Category Archives: Featured Music

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

Americana, Blues, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Oldies

Lead Belly’s Legacy

February 12, 2021 Dave

Deeper Roots goes deeper this Friday morning. We’ll be sharing the songs of tradition and folk blues from an artist who opened up a world to a generation of followers in the 1940s and 1950s. With the witting arm of Alan Lomax as his promoter and benefactor, Huddie Ledbetter’s music would get wings and find its place in America’s traditional music lexicon. This week’s show, like last week’s Bill Monroe special, revisits the music that he was identified with, much of which he is credited with bringing into this world, or at least opening our eyes to. We’ll hear from Doug Sahm, Red Smiley, Odetta, The Weavers, Bob Dylan, and many others on a show that celebrates a giant of America’s songbook. Tune into KOWS radio every Friday morning at 9 Pacific for a new episode of a show that’s heading into it’s ninth year here on KOWS Community Radio.

Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music

Covering Bill Monroe

February 5, 2021 Dave

The music of Bill Monroe is the theme of our show today. We’ll be featuring some classic tunes from the Monroe catalog including some traditional tunes as well as those written by the master himself. The performers include those from all walks: Ray Charles, Elvis, Doc Watson, Bruce Hornsby, and a collection of bluegrass favorites including Jim & Jessie McReynods, Ricky Skaggs, The Seldom Scene and a couple dozen others; all of them covering Bill Monroe’s music with some loyal to the arrangements while others putting their own spin on it. Join Dave Stroud once again for a collection of sounds from those dusty digital bins, those deeper wells, here on Sonoma County Community’s own community radio. Free Form. Free Speech. No Bull. Your alternative radio station in the North Bay.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Elvis Presley	Working On The Building	Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 1)
3	Ray Charles	Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Swingova)	Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
4	John Fogerty	Blue Moon Of Kentucky	Songs of Bill Monroe
5	Leon Russell	Uncle Pen	Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
6	The Louvin Brothers	What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul	Close Harmony [Disc 8]
7	The Devil Makes Three	What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul)	Redemption & Ruin
8	Jerry & Tammy Sullivan	Wicked Path Of Sin	Legend Lives on-a Tribute to Bill Monroe
9	Jim & Jesse McReynolds	Wicked Path Of Sin	Music Among Friends
10	Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers	Walls Of Time	At The Ryman [Live]
11	The Johnson Mountain Boys	Walls Of Time	Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 2
12	Hazel And Alice	True Life Blues	Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 2
13	Bruce Hornsby & Ricky Skaggs	Toy Heart (Live)	Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby: Cluck Ol' Hen (Live)
14	Red Allen	Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong	The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983
15	The Million Dollar Quartet	Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong	The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
16	Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs	Six White Horses	1957-1959 (Warped 5722)
17	The Bluegrass Band	Six White Horses	2nd Cut
18	Doc Watson	The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band	Good Deal!
19	Mac Wiseman	The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band	Great Folk Ballads
20	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Roll on Buddy	Doc Watson on Stage (Featuring Merle Watson)
21	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	Roll On Buddy	The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott
22	Doc Watson	My Rose of Old Kentucky	Memories
23	Dwight Yoakam	Rocky Road Blues	Big Mon – The Songs of Bill Monroe
24	Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps	Rocky Road Blues	The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD2)
25	Doc & Merle Watson	New River Train	Remembering Merle – Live Recordings 1976-1979
26	The Seldom Scene	Little Georgia Rose	Act 3
27	Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt	Molly and Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song)	The Essential Earl Scruggs (1 of 2)
28	Don Reno & Bill Harrel With The Tennessee Cut-Ups	Molly And Tenbrooks	20 Bluegrass Favorites
29	Tony Rice Unit	Midnight on the Stormy Deep	Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
30	Doc Watson	Midnight on The Stormy Deep	Riding the Midnight Train
31	John Hartford, Ronnie McCoury	Little Cabin Home On The Hill	True Life Blues – The Songs of Bill Monroe
32	Elvis Presley	Little Cabin On the Hill	Elvis Country
33	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Uncle Pen	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 2]

