Category Archives: Featured Music

Country Crossovers

Country music started genre-life out as something different. Searching for a term more palatable than simply ‘folk’ or, more so, ‘hillbilly’, or ‘western’ music, music industry marketing found the term ‘country’ or ‘country and western’ a much smoother alternative. It softened the fiddle and accordion sounds and, at the same time, tempered the fears of human de-evolution through cultural disappropriation. Although what passes for country music today is more a caricature of itself, the Golden Age of country, running through the decades of the fifties, sixties and the early seventies built a solid foundation with some of the great songwriters and performers that weren’t from the big east and west coast hubs. And their music would often be heard ‘peeking through’ the pop charts in a big way, reinforcing the notion that it was, and always had been, a common cultural denominator. Our show this week features some of the very greatest of the latter. Join us!


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California Dreamin’

A little bit of surf…just a bit…and some folk favorites right alongside some local performers in this week’s episode brought your way directly from the KOWS Studios in downtown Santa Rosa, California. Our theme is the Golden State where the living may be costly but the core soul is one of progressive culture and hard work: whether that’s in the fields, behind the desk, in the service industry, or on the road. This week’s show focuses on California, from the LA Freeway to the Streets of Bakersfield, on up to Lodi and the Monterey Bay. The past century has found the state a popular subject of song and we’ve got some favorites and off-the-wall nuggets just for you this Friday morning including tracks from Dave Alvin, Albert Hammond, and Red River Dave. Tune in.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Sound Of The City KSFO 560 – San Francisco 78s Amazon
3Tony Bennett I Left My Heart in San Francisco Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S Amazon
4Danny Sorentino Sonoma County Stars Real Music (Disc 1) Amazon
5Kyle Martin Santa Rosa Kyle Martin Amazon
6Charley Crockett The Way I'm Livin' (Santa Rosa) The Valley Amazon
7Lowell Levinger Hippie From Olema Get Together- Youngblood Classics Amazon
8Kevin Russell California Cottonfields Trouble In Mind Amazon
9John Hartford California Earthquake Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 11 The South Amazon
10Norman Greenbaum Petaluma Spirit In The Sky – The Best of Norman Greenbaum Amazon
11Neil Young California Sunset Old Ways Amazon
12Joe Jones California Sun You Heard It Here First! Amazon
13Roy Orbison California Blue Mystery Girl Amazon
14The Beach Boys California Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys Disc 4 Amazon
15The Beach Boys California Girls 20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits Amazon
16Jan & Dean The Little Old Lady From Pasadena Malt Shop Memories: Top Down Convertible Sound (Disc 2) Amazon
17Eric Clapton San Francisco Bay Blues Unplugged Amazon
18Dave Alvin Out in California Interstate City Amazon
19Various Artists Monterey Pop Promo – KRLA Los Angeles #2 1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials Amazon
20The Mamas & The Papas California Dreamin' Southern California With Fond Memories Amazon
21Joni Mitchell California Hits Amazon
22America Ventura Highway Southern California With Fond Memories Amazon
23Lucinda Williams Here in California Treasures left behind: Remembering Kate Wolf Amazon
24Buck Owens Streets of Bakersfield The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3 Amazon
25Randy Newman I Love L.A. Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman Amazon
26Albert Hammond It Never Rains In California Southern California With Fond Memories Amazon
27The Ink Spots When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano Greatest Hits Amazon
28The Four Preps 26 Miles (Santa Catalina) Southern California With Fond Memories Amazon
29Red River Dave California Hippie Murders Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
30John Fogerty Lodi The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty – Creedence Collection Amazon

