Category Archives: Featured Music

Higher and Higher

February 26, 2022 Dave

A carefully curated concoction of sounds on a Friday morning will keep you on your toes going into the weekend here in Sonoma County. We’ll pay tribute to Beverly “Ruby” Ross, a songwriter and musician who co-wrote some early rock n’ roll classics who passed away last week. And there’s no stopping the classics from rolling in with some country from the Golden Age including The Browns and Johnny Horton, an eclectic run of blues with Jimmy Reed and BB King, and some of the sweeter sounds from Patti Page, Jo Stafford, and Linda Ronstadt. Jackie Wilson will open our show this morning and we’ll be sure to feed your soul with some Geraint Watkins from across the pond. Join us on the stream at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jackie Wilson	(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher	Something to Believe In
3	Cissy Houston	Deep River/Campground	Testify! The Gospel Box
4	The Fairfield Four	Roll Jordan	Revival
5	Bob Dylan	Someday Baby	Modern Times
6	Geraint Watkins	I'm Just Crazy About You	Dial 'W' for Watkins
7	The Chordettes	Lollipop	Red, White & Rock Disc 1
8	The Earls	Remember Then	The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
9	Roy Orbison	Candy Man	The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 2]
10	Bill Haley & His Comets	Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) (Single Version)	Rock Around The Clock
11	Lesley Gore	Judy's Turn to Cry (Single)	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lesley Gore
12	Elvis Presley	The Girl Of My Best Friend	The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1]
13	The Browns	Cool Water	1959-1960 (Warped 5995)
14	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Wagon Wheels	Tumbling Tumbleweeds
15	Patti Page	I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart	Country Music On the Mercury Label
16	Jo Stafford	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Capitol Collectors Series
17	Johnny Horton	North To Alaska	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
18	Gene Pitney	(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance	The Look Of Love [Disc 1]
19	Dinah Washington	Somebody Loves Me (from "The Swingin' Miss D")	Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums
20	Linda Ronstadt	Perfidia	Mambo Kings
21	Carla Thomas	B-a-b-y	Something to Believe In
22	Brenda Lee	Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar)	Grady Martin
23	Brenda Lee	That's All You Gotta Do	36 All-Time G.H. V2
24	Dave Edmunds	Deep in the Heart of Texas	D.E. 7th
25	Geraint Watkins	Oobee Doobee Eyes	Watkins Bold as Love
26	Jimmy Reed	Take Out Some Insurance	Blues Masters: The Very Best Of Jimmy Reed
27	Henry Spaulding	Cairo Blues	American Primitive: Pre-War Revenants 1897-1939, Vol. 2 [Disc 2]
28	B.B. King * Eric Clapton	Rollin' & Tumblin'	Riding With The King
29	Chubby Checker	Hey Bobba Needle	The Best Jukeboxhits 3
30	Sir Douglas Quintet	Nuevo Laredo	Mono Singles '68-'72
31	Johnny Restivo	The Shape I'm In	Lost Male Hits Of The 50's
32	Rockin' Sidney	My Toot-Toot	Alligator Stomp: Cajun Zydeco Classics
33	Los Super Seven	My Window Faces The South (ft. Lyle Lovett)	Heard It On The X
34	Nora Jane Struthers	Cowgirl Yodel #3	Nora Jane Struthers
35	Shirley & Lee	Let The Good Times Roll	Shirley & Lee Rock
36	Sam Cooke	Good Times	Ain't That Good News