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

Songs About Singing

January 15, 2021 Dave

Sing it loud! It’s a whole new year and our country can take heart without letting our guard down. We’ll celebrate a fresh new start knowing that hard work lies ahead with a two hour show featuring the theme of ‘singing’. Join Dave Stroud once more for a mixed bag; an eclectic blend of sounds from the past century featuring the likes of Ukulele Ike, Wingy Manone, The Cats & The Fiddle, John Sebastian, Cat Power, and a couple of dozen more, all belting out songs about the very act of singing. We’ll take you down Memory Lane with old fashioned songs, simple songs of gospel and freedom, swinging low, singing high, and those joyful sing-alongs we’ve shared over the past century. That’s right. It’s theme time on this week’s Deeper Roots show and we’d love to have you. Join in the festivities.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Tony Bennett	Sing You Sinners [#]	The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
3	Katie Crippen with Henderson's Novelty Ork.	Play 'Em For Mamma, Sing 'Em For Me (BS 2003, P-104-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
4	Cab Calloway	I Love to Sing-A (From 'The Singing Kid')	Chronological 1934-37
5	The Boswell Sisters	Sing A Little Jingle	The Boswell Sisters Collection
6	Wingy Manone & His Orchestra	Sing Me A Swing Song	Swing Is Here / Small-Band Swing 1935-1939
7	Gene Kelly	Singin' In The Rain	Golden Memories of Stage and Screen-Disc1
8	Pat Boone	It's a Grand Night For Singing	The Best of Broadway: The Early '60s
9	Ella Fitzgerald	Sing Song Swing	The Millenium Anthology – Ella Fitzgerald – [Disc 2]
10	June Christy	Sing Something Simple	The Misty Miss Christy
11	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	SInging-ing-ing	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
12	Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination	Sing (A Happy Little Thing)	Fascinating Rhythm 1922-1935
13	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	Sing An Old Fashioned Song	Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936
14	Nellie Lutcher	If You Wanna Get T'Goin' (And Come Out Singing)	Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 3]
15	The Cats & The Fiddle	I'm Singing, So Help Me	The Very Best Of
16	Dr. John	Sing Along Song (LP Version)	Destively Bonnaroo (US Release)
17	Aretha Franklin	Don't Play That Song	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
18	Cat Power	Aretha, Sing One For Me	Jukebox
19	B.B. King	Why I Sing the Blues	Do the Boogie! B.B. King's Early '50s Classics
20	Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen	One More Voice Singing In Heaven Tonight	Keeper Of The Flame
21	Edward W. Clayborn	I Heard The Angels Singing	When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel
22	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Singing in My Soul	The Gospel of Blues
23	Curley Williams	Just A-Picking And A-Singing	Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album
24	John Sebastian	Singing The Blues	Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings – Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings [Disc 2]
25	Stonewall Jackson	You're the Sad in My Songs	Stonewall Jackson – 1966-1967
26	Gale Garnett	We'll Sing In The Sunshine	Lifetime Of Romance: Some Enchanted Evening [Disc 2]
27	Louie Innis	Sing Your Song Baby	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56
28	Ferlin Husky	23 – I Could Sing All Night	Ferlin Husky Singles
29	Carl Perkins	Sing My Song	(2000) Back On Top (CD 3)
30	Charlie Monroe	I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing (TK A)	The Chronological Classics 1950-1956
31	Barbara Dane	Don't Sing Love Songs (Silver Dagger)	Anthology of American Folk Songs
32	Tim Hardin	Simple Song Of Freedom	The Folk Years: Simple Song Of Freedom [Disc 1]
33	Tex Ritter & His Texans	Singing in the Saddle	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1]
34	The New Seekers	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	70s Music Explosion – Sunshine

Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Pop, Folk and Tradition, Free Form, Oldies