Say Goodnight

We’re taking a free form route this week featuring an eclectic blend of some favorites from the not-so-distant past…but we’ll be sprinkling in a generous dose of tunage from the very distant past as well. It’s all in keeping with the standards we keep. Tune in for the likes of Etta Jones, Little Joe and the Thrillers, Bruce Springsteen, The Drifters, and some piano favorites from the Crescent City this Friday on Deeper Roots. Oldies? Yes. Instrumentals? Yes. Soul and vocal gems? Yes. Boring? No. Tune us in on your radio at 92.5 FM or, better yet, listen to us anywhere on planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. It’s going to be a hot day here in the North Bay so why not cool off with some cool sounds here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Dean & Britta Say Goodnight Back Numbers Amazon
3Mark Knopfler Daddy's Gone to Knoxville The Ragpicker's Dream Amazon
4Lonnie Donegan Rock Island Line Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando Amazon
5Mark Knopfler Donegan's Gone Shangri-La Amazon
6The Cookies Chains The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
7The Lovin' Spoonful Coconut Grove Greatest Hits [Buddha] Amazon
8Chris Isaak Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing Forever Blue Amazon
9Jackson Browne Doctor My Eyes The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne Amazon
10Etta Jones Just Friends The Best of Etta Jones The Prestige Singles Amazon
11Julie London My Heart Belongs to Daddy Wild Cool and Swingin' Amazon
12Mary Wells My Guy Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2) Amazon
13Four Aces Perfidia Your Hit Parade – '50S Generation Amazon
14Little Joe & the Thrillers Peanuts The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
15Fats Domino Please Don't Leave Me Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1) Amazon
16The Drifters Please Stay The Definitive Drifters [Disc 1] Amazon
17Luther Barnes & The Red Budd Gospel Choir My God Can Do Anything Big Noise: A Mambo Inn Compilation Amazon
18The Tornados Telstar Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
19Duane Eddy Peter Gunn Theme Rebel Rouser Amazon
20Nelson Riddle Theme from Route 66 Music for a Bachelor's Den Amazon
21Lou Busch The Wild Ones Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene Amazon
22Julia Lee And Her Boyfriends My Man Stands Out Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B Amazon
23Smiley Lewis I Hear You Knocking Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1 Amazon
24Bruce Springsteen You're Missing The Rising (Special Package) Amazon
25Robert Plant Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down Band Of Joy Amazon
26The Allman Brothers Band Revival Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
27Betty Everett The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2) Amazon
28Django Reinhardt/Stéphane Grappelli Sweet Georgia Brown Quintette du Hot Club de France: 25 Classics 1934-1940 Amazon
29Pixies Dig for Fire Bossanova Amazon
30Perry Como Kewpie Doll Your Hit Parade – '50S Generation Amazon
31The O'Jays Love Train Dead Presidents Amazon
32Stevie Wonder Please Don't Go Fulfillingness' First Finale Amazon

