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Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Rhythm and Blues, Theme Time, Urban Blues

Beer Thirty

March 11, 2017 Dave

One of the more popular topics that follows the Americana and roots landscape (aside from love, death, and the gospel) is the topic of ice cold beer. Beer in the morning, beer in the evening, beer at suppertime. And our show this week is a sampler of 30 plus tracks of (mostly) country, rockabilly, rock, some blues, and we’ll be including some vintage television commercials that celebrate the suds. So kick back with a cold one and tune that dial to Deeper Roots on KWTF with your host Dave Stroud this Friday evening at 9 Pacific as he steps up to the bar and shares a wild assortment of songs about a cold brew or two…and we’re not talkin’ boojie coffee.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Amos Milburn	One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer	Amos Milburn Rocks
3	Smiley Maxedon	Give Me A Red Hot Mama And An Ice Cold Beer [Album Version]	Hillibilly Boogie!
4	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Bubbles In My Beer	Take Me Back to Tulsa 4 – The End Of The Line
5	Willie Nelson	Bubbles In My Beer	One Hell Of A Ride
6	Andy Reynolds	Beer Bottle Mama	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 9]
7	Garth Brooks/George Jones	Beer Run	God's Country: George Jones and Friends Disc 1
8	George Jones	Beer, Bait And Ammo	All Gone Fishin'
9	Derailers	Cold Beer, Hot Women & Cool Country Music	Soldiers of Love
10	Dale Watson	Honkiest Tonkiest Beer Joint	The Best of the HighTone Years
11	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	Drink the Beer Barrel Dry	Swing With Bill Boyd's Cowboy Rambers
12	Various	If You've Got The Time Miller Beer	BigKevNastyCD
13	Tom T. Hall	I Like Beer	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
14	Bob Woodruff	Hard Liquor, Cold Women, Warm Beer	Dreams & Saturday Nights
15	Asylum Street Spankers	Beer	Spanker Madness
16	Johnny Russell	Red Necks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer	20 Hits
17	Whitney Rose	There's A Tear In My Beer	Heartbreaker of the Year
18	Stray Cats	Lookin' Better Every Beer	Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92
19	John Lee Hooker	One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer	His Best Chess Sides (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection)
20	Warner Williams With Jay Summerour	Hey Bartender, There's A Big Bug In My Beer	Blues Highway
21	Various	Bob Uecker Lite Beer Commercial	BigKevNastyCD
22	Willie Dixon & Memphis Slim	Beer Drinking Woman	Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
23	Floyd Dixon	Hey Bartender	Marshall Texas Is My Home
24	Bessie Smith	Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer [Album Version]	The Essential Bessie Smith
25	Frankie 'Half-Pint' Jaxon	Gimme A Pig's Foot And A Bottle Of Beer	Barbecue Any Old Time – Blues From The Pit 1927-1942
26	Luke Wills' Rhythm Busters	Shut Up And Drink Your Beer	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 2]
27	Various Artists	Falstaff Beer	1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials
28	Tommy Duncan	Who Drank My Beer (While I Was In The Rear)?	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
29	Johnny Bond	Bartender's Blues	Put Me To Bed
30	Merrill Moore	Bartender's Blues	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
31	The Texas Tornados	In Heaven There Is No Beer	!Esta Bueno!
32	Washboard Hank	Beer Cans Down The Trans Can	Human Beans
33	Reverend Horton Heat	Beer Holder	Laughin & Cryin
34	Eddie Noack	Beer Drinkin' Blues	Psycho
35	James Mask	Beer Drinking Blues	Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4

Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Urban Jazz

Cool Down R&B

March 5, 2017 Dave

Mellow R&B from a broad spectrum of performers who made a mark in the decade or so that preceded rock ‘n roll’s infancy. Indeed, they participated in the birth of the form with a sound that included the vocal quartet, jump and swing, and an incessant beat that could not be ignored. We’ll hear from the ‘feisty females’ of the day: Varetta Dillard, Blue Lu Barker, Big Maybelle, and Bernice Gooden right alongside Buddy Johnson’s Orchestra, the Three Bits of Rhythm, The Cats & the Fiddle, and Luke Jones and the Orchestra. Deeper Roots digs into a collection of tracks, some familiar, some from so deep in the archives that the dust is part of the sound, on another Friday evening of American roots sounds for Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Wild Bill Moore (vocal: Scatman)	Rock 'N' Roll	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
3	Luke Jones and His Orchestra	Rompin' the Boogie	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
4	Butch Stone & His Orchestra	Ooh, Look A There Ain't She Pretty	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
5	Three Bits of Rhythm	Root Beer Sizzle Sazzle Sizzle	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
6	Bebopper Lulu and Her Orchestra	Mellow Scat	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
7	Slim Gaillard	Rhythm Mad	Laughing in Rhythm: Groove Juice Special [Disc 2]
8	Three Bits Of Rhythm	The Man That Comes To My House	Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951
9	Coleman Brothers	Raise A Rukus Tonight	Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang
10	Austin McCoy	Happy Pay Day Part 1	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
11	Nappy Brown	Pitter Patter	The R&B Years 1955 – Vol 2
12	Teddy Bunn With The Hootie McShann Trio	In The Oven	Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951
13	The Herb Fisher Trio	Don't Want Nobody Else	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
14	Luke Jones & His Orchestra	Jump Me Some Boogie	Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951
15	Gene Phillips	Women, Women, Women	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
16	Big Maybelle	Rock House	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
17	Varetta Dillard	Mercy, Mr Percy	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
18	Varetta Dillard	Promise Mr Thomas	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
19	Buddy Johnson & His Orchestra	Fine Brown Fame	The Best of Buddy's
20	Bernice Gooden	Penny, Nickel, Dime, Quarter (On A Teen-Age Date)	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
21	Little Willie Littlefield	Hello Kats	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
22	Bob Gaddy	Come On Little Children	The Classic Old Town Records
23	Bob Gaddy	Could I?	The Classic Old Town Records
24	The Cats & The Fiddle	Mr. Rhythm Man	The Very Best Of
25	Effie Smith	Be On Your Merry Way	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
26	Linda Hayes	What's It To You, Jack	Atomic Baby
27	Johnny Alston and His Orchestra	Everything Will Be Alright	More Mellow Cats & Kittens
28	Blue Lu Baker	Here Is a Little Girl	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
29	Hadda Brooks	I Feel So Good	I've Got News For You [Disc 1]
30	Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends	It Comes in Like a Lion	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 1
31	Big Maybelle	Whole Lot-Ta Shakin' Goin' On	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
32	Dolly Cooper	Ay La Bah	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
33	The Robins	That's What The Good Book Says	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
34	The Cats & The Fiddle	Gang Busters	The Very Best Of
35	Black Cats and the Kitten	You Better Ask Somebody	Jazzin' The Blues Vol. 3