A Bowl Of Soul

February 22, 2022 Dave

This Friday’s Deeper Roots takes another dip into the brass and sass of soul and funk sounds from Duke, Kent, Motown, and beyond. We’re taking a bright and soulful circuitous route from Detroit to Memphis, Chicago, Philly, and the Chitlin’ Circuit. A little bit of rare soul beach music thrown in with some northern soul. We’ll hear from Mitty Collier, Donnie Elbert, Eddie Floyd, Willie Tee and an incredible roster of the known and not-so known from the past century. We’ll also pay tribute to Betty Davis, a soul and funk pioneer songstress who we lost this past week. Dial us up every Friday morning at 9 Pacific.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jimmy Hughes	You Can't Believe Everything	The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
3	Johnny & Jackey	Someday We'll Be Together	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4)
4	Quinn Golden	Party On the Weekend	On the Chitlin Circuit
5	Pat & the Blenders	Hard Workin' Man	Conquer the World: The Lost Soul of Philadelphia International Records
6	Rufus Thomas	All Night Worker	All Night Worker: Rare Soul Sides
7	Jerry Butler	I'm A Telling You	Northern Soul – The Early Years (CD 1)
8	Eddie Floyd	I Need You Woman	Rare Stamps
9	Donnie Elbert	Everything To Me	Chess Uptown Soul
10	Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band	Love Land	Rare Soul Beach Music Classics: Vol. 3
11	James Carr	These Ain't Raindrops	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 5
12	Carla Thomas	Stop! Look What You're Doing	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
13	Matilda Jones	Wrong Too Long	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 4
14	Jean Wells	After Loving You	Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
15	Eula Cooper	Shake Daddy Shake	Let Our Love Grow Higher
16	Mitty Collier	Don't Let Her Take My Baby	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4)
17	Madeline Bell	One Step At A Time	Bell's A Poppin'
18	James Ray	I've Got My Mind Set On You (Part 1 & 2)	The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta!
19	The Fantastic Epics	We Do It All Up Here	Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 4]
20	Reggie Smith	Soul Walkin'	Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 4]
21	Carl Hall	Mean It Baby	You Don't Know Nothing About Love: The Loma/Atlantic Recordings 1967-1972
22	Betty Davis	Shoo-b-doop And Cop Him	Up South The Great Migration Of Southern Sound, Oxford American Southern Music Issue Volume 23
23	L. C. Cooke	Let's Do It Over	Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
24	The Artistics	You Left Me	Brunswick Lost Soul – Volume 1
25	Bobby Womack	What You Gonna Do (When Your Love Is Gone)	On The Soul Side
26	Willie Tee	Walking Up A One Way Street	Rare Soul Beach Music Classics: Vol. 3
27	James Brown	Lost Someone	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
28	Etta James	Only Time Will Tell	Enduring Soul
29	Sugar Pie DeSanto	A Little Taste of Soul	A Little Bit of Soul (1957-1962)
30	Roscoe & Barbara	It Ain't Right	Heavy Soul: Old Town & Barry's Deep Down & Dirty Sides
31	Howard Tate	Sweet Love Child	Get It While You Can: The Comp
32	Roddie Joy	Come Back Baby	Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
33	Ollie & The Nightingales	You're Leaving Me	Stax Southern Soul
34	Chuck Jackson	I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)	Oxford American 10th Anniversary Music Sampler, [Disc 1]: "Future Masters" [Oxford American, 2008]
35	Ralph Soul Jackson	You Left the Water Running	Hall of Fame – Volume 3
36	William Bell	I Forgot To Be Your Lover	The Very Best Of William Bell