Wide Open Places

January 8, 2021 Dave

A bright future is in store….that’s our story and we’re stickin’ to it! Today’s show contains an inordinate amount of upbeat tickers including a trip to Tulsa with Asleep at the Wheel, a Fats Waller song about those wide open places, a journey following the North Star with Rhiannon Giddens, The Boswells, Hank Williams, Les Paul, and a whole lot more. We’re in a free form mood on a Friday morning here in Sonoma County, celebrating the Twelve Days of Inauguration the best way we know how. Join us on Sonoma County Community radio from the Deeper Roots Den with your host Dave Stroud, celebrating our democracy in a big, big way.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fats Waller	(Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
3	Asleep at the Wheel	Take Me Back to Tulsa	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
4	Robert Gordon	Take Me Back	Are You Gonna Be The One
5	Elizabeth Cotten And Brenda Evans	Shake Sugaree	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
6	Jerry Garcia	Sugaree	Garcia
7	Elizabeth Cotten	Freight Train	Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection
8	Les Paul	The Lonesome Road (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
9	Sam Cooke	Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair	Swing Low
10	John Lee Hooker	I Cover The Waterfront	Mr. Lucky
11	The Ravens	Deep Purple	The Greatest Group of Them All
12	Rhiannon Giddens	Following the North Star	Freedom Highway
13	Rhiannon Giddens	I'm On My Way	There Is No Other
14	Geraint Watkins	Heart of Stone	Rush of Blood
15	Paul Thorn	Soon I Will Be Done	Don't Let The Devil Ride
16	James Carr	Pouring Water On A Drowning Man	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1]
17	The Pilgrim Travelers	I Never Knew Joy Before	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
18	Reliable True Tones	I Came a Long Way	This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982
19	Paramount Singers	There's A Leak In This Old Building	15 Down Home Gospel Classics
20	Rick Danko	When I Get My Just Rewards	Cryin' Heart Blues
21	John Fahey	Texas & Pacific Blues (My Bucket's Got A Hole In It)	Your Past Comes Back – Disc 5
22	Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men	Dark Eyes	Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land
23	Hank Williams	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	Hank Williams – A Country Legend (1)
24	Boswell Sisters	Everybody Loves My Baby	Boswell Sisters
25	Fats Waller	Dry Bones	Music By Fats Waller
26	Ivie Anderson	Five O'clock Whistle	Cocktail Hour
27	Cleo Brown	Breakin' In A Pair Of Shoes	The Legendary Cleo Brown
28	Danny Kaye	Oh By Jingo!	Danny Kaye The Best of
29	Mae West	He's A Bad, Bad Man	The Mae West Collection
30	Rosanne Cash	I Still Miss Someone	Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash
31	Mark Knopfler	Rear View Mirror	Down The Road Wherever
32	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars	Sing, Sing, Sing	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
33	Geraint Watkins	It's a Beautiful Day	Watkins Bold as Love

