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Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Jazz, Urban Blues

Early Blues Women

November 5, 2016 Dave

We’ll take you to the early century when jazz was bubbling up in every urban quarter…Chicago, New York, New Orleans, Kansas City, and beyond. Our focus will be on the fringes where blues women would establish themselves with stories of cheating, stealing, and mean mistreating. The economy of the early twenties generated the disposable income for Victrolas, radios, and shellac recordings and the Great Migration from the south brought with it a culture that would affect the American music landscape forever. The ladies of the blues are featured on our show this week, including Lucille Bogan, Bessie Smith, Victoria Spivey, Gertrude Saunders, and an opening piece about a razor-totin’ mama from Perline Ellison.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Perline Ellison	Razor Totin' Mama	Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949)
3	Mamie Smith	Mean Daddy Blues	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2
4	Ida Cox	How Long Daddy, How Long (Pm 12325, 2287-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
5	Unknown Artist	Mama Likes To Do It	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 14
6	Ma Rainey	Black Eye Blues	Black Swan Sampler
7	Ethel Waters	My Handy Man	Copulation Blues 1926 – 1940 H
8	Dorothy Everetts	Fat Mouth Blues	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6
9	Josephine Byrd	Mosquito Blues	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 3
10	Christina Gray	The Reverend Is My Man	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 7
11	Gertrude Saunders	You Can't Have It Unless I Give It To You	Female Blues Singers Vol. 13 R/S (1921-1931)
12	Lucille Bogan	Coffee Grindin' Blues	Vol. 1-1923-30
13	Sippie Wallace	A Man For Every Day In The Week	Complete Recorded Works
14	Mamie Smith	Goin' Crazy With The Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
15	Victoria Spivey	Murder In The First Degree	Black Snake Blues – The Best Of
16	Betty Gray	Mean Old Bed Bug Blues	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6
17	Bessie Smith	Mean Old Bed Bug Blues	Empress Of The Blues Volume 2: 1926-1933 (CD A, 1926-1928)
18	Bessie Smith	Jail House Blues	ABC Of The Blues Vol 39
19	Sara Martin	Death Sting Me Blues	The Blues: Smithsonian Collection Of Classic Blues Singers [Disc 1]
20	Lucille Bogan	Sloppy Drunk Blues	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
21	Billie Young	When They Get Lovin' They's Gone	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 14
22	Lucille Bogan	Tired As I Can Be [Album Version]	Shave 'Em Dry: The Best Of Lucille Bogan
23	Billie Holiday	My Last Affair	Billie Holiday: The Legacy Box 1933-1958 Disc 2
24	Memphis Minnie	Dirty Mother For You	Memphis Minnie – Queen Of Country Blues, 1932 – 1935 [Disc 3]
25	Memphis Minnie	He's In The Ring (Doing The Same Old Thing)	Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Volume Four
26	Alberta Hunter	You Can't Tell The Difference After Dark	Flashbacks #3 CopulationBlues 1926-1940
27	Wea Bea Booze	These Young Men Blues	Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949)
28	Albert Ammons & His Rhythm Kings w/ Sippie Wallace	Bedroom Blues	The Boogie Woogie Man
29	Blu Lu Barker	Buy Me Some Juice (Alternate Take)	Don't You Feel My Leg
30	Dinah Washington	Jailhouse Blues	The Bessie Smith Songbook
31	LaVern Baker	Pig Latin Blues	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
32	Bonnie Raitt w/ Sippie Wallace	Women Be Wise	Bonnie Raitt Collection
33	Ida Cox & Her Allstar Band	Four Day Creep	Blues From The Vocalion Vaults