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

Flotsam & Jetsam

February 14, 2022 Dave

Music comes in all shapes and sizes. There are always the also-rans, the one hit wonders, the bright little shiny piece that gets lost among the thousands of others of the same mint, the ones that couldn’t afford to compete, as well as all the B-sides and album leftovers. We’re picking a few of those and a couple dozen others that we found as we ‘walked the beach’ in search of the perfect playlist to share this morning. Tune in for a sweet mix of just about everything featuring David Seville, Scatman Crothers, Lou Monte, Neil Young, Esquivel, and Johnny Cash as we lay out a brimming sea of sound like so much flotsam and jetsam on the Sonoma County airwaves this morning. Tune in for an earful and more.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Trini Lopez	The Search Goes On	Exotic Blues & Rhythm Volume 7 & 8 Boom-A-Lay & Chug-A-Lug
3	Raphael Saadiq	Stone Rollin'	Stone Rollin' – Single
4	Esquivel!	Mucha Muchacha	Watchamacallit
5	David Seville	Almost Good	Exotic Blues & Rhythm Volume 7 & 8 Boom-A-Lay & Chug-A-Lug
6	Betty Wright	Clean Up Woman	The Best of Betty Wright
7	Cliff Edwards	A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody	Ukulele Ike
8	Dolly Parton	Joshua	Ultimate Dolly Parton
9	Skeeter Davis	I Can't Stay Mad At You	The Essential Skeeter Davis
10	The Everly Brothers	Wake Up Little Susie	The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957
11	Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks	Wonderin'	Everybody's Rockin'
12	The Du Droppers	I Wanna Know	We Loved You Madly, Chapter 78: Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young
13	Mavis Staples	Down In Mississippi (Cd)	We'll Never Turn Back
14	Johnny Cash	Personal Jesus	American IV: Man Comes Around
15	Greg Brown	Boomtown	Poet Game
16	Florence + The Machine	Dog Days Are Over	Lungs
17	Leon Redbone	All I Do Is Dream of You	Any Time
18	Steve Forbert	Any Old Time	Any Old Time
19	Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers	Romeo's Tune	An American Troubadour: The Songs of Steve Forbert
20	Scatman Crothers	Hot Rod Harry	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 4
21	Lou Monte	The Italian Cowboy Song	Songs for Pizza Lovers – Lou Monte Sings
22	Danny Kaye	Beatin', Bangin' 'N' Scratchin'	Danny Kaye The Best of
23	Bobby Troup	Seventh Son	Make Mine Mondo
24	Natalie Cole	Route 66	Unforgettable: With Love
25	Nat King Cole	Sweet Lorraine	Nat King Cole [Disc 1]
26	Hem	Radiation Vibe	No Word From Tom
27	Frank Black	Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day	Honeycomb
28	Fats Domino	Make Me Belong To You	Fats Is Back
29	Roy Brown	I'm Convicted of Love	The Complete Imperial Recordings
30	June Christy	This Year's Crop Of Kisses	Jazz Greats
31	Eels	Love Of The Loveless	Shootenanny!
32	Bruce Springsteen	I'm Goin' Down	Born in the U.S.A.
33	Cab Calloway	Minnie The Moocher	Best Of The Big Bands

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

The House That Ruth Built

February 5, 2022 Dave

The decade of the fifties found the sounds of rhythm and blues being best represented on the Atlantic Records label. Founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson, the catalog of artists and the quality of production were unparalleled for their time. And while Ertegun’s biography is subtitled “The House That Ertegun Built”, the performers were also undisputed heavyweights: Big Joe Turner, Ray Charles, Clyde McPhatter, and Lavern Baker to name a few. Things, however, exploded when a lady dubbed “Miss Rhythm” arrived with “Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean” leading to another moniker: “The House That Ruth Built”. This week’s show will feature some of the great tracks from Ruth Brown and the many contemporaries who made the label synonymous with R&B well into the seventies and beyond. Tune in for a special treat. Rock, rhythm, and dynamite doo wop from the Atlantic vaults on a Friday morning.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Clovers	One Mint Julep	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
3	The Cardinals	Wheel Of Fortune	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
4	Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters	Money Honey	Atlantic Rock & Roll
5	Carmen Taylor & The Boleros	Ooh I	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
6	Sheiks	Walk That Walk	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
7	The Chords	Sh-Boom	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
8	The Playboys	Good Golly Miss Molly	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
9	The Regals	Got The Water Boiling	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
10	The Clovers	Devil Or Angel	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 2] – Slow & Dreamy
11	Ruth Brown	Oh What a Dream (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
12	Ruth Brown	Mama He Treats Your Daughter Mean (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
13	Ruth Brown	Lucky Lips (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
14	The Cookies	In Paradise	Atlantic Rhythm And Blues 19471974, Vol. 3: 19551958
15	Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters	Treasure of Love	Atlantic Rock & Roll
16	The Drifters	Long Lonely Nights	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
17	The Drifters	Long Lonely Nights	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
18	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle & Roll	Atlantic Rock & Roll
19	Big Joe Turner	Boogie Woogie Country Girl	Atlantic Rock & Roll
20	Ray Charles	Hallelujah I Love Her So	Atlantic Rock & Roll
21	Ray Charles	Mess Around	Atlantic Rock & Roll
22	Ray Charles	This Little Girl of Mine	Atlantic Rock & Roll
23	LaVern Baker	Get Up, Get Up (You Sleepy Head) [Japan 2012 Remaster]	Atlantic Rock & Roll
24	LaVern Baker	Tweedle Dee (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
25	LaVern Baker	Soul on Fire (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
26	Ivory Joe Hunter	Since I Met You Baby (Single/LP Version)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
27	Ivory Joe Hunter	It's a Doggone Crying Shame	Atlantic Rock & Roll
28	The Bobbettes	Mr. Lee	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
29	The Ospreys	It's Good To Me (You Don't Know And I DOn't Know)	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
30	The Drifters	Drip Drop	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
31	The Coasters	Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
32	The Coasters	Dance!	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
33	Del-Larks	Remember The Night	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
34	The Sh-Booms (The Chords)	Blue Moon	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
35	Top Note	Hearts Of Stone	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
36	Billy Storm	When You Dance	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
37	Stick McGhee & His Buddies	Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
38	Big Joe Turner	Midnight Special Train	Atlantic Rock & Roll