Who We Lost 2020

January 2, 2021 Dave

It’s hard to put into words the grief we have experienced over so many great performers lost this past year, including those who lost their battle to COVID-19. When assembling our annual list of tributes it became clear that no two hours would suffice so we’ll be doing some abbreviated observations to make sure they’re not forgotten. And we’ll also be thanking those behind the scenes, the songwriters, the session folks, and we’ll even have a short collection of British influencers who touched our lives with their talent. Tune in for a comprehensive and reflective show, our first Deeper Roots show of 2021, this new year that is filled with so much promise. And it’s likely that we can all agree that the bar couldn’t have fallen much lower than it did last year.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fountains of Wayne	Valley Winter Song	Welcome Interstate Managers
3	Bucky Pizzarelli	Chicken a La Swing	Green Guitar Blues / Cafi Pierre Trio
4	McCoy Tyner	Flapstick Blues	Gold Encore Series – I Love A Piano
5	Annie Ross	Twisted	Got Nothing But Song
6	Bent Fabric	Alley Cat (Classic Version)	Jukebox
7	Hal Singer Sextet	Corn Bread	The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 8
8	Bobby Lewis	Tossin' and Turnin'	Best of Answer Songs vol 4
9	Little Richard	Rip It Up	London American Label Year By Year 1956
10	Phil Phillips	Sea Of Love	Heatin' Up
11	Rod Bernard	This Should Go On Forever	The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD3)
12	Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes and Connie Stevens	Kookie Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)	Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)
13	Len Barry	1-2-3	Classic Rock 1965: The Beat Goes On
14	Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons	Rag Doll	The Definitive Pop Collection Disc 1
15	The Chordettes	Mr. Sandman	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
16	Johnny Nash	I Can See Clearly Now	70s Music Explosion – Miracles
17	Millie Small	My Boy Lollipop	The Island Story: 1962-1987 – 25th Anniversary [Disc 1]
18	Toots & The Maytals	Pressure Drop	The Harder They Come
19	Tony Rice	Cold On The Shoulder	Cold On The Shoulder
20	Jerry Jeff Walker	Mr. Bojangles	The Folk Years: Simple Song Of Freedom [Disc 2]
21	Norma Tanega	Walkin' My Cat Named Dog	Time Life – The Folk Years – Reason To Believe [Disc 2]
22	Trini Lopez	If I Had A Hammer	Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1]
23	David Olney	God Shaped Hole	The Wheel
24	John Prine	Paradise	German Afternoons
25	Charley Pride	Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone	Superstars Of Country: Good Ol' Songs [Disc 1]
26	Willie Nelson	Me And Paul	The Essential Willie Nelson
27	Billy Joe Shaver	I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal	I'm Just an Old Chunk of Coal…But I'm Gonna Be a Diamond Someday
28	Kenny Rogers	Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town	Superstars Of Country Hello Darlin' [Disc 1]
29	Jan Howard	I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
30	The Charlie Daniels Band	The Devil Went Down To Georgia	Country: The American Tradition [Disc 2]
31	Justin Townes Earle	Harlem River Blues	Harlem River Blues [Explicit]
32	Helen Reddy	Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)	Singers And Songwriters: 1973-1975
33	Betty Wright	Clean Up Woman	The Best of Betty Wright
34	Bill Withers	Use Me	American Beauty
35	The Emotions	Best Of My Love	Boogie Nights: Music From The Original Motion Picture
36	Mountain	Mississippi Queen	Super Hits Of The '70s: Have A Nice Day, Vol. 1
37	Van Halen	(Oh) Pretty Woman	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 7
38	The Merry-Go-Round (Emitt Rhodes)	Live	Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
39	Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell	Dueling Banjos	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
40	Hugo Montenegro & His Orchestra	For A Few Dollars More	Music From The Good, The Bad And The Ugly & A Fistful of Dollars & For A Few Dollars More
41	Vera Lynn	We'll Meet Again	1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 7
42	Chad & Jeremy	Yesterday's Gone	Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1]
43	Ian Whitcomb	You Turn Me On	You Turn Me On: The Very Best of Ian Whitcomb
44	The Spencer Davis Group	Keep on Running	The Finer Things Disc 1
45	Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders	Game Of Love	Wayne Fontana / It's Wayne Fontana
46	Joan Jett With The Sex Pistols	I Love Rock N' Roll [Early Version] (Alan Merrill COVID)	Flashback
47	Bill Pursell	Our Winter Love	Music to Shag By
48	The Pointer Sisters	Fire (Bonnie)	From The Pointer Sisters With Love
49	John Prine	I Remember Everything	I Remember Everything