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition, Modern Americana

Happy Birthday, Mr. Prine

October 15, 2016 Dave

In a special two hours, we’re going to celebrate John Prine’s music, observing his 70th birthday which just so happens have coincided with a new release of country duets this past October. We’ll hear some Steve Goodman, Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, and The Boxmasters to name a few, performing Prine alongside some of the very best of Prine (prime Prine as it were). Happy birthday to one of the great songwriters of a generation. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: a true American treasure.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Prine	Please Don't Bury Me	Sweet Revenge
3	Steve Goodman	Donald And Lydia	Steve Goodman
4	John Prine	Paradise	The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 1 – Studio Aug 1970]
5	John Prine	Hello in There	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
6	John Prine	Souvenirs	Tribute to Steve Goodman
7	John Prine	Sam Stone	Storytellers: Singers & Songwriters
8	John Prine	Your Flag Decal Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore (Live in November 1970)	The Singing Mailman Delivers [Disc 2]
9	John Prine	Nine Pound Hammer	Sweet Revenge
10	John Prine	Sweet Revenge	Sweet Revenge
11	John Prine	The Oldest Baby in the World	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2
12	John Prine/Steve Goodman	Souvenirs	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 2
13	Bonnie Raitt And John Prine	Angel From Montgomery	Coal Country Music
14	John Prine	Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness	John Prine Live
15	John Prine	It's Happening To You	Storm Windows
16	John Prine	Linda Goes to Mars	German Afternoons
17	Tom Paxton	Skeeter's'll Gitcha (with John Prine)	Redemption Road
18	My Morning Jacket	All The Best	Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
19	The Boxmasters	Christmas in Prison	Christmas Cheer
20	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age	Standard Songs for Average People
21	John Prine with Fiona Prine	'Til A Tear Becomes A Rose	In Spite Of Ourselves
22	John Prine/Iris Dement	(We're Not) The Jet Set	In Spite of Ourselves
23	John Prine	Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement)	For Better, Or Worse
24	Holly Williams/John Prine	I'm Telling You	For Better, Or Worse
25	Alison Krauss/John Prine	Falling in Love Again	For Better, Or Worse
26	John Prine	Color of the Blues (feat. Susa	For Better, Or Worse
27	John Prine	Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home)	In Spite Of Ourselves
28	John Prine	Just Waitin'	For Better, Or Worse
29	John Prine With Connie Smith	So Sad (To Watch Love Go Bad)	In Spite Of Ourselves
30	Johnny Cash	Paradise [#]	Personal File Disc 1
31	Fiona Prine/John Prine	My Happiness	For Better, Or Worse
32	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves

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

Celebrating the Circle

October 1, 2016 Dave

This week, Dave Stroud revisits the seminal release of 1972 that brought together multiple generations of musicians, introducing a new generation of listeners to their music and, in some cases, to each other. Will The Circle Be Unbroken was a concept made real by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, then a “bunch of long-haired West Coast boys” (as Roy Acuff would describe them) and the talent that they were able to muster would influence country, bluegrass, and rock for decades to come. In addition to the big names of decades before them like Roy Acuff, Maybelle Carter, and Jimmy Martin, the Dirt Band would bring together lesser known names like Vassar Clements, Norman Blake, and Oswald Kirby to make an album that is as fresh and listenable today as it was then. We’ll feature tracks from the album alongside some of the original performances by these legendary masters.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Will the Circle Be Unbroken	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
3	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
4	Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter	Fair and Tender Ladies	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
5	Maybelle Carter	The Storms are on the Ocean	Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1]
6	Mother Maybelle & The Carter Sisters	WIldwood Flower	The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music
7	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Wreck on the Highway	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
8	Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys	Wreck On The Highway	The Essential Roy Acuff
9	Roy Acuff	Pins & Needles (In My Heart)	King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail
10	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Pins and Needles (In My Heart)	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
11	Jimmy Martin	Sunny Side Of The Mountain	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3]
12	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Sunny Side of the Mountain	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
13	Jimmy Martin	You Don't Know My Mind	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
14	Jimmy Martin	Ocean Of Diamonds	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 1]
15	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Nine Pound Hammer	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
16	Merle Travis	Nine Pound Hammer	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music [Disc 3]
17	Merle Travis	Dark As a Dungeon	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
18	Merle Travis	I Am A Pilgrim	The Best of Merle Travis
19	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Black Mountain Rag	Black Mountain Rag
20	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Down Yonder	Black Mountain Rag
21	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Down Yonder	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
22	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Lonesome Fiddle Blues	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
23	Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt	Nashville Skyline Rag	The Essential Earl Scruggs (2 of 2)
24	Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys	Earl's Breakdown [78rpm Version]	16 Biggest Hits
25	Hank Williams	Wait For The Light To Shine	Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949
26	Leon Payne	Lost Highway	Country & Western Hit Parade 1948
27	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Lost Highway	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
28	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	I Saw the Light	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
29	Hank Williams	I Saw The Light	Hank Williams – A Country Legend (3)
30	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Honky Tonk Blues	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
31	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Orange Blossom Special	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2