African American Gospel, Americana, Country Gospel, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Soul

Gospel Firebrands

January 30, 2022 Dave

Classic pairings with some rocking gospel from Elvis, country and bluegrass classics, some sacred steel, tradition, and some of the richest black gospel performances from the past century, with the focus being on those performers who put the passion into the ‘word’. The roots of rock, jazz, blues, and country are closer to the surface than you’d imagine and we’re here to share it with you: The Golden Gate Quartet, Willie and Bobbie Nelson, The Jordanaires, Nina Simone, and a couple dozen others here to celebrate and evangelize through great music. Deeper Roots heads back through the church and barn doors from the past century where the power of music tells a story in all it’s glory. Join us!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Big Mama Thornton	Wade in the Water	This Ain't No Mouse Music [Disc 1]
3	Apostles Of Music	Wade In the Water	Local Customs: Downriver Revival
4	Josh White	Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (mono)	The Elektra Years – disc 1
5	The Jordaniares	Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho	The Jordaniares Gospel
6	Elvis Presley	By and By	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
7	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	In The Sweet By And By	Farther Along
8	Selah Jubilee Singers	I'll Fly Away	Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
9	Bonnie Owens	I'll Fly Away	1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
10	The Haden Triplets	I'll Fly Away	The Family Songbook
11	Marie Knight	Milky White Way	Hallelujah What A Song!
12	Elvis Presley	Milky White Way	His Hand In Mine
13	Lonnie Johnson	The Old Rugged Cross	Stompin' At The Penny
14	George Jones	The Old Rugged Cross	24 Greatest Gospel Hits
15	Ray Price	Rock of Ages	K-Tel Presents Country Gospel Classics
16	The Jordanaires	Rock Of Ages	Will The Circle Be Unbroken
17	The Byrds	Farther Along	The Byrds [Box Set] Disc 4
18	Connie Smith	08. Farther Along	Connie Smith 1965-1966
19	Aubrey Ghent	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	The Best Of Sacred Steel
20	Willie Nelson And Patsy Cline	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	The Essential Guide To Gospel
21	Bruce Cockburn	Go Tell It On The Mountain	Christmas
22	Mahalia Jackson	Go Tell It on the Mountain	Gospels & Spirituals: The Gold Collection
23	The Golden Gate Quartet	Golden Gate Gospel Train	CD 1 the Old Days
24	The Staple Singers	This Train	Freedom Highway
25	Peter, Paul & Mary	This Train	Peter, Paul & Mary
26	Nina Simone	Trouble in Mind	Hear Music Volume 8
27	Jorma Kaukonen	Trouble In Mind	River Of Time
28	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Bedside of a Neighbor	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
29	The Cox Family	Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor	Everybody's Reaching out for Someone
30	Johnny Cash	Life's Railway To Heaven	Life Unheard
31	Patsy Cline	Life's Railway To Heaven	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
32	Reverend Robert Ballinger	How I Got Over	1950s Gospel Classics
33	The Williams Family	How I Got Over	Great Gospel – Maybe the Last Time
34	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Oldies

