because the sounds can’t be ignored. We’ll hear standards like Guitar Rag, Riders in the Sky, Black Mountain Rag, Indiana March, and a special playlist highlighting the work of Grady Martin in both country and rock. We’re once again hoping for the best as October and November approach.
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Truett & George
Ghost Dance
Diabolical Hoodoo: Vintage Songs Of Devilry, Doom & Hellfire 1920-1952
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Lonnie Johnson
Swing Out Rhythm
Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1
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Blind Lemon Jefferson
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Black Swan Sampler
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Blind Blake
Southern Rag
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey
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Robert Johnson
Stop Breakin' Down Blues
The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2
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Robert Lockwood, Jr.
Little Queen Of Spades
Blues Routes: Heroes And Tricksters
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Les Paul Trio
Guitar Boogie
Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
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Roy Smeck and His Paradise Serenaders
Indiana March
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
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Slim Gaillard
Minuet In Vout
Hittin' On All Six: New Guitar Concepts
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Leon McAuliffe & His Western Swing Band
Blue Guitar Stomp
Hillibilly Boogie!
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Merle Travis
Guitar Rag
The Guitar Picker CD2 (1947-51)
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Les Paul
Hip Billy Boogie (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]
100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
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Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant
Railroadin'
Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2
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Chet Atkins
Carolina Shout
Guitar Legend – RCA Years (Disc 2)
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Richard Thompson
New-Fangled Flogging Reel/Kerry Reel
Strict Tempo!
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Richard Thompson
Rockin' in Rhythm
Strict Tempo!
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John Fahey
I'm Gonna Do All I Can for My Lord
The Legend of Blind Joe Death
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John Fahey
Requiem for John Hurt
Essential John Fahey
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Bert Jansch
On The Edge Of A Dream [Rock Baby Rock Remix]
Running From Home – An Introduction to Bert Jansch
Not exactly sure what ‘groove juice’ is, but for the purposes of our show full of sass and novelty, we’ll just suggest you make it what you want it. It’s a whimsical, sometimes bawdy, morning collection of the past 100 years of jazz, folk, country, and pop (with a little who-knows-what-that-is thrown in). We’ve got poodles, big feet, Ovaltine, four leaf clovers, rabbits, and tattoos included with the subject matter today. Songs that are as delectable as they are incredible. We’ve got Skeets McDonald, Robert Crumb, Mae West, Groucho Marx, Dorothy Shay (the Park Avenue Hillbilly), and a couple dozen others for your Friday morning. Oh yeah, and some Johnny Cash and Slim Gaillard as well. So tune into KRJF Community Radio this week for all you can handle.
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Johnny Cash
A Boy Named Sue [Live]
16 Biggest Hits
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Geraint Watkins
Bouffant
In a Bad Mood – Deluxe Expanded Edition
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Slim & Slam
Groove Juice Special
Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 3)
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Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Dad Gum Ya Hide Boy
The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1)
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Harry "The Hipster" Gibson
Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine
Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
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Tampa Red & Big Maceo
Let Me Play With Your Poodle
Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
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Johnny Buckett
Let Me Play With Your Poodle
Dirty Boogie:The Fortune Records Story
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Jimmie Davis
The Poodle Dog Song
Doggone Country
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Sam Butera & the Witnesses
French Poodle
Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 5: Wild Cool & Swingin
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Hank Penny
Rabbits Don't Ever Get Married
Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions
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Skeets McDonald
The Tattooed Lady
Dirty Boogie: The Fortune Records Story
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Groucho Marx & Bing Crosby
Lydia The Tattooed Lady
The Marx Brothers Greatest Hits
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The Hoosier Hot Shots
I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones)
Rural Rhythm 1935-42
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Mae West
I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love
The Mae West Collection
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Fats Waller
Your Feet's Too Big
Fats Waller Greatest Hits
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Dave Van Ronk
Your Feet's Too Big
Sweet & Lowdown
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Dave Van Ronk
Would You Like to Swing on a Star?
