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Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Jazz, Oldies, Theme Time, Urban Jazz

Dope Head Blues

July 31, 2021 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Willie Mabon	Got To Have Some	I'm The Fixer : The Best Of The USA Records Sessions
3	The Ink Spots	That Cat Is High	Cocaine Blues
4	The Cats & The Fiddle	Killin' Jive	The Very Best Of
5	The Spirits of Rhythm	Junk Man	Cocaine Blues
6	Cleo Brown	The Stuff Is Here And It's Mellow	The Legendary Cleo Brown
7	Champion Jack Dupree	Junker's Blues	ABC Of The Blues Vol 6
8	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Junco Partner	Louis Jordan: Let the Good Times Roll – The Anthology 1938-1953
9	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	Long Comma Viper	The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
10	Phil Lawrence	Viper's Dream	Mandolin Heaven
11	Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys	You're a Viper	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
12	Louis Armstrong	Song Of The Vipers [Album Version]	Louis Armstrong: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934
13	Lalo Guerrero	Marihuana Boogie	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
14	Bette Midler	Marahuana	Songs For The New Depression
15	Julia Lee	Marijuana	Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
16	Fats Waller	The Reefer Song	Last Testament His Final Recor
17	Barney Bigard Sextet	Sweet Marihuana Brown	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
18	Larry Adler	Smoking Reefers	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
19	Johnny Price	Marijuana, The Devil Flower	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
20	Johnny Cash	Leave That Junk Alone	The Man In Black 1954-1958 [Disc 2]
21	Hot Lips Page	Feelin' High And Happy	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3]
22	Ella Fitzgerald	When I Get Low I Get High	Cryin' Mood
23	Cab Calloway	Kickin' The Gong Around	The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp
24	Julia Lee	Pipe Dreams	Kansas City Star [Disc 5]
25	Tampa Red	That Stuff Is Here	Tampa Red The Guitar Wizard
26	Cedar Creek Sheik	Don't Use That Stuff	Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice
27	Dick Justice	Cocaine	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
28	Reverend Gary Davis	Cocaine Blues	Blues And Ragtime
29	Charley Jordan	Just A Spoonful	Cocaine Blues
30	Slim & Slam	Chinatown, My Chinatown	Cocaine Blues
31	Dr. John	Junko Partner	The Ultimate Dr. John
32	The Treniers	Hadacole (That's All)	They Rock! They Roll! They Swing!

Those Old Familiars

July 24, 2021 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fats Waller	Ain't Misbehavin'	Music By Fats Waller
3	Gene Austin	Love Letters In The Sand	A Time To Relax
4	Gene Austin	My Blue Heaven	A Time To Relax
5	Ted Lewis	I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby	Is Everybody Happy Now?
6	Bing Crosby	Someday, Sweetheart [Single Version]	Bing Crosby And Some Jazz Friends
7	The Boswell Sisters Accompanied By The Dorsey Brothers	When I Take My Sugar to Tea	Those Were The Days. [Disc 1]
8	The Spirits Of Rhythm	Nobody's Sweetheart (Remastered)	The Spirits of Rhythm feat. Teddy Bunn
9	Eddie Condon	Aint' Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll	That's A Serious Thing
10	Blind Blake	Diddie Wah Diddie	ABC Of The Blues Vol 5
11	Emmett Miller	Right Or Wrong	Minstrel Man From Georgia
12	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	Right Or Wrong	King Of Western Swing Volume One
13	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	Somebody Stole My Gal	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
14	Jimmy Wakely	Roll Along, Kentucky Moon	Vintage Collections
15	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Lazy River	Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 5
16	Johnny Davis And His Orchestra	Sugar	The Big Broadcast, Volume 8: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s
17	Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws	Some Sweet Day	The Best Of Western Swing
18	Sons of the Pioneers	Prairie Lullaby	Songs of the Prairie – CD2
19	W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys	All I Do Is Dream of You	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
20	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
22	The Mills Brothers	My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua Hawaii	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 5
23	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]
25	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	The Joint Is Jumpin'
26	Dean Martin/Orchestra	Pretty Baby	That's Amore: The Best of Dean Martin
27	Doris Day	Moonlight Bay	The Best Of Doris Day
28	Tiny Bradshaw	The Sheik of Araby (09-29-34)	Breaking Up the House [Disc 1]
29	The Boswell Sisters	Shine On, Harvest Moon	It's The Girls
30	John Prine/Kacey Musgraves	Mental Cruelty	For Better, Or Worse
31	The Browns	You Nearly Lose Your Mind	Classics 1963-1964 (Warped 6384)
32	Cab Calloway	05 I Ain't Got Nobody	Chronological 1934-37
33	Laurel and Hardy	Shine on Harvest Moon	The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999

Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Jazz, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Theme Time

Post-War Rhythm & Jive

May 15, 2021 Dave

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!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Wild Bill Moore (vocal: Scatman)	Rock 'N' Roll	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
3	Louis Jordan	Ain't That Just Like a Woman	Number Ones
4	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Hungary Man	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
5	Buster Bennett	Rockin' My Blues Away	Chronological Buster Bennett (1945-1947)
6	Bull Moose Jackson	Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me	Badman Jackson Thats Me
7	The Charioteers	Viddle de Vop	Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 2: Viddle de Vop
8	T-Bone Walker	T-Bone Shuffle	Living The Blues: Blues Greats
9	Louis Jordan	Caldonia	The Rough and Rowdy Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1
10	Jake Porter	Safronia	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
11	Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends	Mama Don't Allow	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
12	Babs' Three Bips & A Bop (Babs Gonzales)	Oo-Pa-Pa-Da	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
13	Pearl Bailey	The Hucklebuck	Chronological Pearl Bailey (1947-1950)
14	Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson	Gonna Send You Where I Got You From	Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1
15	Bull Moose Jackson	Keep You're Big Mouth Shut	Bad Man Jackson
16	The King Porter Orchestra	Chittlin' Ball	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
17	Nellie Lutcher	He's a Real Gone Guy	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
18	Cleo Brown	Cleo's Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
19	Ella Mae Morse	A Little Further Down The Road A Piece	Singles 2
20	Julia Lee	Oh Chuck It	Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
21	Cab Calloway	The Calloway Boogie	Jukebox Hits 1930-1950
22	Wynonie Harris	All She Wants To Do Is Rock	All She Wants To Do Is Rock
23	Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five	Chicky-Mo, Craney Crow	Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1947 – 1949
24	Butch Stone & His Orchestra	I Got News For You	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
25	Amos Milburn	Amos' Boogie	Amos Milburn Rocks
26	Blue Lu Barker	A Little Bird Told Me	From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944
27	Nellie Lutcher	He Sends Me	Oxford American 10th Anniversary Southern Music CD [Disc 2] "Past Masters" [2008]
28	Betty Hall Jones	Learn To Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
29	Mabel Scott	Googie Woogie	Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3
30	Tiny Davis & Her Orchestra	How About That Jive	Jumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD)
31	Bull Moose Jackson	Watch My Signals	The Rough and Rowdy Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1
32	Doc Pomus	My Good Pott	Singer & Songwriter
33	Wynonie Harris	Good Rockin' Tonight	Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949
34	Little Willie Littlefield	Hello Kats	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52