Dallas Frazier Tribute

January 23, 2022 Dave

We lost one of the great country songwriters last week. You know his songs, no doubt, but it’s not likely you know his name. Dallas Frazier grew up with songsmithing in his blood. And he got around: the Bakersfield scene, penning a bit hit for The Hollywood Argyles and The Oak Ridge Boys, Portland, Los Angeles, Capitol Records and, of course, Nashville. He penned music for the likes of Elvis, Ferlin Husky, Connie Smith, George Jones, Charley Pride and dozens of others with a blending and re-imagining the kind of music he’d always been fond of: music of the early 20th century. Join us as we share the songs of Dallas Frazier and tell you a little bit about him in our next show here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dallas Frazier	California Cotton Fields	Singing My Songs
3	The Hollywood Argyles	Alley Oop	Oldies but Goodies, Volume 5
4	The Oak Ridge Boys	Elvira	The Best Of Classic Country 80's
5	Charlie Rich	Mohair Sam	Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich
6	Bill Kirchen	She's a Yum Yum	Big Hat
7	Percy Sledge	True Love Travels On A Gravel Road	It Tears Me Up: The Best Of Percy Sledge
8	Various Artists	O. C. Smith – Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 9
9	Brenda Lee	Johnny One Time	The Brenda Lee Story: Her Greatest Hits
10	Willie Nelson	Johnny One Time	One Hell Of A Ride [Box Set] [Disc 2]
11	Charley Pride	All I Have To Offer You Is Me	Fifty Years Of Hits
12	Charley Pride	I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol. 4
13	Jack Greene	There Goes My Everything	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973
14	Charlie Louvin	Will You Visit Me On Sundays?	Greatest Hits
15	Connie Smith	Ain't Had No Lovin'	The Essential Connie Smith
16	George Jones	I'm A People	The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
17	Roy Clark	Shoulder to Shoulder (Arm and Arm)	The Roy Clark Anthology
18	Ferlin Husky	Timber I'm Falling	Ferlin Husky Singles
19	Mel Street	Walk Softly On The Bridges	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10
20	Jerry Lee Lewis	Touching Home	All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 2)
21	Elvis Presley	There Goes My Everything	Worldwide Gold Award Hits Vol. 2
22	Teddy Thompson	Touching Home	Up Front And Down Low
23	Keith Richards	Say It's Not You	Bradley Barn Sessions
24	Southside Johnny	Beneath Still Waters	Songs From the Barn
25	Connie Smith	If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)	The Essential Connie Smith
26	Connie Smith	Just a Little Bit of You	1971-1972 (Warped 7293F)
27	Loretta Lynn/Marty Stuart	Will You Visit Me on Sunday [#]	Compadres: An Anthology of Duets
28	Bonnie Owens	How Can Our Cheatin' Be Wrong	1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
29	Osborne Brothers	Long Lanky Woman	1968-1974 Disc 3
30	Elvis Presley	True Love Travels On A Gravel Road	From Elvis in Memphis
31	Slim Harpo	Mohair Sam	The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 2
32	Dallas Frazier	I Can't Go On	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
33	Dallas Frazier	Will You Visit Me On Sunday	Singing My Songs
34	Connie Smith	27. A Touch of Yesterday	Connie Smith 1965-1966

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Gospel, Oldies, Rock, Soul

Time To Kill

January 15, 2022 Dave

Free form sounds with time to kill from the past century. This week’s Deeper Roots show features soul, seventies rock, some gospel, country and rhythm & blues. We’ll be sharing an interesting blend of under-the-radar sounds from some greats: Ben E. King, Wanda Jackson, The Band, Mavis Staples, Neil Young, and beyond. Sonoma County Community radio is community radio at it’s best. Join Dave Stroud for a selection of classics from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa. We enjoy sharing and we hope you enjoy listening on Friday mornings on KOWS Occidental (and Friday evenings on KRJF Santa Rosa).