Sunday Street
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R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders
Hula Melody (Radio Broadcast)
R. Crumb's Music Sampler
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Fiddlin' Ian McCamy Quartette
Schottische
R. Crumb's Music Sampler
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Al Miller
I Found A Four Leaf Clover (BP 8047, 12923-A)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
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Bo Carter
She's Your Cook, But She Burns My Bread Sometimes
The Rough Guide To Ragtime Blues & Hokum
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Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon
I'm Gonna Steal You (BP 8040, 12920-A)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
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Ben Selvin Orchestra
Who's Your Little Who Zis
Vintage Music: Original Classics from the 1920s and 1930s
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Dorothy Shay
Feudin & Fightin
47 Your Hit Parade
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Eileen Barton
If I Knew You Were Comin' (I'd 've Baked A Cake)
Mairzy Doats-44 Wacky Hits [Disc 1]
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Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters
Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo)
47 Your Hit Parade
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Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters
I'll Si-Si Ya In Bahia [Single Version]
Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 2]
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John Fogerty
Honey Do
Deja Vu All Over Again
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Louis Prima
I Wanna Be Like You
The Jungle Book (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered]
It’s one of the novelty topics but that’s only whistling in the graveyard now, isn’t it? An episode of vipers and wild nights backstage, a reflection of the party atmosphere and the debauchery that would often take place after long nights of performing and jiving. We’ll also touch on the devil’s weed, as it was once known before the recognition of Victorian sensibilities was ejected in favor of common sense. The music will include primarily blues and jazz but we’ll also dip into some later novelty sounds to keep us all honest with the topics of coke, opium, marijuana, and pills on the agenda. Sweet bath house sounds from Bette Midler, wistful sounds from Phil Lawrence and Dan Hicks take center stage alongside the music of The Cats & The Fiddle, Fats Waller, Barney Bigard, and Cab Calloway. Quite a lineup and quite a topic surrounded by junkies, reefers, hadacol concoctions, and mellow stuff…so we hope you’ll drop by on a Friday morning in Sonoma County.
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Willie Mabon
Got To Have Some
I'm The Fixer : The Best Of The USA Records Sessions
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The Ink Spots
That Cat Is High
Cocaine Blues
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The Cats & The Fiddle
Killin' Jive
The Very Best Of
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The Spirits of Rhythm
Junk Man
Cocaine Blues
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Cleo Brown
The Stuff Is Here And It's Mellow
The Legendary Cleo Brown
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Champion Jack Dupree
Junker's Blues
ABC Of The Blues Vol 6
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Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Junco Partner
Louis Jordan: Let the Good Times Roll – The Anthology 1938-1953
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Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
Long Comma Viper
The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
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Phil Lawrence
Viper's Dream
Mandolin Heaven
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Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys
You're a Viper
Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
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Louis Armstrong
Song Of The Vipers [Album Version]
Louis Armstrong: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934
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Lalo Guerrero
Marihuana Boogie
Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
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Bette Midler
Marahuana
Songs For The New Depression
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Julia Lee
Marijuana
Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
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Fats Waller
The Reefer Song
Last Testament His Final Recor
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Barney Bigard Sextet
Sweet Marihuana Brown
The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
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Larry Adler
Smoking Reefers
The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
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Johnny Price
Marijuana, The Devil Flower
Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
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Johnny Cash
Leave That Junk Alone
The Man In Black 1954-1958 [Disc 2]
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Hot Lips Page
Feelin' High And Happy
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3]
Quaint, sweet, nostalgic…just a few adjectives to describe today’s music. Digging into the digital bins we’ve surfaced some of the more familiar of tunes from the last century. Early century pop, country, jazz and vocal harmonies all being serenades with upbeat and good natured favorites of the Great American Songbook. We’ll hear from Fats Waller, Eddie Condon, Ted Lewis, the Sons of the Pioneers, and Blind Blake with songs that ring a true bell in the heart. Songs about lazy rivers, love letters, the lovesick blues, and Kentucky moon. Don’t let yourself get carried away as you lean in closer to the speakers. We certainly don’t want you to hurt yourself. KOWS Community radio is a connection worth making with an eclectic blend of sounds from up and down the genre expanses…streaming to planet Earth at http://www.FreeSpeechNoBull.com. Join us.