African American Gospel, Country Gospel, Deeper Roots on KOWS

Gospel Dynamite II

September 24, 2016 Dave

In the second of two parts, we celebrate the very best in gospel sounds…songs and spirituals that are embedded in our culture. This week…”This Little Light Of Mine”, “How I Got Over”, “This Train”, “This Train”, and many more. We’ll play the sacred versions alongside the celebratory secular ones with performers like Sam Cooke, Curtis Mayfield, The Fisk Jubilee Singers, The Swan Silvertones, and Louis Armstrong. Tune in for two hours of rousing gospel in another two hour Americana roots journey on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Hugh Laurie	Didn't It Rain	Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
3	Amy Helm	Didn't It Rain	Didn't It Rain
4	Evelyn Freeman And The Exciting Voices Chorus	Didn't It Rain	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
5	Abyssinian Baptist Radio Choir	Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody, Pts. 1&2	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
6	The Blackwood Brothers	Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody	Southern Gospel Heritage Series: The Blackwood Brothers
7	Sweet Honey In The Rock	Just a Closer Walk With Thee	African American Gospel: The Pioneering Composers
8	Sweet Honey In the Rock	Precious Memories	Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
9	Five Blind Boys of Mississippi	Precious Memories	20th Century Masters – The Best Of
10	Shirley Caesar And Ann Nesby	The Stone	Fighting Temptations
11	The Million Dollar Quartet	Old Time Religion	The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
12	The Louvin Brothers	This Little Light Of Mine	Close Harmony [Disc 3]
13	Sam Cooke	This Little Light Of Mine	Sam Cooke At the Copa
14	Sam Cooke	That's Heaven To Me	The Wonderful World Of Sam Cooke
15	Sam Cooke	Touch The Hem Of His Garment	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
16	Al Kooper	Touch The Hem Of His Garment	Naked Songs
17	The Swan Silvertones	Mary Don't You Weep	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel
18	Long John Baldry	Oh Mary Don't You Weep	Remembering Leadbelly
19	Bruce Springsteen	O Mary Don't You Weep	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
20	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	This Train	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
21	Linda Gail Lewis	This Train	Hard Rocking Woman
22	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Joshua Fit The Battle	American Roots Music [Disc 3]
23	Mahalia Jackson	Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho [Album Version]	Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns
24	Louis Armstrong	Bye and Bye	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
25	The Golden Gate Quartet	Bye and Bye Little Children	Vol. 2 (1938-1939)
26	Reverend Robert Ballinger	How I Got Over	1950s Gospel Classics
27	Clara Ward & Ward Singers	How I Got Over	I Feel the Holy Spirit
28	The Chambers Brothers	People Get Ready	Roots Of Folk
29	Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions	People Get Ready	Akeelah And The Bee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
30	The Selah Singers	He's My Rock, Sword And Shield	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
31	The Selah Singers	I'll Be Satisfied	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
32	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Let's Go Out to the Programs (Single)	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
33	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of