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Band	Time To Kill	A Musical History [Disc 3]
3	Amy Winehouse	Back To Black	Back To Black
4	Shirley & Company	Shame, Shame, Shame (Vocal Version)	Shame Shame Shame
5	Arthur Conley	Sweet Soul Music	Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967
6	LaVern Baker	Saved	Soul On Fire: Thes Best Of LaVerne Baker
7	Mamie Bradley	I Feel Like A Million	The Sue Records Story: The Sound Of Soul [Disc 1]
8	George Jackson	I Got A Feeling	Leavin' Your Homework Undone
9	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Long Lost And Worried	Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
10	Ben E. King	Show Me The Way	Poison Ivy – Gems from the Atco Vaults 1959-1962
11	Roy Orbison	Let's Make a Memory	Crying
12	Leon Russell	Delta Lady	Leon Russell [Bonus Track]
13	Gospel Supremes	Sinner Man	Local Customs: Downriver Revival
14	Grandpa Jones	Turn Your Radio On	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1]
15	Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship	The Baby Tree	Blows Against The Empire
16	Wanda Jackson	Just A Queen For A Day	Wanda Jackson
17	Neil Young	Union Man (2016 Remaster)	Hawks & Doves
18	Merle Haggard	Roly Poly	Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player
19	Mavis Staples	Your Good Fortune	Your Good Fortune (EP)
20	Candi Staton	He Called Me Baby	Evidence: The Complete Fame Records Masters [Disc 1]
21	Arthur Alexander	Call Me Honey	The Monument Years
22	Dan Hicks	You Gotta Believe [Album Version]	The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks]
23	Lefty Frizzell	She's Gone, Gone, Gone	Look What Thoughts Will Do
24	Simon & Garfunkel	The Boxer	The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2]
25	Peter, Paul & Mary	Blowin' In The Wind	The Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary
26	Bob Dylan	Things Have Changed	Lovesick
27	J. J. Jackson	But It's Alright	But It's Alright
28	Bill Kirchen	It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry	Seeds and Stems
29	Jakob Dylan	Something Good This Way Comes	Seeing Things
30	Lee Dorsey	Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley	Holy Cow The Very Best Of Lee Dorsey
31	The Peanut Butter Conspiracy	Twice Is Life (Single Version)	The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Is Spreading
32	Fleetwood Mac	This Is the Rock	Kiln House

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Soul, Theme Time

Brand New Day

January 8, 2022 Dave

That new car smell…applied to everything we can think of…all to celebrate this new 2022 thing…365 more rotations and one long trip around that giant luminous orb. What a long strange trip it was. So let’s celebrate all that’s new as we move into our second decade of celebrating the past century of America’s music. This week, we’re taking on the theme of ‘brand new’….new heartaches, new cars, new neighbors, new mornings, and new hopes…same as the old hopes no doubt, but with a different slant. We’ve got performances by Mel Tillis, Dion, Ruthie Foster, Fats Domino, Steve Earle and a couple dozen others to keep our dreams worth holding onto. Let’s put COVID in the rear view. Let’s send the truth-doubters back to their rat’s nests. And make good trouble. Welcome 2022 with a promise to hold those who led an insurrection and those who voted for the leaders accountable. Tune into the show. I promise we’ll keep it real.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Joe Liggins	Brand New Deal In Mobile	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
3	Fletcher Smith	Brand New Neighborhood	Stompin' 12
4	George Green	Brand New Rockin' Chair	The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5
5	Al Harrison	Brand New Money	Fool Mule
6	Barrel House Blott & Lee	Brand New Man	Dapper Dan
7	Fats Domino	Brand New Baby	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
8	Wayne Hancock	Brand New Cadillac	That's What Daddy Wants
9	The Payments	Brand New Automobile	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1
10	Lightnin' Hopkins	Brand New Lock	Po' Lightnin'
11	Lead Belly	I'm Going to Buy You a Brand New Ford	Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
12	Ruthie Foster	Brand New Day	Promise of a Brand New Day
13	Al Kooper	Brand New Day (Bonus Track)	You Never Know Who You Friends Are…Plus
14	Dion	Brand New Morning	Recorded Live At The Bitter End, August 1971
15	Gary Stewart	Brand New Whiskey	An Empty Glass: A Collection of Drinkin' Songs
16	Mel Tillis	Brand New Mister Me	36 All Time Greatest Hits
17	The Everly Brothers	Brand New Heartache	The Everly Brothers
18	Dave Edmunds	Worn Out Suits, Brand New Pockets	Get It
19	Gram Parsons	Brand New Heartache [Bonus Track]	Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 3] – Alternate Takes From GP & Grievous Angel
20	Emmylou Harris	Brand New Dance	Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 2
21	Tex Ritter	You're Always Brand New	High Noon
22	Don Henley	The Brand New Tennessee Waltz	Cass County (Deluxe)
23	Steve Earle	Brand New Companion	Townes
24	Dave Alvin	Brand New Heart	Blue Blvd
25	Greg Brown	Brand New '64 Dodge	Poet Game
26	Jesse Winchester	Brand New Tennesse Waltz	Jesse Winchester: Live From Mountain Stage
27	Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters	Brand New Start	Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters (EP)
28	Modern Hicks	Brand New	Tornado Alley
29	Melanie	Brand New Key	70s Music Explosion – Miracles
30	Will Kimbrough	Brand New Song	Americanitis
31	Leftover Salmon	Brand New Good Old Days	Brand New Good Old Days
32	Elvis Presley	There's a Brand New Day On the Horizon	Elvis Double Features: Love in Las Vegas + Roustabout
33	Esther Phillips With The Dixie Flyers	Brand New Day (LP Version)	Set Me Free
34	James Brown	Papa's Got A Brand New Bag	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
35	Slim Harpo	Little Queen Bee (Got a Brand New King)	The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 1