Dawn To Midnight

From sunrise to sunset and then back. This Friday morning we take a journey on the roller coaster of life on the big blue marble using music as our rails. We’ll rise and shine in the cold grey light before dawn and follow summer rain with the summer wind as sundown approaches. This week’s theme is a fusion of sunrise, sundown and a misty moonlight rhapsody featuring the music of Ray Charles, Norah Jones, Chet and Les, Bobby Bare, Mahalia Jackson and a couple dozen others. We’ll take you from dawn to midnight as we bring on the best of America’s music from digital, vinyl and ethereal dustbins of the past 100 years. Join us once more for music from long ago, today, and far away here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2The Browns The Three Bells 30 Years Of No. 1 Country Hits 2/4 Amazon
3Nick Lowe Cold Grey Light of Dawn Dig My Mood Amazon
4Emmylou Harris Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn Roses in the Snow Amazon
5Chet Atkins & Les Paul The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise Chester & Lester Amazon
6Luther Dickinson Hurry up Sunrise Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Volumes I & II [amazon asin=Rodney Crowell – Don't Get Me Started [Album Version] – 00:00&title=Buy From Amazon &thumb=http://deeperrootsradio.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/buy_small.gif]
7Norah Jones Sunrise Feels Like Home Amazon
8Bruce Cockburn Sunrise on the Mississippi Dart to the Heart Amazon
9Doris Day I Got The Sun In The Morning Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2] Amazon
10Geoff Muldaur Livin' In The Sunlight (Lovin' in the Moonlight) Is Having Wonderful Time Amazon
11Petra Haden Sunshine Life for Me (with Lenny Pickett) Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys Amazon
12Ray Charles You Are My Sunshine Ultimate Hits Collection [2 of 2] Amazon
13The Statler Brothers You're My Sunshine Country Roads – Ralph Emery Presents – For The Good Times Amazon
14Willie Nelson Bring Me Sunshine ("Naked" Version) Naked Willie Amazon
15Lyle Lovett Summer Wind Smile: Songs From The Movies Amazon
16Johnny Rivers Summer Rain Best Of Johnny Rivers Amazon
17Roger Miller In The Summertime (You Don't Want My Love) Super Hits Amazon
18Robbie Fulks Rose of the Summer Gone Away Backward Amazon
19The Mavericks Summertime (When I'm With You) Mono Amazon
20Dale Hawkins Summertime Down South Wildcat Tamer Amazon
21Slim Willett And His Hired Hands Come Sundown Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
22Bobby Bare Come Sundown 1970 Amazon
23Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Lonesome Sundown Echo Amazon
24J.J. Cale Long About Sundown Stay Around Amazon
25Cab Calloway Moonlight Rhapsody 1932-1934 Amazon
26Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra Let's Dream In The Moonlight Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 05] Amazon
27Dean Martin In The Misty Moonlight The Great Dean Martin Amazon
28Maria Muldaur Moonlight Love Wants to Dance Amazon
29Smokey Wood Moonlight in Oklahoma The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2] Amazon
30Frank Sinatra Moonlight in Vermont Come Fly with Me [Capitol] Amazon
31Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman New Moon Over My Shoulder Mac Doc Del Amazon
32Mahalia Jackson Dark Was The Night Moving On Up A Little Higher Amazon
33Blind Wille Johnson Dark Was The Night-Cold Was The Ground Desperate Man Blues Amazon

Double Play

Hot weather this week and we’ll be sweatin’ out the oldies in the KOWS Studio this coming Friday. Summer may be just around the corner but we’re running hot already here in Sonoma County. Today’s show features a ‘double play’ collection of traditions and covers, focusing primarily on gospel tradition and contemporary covers. Brook Benton, Josh White, Wilson Pickett, Neko Case, and Hank Williams are among the performers we’ll be featuring this week. Covers of the Gambler’s Blues, Stormy Weather, Denomination Blues, and more coming your way from the studios located in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California. Streaming at kowsfm.com/listen.


No.
1Artist Title Album Buy
2Freddie King Trouble In Mind King Of The Blues Amazon
3Mavis Staples Levon Helm Trouble In My Mind Carry Me Home Amazon
4Sister Rosetta Tharpe Trouble In My Mind Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of Amazon
5Washington Phillips Denomination Blues – Part 1 Manzarene Dreams Amazon
6Rodney Crowell Denomination Blues Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South Amazon
7Josh White St. James Infirmary Mojo-2010-11-Journey to Love Amazon
8Bobby "Blue" Bland St. James Infirmary Mississippi Blues Amazon
9Blind Alfred Reed You Must Unload Complete Recorded Works 1927-29 Amazon
10Ry Cooder You Must Unload The Prodigal Son Amazon
11Louis Armstrong Shadrack Louis And The Good Book Amazon
12Brook Benton Shadrack Mercury 1962 Amazon
13CBS Trumpeteers Milky White Way I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983 Amazon
14Elvis Presley Milky White Way His Hand In Mine Amazon
15Shades of Blue Oh How Happy Glory of Love: Sweet & Soulful Love Songs-'60s Amazon
16Carlene Carter Oh How Happy Carlene Carter/Blue Nun Amazon
17Jeff Lynne Stormy Weather Armchair Theatre Amazon
18Ethel Waters Stormy Weather Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
19Aaron Neville I Saw The Light Gospel Roots Amazon
20Hank Williams I Saw The Light Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel Amazon
21Arizona Dranes John Said He Saw A Number He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes Amazon
22Neko Case John Saw That Number Fox Confessor Brings The Flood Amazon
23Jimmy Reed Big Boss Man The Very Best of Jimmy Reed Amazon
24Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Big Boss Man Playback Disc 5 Amazon
25Wilson Pickett Three-Time Loser A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1] Amazon
26Dave Edmunds Three Time Loser Twangin' Amazon
27Solomon Burke Got To Get You Off My Mind Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis) Amazon
28Huey Lewis And The News Got To Get You Off My Mind Soulsville Amazon
29Peggy Lee With Dave Barbour & His Orchestra I Don't Know Enough About You I Get Ideas – A Proper Introduction To Peggy Lee Amazon
30The Mills Brothers I Don't Know Enough About You The Very Best Of The Mills Brothers Amazon
31The Bobby Fuller Four I Fought The Law The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four Amazon
32The Clash I Fought the Law Story of the Clash, Vol. 1 Disc 1 Amazon