Free Form – February 2017

March 2, 2017 Dave

We return to a free form blend of American roots this February evening. Our topics are of the varietal kind including a collection of blues including the Cocaine Blues, the Guitar Blues, Aunt Hagar’s Blues, Frisco Blues, and Evil Hearted Man Blues. We’ll also bring up the topics of Civilization with Louis Prima, Old Fashioned Love with The Mills Brothers, and Emmett Miller will delight the crowds with his jelly roll song. It’s R&B, blues, country, jazz and rock on a Wednesday evening in West County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Asleep at the Wheel	Blues Stay Away from Me	10
3	Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang	Black And Blue Bottom	Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The New York Sessions 1926-333 Remastered [Disc 1]
4	Erskine Hawkins	Tuxedo Junction	The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp
5	Whispering Jack Smith	Crazy Rhythm	Me & My Shadow
6	Ruth Etting with piano accompaniment by Rube Bloom	It All Belongs To Me	Flappers, Vamps And Sweet Young Things
7	Ted Lewis	Aunt Hagar's Blues	Is Everybody Happy Now?
8	Lew Stone	The Continental	The Art Deco Music Collection: Falling In Love Again
9	The Mills Brothers	Old Fashioned Love	Sweeter Than Sugar
10	Louis Prima	Civilization	Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2
11	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Anticipation Blues	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
12	Bob Wills	Mississippi Delta Blues	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 2] Tulsa Twist)
13	Emmett Miller	The Blues Singer (From Alabam')	Minstrel Man From Georgia
14	Fruit Jar Guzzlers	Stack-O-Lee	The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
15	Mountain Mountaineers	Dirty Dog Blues	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2]
16	Emmett Miller	I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None O' This Jelly Roll	Minstrel Man From Georgia
17	Jimmie Rodgers	Never No Mo' Blues	The Essential Jimmie Rodgers
18	Billy Hughes	Cocaine Blues	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 12
19	Dick Curless	Evil Hearted Man Blues	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD2 (1950-1969)
20	The Allen Brothers	Frisco Blues	Allen Brothers Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1
21	Bill Cox	Georgia Brown Blues	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
22	Carlisle & Ball	Guitar Blues [Album Version]	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
23	Al Bernard Accompanied By The Goofus Five	Hesitation Blues	Okeh Western Swing
24	Levon & The Hawks	Honky Tonk	A Musical History [Disc 1]
25	Charlie Musselwhite	Pea Vine Blues	Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
26	Billy Ward & the Dominoes	Can't Do Sixty No More	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
27	The Peppers	It Wouldn't Be The Same	Foot Stompin'
28	Little Willie John	Sleep	Little Willie John: All 15 of His Chart Hits from 1953-1962
29	Sam Cooke	Having a Party	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4)
30	Leon Redbone	Sweet Substitute	Any Time
31	Tiny Bradshaw	Shout, Sister, Shout (09-29-34)	Breaking Up the House [Disc 1]
32	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Strange Things Happening Every Day	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
33	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Up Above My Head I Hear Music In the Air	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
34	The Deep River Boys	Shake, Rattle and Roll	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
35	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Stack-O-Lee	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]

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

Clouds & Silver Linings

February 18, 2017 Dave

The past few months have been brutal for democracy. There is no silver lining in sight but this week’s music will nonetheless feature some songs of hope: our theme is one of clouds and silver linings. It’s meant to give a two hour break (if that’s at all possible) to the malevolent stewing cauldron that is brewing in the most sacred halls of our democracy. We’ll discard with the political music this week and simply ride a topical wave featuring a blend of jazz, country, gospel, rock, and pop. Tune in for music from Van Morrison, The Sons of the Pioneers, George Gershwin, Dave Van Ronk, and Pops Staples…to name but a few…this week on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jimmy Martin	Pray The Clouds Away	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
3	Bill Cox	The Clouds Gwine Roll Away	78s
4	Doc & Merle Watson	The Clouds Are Gwine to Roll Away	On Stage
5	Hylo Brown	Clouds Gonna Roll Away	Legends & Tall Tales
6	Delmore Brothers	God Put a Rainbow in the Clouds	Hillbilly Boogie Best
7	Dave Van Ronk	Clouds (From Both Sides Now)	A Chrestomathy [Disc 1]
8	George Gershwin	Kickin' The Clouds Away	The Platinum Collection
9	Annette Hanshaw	There Must Be a Silver Lining	The Personality Girl, Vol. 3, 1926-1928
10	Jim Hall	Look for the Silver Lining	Complete Jazz Guitar
11	Dave Brubeck	Look For The Silver Lining	Time Signatures: A Career Retrospective
12	Marion Harris	Look For The Silver Lining	50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s
13	Django Reinhardt	Clouds	The Classic Early Recordings In Chronological Order [Disc 1]
14	Django Reinhardt	Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)	1944-1946
15	Maurice Chevalier	Sweeping the Clouds Away	Maurice Chevalier: The Greatest Hits
16	Johnny Hamp And His Kentucky Serenaders	Up In The Clouds	Johnny Hamp at Archive
17	The Louvin Brothers	You'll Meet Him In The Clouds	Close Harmony [Disc 6]
18	Alison Krauss	Cloudy Days	Every Time You Say Goodbye
19	Sons of the Pioneers	Cottage in the Clouds	1941 vol 1 (Warped 4108)
20	Johnny Ray	The Little White Cloud That Cried	Magic Moments
21	Red Norvo Trio, George Shearing Quintet	Midnight on Cloud 69	Midnight on Cloud 69
22	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	God Put A Rainbow In The Cloud	I'll Find A Way
23	Pops Staples	Hope in a Hopeless World	Father Father
24	Moonalice	Silver Lining	Dave's Way Vol 4
25	First Aid Kit	My Silver Lining	Stay Gold
26	Simon & Garfunkel	Cloudy	Old Friends Disc 2
27	Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick	Flying Cloud	Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray
28	Hank Snow	The Boogie Woogie Flying Cloud	Southern Cannonball
29	Bonnie Raitt	Silver Lining [Radio Edit Version]	The Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol 1989-2003 [US]
30	Rilo Kiley	Silver Lining	The Craft of Music, Vol. 2
31	Bunch Of Kids/Eddie Hodges/Frank Sinatra	High Hopes	Sinatra 80th: All the Best Disc 2