African American Gospel, Country Gospel, Deeper Roots on KWTF

Gospel Dynamite I

September 17, 2016 Dave

It’s a two part celebration of the very best in gospel sounds…songs and spirituals that are embedded in our culture. There just was not enough time to capture the great songs like “I’ll Fly Away”, “This Train”, “Please In The Valley”, “Down By The Riverside”, and so many others in just a single episode…so we broke it into two parts which is still barely enough. We’ll play the influential sacred versions alongside the celebratory secular ones with performers like Chet Atkins, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis Presley, and the CBS Trumpeteers. Tune in for two hours of rousing gospel in another two hour Americana roots journey on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Golden Gate Quartet	Rock My Soul	The Very Best of the Golden Gate Quartet [CD2]
3	Reverend Robert Ballinger	This Train	1950s Gospel Classics
4	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	This Train	Vintage Collections
5	Ricky Nelson	Glory Train	Legacy [Disc 2]
6	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	I Want To Ride That Glory Train	Shakin' The Rafters
7	Mahalia Jackson	I'm on My Way To Canaan	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
8	Chet Atkins	On My Way to Canaan's Land	The Essential Chet Atkins [RCA]
9	The Dillards	I'll Fly Away	There Is A Time: 1963-70
10	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	I'll Fly Away	Farther Along
11	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	I'll Fly Away	Oh Lord, Stand By Me / Marching Up To Zion
12	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Amazing Grace	Spirit Of The Century
13	Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues	Amazing Grace	Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 2]
14	The Golden Gate Quartet	Swing Down, Chariot (1946)	Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
15	Elvis Presley	Swing Down Sweet Chariot	He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1
16	Elvis Presley	Milky White Way	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
17	CBS Trumpeteers	Milky White Way	I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983
18	Mahalia Jackson	Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Something to Believe In
19	Fern Jones	Take My Hand, Precious Lord	The Glory Road
20	Mike Farris	Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Salvation in Lights
21	Bonnie Guitar	Down By the Riverside	The Velvet Lounge – By the Fireside
22	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Down by the Riverside	The Gospel of Blues
23	Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Anita Kerr Singers	There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
24	Johnny Cash	Peace In The Valley	Gospel Glory
25	Elvis Presley	Peace in the Valley	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
26	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	Uncloudy Day	Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
27	The Staple Singers	Uncloudy Day	Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
28	Smith Jubilee Singers	Just A Little Talk With Jesus / Smith Jubilee Singers	The History of Black Gospel Volume 6
29	Willie Nelson	Just a Little Walk With Jesus	Old Time Religion
30	Loretta Lynn	Old Time Religion	All Time Gospel Favorites [Disc 2]
31	Reverend James Cleveland And The Caravans	Old Time Religion	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
32	Evelyn Freeman And The Exciting Voices Chorus	Didn't It Rain	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
33	Fern Jones	Didn't It Rain	The Glory Road
34	Elvis Presley	Joshua Fit The Battle	Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 1)
35	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	This Little Light of Mine	Gospel Bluegrass Home Coming, Vol. 1

Blues, Country, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition, Theme Time

City Blues

September 11, 2016 Dave

Our show this week features blues and country numbers about the many different American cities that had their own personalities…good and bad. You be the judge. From Naptown and Kokomo to KC and Mobile…north, south, east, and west. We’ll hear from Barbecue Bob, Lonnie Johnson, Ernest Tubb, Charlie Poole, and Little Brother Montgomery (to name just a few). Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of America’s tradition …

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Frank Hutchison	K.C. Blues	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
3	HowellDevine	KC Blues	Jumps, Boogies & Wobbles
4	Ernest Tubb	Kansas City Blues	Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
5	Sidney Bechet	St. Louis Blues	Blues In Thirds
6	Lonnie Johnson	Low Down St. Louis Blues	Legends Of The Blues: Volume 1
7	Blind Willie McTell	East St. Louis Blues (Far You Well)	The Classic Years: 1933 – 1935 New York " Chicago
8	Red Nichols	Wabash Blues	I Got Rhythm
9	Leroy Carr	Naptown Blues	Sloppy Drunk [Disc 1]
10	Fats Domino	Detroit City Blues	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
11	Mississippi Fred McDowell	Kokomo Blues	Heroes Of The Blues: The Very Best Of Fred McDowell
12	Dan Pickett	Chicago Blues	I'm Pretty Good At It – Country Blues Guitar
13	Don Flemons	Milwaukee Blues	What Got Over
14	Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers	Milwaukee Blues	The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
15	Dorothy Everetts	Macon Blues	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 6
16	Elmore James	Madison Blues	The Sky Is Crying
17	Barbecue Bob	Jacksonville Blues	Barbecue Bob Vol. 2 (1928 – 1929)
18	John Sebastian & The J Band With Geoff Muldaur	Minglewood Blues	The Craft of Music, Vol. 2
19	Sam Chatmon	Vicksburg Blues	Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 1
20	Black Birds of Paradise	Tishomingo Blues (Ge 6210, GEX-718-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
21	Lewis Bronzville Five	Natchez Mississippi Blues	Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3
22	Howlin' Wolf	Natchez Burning	The Real Folk Blues
23	Bo Chatmon	East Jackson Blues	Violin, Sing the Blues for Me: African-American Fiddlers 1926-1949
24	Mississippi Sheiks	West Jackson Blues [Album Version]	Honey Babe Let The Deal Go Down: The Best Of Mississippi Sheiks
25	Little Brother Montgomery	Shreveport Blues	Boogie Woogie [Disc 3]
26	Memphis Piano Red	Mobile Blues	Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis
27	Jorma Kaukonen	Nashville Blues	River Of Time
28	The Louvin Brothers	Nashville Blues	Close Harmony [Disc 5]
29	Wingy Manone & His Orchestra	Dallas Blues	Swing Is Here / Small-Band Swing 1935-1939
30	Billy Boy Arnold	San Antonio Blues	Billy Boy Arnold Sings: Big Bill Broonzy
31	Eric Clapton	San Francisco Bay Blues	Unplugged/Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton (1 of 2)
32	Jabo Williams	Pratt City Blues	Picking the Blues – Compiled By John Mayall – Boogie Woogie Pioneers
33	Fats Waller	(Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Places	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
34	Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers	New Orleans Blues	Sunny Road