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Who We Lost 2021

January 1, 2022 Dave

New Year’s Eve will bring a look back at those we’ve lost this past year. 2021 was another year of COVID-19 with a couple of variants slipping into and out of the world. We wait patiently, for the most part, for vaccines and adult behavior to work. Unfortunately, there is a selfishness about our species that cannot be denied. This year’s losses have no boundaries musically: everyone from Biz Markie to Stephen Sondheim, Vicente Fernandez to Nanci Griffith, Lloyd Price to Stonewall Jackson. Performers of our lifetime. We go into 2022 having hope. Join Dave Stroud for a musical look back.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Monkees	Some of Shelly's Blues	Listen to the Band Disc 4
3	The Marvelettes	Don't Mess With Bill	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
4	Teddy Bears	To Know Him Is to Love Him	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
5	The Everly Brothers	So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
6	Jimmie Rodgers	Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again	40 All-Time Favorites [Disc 1]
7	Gerry & The Pacemakers	Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying	The Classic 60's Collection: 1964
8	Lloyd Price	Just Because	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
9	B.J. Thomas	Hooked On A Feeling	20 Greatest Hits
10	Nanci Griffith	Late Night Grande Hotel	Late Night Grande Hotel
11	Rusty Young	Down Home	Waitin' For The Sun
12	Aretha Franklin	Chain Of Fools (Roger Hawkins)	Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 1]
13	Maddox Brothers and Rose	Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die	1950-1951 (Warped 5076F)
14	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
15	Dan Crary, Byron Berline & John Hickman	Old Time Medley	Chambergrass
16	J.D. Crowe & The New South	Old Home Place	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
17	The Osborne Brothers	Rocky Top	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
18	Tom T. Hall	Ballad of Forty Dollars	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
19	Stonewall Jackson	I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water (Columbia 1964)	Singles
20	Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson	Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys(Ed Bruce)	RCA Country Legends [Disc 2]
21	Taj Mahal	Cakewalk Into Town (Howard Johnson on Tuba)	Putumayo Presents: American Blues
22	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	Lost In The Ozone	Lost In The Ozone
23	Gram Parsons	Ooh Las Vegas (DRUMMER – RONNIE TUTT)	G.P. / Grievous Angel
24	The Kingsmen	Louie, Louie	Louie Louie
25	The Rolling Stones	Honky Tonk Women	Forty Licks [Disc 1]
26	ZZ Top	Gimme All Your Lovin'	Greatest Hits
27	Johnny Ventura	Filete	Presentando a.. Mi Nuevo Cosecha
28	Vicente Fernandez	Volver Volver	The Rose & The Briar
29	Johnny Pacheco	El Esencia Del Guaguanco	Ritmo Caliente – Salsa Greats
30	The Gap Band	Oops Upside Your Head (I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up An	Pure Disco
31	Dave Frishberg	Van Lingle Mungo	Baseball's Greatest Hits
32	Jill Corey	Love Me to Pieces	Your Hit Parade – The '50s
33	The McGuire Sisters	Sincerely	The Sisters Anthology [Disc 2]
34	Claude Bolling	It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing	Bolling Plays Ellington, Vol. 1
35	The Tokens	The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)	Wimoweh!!! – The Best Of The Tokens
36	Jay & The Americans	Cara Mia	Come A Little Bit Closer – The Best of Jay and The Americans
37	The Supremes	When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through (Mary Wilson)	Gold Disc 1
38	Lee "Scratch" Perry	I Am the Upsetter	Trojan Reggae
39	Biz Markie	Just a Friend	Biz's Baddest Beats: The Best of Biz Markie
40	Original Cast	Tonight	Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1]
41	Chuck E. Weiss	Anthem for Old Souls	Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
42	Pat Martino	Just Friends	Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar [Disc 3]
43	Peter, Paul and Mary	Have You Been to Jail for Justice?	In These Times
44	Patrick Sky	Many A Mile	Best Of The Troubadours
45	Chick Corea and Return to Forever	Captain Marvel	Light as a Feather (Disc 1)
46	New York Dolls	Puss 'n' Boots	Sophisticated Boom Boom: The Shadow Morton Story
47	The Ramones	Baby, I Love You	End of the Century