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Rock, Rockabilly

Rockabilly Road

February 11, 2017 Dave

It’s time once again to visit the wild side of rock n’ roll…unrestrained and unforgiving…and often out of tune. But that didn’t matter since it was the emotion and the sweat that filled the production gaps. A progenitor of punk, rockabilly music got its roots from hillbilly, country swing, and R&B. And it certainly owes a lot to Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley. Our show this week will cover the known and the unknown. We’ll hear tracks from the Sun stable but we’ll also dig into the digital dust bins of the Imperial, Capitol, and Decca labels for vintage examples and a few rockabilly modernists will be on hand. So get your cat clothes on and get ready for a raucous evening in West County on community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Burnette	Eager Beaver Baby	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1
3	Doc Watson	Shake, Rattle And Roll	Docabilly
4	Mac Wiseman	The Fool	Teenage Hangout
5	RockATeens	Doggone It Baby (Alt)	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
6	Robert Gordon and Link Wray	Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track)	Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
7	Wanda Jackson	There's A Party Goin' On	Queen Of Rockabilly
8	Wanda Jackson	The Graveyard Shift	Unfinished Business
9	Merle Kilgore	Everybody Needs A Little Lovin	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
10	Bill Allen	Please Give Me Something	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
11	Warren Smith	Got Love If You Want It	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
12	Warren Smith	Rock and Roll Ruby	Rockabilly Legend
13	Billy Lee Riley	Baby Please Don't Go	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
14	Carl Perkins	Glad All Over	Original Sun Greatest Hits
15	Malcom Yelvington	Rockin' with my Baby	SUN Rockabilly Meltdown [[Disc 3]]
16	Johnny Burnette	Oh Baby Babe	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1
17	Jerry Lee Lewis	Real Wild Child (Wild One)	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
18	Eddie Bond	Rockin' Daddy	Classic Rockabilly
19	Ronnie Dawson	Rockin' Bones	Rockin' Bones: The Legendary Masters [Disc 2]
20	Charlie Feathers	One Hand Loose	CD2
21	Charlie Feathers	Bottle to the Baby	Rockabilly Kings
22	The Collins Kids	Rock Boppin' Baby	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
23	Larry Collins/Lorrie Collins	Mercy	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
24	Ryan Cain And The Ables	Kill Devil Hillbilly	Cupid And The Devil
25	Ryan Cain And The Ables	Cupid And The Devil	Cupid And The Devil
26	Bill Kirchen	Rockabilly Funeral	Tombstone Every Mile
27	Carl Perkins	All Mama's Children (with John Fogerty)	Go Cat Go
28	Carl Perkins	Rockabilly Music (with Paul Simon)	Go Cat Go
29	Carl Perkins	Go Cat Go	Go Cat Go
30	Wanda Jackson	Mean Mean Man	Queen Of Rockabilly
31	Sleepy Labeef	Shot-Gun Boogie (Overdub)	Sleepy Rocks
32	Dean Beard	Rock Around the Town	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
33	Jimmy Wages	Mad Man	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
34	Memphis Rockabilly Band	Pleated Pants	Blind Pig Records 25th Anniversary Collection CD1
35	Charlie Feathers	Corrina	Good Rockin' Tonight
36	Freddie Hart	Snatch It And Grab It	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
37	Hal Willis	Bop-A-Dee Bop-A-Doo	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks

Free Form – January 2017

February 4, 2017 Dave

Dreams that flow from a nine-volt heart. Drop on by for a stream of sounds from the past century, illuminated by a one-way flow of connections between songs representing the best in blues (Howlin’ Wolf), gospel (Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Sister O.M. Terrell), jazz (Nina Simone and Louis Armstrong), country (Guy Clark and The Louvins), contemporary Americana (The Devil Makes Three and Jefferson Ross), and so much more. Songs about trouble, bad roads and bad moons, little birds, coffee, and hidden charms…all for you on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dave Alvin	Nine-Volt Heart	Ashgrove
3	Guy Clark	Boats To Build	Boats To Build
4	Townes Van Zandt	Pancho and Lefty	Legend: The Very Best Of Townes Van Zandt
5	Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men	Railroad Bill	Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land
6	The Devil Makes Three	Forty Days	I'm a Stranger Here
7	Duane Eddy	Forty Miles Of Bad Road	Dance With The Guitar Man
8	Danny Overbea	Forty Cups Of Coffee	Plug It In! Turn It Up! – Teil 1: Die Anfdnge 1939 – 1954
9	Howlin' Wolf	Killing Floor	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
10	Nappy Brown	Hidden Charms	Tore Up
11	The Blasters	Trouble Bound	The Blasters Collection
12	Ashley Monical	Trouble	Facing The Shadow
13	Jefferson Ross	Trouble Is	Dogwood Cats
14	Ry Cooder	Trouble, You Can't Fool Me	Bop Till You Drop (Remaster 2013)
15	Ry Cooder	The Pearls/Tia Juana	Jazz (Remaster 2013)
16	Dr. John	Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen	Ske-Dat-De-Dat&The Spirit Of Satch
17	Nina Simone	Strange Fruit	Anthology Disc 1
18	Louis Armstrong	Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child	Louis And The Good Book
19	The Roadoilers	Jonah and the Whale	The Roadoilers
20	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Jonah	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
21	Tommy Magness	Jesus Will Save Your Soul	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
22	Bob Dylan	Gospel Plow	Bob Dylan
23	The Louvin Brothers	The Gospel Way	Close Harmony [Disc 1]
24	Sister O. M. Terrell	God's Little Birds	Country Gospel 1946-1953
25	Red Foley With The Sunshine Boys	Peace In the Valley	Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century
26	Johnny Cash	Peace In The Valley	Gospel Glory
27	John Fogerty	Bad Moon Rising	The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
28	Fats Domino	(All of My Life) For You	This Is Gold Disc 2
29	Clyde McPhatter	Lover's Question	The Atlantic Story [UK]
30	Clyde McPhatter	Lover Please	Hard to Find 45's on CD, Vol. 2: 1961-64
31	Jackie Wilson	(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher	Red, White & Rock Disc 3
32	Shakey Jake & The Willie Dixon Band	Roll Your Moneymaker	Willie Dixon and Friends, Vol. 7

African American Gospel, Country Gospel, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition