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Fats Waller
Ain't Misbehavin'
Music By Fats Waller
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Gene Austin
Love Letters In The Sand
A Time To Relax
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Gene Austin
My Blue Heaven
A Time To Relax
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Ted Lewis
I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby
Is Everybody Happy Now?
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Bing Crosby
Someday, Sweetheart [Single Version]
Bing Crosby And Some Jazz Friends
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The Boswell Sisters Accompanied By The Dorsey Brothers
When I Take My Sugar to Tea
Those Were The Days. [Disc 1]
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The Spirits Of Rhythm
Nobody's Sweetheart (Remastered)
The Spirits of Rhythm feat. Teddy Bunn
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Eddie Condon
Aint' Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll
That's A Serious Thing
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Blind Blake
Diddie Wah Diddie
ABC Of The Blues Vol 5
11
Emmett Miller
Right Or Wrong
Minstrel Man From Georgia
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Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Right Or Wrong
King Of Western Swing Volume One
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Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Somebody Stole My Gal
Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
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Jimmy Wakely
Roll Along, Kentucky Moon
Vintage Collections
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Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Lazy River
Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 5
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Johnny Davis And His Orchestra
Sugar
The Big Broadcast, Volume 8: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s
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Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws
Some Sweet Day
The Best Of Western Swing
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Sons of the Pioneers
Prairie Lullaby
Songs of the Prairie – CD2
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W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys
All I Do Is Dream of You
Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
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Hank Williams
Lovesick Blues
Artist's Choice: Johnny Cash
21
The Mills Brothers
In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree (L. Armstrong)
Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats
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The Mills Brothers
My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua Hawaii
The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 5
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Nat King Cole
Sweet Lorraine
Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him
24
Louis Armstrong & All His Stars
Lazy River
The Complete Decca Studio Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars [Disc 3]
Somewhere sandwiched between pre-war big band and swing and the rock n’ roll era that erupted in the early fifties, there was foretelling in the sounds of post-war rhythm and blues, honkers and shouters, and jump bands. This week’s show will explore the sounds of post-war with Louis Jordan’s Tympany Five, Bull Moose Jackson, Babs Gonzales, Wynonie Harris, Amos Milburn and a couple dozen others. To say the burner was hot is misunderstanding the situation: it was red hot. Our morning show will have your toes tappin’, your fingers snappin’, and your hips shakin’ as the sounds of post-war rhythm in blues takes you into another Spring day here in Sonoma County. Join in the fun!
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Wild Bill Moore (vocal: Scatman)
Rock 'N' Roll
Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
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Louis Jordan
Ain't That Just Like a Woman
Number Ones
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Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Hungary Man
The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
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Buster Bennett
Rockin' My Blues Away
Chronological Buster Bennett (1945-1947)
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Bull Moose Jackson
Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me
Badman Jackson Thats Me
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The Charioteers
Viddle de Vop
Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 2: Viddle de Vop
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T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Shuffle
Living The Blues: Blues Greats
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Louis Jordan
Caldonia
The Rough and Rowdy Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1
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Jake Porter
Safronia
Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
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Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends
Mama Don't Allow
Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
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Babs' Three Bips & A Bop (Babs Gonzales)
Oo-Pa-Pa-Da
Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
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Pearl Bailey
The Hucklebuck
Chronological Pearl Bailey (1947-1950)
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Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Gonna Send You Where I Got You From
Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1
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Bull Moose Jackson
Keep You're Big Mouth Shut