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Old Devil Time

December 11, 2021 Dave

In an encore episode from 2015, we listen in as Dave explores the multi-generational sounds of not only bluegrass with Dillard and Clark and The Hackberry Ramblers, but we’ll also cross the genres (as we are wont to do) with Cowboy Copas, Clara Ward, Otis Spann, and Doris Day. There’s a couple of different threads that run through the show today, one being that of the ‘devil’ and the other being of ‘new mornings’. Tune in at a special time and see what’s in store on a late-fall morning in West County. And please, donate to community radio: kwtf.net.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	BR5-49	The Devil In Me	Dog Days
3	Bob Dylan	Talkin' Devil	It Could Even Be A Myth
4	Pete Seeger	Old Devil Time (Live)	Singalong Demonstration Concert (Live)
5	Gillian Welch	The Devil Had a Hold of Me	Hell Among the Yearlings
6	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	The Devil Has Thrown Him Down	The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]
7	Doris Day	The Deevil, Devil, Divil	Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2]
8	Pokey LaFarge	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Pokey LaFarge
9	Asleep at the Wheel/The Blind Boys of Alabama	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Reinventing the Wheel
10	Hackberry Ramblers	Old Pipeliner (Rodney Crowell-vocal) {1992-06 (org.1946) Flying Fish FF-70629 CD}	Cajun Boogie (1992-06)
11	Cowboy Copas	Don't Shake Hands with the Devil	Settin' Flat On Ready
12	Little Jimmy Dickens	I'm Little But I'm Loud	The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens
13	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra; Vocal By Tex Williams	Hide Your Face	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
14	Dillard & Clark	I Bowed My Head And Cried Holy	The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark
15	Rory Block	I Am In the Heavenly Way	Confessions of A Blues Singer
16	Bukka White	I Am the Heavenly Way	The Sonet Blues Story
17	Clara Ward	In That Great Judgement Morning	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 1]
18	The Dixie Hummingbirds	In The Morning	Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
19	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	He's So Wonderful	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
20	Slim & Slam	Early In The Morning	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)
21	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Carolina In The Morning	Vol. 1-(1937-38)
22	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Where Dreams Come to Die	Django and Jimmie
23	John Lee Hooker	I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive [Album Version]	Warming By The Devils Fire – A Film By Charles Burnett
24	Otis Spann	Must Have Been The Devil	The Blues Never Die
25	Cleo Brown	You're A Heavenly Thing	Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935)
26	Benny Goodman	You're a Heavenly Thing	Music Hall Rag
27	Big Joe Turner	Morning Noon And Nite	Big Joe Turner: Rhythm & Blues Years
28	Tampa Red	Worried Devil Blues	The Bluebird Recordings (1934-1936)
29	Ralph Stanley	John The Revelator	A Mother's Prayer
30	Sherman Tedder	Untitled [Album Version]	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
31	Elvis Presley	(You're The) Devil In Disguise	Elvis 30 #1 Hits
32	Ella Fitzgerald	Ol' Devil Moon	75th Birthday Celebration [Disc 2]
33	Ella Fitzgerald	Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea	75th Birthday Celebration [Disc 2]

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