Pure Religion

January 28, 2017 Dave

Gospel is the order of the day … inspirational American roots music to moderate the gloomy days of mid-Winter here in Sonoma County. Blues, rock, country, and the sanctified sounds of spirituality coming to you on another Wednesday evening on Deeper Roots. Our playlist will take you to Maxwell Street with Daddy Stovepipe, the ‘heavenly shore’ with Blind Gussie Nesbit, into the deep country southern climes with Polk Miller and Mac Odell, and we’ll explore contemporary religious topics with Warren Zevon, The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, and Lucinda Williams. Tune in!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fern Jones	I Ain't Got Time	The Glory Road
3	Reverend Gary Davis	Pure Religion	Harlem Street Singer
4	Blind Gussie Nesbit	Pure Religion	When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
5	Rory Block	Pure Religion	I Belong To The Band: A Tribute To Rev. Gary Davis
6	Rev. Pearly Brown	God Don't Never Change	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
7	Lonnie Johnson	Devil's Got The Blues	Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1
8	The Louvin Brothers	Sinner, You'd Better Get Ready	Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music
9	Iris DeMent	I've Got That Old Time Religion (In My Heart)	Lifeline
10	Wade Mainer	Streamlined Religion	1961 King Session
11	Doug Macleod	Dubb's Talking Religion Blues	There's a Time
12	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	Old Time Religion	Farther Along
13	Pete Seeger	Old Time Religion	Singalong: Live At Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980 (1 of 2)
14	Daddy Stovepipe (Johnny Watson)	Old Time Religion	Blues From Maxwell Street
15	Polk Miller's Old South Quartette	That "Old Time" Religion	Music Of The Old South: Polk Miller & The Old South Quartette
16	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	I Claim Jesus First	The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]
17	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Good Religion	Spirit Of The Century
18	The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band	Devils Look Like Angels	Between the Ditches
19	Warren Zevon	Dirty Little Religion	Life'll Kill Ya
20	Mac Odell	One Day Religion	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
21	T. Texas Tyler	You've Got to Live Your Religion Every Day	T. Texas Tyler Hymns
22	Lucinda Williams	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion	Ramblin'
23	Rev. Pearly Brown	By And By (I'm Gonna See The King)	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
24	The Staple Singers	I Know I Got Religion	Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
25	Norridge Mayhams And The Blue Chips	Give Me That Old Time Religion	Norridge Mayhams and The Blue Chips
26	Reverend Edward Clayborn	Then We'll Need That True Religion	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
27	The Weavers	True Religion	The Weavers Almanac
28	Clara Ward & Ward Singers	You Must Have Good Religion	I Feel the Holy Spirit
29	Maria Muldaur	He Calls That Religion	Garden Of Joy
30	Reverend Gary Davis	I Didn't Want to Join the Band	Pure Religion and Bad Company
31	Rev. Pearly Brown	Ninety-Nine And A Half Won't Do	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
32	Mississippi Fred McDowell	I'm So Glad, Got Good Religion	Good Morning Little School Girl
33	Wilson Pickett	Ninety-Nine & A Half (Won't Do)	A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1]

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Modern Americana, Rockabilly

Deeper Fifties Fear

January 14, 2017 Dave

There was (is?) a time when the background noise (and it was loud) revolved around the likelihood that humankind would annihilate itself any day. The Cold War brought out the worst of us. Fear of your neighbor…fear of ideology or alternative ideas were the centerpiece of the day. The fear was embodied in the likelihood of the ‘big one’ dropping; yet our schools, media, and government soft-peddled the reality. The entertainment industry had it’s own take, of course; because artistic license allowed exploration from every corner, even though it would often make light of what was then assumed to be an eventuality. We’ll hear country from Charlie Louvin and Elton Britt, left-wing folkies like Pete Seeger and Mark Spoelstra, and gospel from the Golden Gate Quartet and The Spirit of Memphis Quartet. It’s a combination of novelty, contemporary takes on old standards, and vintage sounds (both musical and otherwise) in our Deeper Roots episode that explores the American way called ‘duck and cover’.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fred Kirby	When That Hell Bomb Falls	Atomic Platters
3	Ferlin Husky	Let's Keep the Communists Out	1949-1950 (Warped 498F)
4	Armed Forces	How to spot a communist	Public Service
5	Jackie Doll and his Pickled Peppers	When They Drop The Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
6	Karl & Harty	When The Atom Bomb Fell	Atomic Platters
7	Dr. Strangelove and the Fallouts	Love That Bomb	Atomic Platters
8	Charlie Louvin	Great Atomic Power (w. Jeff Tweedy)	Charlie Louvin
9	Mark Spoelstra	Civil Defense Sign	Atomic Platters
10	Elizabeth Cook And The Grascals	The Great Atomic Power	Song of America
11	Elton Britt	Uranium Fever	Atomic Platters
12	The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet	Atomic Telephone	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
13	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Atom Bomb	Atom Bomb
14	Golden Gate Quartet	Atom and Evil	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
15	The Five Stars	Atom Bomb Baby	Atomic Platters
16	WBEN AM, Buffalo, NY	CONELRAD Radio Alert "Real Thing"	Atomic Platters
17	Pete Seeger	Study War No More (Peace): Talking Atom	If I Had a Hammer-Songs of Hope & Struggle
18	Sam Hinton	Old Man Atom	Atomic Platters
19	Glenn Barber	Atom Bomb	Atomic Platters
20	Dude Martin's Round-Up Gang	Atom Bomb Baby	Atomic Platters
21	Various	WW2 Air Raid Siren	Sound Effects Factory
22	Oscar Aleman	Tico Tico No Fuba	Swing Guitar Masterpieces
23	Connie Francis	Civil Defense Spot: Be Prepared Today, For Survival Tomorrow	Atomic Platters
24	Fay Simmons	You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
25	Linda Hayes	Atomic Baby	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
26	Wanda Jackson	Fujiyama Mama	Atomic Platters
27	Warren Smith	Uranium Rock	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
28	Bill Haley and his Comets	Thirteen Women (And Only One Man In Town)	Atomic Platters
29	Groucho Marx	Civil Defense Spot	Atomic Platters
30	Theme	Peter Gunn	Hit TV Themes Of The 50's
31	Billy Chambers	Fallout Shelter	Atomic Platters
32	The Ramones	I Wanna Be Well	Rocket to Russia (Expanded & Remastered)
33	Beastie Boys	Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament	Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
34	Johnny Cash	Civil Defense Spot: Help Ourselves	Atomic Platters
35	Pete Seeger	The Willing Conscript	Selections From The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988
36	Hank Williams	No No Joe	Like an Atom Bomb
37	The Louvin Brothers	The Great Atomic Power	Close Harmony [Disc 1]
38	Al Rogers and the Rocky Mountain Boys	The Hydrogen Bomb	Atomic Platters
39	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Old Man Atom	Country Legends
40	Sonny Russell	Fifty Megatons	Atomic Platters