Fogerty Revival

We make a big tip of the hat to an institutional…who turns 77 years old this coming week. John Cameron Fogerty grew up in these parts, growing up in El Cerrito to a second grade teacher and linotype operator for the Berkeley Gazette. He was a part-time Army reservist who, after completing his gig in 1968, formed a band with brother Tom called The Golliwogs and then, eventually, Creedence Clearwater. A talented songwriter clearly influenced by the core elements of gospel, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, country, and (certainly) rock ‘n roll, John’s catalog of music, his distinctive vocals, and driving melodies are immediately recognizable, if not for Doug Clifford’s percussive direction, then for the rhythm and twang that took a Northern California ensemble sound into the mossy swamps and humid climes of the deeper South. Through a messy transition to his solo career to his late career recognition, John Fogerty is a legend and our show today takes some time to reflect…with music from contemporaries, solo efforts new and old, and most certainly a collection of Creedence classics. Tune in.


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1Artist Title Album Buy
2John Fogerty Don't You Wish It Was True Revival Amazon
3The Golliwogs Action USA Promotional Spot Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967 Amazon
4The Golliwogs You Better Be Careful Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967 Amazon
5The Golliwogs Fight Fire Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967 Amazon
6John Fogerty Down On The Corner The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection Amazon
7Creedence Clearwater Revival The Midnight Special Hot Stuff Amazon
8Big Silver Wrote A Song For Everyone Chooglin': a Tribute to the Songs of John Fogerty Amazon
9Irma Thomas River Is Waiting Simply Grand Amazon
10John Jorgenson Lookin Out My Back Door Chooglin': a Tribute to the Songs of John Fogerty Amazon
11Earl Scruggs/John Fogerty Blue Ridge Mountain Blues Earl Scruggs and Friends Amazon
12John Fogerty Have You Ever Seen the Rain (with Alan Jackson) Wrote a Song for Everyone Amazon
13Juan Gabriel Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (Gracias al Sol) Quiero Creedence Amazon
14John Fogerty The Old Man Down The Road Centerfield Amazon
15Marc Cohn Long As I Can See The Light Listening Booth: 1970 Amazon
16Ted Hawkins Long As I Can See The Light The Next Hundred Years Amazon
17John Fogerty Almost Saturday Night (with Keith Urban) Wrote a Song for Everyone Amazon
18John Fogerty Deja Vu (All Over Again) Deja Vu All Over Again Amazon
19Carl Perkins All Mama's Children (with John Fogerty) Go Cat Go Amazon
20Jerry Lee Lewis Bad Moon Rising The London Sessions 1973 Amazon
21Elvis Presley Proud Mary [#] An Afternoon in the Garden Amazon
22Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers Lodi At The Ryman [Live] Amazon
23Creedence Clearwater Revival Green River Green River Amazon
24Buddy Guy Change In The Weather Feels Like Rain Amazon
25Creedence Clearwater Revival Hey Tonight Pendulum Amazon
26John Fogerty Blue Moon Nights Blue Moon Swamp Amazon
27Dr. John; John Fogerty New Orleans The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: Celebrating Mac & His Music Disc 2 Amazon
28John Fogerty Centerfield Centerfield Amazon
29John Fogerty River Is Waiting Revival Amazon