Bad Man Jackson
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The King Porter Orchestra
Chittlin' Ball
Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
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Nellie Lutcher
He's a Real Gone Guy
Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
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Cleo Brown
Cleo's Boogie
Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
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Ella Mae Morse
A Little Further Down The Road A Piece
Singles 2
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Julia Lee
Oh Chuck It
Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
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Cab Calloway
The Calloway Boogie
Jukebox Hits 1930-1950
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Wynonie Harris
All She Wants To Do Is Rock
All She Wants To Do Is Rock
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Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
Chicky-Mo, Craney Crow
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1947 – 1949
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Butch Stone & His Orchestra
I Got News For You
Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
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Amos Milburn
Amos' Boogie
Amos Milburn Rocks
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Blue Lu Barker
A Little Bird Told Me
From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944
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Nellie Lutcher
He Sends Me
Oxford American 10th Anniversary Southern Music CD [Disc 2] "Past Masters" [2008]
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Betty Hall Jones
Learn To Boogie
Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
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Mabel Scott
Googie Woogie
Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3
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Tiny Davis & Her Orchestra
How About That Jive
Jumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD)
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Bull Moose Jackson
Watch My Signals
The Rough and Rowdy Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1
Don’t tell me…it’s theme time but with the negative bent. No, no, no, honey don’t. This week’s show takes on songs of which there is no reduced supply chain: songs that ask us ‘not to’. A somewhat obscure theme, no question, but it’s all about the message after all. We’ll hear a variety of genres this week, all with their warnings prefaced with the contraction “don’t”. We’ll hear from Elvis (a favorite of the idiom), Blue Lu Barker, Julia Lee, Charles Brown, Buddy Emmons, and those representing doo wop, country, early rock, and Americana. All of this coming your way on our first show of May 2021, a rebroadcast of a KOWS show recorded live from the KOWS studios, located in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa. Don’t get defensive, it’s all in fun.
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Carl Perkins
Honey Don't
American Roots of the British Invasion
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Johnny Cash
Don't Go Near The Water
Ragged Old Flag
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Elvis Presley
Don't Cry Daddy
2nd To None
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Elvis Presley
Don't
Elvis Is Back!
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Elvis Presley
Don't Be Cruel
Elvis Presley (8 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles)
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Fats Domino
Don't Come Knockin'
They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
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Billy Tate
Don't Call My Name (Peacock 1671)
R&B Humdingers Volume 11
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Shirelles
Don't Go Home (My Little Darlin')
The Shirelles
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Lowell Fulson
Don't Be So Evil
Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
11
Muddy Waters
Don't Go No Farther
The Definitive Collection
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Blue Lu Barker
Don't You Make Me High
Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
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Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
Don't Come Too Soon
Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
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Etta James
Don't Cry Baby
The Essential Etta James [Disc 1]
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Bee Arnold
Don't Do It Daddy
Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
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Continentals
Don't Do It Baby
Talkin' Trash: Lookey Dookey
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The Drifters
Don't Dog Me
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
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The Penguins
Don't Do It
Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4
Smoky lounges, familiar places, and torch songs to patronize those forlorn lovers alone at the bar. You get the drift. Sentimentality abounds this morning on Deeper Roots as we dig into a subset of virtually any genre out there. It’s as old as time itself, of course: songs and stories of unrequited or lost love, either where one is oblivious to the feelings of another or has moved on from a relationship, all told in teary notes by the performer. Let me just say that there was no shortage of fodder for this show whether it was country, jazz, soul, or pop. We’ll hear from Julie London, Ray Charles, Dusty Springfield, Aretha, Roy Orbison, and on and on. No rest for the pain of unrequited love. Tune in for a crazy moon, crying time, and the end of the world on KOWS Community Radio.