Late 40s Pop

January 7, 2017 Dave

A brand new show…fresh from the digital bins of Deeper Roots’ archives. We’ve got the songs and the stories once again this week as we take a cruise down the American whitebread pop river, exploring post-war pop. Our focus will be a very narrow window of time where the very best in silk and satin voices mixed freely with Hollywood novelty and nostalgic swing bands. Tune in for Kay Kyser, Dinah Shore, The Harmonicats, Frankie Laine, Vaughn Monroe, and a whole host of others this week on Deeper Roots as we explore a sound that missed the R&B and rock train and would be run over by it at the same time.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Doris Day	Sentimental Journey	Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 1]
3	The Andrews Sisters	Rum And Coca-Cola	20th Century Masters: Millenni
4	Johnny Mercer And Pied Pipers With Paul Weston And His Orchestra	On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55
5	Dinah Shore	Buttons And Bows	The Dinah Shore Collection: Columbia and RCA Recordings 1942-1948 [Disc 2]
6	Evelyn Knight	A Little Bird Told Me	Mairzy Doats-44 Wacky Hits [Disc 1]
7	Harmonicats	Peg O' My Heart	The White Cliffs Of Dover [Disc 2]
8	Swing & Sway & Sammy Kaye	The Old Lamp-Lighter	Your Hit Parade: 1946
9	Bing Crosby	South America, Take It Away	Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 1]
10	Blue Barron	Cruising Down The River	Your Hit Parade: 1949
11	Bing Crosby	Don't Fence Me In	Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 1]
12	The Ink Spots	The Gypsy	Greatest Hits
13	Kay Kyser & His Orchestra	Ole Buttermilk Sky	Your Hit Parade: 1946
14	Frankie Carle And His Orchestra	Rumors Are Flying	Your Hit Parade: 1946
15	Betty Hutton	Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief	It's Been A Long, Long Time – Music Of The War Years Vol 3
16	Count Basie	Open The Door Richard	Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2
17	Harry James (Featuring Kitty Kallen)	It's Been A Long, Long Time	the Best of Big Band – volume 4
18	Perry Como	Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba (My Bambino Go to Sleep)	The Very Best of Perry Como
19	Margaret Whiting	A Tree In The Meadow	Complete Capitol Hits of Margaret Whiting
20	Nat King Cole	Nature Boy	Nat King Cole [Disc 1]
21	Johnny Mercer	Personality	Your Hit Parade: 1946
22	Gene Krupa And His Orchestra With Anita O'Day	Chickery Chick	Young Anita -3- Boogie Blues
23	Art Mooney	I'm Looking Over A Four Leaf Clover	Mairzy Doats-44 Wacky Hits [Disc 1]
24	Vaughn Monroe	Riders In the Sky	Classic Years of Vaughn Monroe, Vol. 1
25	Tex Williams	Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)	Country & Western Hit Parade 1947
26	Frankie Laine	Mule Train	Your Hit Parade: 1949
27	Frankie Laine	That Lucky Old Sun	The Great American Crooners [Disc 3]
28	The Ink Spots	To Each His Own	Greatest Hits
29	Francis Craig	Near You	Cigar Classics 1: The Standards
30	Frank Sinatra	Five Minutes More	The Great American Crooners [Disc 4]
31	Bing Crosby	It's Been a Long Long Time	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 1]
32	Vaughn Monroe	Ballerina	Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2
33	Kay Kyser	On a Slow Boat to China	Your Hit Parade – 1948