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Honey Don’t

May 6, 2021 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Carl Perkins	Honey Don't	American Roots of the British Invasion
3	Johnny Cash	Don't Go Near The Water	Ragged Old Flag
4	Elvis Presley	Don't Cry Daddy	2nd To None
5	Elvis Presley	Don't	Elvis Is Back!
6	Elvis Presley	Don't Be Cruel	Elvis Presley (8 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles)
7	Fats Domino	Don't Come Knockin'	They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
8	Billy Tate	Don't Call My Name (Peacock 1671)	R&B Humdingers Volume 11
9	Shirelles	Don't Go Home (My Little Darlin')	The Shirelles
10	Lowell Fulson	Don't Be So Evil	Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
11	Muddy Waters	Don't Go No Farther	The Definitive Collection
12	Blue Lu Barker	Don't You Make Me High	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
13	Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends	Don't Come Too Soon	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
14	Etta James	Don't Cry Baby	The Essential Etta James [Disc 1]
15	Bee Arnold	Don't Do It Daddy	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
16	Continentals	Don't Do It Baby	Talkin' Trash: Lookey Dookey
17	The Drifters	Don't Dog Me	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
18	The Penguins	Don't Do It	Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4
19	The Band	Don't Do It (Baby Don't You Do It)	To Kingdom Come [Disc 2]
20	Charles Brown	Don't Get Salty Sugar	The Classic Earliest Recordings [Disc 3]
21	Ella Fitzgerald	Don't Be That Way	First Lady of Song
22	June Christy	Don't Explain	Lady Sings the Blues [Disc 2]
23	Asleep At The Wheel	Don't Forget The Trains	Collision Course & The Wheel (1977, 78)
24	Grandpa Jones	Don't Bring Your Banjo Home	Grandpa Jones The Country Music Hall Of Fame
25	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Don't Fence Me In	Sons Of The Pioneers
26	Bobby Bare	Don't Do Like I Done Son	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
27	Bobby Bare Jr.	Don't Go to Chattanooga	A Storm – A Tree – My Mother's Head
28	Solomon Burke	Don't Give Up on Me	Don't Give Up on Me
29	Nina Simone	Don't You Pay Them No Mind	Wild Is The Wind/High Priestess Of Soul
30	The Handsome Family	Don't Be Scared	In the Air
31	J.J. Cale	Don't Go To Strangers	Naturally
32	Ramones	Don't Come Close (Remastered Version )	Road To Ruin: Expanded and Remastered
33	Johnny Burnette	Don't Do It	The Ballads Of
34	Conway Twitty	Don't Cry No More	The Rock 'N' Roll Years CD7
35	Buddy Holly	Don't Come Back Knockin' [Album Version]	Rave On: The Very Best Of &

Torch Songs

April 4, 2021 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Julie London	Cry Me A River	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Po
3	Eva Taylor	Moanin' Low	The First Torch Singers, the Twenties
4	Gertrude Niesen	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	My Best Wishes
5	Bing Crosby	I'll Be Seeing You	44 Your Hit Parade
6	Judy Garland	That Man That Got Away	Your Hit Parade – 1954
7	Julie London	In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning	Torch Songs
8	Peggy Lee	Oh You Crazy Moon	Torch Songs
9	Lena Horne	Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man	Lena Horne: A Musical Anthology
10	Dusty Springfield	Anyone Who Had A Heart	A Girl Called Dusty
11	Dusty Springfield	Someone To Watch Over Me	Simply & Dusty [Disc 4]
12	Sarah Vaughan	Someone To Watch Over Me	The Best Of Sarah Vaughan 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection)
13	Lenny Welch	Since I Fell For You	Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1]
14	Skeeter Davis	The End Of The World	The Essential Skeeter Davis
15	Little Anthony & The Imperials	Hurt So Bad	The Best Of Little Anthony And The I Mperials
16	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	Ooo Baby Baby	Classic Soul Ballads: Sweet Thing [Disc 1]
17	Ray Charles	Crying Time	Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
18	Bettye LaVette	Let Me Down Easy	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
19	Brenda Lee	I'm Sorry	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 2]
20	The Skyliners	Since I Don't Have You	Malt Shop Memories – Top Down Convertible Sound ( Disc 1)
21	Kay Starr	I've Grown Accustomed to His Face	Torch Songs
22	Nat King Cole	The Very Thought Of You	Nat King Cole [Disc 3]
23	Roy Orbison	Love Hurts	The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
24	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]
26	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
31	The Platters	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1]
32	The Cascades	Rhythm of the Rain	Teen Ballads Disc 2
33	Jo Stafford	The Things We Did Last Summer	Candy
34	The Traveling Wilburys	Not Alone Anymore	Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1

East Side West Side

March 20, 2021 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra	The Sidewalks of New York	Internet Archives
3	George Cohan Jr.	Give My Regards To Broadway	The Golden Entertainers
4	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
13	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
16	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)
19	The Drifters	On Broadway	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
20	John Barry	Midnight Cowboy	Moviola
21	Harry Nilsson	Everybody's Talkin'	Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2]
22	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]]
26	Ray Charles	New York's My Home	Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks
27	Judy Garland	I Happen To Like New York	Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes
28	Kirsty MacColl/The Pogues	Fairytale of New York	Galore
29	Mel Tormi	Sunday In New York	Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2]
30	Stevie Wonder	Living for the City	Innervisions
31	Jay-Z	Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys)	The Blueprint 3