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Julie London
Cry Me A River
Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Po
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Eva Taylor
Moanin' Low
The First Torch Singers, the Twenties
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Gertrude Niesen
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
My Best Wishes
5
Bing Crosby
I'll Be Seeing You
44 Your Hit Parade
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Judy Garland
That Man That Got Away
Your Hit Parade – 1954
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Julie London
In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning
Torch Songs
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Peggy Lee
Oh You Crazy Moon
Torch Songs
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Lena Horne
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
Lena Horne: A Musical Anthology
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Dusty Springfield
Anyone Who Had A Heart
A Girl Called Dusty
11
Dusty Springfield
Someone To Watch Over Me
Simply & Dusty [Disc 4]
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Sarah Vaughan
Someone To Watch Over Me
The Best Of Sarah Vaughan 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection)
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Lenny Welch
Since I Fell For You
Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1]
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Skeeter Davis
The End Of The World
The Essential Skeeter Davis
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Little Anthony & The Imperials
Hurt So Bad
The Best Of Little Anthony And The I Mperials
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Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Ooo Baby Baby
Classic Soul Ballads: Sweet Thing [Disc 1]
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Ray Charles
Crying Time
Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
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Bettye LaVette
Let Me Down Easy
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
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Brenda Lee
I'm Sorry
Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 2]
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The Skyliners
Since I Don't Have You
Malt Shop Memories – Top Down Convertible Sound ( Disc 1)
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Kay Starr
I've Grown Accustomed to His Face
Torch Songs
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Nat King Cole
The Very Thought Of You
Nat King Cole [Disc 3]
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Roy Orbison
Love Hurts
The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
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The Beach Boys
Caroline No
Pet Sounds
25
Aretha Franklin
Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
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Crystal Gayle
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Classic Country 1975 – 1979
27
Elvis Presley
Suspicious Minds
The Classic Sixties: '60s Flashback
28
Willie Nelson
Someone to Watch over Me
Stardust [Bonus Tracks]
29
Dakota Staton
Misty
Torch Songs
30
Dionne Warwick
Always Something There To Remind Me
Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits
From the Bowery to Brooklyn to Broadway to the Bronx…the sidewalks of New York is the topic of the morning, our Gotham theme this Friday on community radio from the Left Coast looking east. Join Dave Stroud for a handsome cab journey through the past century of iconic sounds where the heartbeat of the melting pot of America sings. You’ll be treated to some early Broadway musical samples, the imaginings of West Side Story, the hotel orchestras, and vocal elaborations from Darin, Sinatra, Ella, an Cohan. There will be no exclusion here as late century rock and vocal groups as we’ll hear from The Ad Libs, The Drifters, Garland Jeffreys and others. New York has always been a mirror into the soul of America and has always represented its humanity as a visit to any street in Manhattan would reveal; and its music is, in turn, a reflection itself of that humanity. Join us.
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Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
The Sidewalks of New York
Internet Archives
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George Cohan Jr.
Give My Regards To Broadway
The Golden Entertainers
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Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell & Co.
42nd Street – from 42nd Street
Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
5
McGlinn/London Sinfonietta
Shuffle Off to Buffalo (42nd Street)
The Busby Berkeley Album
6
Gold Diggers Of 1935 Film Cast Feat. Winifred Shaw & Dick Powell
Lullaby Of Broadway
Lullaby Of Broadway: The Music Of Harry Warren
7
Jo Stafford
Manhattan Serenade
For You
8
Ella Johnson & Buddy Johnson
Going To New York
Go Ahead And Rock And Roll
9
Ella Fitzgerald
Manhattan
Mad Men: Music From the Series, Vol. 1
10
Babs Gonzales
Dem New York People
Cool Whalin'
Babs
11
Betty Wand (For Rita Moreno) And George Chakiris
America
West Side Story
12
Enrique Madriguera and His Orchestra
She's a Latin from Manhattan
Retro Top Charts / European Dance Orchestras F the 30s & 40s., Volume 4
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Desi Arnaz
I Come From New York
The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King
14
Bobby Darin
Sunday in New York
Wild Cool & Swingin
15
Frank Sinatra
Theme from New York, New York
Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
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Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
Ev'ry Street's A Boulevard In Old New York
The Capitol Years [Disc 1]
17
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
Best OF Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
18
The Ad Libs
The Boy From New York City
Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2)
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The Drifters
On Broadway
Red, White & Rock Disc 2
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John Barry
Midnight Cowboy
Moviola
21
Harry Nilsson
Everybody's Talkin'
Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2]
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Harry Nilsson
I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City
All-Time Greatest Hits
23
Simon & Garfunkel
The Only Living Boy In New York
The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2]
24
Henry Mancini
Rhapsody in Blue
Instrumental Favorites
25
Garland Jeffreys
New York Skyline
Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
Something different this week. We’ll be reflecting on the Spring Issue of a magazine that cuts through the heart of what we love doing here on both Blue Moon Americana as well as Deeper Roots. There are a handful of publications that make the cut but No Depression magazine is truly special and the Spring 2021 issue is something to revel in. The writing, the artists, and the arc of ‘The Great American Songbook’, from Stephen Foster to Louis Armstrong is given thoughtful and insightful treatment. Our show this week puts a soundtrack with a century of America’s music explored: Dock Boggs’ Pretty Polly, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, The Blue Sky Boys’ cover of Knoxville Girl, and some incredible Latin vocals from one Omara Portuondo. The magazine is worth the read and the music is worth a listen. Tune in on a Saturday among the Sonoma County skies for the best of community radio.