Your Lucky Day

Bad luck and trouble are supposed to be common watchwords on a Friday the 13th but we’re not the superstitious kind. Those vintage holdovers from a Christian time gone long past are just reminders of the stinkin’ thinkin’ that got us to where we are today. We’ll be taking our chances with a themed show today that blends vocal nuggets from Frank Sinatra and Elvis with blues from Bobby “Blue” Bland, Ray Charles, and Chester Burnett. We’ve also got some Jimmy Smith, Raul Malo, Chance Halladay, and Nappy Brown to keep you entertained while the rest of the world goes by. Tune us in on your radio at 92.5 FM or, better yet, listen to us anywhere on planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. Adopt a black cat. Despite longstanding superstitions, they have the very best of personalities.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Jim Lauderdale Lucky 13 Point of No Return: The Unreleased 1989 Album Amazon
3Chris Isaak Waiting for My Lucky Day Baja Sessions Amazon
4The Bobby Fuller Four I'm A Lucky Guy The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four Amazon
5Frank Sinatra Luck Be a Lady Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years Amazon
6Judy Garland Lucky Day Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby! Amazon
7Jimmy Smith I'm Just A Lucky So And So Standards Amazon
8Ray Charles Lucky Old Sun Hear Music Volume 1 Amazon
9Tommy Flanagan Friday The 13th For Monk-A Tribute To The Music Of Thelonious Monk Amazon
10Bobby "Blue" Bland Friday The 13th Child His California Album Amazon
11Howlin' Wolf Hard Luck The Chess Box [Disc 3] Amazon
12Chris Thomas King Superstitious Blues Me, My Guitar and the Blues Amazon
13Albert King Born Under A Bad Sign Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] Amazon
14Stevie Wonder Superstition Hitsville USA, Vol. 2: The Motown Singles Collection 1972-1992 Disc 1 Amazon
15J.J. Cale Lady Luck Travel Log Amazon
16Raul Malo Lucky One Lucky One Amazon
17Mary-Chapin Carpenter I Feel Lucky Come On Come On Amazon
18Elvis Presley Suspicious Minds Elvis Viva Las Vegas – official soundtrack Amazon
19k.d. lang & the Reclines Luck in My Eyes Absolute Torch and Twang Amazon
20Charley Crockett Lots of Luck Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza Amazon
21Johnny Cash Thirteen American Recordings Amazon
22Gale Storm Lucky Lips Dark Moon * The Best Of Gale Storm Amazon
23Ruth Brown Lucky Lips Feelin Fine Amazon
24Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody) My Lucky Day Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949 Amazon
25Howlin' Wolf I Ain't Superstitious The Chess Box Amazon
26John Fogerty Bad Moon Rising The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection Amazon
27Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Bad Luck, Pt. 1 Greatest Hits Amazon
28Chance Halladay Lucky Me Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon

Art Rupe Tribute

The story of R&B, gospel, and early rock were embellished by many performers, artists, and personalities. The early influencers behind the scenes also included people like Art Rupe, a native of Pittsburg who lept into the entertainment industry with both feet after the Second World War, co-founding a small West Coast label called Juke Box Records in 1944. Breaking away from his partners, he would later form a label of his own: Specialty Records. His keen ear for what he termed the “secret [that] lay in a big band sound with a churchy feel” was spot on. Specifically, he took the stigma out of the ‘race’ of ‘race records’ of the day and targeted larger audiences. There were dozens of performers that came from the Specialty stable, chief among them being Roy Milton, Percy Mayfield, Sam Cooke and, of course, Little Richard Penniman. Art Rupe passed away this month at the age of 104 and we’ll be sharing the early-to-mid-century classic pieces from a cross-section of Specialty performers that spanned the gospel, R&B and rock genres that Art helped bring into the mainstream.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers Little Joe's Boogie Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Amazon
3Roy Milton & His Solid Senders R.M. Blues Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton Amazon
4Camille Howard You Don't Love Me The Specialty Story Amazon
5Paul Gayten My Rough And Ready Man R&B Outbreak CD 2 Amazon
6Percy Mayfield Strange Things Happening Poet of the Blues Amazon
7Percy Mayfield Please Send Me Someone To Love Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues Amazon
8Joe Liggins One Sweet Letter Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Amazon
9Lloyd Price Lawdy Miss Clawdy Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1 Amazon
10Marvin & Johnny Wine Woogie The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5 Amazon
11Jesse & Marvin Dream Girl Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams Amazon
12Joe Houston Orchestra All Night Long Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 Amazon
13Marvin Phillips Mamo Mamo (Specialty 554) R&B Humdingers Volume 12 Amazon
14Tony Allen & the Champs Nite Owl Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2 Amazon
15Little Richard Keep A Knockin' (ART RUPE) The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
16Little Richard Tutti Frutti The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
17Don & Dewey Farmer John Jungle Hop Amazon
18Larry Williams Short Fat Fannie The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957 Amazon
19Larry Williams Bony Maronie Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
20Larry Williams Dizzy Miss Lizzy [Album Version] Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams Amazon
21Art Neville That Old Time Rock And Roll His Specialty Recordings Amazon
22Art Neville Belle Amie His Specialty Recordings Amazon
23Hollywood Flames Buzz Buzz Buzz Doo Wop Box Disc 2 Amazon
24Don & Dewey Koko Joe Jungle Hop Amazon
25The Original Gospel Harmonettes Get Away Jordan Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan Amazon
26Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes Love Lifted Me Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958 Amazon
27Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers He's So Wonderful The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3] Amazon
28Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers Come and Go To That Land 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
29Swan Silvertones Trouble In My Way Gospel Music Amazon
30Clifton Chenier Eh, Petite Fille Bayou Blues Amazon
31Clifton Chenier Boppin' The Rock Bayou Blues Amazon
32Frankie Lee Sims Lucy Mae Blues Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues Amazon
33John Lee Hooker My Baby's Got Something No Friend Around Amazon
34Little Richard Shake A Hand The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
35Professor Alex Bradford What Folks Say About Me The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men Amazon
36Brother Joe May Testimony The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men Amazon

Dead Covers

Let’s have ourselves a natural ball. We’ve done shows whose themes include traditional covers done by The Grateful Dead as well as paying tribute to the songwriting talents of Robert Hunter. We’re truckin’ down one more alley of dead themes in today’s show: covers of Grateful Dead songs done by others. And what a lineup we have for you this bright Saturday morning, celebrating springtime in Sonoma County. We’ve got Jorma, Jimmy Buffet, Graham Parker, Joan Osborne, Levon Helm and Bruce Hornsby queued up for you as we celebrate the return of the FM signal for Community Radio in West Sonoma County. That’s right! The rest of the world gets to share Sonoma County with….uh, Sonoma County, as the streaming returns to sharing the stage on a Community Radio signal that runs 24×7. Deeper Roots will celebrate with a New Speedway Boogie, honoring the new FM signal and raising a glass or Ripple with Uncle John’s Band. Tune us in.