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

Country Roots

September 3, 2016 Dave

Deeper Roots revisits the deeper roots…focusing on old-timey sounds of some of the great performers playing the classic standards. Country music roots go back into the European melodies and folk tunes and their instruments called to a celebration of the Diasporas. This week: Gid Tanner, Vernon Dalhart, Al Hopkins, Jimmie Rodgers, Bradley Kincaid, Charlie Poole, and many others provide us a glimpse at where it all began. Join us for another roots-infused evening here in Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Vernon Dalhart	The Wreck Of The Old '97	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1]
3	Vernon Dalhart	The Prisoner's Song	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
4	Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers	Pass Around The Bottle And We'll All Take A Drink	And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 1
5	Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers	I Don't Love Nobody	And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 1
6	Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers	You Ain't Talkin' to Me	You Ain't Talkin' To Me: Charlie Poole And The Roots Of Country Music [Disc 2]
7	The Carter Family	Single Girl, Married Girl	The Bristol Sessions 1927-1928 [Disc 3]
8	Riley Puckett	Little Brown Jug	Country Music Pioneer vol 1
9	Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters	Roll On the Ground	Lead Kindly Light
10	Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters	Georgie Buck	Hill Billies / Al Hopkins & Buckle Busters Vol. 3
11	Frank Blevins	Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss	Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1
12	Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers	Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues	You Ain't Talkin' To Me, The Roots Of Country Music [Disc 1]
13	Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers	Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues	You Ain't Talkin' To Me, The Roots Of Country Music [Disc 1]
14	The Allen Brothers	Chattanooga Blues	Allen Brothers Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1
15	The Allen Brothers	Ain't That Skippin' And Flyin'	Allen Brothers Complete Recorded Works Vol. 1
16	Al Hopkins & His Buckle Busters	Old Dan Tucker	Hill Billies / Al Hopkins & Buckle Busters Vol. 3
17	Harry McClintock	Jesse James	When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
18	Bradley Kincaid	Froggie Went A-Courting	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
19	Bradley Kincaid	Sourwood Mountain	The Story That the Crow Told Me Vol 2
20	Bascom Lamar Lundsford	Lost John Dean	Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1
21	The Lonely Eagles	Been On The Job Too Long	Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1
22	Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers	The Burial Of Wild Bill	When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
23	The Happy Hayseeds	The Tail Of Haley's Comet	Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1
24	Buell Kazee	The Cowboy Trail	When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
25	Paul Hamblin	The Strawberry Roan	When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
26	Jimmie Rodgers	Mississippi Delta Blues	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
27	Jimmie Davis	Cowboy's Home Sweet Home	When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
28	Red Foley	Single Life Is Good Enough For Me	Smoke on the Water / Hillbilly Fever
29	Gene Autry	The Yellow Rose Of Texas	The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946
30	Gene Autry	Tumblin' Tumbleweeds	The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946
31	Powder River Jack, Kitty Lee	Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail	When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Pop, Gospel