Christmas Joy

December 26, 2020 Dave

Happy Holidays! Proving that there is no war on Christmas and looking forward to the coming year, join Dave Stroud as he shares some of the great holiday chestnuts from years past. He’ll be sharing celebratory sounds from every decade, moving the needle from the 40s to the 10s in a new Deeper Roots Christmas shindig. Tune in for everyone from Sister Rosetta Tharpe to Frank Sinatra to Ella, The Andrews Sisters, Los Straitjackets and Otis Redding’s Merry Christmas Baby. As we barrel out of 2020 as fast as we can, we remind ourselves of the fortunes of the few and the need of the many in this season of desperation. So get out that Georgia vote, folks, and stand steadfast against the anarchy of this dying administration’s push towards fascist principles for power. We have the power to do this. We do.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Los Lobos	Donde Esta Santa Claus?	Llegs Navidad
3	Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers	Dig That Crazy Santa Claus	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
4	Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford	Christmas Roses	Christmas On the Country Side
5	The Tractors	Swingin' Home for Christmas	Have Yourself a Tractors Christmas
6	Johnny Cash/Tommy Cash	That Christmasy Feeling	The Classic Christmas Album
7	Ella Fitzgerald with The Frank Devol Orchestra	What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?	Sleigh Full of Songs
8	Eileen Barton	The Night Before Christmas Song	Coral single 9-60880
9	Frank Sinatra	Santa Claus Is Coming To Town	The Christmas Collection
10	Dean Martin	I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm	The Most Wonderful songs of the year sung by the best / holiday 2002
11	Frank Sinatra	Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas	Mistletoe and Merriment
12	Commercial	29. Viceroy Christmas Commercial 1964	Unknown
13	Elvis Presley	Santa Claus Is Back In Town	Elvis' Christmas Album
14	The Roomates	Jingle Bell Rock	It's Christmas Time Again
15	The Dragwood Chords	Santa's Got a Lead Sled	It's Christmas Time Again
16	Darlene Love	Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
17	The Beach Boys	Little Saint Nick (Single Version)	Ultimate Christmas
18	Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets	Winter Wonderland	Winter Wonderland (Single)
19	Los Straitjackets	Holiday Twist	Oh Santa! New & Used Christmas Classics from Yep Roc
20	The Jambalaya Cajun Band	Jingle Bell Rock	Alligator Stomp 4: Cajun Christmas
21	Otis Redding	Merry Christmas Baby	Christmas In Soulsville
22	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Santa's On His Way	Blues, Blues Christmas: Volume 4 – 1925-1962 (Disc 1)
23	The Cats & The Fiddle	Hep Cat's Holiday	Blues, Blues Christmas (1925-1955)
24	Groovey Joe Poovey & The Big "D" Boys	Santa's Helper	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
25	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	When They Ring The Golden Bell	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
26	Bing Crosby	Winter Wonderland	The Most Wonderful songs of the year sung by the best / holiday 2002
27	The Andrews Sisters	Christmas Island	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2]
28	Charles Brown	Wrap Yourself In A Christmas Package	Please Come Home For Christmas
29	Elvis Presley	Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)	Christmas Album
30	The Ravens	Silent Night	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
31	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Silent Night, Holy Night	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
32	Nick Lowe & Los Straitjackets	Let It Snow	Winter Wonderland (Single)
33	Hank Snow	Blue Christmas	Christmas On the Country Side
34	Gayla Peevey	I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas	Dr. Demento Presents The Greatest Christmas Novelty CD Of All Time
35	Kathy and Jimmy Zee	Santa Claus Rock and Roll	Blues Blues Christmas Vol 4 – Disc 2
36	Loudon Wainwright III	Christmas Morning (Album Version)	Social Studies
37	The Beach Boys	I'll Be Home for Christmas	Beach Boys' Christmas Album, The
38	Fats Waller	Swingin' Them Jingle Bells	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
39	Amos Milburn	Christmas (Comes Once A Year)	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
40	Nick Lowe	I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
41	The Mavericks	Christmas Time Is (Coming 'Round Again)	Hey! Merry Christmas!
42	Burl Ives	A Holly Jolly Christmas	Have a Holly Jolly Christmas
43	Tennessee Ernie Ford	A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus	Christmas On the Country Side

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