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Paul Robeson
Joe Hill
Songs of Free Men
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George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
4
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Summertime
Porgy & Bess
5
Chick Webb & His Orchestra
A-Tisket, A-Tasket
Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
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Loudon Wainwright III
You Rascal You (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead)
I'd Rather Lead a Band
7
Dinah Washington
They Didn't Believe Me (from "The Swingin' Miss D")
Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums
8
Billie Holiday
Autumn in New York
Ken Burns Jazz
9
Omara Portuondo
El Hombre Que Se Fue (The Man That Got Away)
Black Magic (Magia Negra)
10
Desi Arnaz
Holiday In Havana
The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King
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Perez Prado
Cuban Mambo
Rumba Gone Mambo
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Xavier Cugat
Papa Loves Mambo
Lounge Music Goes Latin
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Stephen Foster
Beautiful Dreamer
The Songs of Stephen Foster
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John Prine
My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight
Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
15
Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick
Oh! Susanna
Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray
16
Mavis Staples
Hard Times Come Again No More
Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
17
Dock Boggs
Pretty Polly
78s
18
Dirk Powell
I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly
When I Wait For You
19
The Blue Sky Boys
Story Of The Knoxville Girl
Absolutely Bluegrass
20
Nelstone's Hawaiians
Village School
The Harry Smith B-Sides
21
Dock Boggs
Oh Death
Dock Boggs Is Legendary
22
Ray Charles
Georgia on My Mind
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
While the clouds of war and fascism were spreading in earnest across Europe, here at home the movies Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, and Gone With The Wind premiered and Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath was first published. Lou Gehrig bid farewell, A pound of hamburger cost 14 cents and the average price of a new car was $700. And the music was both dance crazy and uplifting, with the music of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and film dominating. This week’s show will feature the music of 1939 with performances from Crosby, Garland, The Ink Spots, Cab Calloway and Billie Holiday. We’ll also be featuring the jazz and big band sounds of Jimmie Lunceford, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, and a handful of others. Deeper Roots sounds from over eight decades past on community radio for Sonoma County coming to you each Friday morning and evening.
No.
1
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
2
Louis Armstrong
Jeepers Creepers
Johnny Mercer (1909 – 1976)
3
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
Tain't What You Do
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
4
Fats Waller
Your Feet's Too Big
The Joint Is Jumpin'
5
Count Basie's Kansas City 7
Lester Leaps In
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
6
Woody Herman
Woodchopper's Ball
Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands
7
Billie Holiday
Strange Fruit
The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1]
8
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
Harold Arlen Writes the Songs
9
Billie Holiday
Them There Eyes
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 06]
10
Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory & His Orchestra
Old Man Harlem
Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody
11
Marlene Dietrich
Falling In Love Again
The Blue Angel
12
Bob Hope & Shirley Ross
Thanks for the Memory
Hits of 30's & 40's 1 & 2
13
Judy Garland
Over The Rainbow
That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