Free Form – August 2016

August 27, 2016 Dave

Country, rock, gospel, tradition, blues, and ragtime…just a sampling of the styles that you’ll hear when you tune into Deeper Roots this week. We’ll feature some contemporary sounds from Luther Dickinson and Bruce Hornsby…classic country from Hank Snow and Webb Pierce…traditional standards from John Prine and Mac Wiseman…rock gems from Bo Diddley and Elvis Presley. And, believe or not…there’s more!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Glenn Yarbrough	Baby The Rain Must Fall	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's, Vol. 1
3	Randy Newman	Louisiana 1927	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
4	Randy Newman	Every Man a King	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
5	Bonnie Raitt	Guilty	Bonnie Raitt Collection
6	Bo Diddley	Say Man	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley
7	Elvis Presley	Burning Love	Elvis 30 #1 Hits
8	Marty Stuart/The Staple Singers	Don't Be Cruel (To a Heart That's True)	The Marty Party Hit Pack
9	Luther Dickinson	Ain't No Grave (feat. Mavis Staples)	Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Volumes I & II	[amazon asin=Rodney Crowell – Don't Get Me Started [Album Version] – 00:00&title=Buy From Amazon &thumb=http://deeperrootsradio.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/buy_small.gif]
10	Mavis Staples	Hard Times Come Again No More	Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
11	The Staple Singers	Jacob's Ladder	Freedom Highway
12	Bruce Hornsby & The Noise Makers	Celestial Railroad	Rehab Reunion
13	The Staple Singers	Going Away	Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
14	Webb Pierce/Willie Nelson	You're Not Mine Anymore	In the Jailhouse Now/Brand on My Heart
15	Hank Snow	Rhumba Boogie	Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
16	Roy Hogsed	Cocaine Blues	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
17	Roy Rogers	I'm Gonna Gallop Gallop To Gallup New Mexico	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
18	Spade Cooley	Yodelling Polka	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
19	Jimmy Walker	Detour	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
20	Cyndi Lauper	Detour (Featuring Emmylou Harris)	Detour
21	John Prine	Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement)	For Better or Worse
22	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age	Standard Songs for Average People
23	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Old Rugged Cross	Standard Songs for Average People
24	Bob Dylan	Lone Pilgrim	World Gone Wrong
25	Ricky Skaggs	A Voice from on High	Soldier of the Cross
26	Jorma Kaukonen	Blues Stay Away From Me	Blue Country Heart
27	Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson	I Am The Light Of This World	Quah [Bonus Tracks]
28	Reverend Gary Davis	I Am The Light Of This World	Slippin' 'til My Gal Comes In Partner: Columbia University 1958-59
29	R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders	Georgia Camp Meeting (Radio Broadcast)	R. Crumb's Music Sampler
30	R. Crumb And His Keep-on-Truckin' Orchestra	River Blues	R. Crumb's Music Sampler
31	The Boswell Sisters	Down Among The Sheltering Palms	The Boswell Sisters Volume 2
32	Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders	Sunnyside Up	Paper Moon
33	Cab Calloway	Everybody Eats When They Come To My House	Are You Hep To The Jive?
34	Jimmie Revard & The Oklahoma Playboys	Lose Your Blues and Laugh At Life	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2]

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Rock, Theme Time

Hot Summer Days

August 20, 2016 Dave

As we make it over the summer hump, we’ll take time to celebrate all the things we love about the summer heat. Those stunning summer skies, sea breezes, backyard barbecues, and the lift of a summer rain. We’ve got the beach sounds of the sixties, Hawaiian medleys from the islands, sophisticated sass from Buster Poindexter, hot kissin’ from H-Bomb Ferguson, the summer rain, the summer sky, and the Summer Wind from Frank Sinatra. Rock, zydeco, country, pop, bluegrass, rock, and so much of what comes from the in-between this week on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The David Thom Band	California's Burning	That Old Familiar
3	Dave Alvin	California's Burning	Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women
4	Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians	Heat Wave	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
5	Bob Brozman	Hawaiian Heat Waves Medley	Hello Central, Give Me Dr. Jazz!
6	Mr. Sad Head	Hot Weather Blues	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
7	Teddy Bunn	Summertime	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
8	Buckwheat Zydeco Ils Sont Partis Band	In the Summertime	100% Fortified Zydeco
9	Sly & the Family Stone	Hot Fun in the Summertime	Rock Artifacts, Vol. 1
10	Martha Reeves & The Vandellas	(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
11	The Lovin' Spoonful	Summer in the City	Greatest Hits [Buddha]
12	The Beach Boys	The Warmth of the Sun	Endless Summer
13	It's a Beautiful Day	Hot Summer Day	It's a Beautiful Day
14	Buster Poindexter	Hot Hot Hot	Buster Poindexter
15	Ann Miller	Too Darn Hot	The Big Picture: Great Music from Films You Love
16	Ella Fitzgerald	Too Darn Hot	Music & Moonlight
17	Eilen Jewell	Too Hot To Sleep	Letters From Sinners & Strangers
18	Kid Bangham, Dan McKinney, Bill Melcher & Dave Ferrara	Some Summer Day	Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
19	Willie Nelson	Summer Of Roses [Album Version]	One Hell Of A Ride
20	H-Bomb Ferguson	Hot Kisses	Big City Blues
21	Judy Collins	In The Heat Of The Summer	Forever: [Disc 2]
22	Sam Cooke	Summertime	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
23	The Donkeys	Theme From The Endless Summer	Theme From The Endless Summer [single]
24	Marshall Crenshaw	Starless Summer Sky	Miracle of Science
25	Johnny Burnette	What a Summer Day	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 6
26	Johnny Rivers	Summer Rain	Best Of Johnny Rivers
27	Frank Sinatra	Summer Wind	The Reprise Collection [Disc 3]
28	Randy Newman	Burn On	Sail Away
29	Charlie Parker	Summertime	Charlie Parker With Strings: The Master Takes
30	Nanci Griffith	Summer Wages	Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
31	Bob Dylan	Summer Days	Love and Theft