Who We Lost in 2016

December 30, 2016 Dave

To say that the year 2016 was a bummer year is an understatement. While entertainment would take a backseat to the social and political conflagrations of the year, it was a very tough year for music lovers, nonetheless. Deeper Roots will be sharing tracks from some of the great, both known and unknown, who left us. We’ll hear from both Prince as well as Dan Hicks; Natalie Cole and Lonnie Mack; Juan Gabriel and Paul Kantner. It does not end there and we’ll barely be able to cover them all. Tune into our last show of the year and help us remember what these performers brought us.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ralph Stanley	O Death	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
3	Leonard Cohen	Hallelujah	Various Positions
4	Kay Starr	Wheel Of Fortune	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
5	Debbie Reynolds	Tammy	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
6	Pete Fountain	A Closer Walk	Best of Pete Fountain
7	Toots Thielemans	Bluesette	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
8	Mose Allison	Baby, Please Don't Go	Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1]
9	Billy Paul	Me And Mrs. Jones	Body & Soul Love Senerade [Disc 2]
10	Earth, Wind & Fire	Shining Star	The Best of Earth, Wind & Fire, Vol. 1
11	Natalie Cole	Song for You	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
12	Leon Russell	Tight Rope	Carney
13	Glenn Yarbrough	Baby The Rain Must Fall	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's, Vol. 1
14	Dan Hicks	How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away [Album Version]	The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks]
15	Oscar Brand	Talking Atom	Pie In The Sky
16	Sonny James	Young Love	Young Love
17	Al Caiola & His Orchestra	Bonanza	TV Land presents Favorite TV Theme Songs
18	Jean Shepard	A Dear John Letter	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
19	Guy Clark	Blowin' Like a Bandit	Craftsman Disc 2
20	Merle Haggard	Workin' Man Blues	For the Record: 43 Legendary Hits (1 of 2)
21	Lonnie Mack	Memphis	Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
22	Scotty Moore & Elvis Presley	How Do You Think I Feel	The Sun Country Box CD2 Boogie Blues
23	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	New Shoes	Soul Time!
24	Buckwheat Zydeco	Ya Ya	Buckwheat's Zydeco Party
25	Prince & the Revolution	I Would Die 4 U	The Very Best of Prince
26	Paul Kanter & Jefferson Starship	Have You Seen The Stars Tonite	Blows Against The Empire
27	Thunderclap Newman	Something in the Air	Hollywood Dream
28	George Michael	Faith	Faith
29	Jim Lowe	Green Door	The London American Story Disc 1
30	Eagles	Take It Easy	The Very Best of the Eagles [2003] Disc 1
31	Bobby Vee With The Crickets	Someday	The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1)
32	Juan Gabriel	Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (Gracias al Sol)	Quiero Creedence
33	Cassius Clay	Stand by Me	Golden Throats, Vol. 2: More Celebrity Rock Oddities
34	Sugarloaf	Green-Eyed Lady	AM Gold – 1970
35	Holly Dunn	Are You Ever Gonna Love Me	Billboard's #1 Country Hits of the 80's
36	David Bowie	Changes	Rock Steady 1971: Celebrating Starbucks 35th Anniversary

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