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Los Lobos Bertha Deadicated Amazon
3Joan Osborne Brokedown Palace Pretty Little Stranger Amazon
4David Gans Box Of Rain Drop The Bone Amazon
5Indigo Girls Uncle John's Band Deadicated Amazon
6Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley Friend Of The Devil The Country Blues Amazon
7Jorma Kaukonen Operator River Of Time Amazon
8Jimmie Dale Gilmore Ripple One Endless Night Amazon
9Warren Zevon Casey Jones Deadicated Amazon
10Levon Helm Tennessee Jed Electric Dirt Amazon
11Dr. John Deal Deadicated Amazon
12Gregg Allman Black Muddy River Southern Blood Amazon
13David Gans New Speedway Boogie It's A Hand-me-down Amazon
14Jimmy Buffett Uncle John's Band Fruitcakes Amazon
15Larry Campbell Attics of My Life Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams Amazon
16Willie Nelson Stella Blue Songbird Amazon
17Suzanne Vega China Doll Deadicated Amazon
18Graham Parker Sugaree Your Country Amazon
19Bruce Hornsby & The Range Jack Straw Deadicated Amazon
20The Persuasions It Must Have Been the Roses Might As Well… The Persuasions Sing Grateful Dead Amazon
21Rick Danko Ripple Times Like These Amazon

Peace and Happiness

We’ve got ourselves a blend of free form sounds from the Deeper Roots archives with themes of midnight runs, trains, and happiness spiced with instrumental punch. Tune in on a Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio for some oddball tunes from John D. Loudermilk, Bob Gibson, and Chip Taylor and The New Ukrainians. We’re already halfway through the month and we’ll find ourselves with a brighter eclectic blend of sounds from the past century. The antenna is installed and now the volunteers who pedal the wheels to churn those dynamos will soon have our signal spreading it’s joy throughout the county. Go volunteers!!
Tune in why don’t you…

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1Artist Title Album Buy
2Chip Taylor & The new Ukrainians Be Kind (Clean) Radio Safe Fuck All The Perfect People Amazon
3Ted Hawkins Peace and Happiness 25 Years of Rounder Records (Disc1) Amazon
4Big Joe Turner Feeling Happy Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]] Amazon
5Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin Feeling Happy Lost Time Amazon
6The Jive Five I'm A Happy Man Rock Is Dead, But It Won't Lie Down: 24 Greatest Hits Of All Time, Vol. 2 Amazon
7Bob Gibson Joy Joy Joy Joy! The Young and Wonderful Bob Gibson Amazon
8John D. Loudermilk He's Just a Scientist Blue Train Amazon
9The Friends Of Distinction Grazing In The Grass Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's, Vol. 1 Amazon
10Sandy Nelson Chop Chop Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats – The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection Amazon
11The String-A-Longs Wheels Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
12Ray Bryant Combo The Madison Time, Pt. 1 Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
13Hank Penny Jersey Bounce (Instrumental) King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2] Amazon
14The Bobby Fuller Four A New Shade Of Blue The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four Amazon
15Bob Dylan Soon After Midnight Tempest Amazon
16Marc Cohn After Midnight Listening Booth: 1970 Amazon
17Arthur Alexander In The Middle Of It All The Greatest Hits Amazon
18Roger McGuinn Anna Adios Amigo: A Tribute to Arthur Alexander Amazon
19Carlene Carter/Paul Carrack Oh How Happy Twenty-One Good Reasons: The Paul Carrack Collection Amazon
20Johnny Cash Casey Jones (Blood, Sweat & Tears) Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 1] Amazon
21Mabel Scott Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train Blues Women Amazon
22Chuck Berry Down Bound Train Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings Amazon
23Dick Flood Hellbound Train Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
24Precious Bryant Morning Train Black Snake Moan Soundtrack Amazon
25John Prine Morning Train Fair & Square Amazon
26Harry Nilsson Turn on Your Radio Son of Schmilsson Amazon
27John Hartford Turn Your Radio On Aereo-Plain Amazon
28Rambling Rod Foley Yodeling Radio Joe American Yodeling Amazon
29The Shootouts Radio Jesus Quick Draw Amazon
30The Bootleg Honeys Radio Paint It Red Amazon
31Carlene Carter Radio Sweetheart Two Sides to Every Woman/Musical Shapes Amazon
32B. Bumble & the Stingers Bumble Boogie Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
33The Stampeders Sweet City Woman Les stars du country, vol. 2 Amazon
34The Ink Spots Address Unknown Greatest Hits Amazon
35Fiona Prine/John Prine My Happiness For Better, Or Worse Amazon