The Great American Songbook

February 27, 2021 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Paul Robeson	Joe Hill	Songs of Free Men
3	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]
6	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
11	Perez Prado	Cuban Mambo	Rumba Gone Mambo
12	Xavier Cugat	Papa Loves Mambo	Lounge Music Goes Latin
13	Stephen Foster	Beautiful Dreamer	The Songs of Stephen Foster
14	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
23	Ella Fitzgerald	Night And Day	Night And Day: The Cole Porter Songbook
24	Bettye LaVette	Blues For The Weepers	Blackbirds
25	Carl Sandburg	All Night Long	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1]
26	The Carter Family	Hello Stranger	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
27	The Stoneman Family	Too Late	The Harry Smith B-Sides
28	Mississippi John Hurt	Nobody's Dirty Business	The Harry Smith B-Sides
29	M. Ward	Along the Santa Fe Trail	Migration Stories
30	Ella Fitzgerald	In The Still Of The Night	Music & Moonlight

The Year 1939

February 19, 2021 Dave

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
14	Bing Crosby	You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby	The Harry Warren Songbook
15	Xavier Cugat	Perfidia	Say "Si Si"
16	Vaughn Monroe	In The Still Of The Night	First Crooners : Vol. 3-1935-40
17	Frankie Masters and His Orchestra	Scatter-Brain (Theme Song)	50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s
18	Cab Calloway	The Jumpin' Jive	Best Of The Big Bands
19	Kay Kyser	Three Little Fishes	Sentimental Favorites
20	Coleman Hawkins	Body And Soul	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
21	The Ink Spots	Address Unknown	Greatest Hits
22	The Ink Spots	If I Didn't Care	Greatest Hits
23	Glenn Miller Orchestra	In The Mood	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
24	Slim Gaillard And His Flat Foot Floogie Boys	Matzah Balls	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
25	Charlie Barnet	Cherokee	Swing Time For Dancing Vol. 3
26	Artie Shaw & His Orchestra	Diga, Diga Doo	Wicked Swing
27	Benny Goodman & His Orchestra W. Martha Tilton	And the Angels Sing	Too Marvelous For Words
28	Guy Lombardo	Penny Serenade	Enjoy Yourself: The Hits Of Guy Lombardo
29	Bea Wain With Larry Clinton And His Orchestra	Deep Purple	White Cliffs Of Dover [Disc 1]
30	Lionel Hampton	I've Found a New Baby	Wicked Swing
31	Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson	Roll 'Em Pete	Blues From The Vocalion Vaults
32	Chick Webb and his Orchestra v/Ella Fitzgerald	Undecided	from CD; orig. Decca 2323

Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Free Form, Jazz, Oldies, Rock, Soul

Begin the Beguine

January 30, 2021 Dave

This past January was as much a month to remember as it was to forget. We’ll keep the serenity we need by softening the blow with music while also celebrating the good with swing, country, rhythm and gospel in another eclectic free form show on Sonoma County community radio. Cold weather and rain arrives so we’ll share the soul sounds of William Bell and Johnnie Taylor, some folk rock from Linda Ronstadt, swing vocals from The Mills Brothers and The Four Vagabonds, and gospel with Lou Rawls and the Pilgrim Travelers. We’ll visit Shenandoah, The Red River Valley, and Forty Miles of Bad Road in our Friday morning show, recorded this week in the Deeper Roots Den. I hope you’ll join us.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Michael Nesmith	Begin The Beguine	Tropical Campfires
3	Mikki Wilcox	Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues	Sun Ballads 1953-62
4	Maria Muldaur	I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues	Love Wants to Dance
5	The Four Vagabonds	Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1
6	Jimmie Rodgers	Shenandoah	40 All-Time Favorites [Disc 2]
7	Duane Eddy	Forty Miles Of Bad Road	Dance With The Guitar Man
8	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	The Image of Me	Playback Disc 5
9	Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban	Patricia	Hear Music, Vol. 9: Souvenirs
10	The Texas Tornados	Wasted Days And Wasted Nights	The Best Of Texas Tornados
11	Glories	Dark End Of The Street	Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
12	Bessie Banks	Go Now	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
13	William Bell	Everybody Loves a Winner	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9)
14	Wilson Pickett	I'm In Love	Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
15	Johnnie Taylor	Who's Making Love	Stax Number Ones
16	Booker T. & The MG's	Time Is Tight	I'll Take You There
17	Elvis Presley	I Gotta Know	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
18	Marshall Crenshaw	I'm Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee)	Downtown
19	Brenda Lee	That's All You Gotta Do	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
20	The Jack Fords	That's All You Gotta Do	Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 1
21	Big Boy Groves	I Gotta New Car	Fool Mule
22	Corey Glover	Three Time Loser	Back To The Streets – Celebrating The Music Of Don Covay
23	The Mills Brothers	Glow Worm	The Mills Brothers Golden G'ts(3)
24	Charlie Barnet	Flying Home	Swing Time For Dancing Vol. 6
25	Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio	Trouble In Mind	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
26	Lou Rawls (2nd Vocal) & The Pilgrim Travelers	Come Home	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
27	Aretha Franklin	Never Grow Old	None But the Righteous: Chess Gospel Greats
28	Merle Haggard	I'm A Lonesome Fugitive	Capitol Collector's Series
29	The Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt	Different Drum	Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt
30	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	Red River Valley	16 Great Songs Of The Old West
31	Roy Rogers	Moonlight On The Prairie	Country Music Hall Of Fame
32	Chris Hillman	When I Get A Little Money	Bidin' My Time
33	Rick Nelson	Hello Mary Lou	Greatest Love Songs
34	Carla Thomas/Rufus Thomas	Birds and the Bees	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9)
35	The Bar-Kays	Soul Finger	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9)