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition, Theme Time

Time is Passing

August 13, 2016 Dave

Theme time this week! We are going to dip into a sometimes raucous, other times wistful, blend of country, blues, jazz, and what-not…to celebrate (or is it bemoan) the passing of time in our show this week. The clock is ticking, the calendar flipping, and the little blue orb keeps spinning around that big bright one. And all the while we live our lives celebrating the luminous sounds on Deeper Roots; this week featuring Johnny Otis, Fenton Robinson, Bob Dylan, Texas Jim Lewis, Roy Acuff, and so many others. Time may be passing and we may like to reminisce and wax nostalgic, but we press on…driven by music from the past century (among other things).

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Hank Thompson	The Older The Violin, The Sweeter The Music	The Best Of Hank Thompson 1966-1979
3	Alfred G. Karnes	Where We'll Never Grow Old (1927)	Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936
4	The Church Sisters	Where We'll Never Grow Old	Orthophonic Joy
5	The Carter Family	Darling, We Are Growing Older/The Old Texas Trail – Anita Carter	On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1
6	Dick Curless	Rock of Ages	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD3 (1950-1969)
7	Jerry Lee Lewis	Middle Age Crazy	The Definitive Collection
8	Doc Watson	Grandfather's Clock	My Dear Old Southern Home
9	Texas Jim Lewis	Way Back in Grandpa's Day	Free at Archive.org
10	Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys	Old Age Pension Cheque	King of Country Music [[Disc 2]: "Beautiful Brown Eyes: 1939-'41" Proper Records, 2004]
11	Tom Russell	Wayfarin' Stranger (Passage of Time)	The Man From God Knows Where
12	Dar Williams	You're Aging Well	The Honesty Room
13	Stonewall Jackson	Gettin' Older	Waterloo Box Set
14	Bob Dylan	Time Passes Slowly	New Morning
15	Bob Dylan	My Back Pages	All I Really Want To Do
16	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Time Is A Passin'	One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions
17	Johnny Otis / Jimmy Rushing	Round The Clock	The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 4]
18	Tiny Bradshaw & His Orchestra	Take the Hands off the Clock	Stompin' at the Savoy: Harlem Nocturne, 1944 – 1947
19	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Five O'Clock Whistle	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
20	The Original Memphis Five	Four O'clock Blues	The Original Memphis Five Collection Vol. 1 – 1922-1923
21	Fenton Robinson	As The Years Go Passing By	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2]
22	Big Bill Broonzy	Getting Older Every Day	Great Blues Guitarsists: String Dazzlers
23	Howlin' Wolf	Getting Old & Gray	Howlin' Wolf – 52 Essential Tracks
24	Victoria Spivey	Grow Old Together	Black Snake Blues – The Best Of
25	JL Stiles	Never To Grow Old	Solo Sessions
26	David Johansen	My Grandpa Is Old Too	Shaker
27	Ricky Skaggs	In Heaven We'll Never Grow Old	Rising Star
28	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	All the Good Times Are Passed and Gone	All The Classic Releases1937-1949 [Disc 2]
29	Harry Reser & His Orchestra	The Clock and the Banjo	Trainin' The Fingers
30	Ivory Joe Hunter	Time Has Passed	Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951)
31	Tom Lehrer	When You Are Old And Gray	Song & More Songs
32	Ray Wylie Hubbard	After All These Years	Eternal & Lowdown
33	The Carter Family	Where We'll Never Grow Old	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 4]

A Century of America's Music