Deeper Roots on KOWS, New Orleans, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Theme Time, Urban Blues

New Orleans R&B

January 22, 2021 Dave

We just can’t get enough of this sound, a blend of sounds that cannot be pushed away with the urban renewal of auto-tune and electronic pasteurization. It’s long history of inspiration whose roots are driven by centuries of influence, from Congo Square to Rampart Street, and beyond. Our show today returns to the humid southern climes at the mouth of the Mississippi for some of the very best of rhythm, from Cosimo Matassa’s studios to the clubs that pepper the Crescent City on Bourbon Street. Popular rhythm and blues today from Nawlins inclues some Fats, Professor Longhair, Huey “Piano” Smith, Paul Gayen, Frankie Ford, and a couple dozen others giving us that signature percussive backbeat embellished by pounding piano. It’s a Friday evening celebration here on Sonoma County Community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Big Boy Myles	New Orleans	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
3	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	The Monkey [Album Version]	The New Orleans Album
4	Fats Domino	When The Saints Go Marchin' In	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2)
5	Dr. John	Somebody Changed The Lock	Dr. John's Gumbo
6	Huey "Piano" Smith	Mean Mean Mean	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 40
7	Professor Longhair	Got My Mojo Working	Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 2]
8	Ernie K-Doe	A Certain Girl	Absolutely the Best
9	Frankie Ford	It Must Be Jelly	Very Best Of Frankie Ford
10	Lee Diamond&The Upsetters	Hattie Malatti	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
11	Huey "Piano" Smith	Would You Believe it, I Have a Cold (Doctors)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
12	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	My Feet Can't Fail Me Now	Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album
13	Smiley Lewis	Big Mamou	R&B Outbreak CD 2
14	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	It Won't Be Long	Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
15	Edgar Blanchard	Honeycomb	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
16	Charles "Hungry" Williams	So Glad You're Mine	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
17	Champion Jack Dupree	Mail Order Woman	New Orleans R&B Outbreak
18	Paul Marvin	Hurry Up	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
19	Paul Gayten	For You My Love	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
20	Larry Williams	Bad Boy	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
21	Fats Domino	Please Don't Leave Me	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1)
22	Smiley Lewis	Mama Don't Like	ABC Of The Blues Vol 25
23	Charles Brown & Amos Milburn	Educated Fool	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
24	Kermit Ruffins	Holy Cow	Livin' A Tremi Life
25	Barbara George	I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)	Highlights From Crescent City Soul: Sound Of New Orleans 1947-1974
26	Jewel King	3×7=21	Gettin' Funky [Disc 4]
27	Irma Thomas	Look Up (AKA Whenever)	Soul Queen of New Orleans
28	Eddie Bo	Roamin-Itis	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6]
29	Zorro & The Zips	Frankie & Johnny	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
30	Danny White	Let's Play	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
31	The Showmen	True Fine Mama	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6]
32	Lee Diamond &The Upsetters	It Won't Be Me	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
33	Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns	Alimony	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan
34	Jessie Hill	Scoop Scoobie Doobie	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
35	Earl King	No City Like New Orleans	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
36	Galactic	Go Go	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans

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