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African American Gospel, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Pop

Wake Up! – KOWS August 8, 2015

August 8, 2015 Dave

It’s a joy to queue up a century of America’s music every other Saturday morning in West County…live from the heart and voice of West Sonoma County’s KOWS studios in downtown Occidental. A common theme will run through this morning’s show and it’s all about waking up: gospel’s Mahalia Jackson and When I Wake Up in Glory, Roy Milton and the Wake Up Blues, James Brown’s Get Up Offa That Thing … and more!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Junior Brown	Gotta Get Up Every Morning	Semi-Crazy
3	Buck Owens	I've Got A Tiger By The Tail	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
4	Dwight Yoakam	Little Sister	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years (1 of 4)
5	The Mavericks	All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down	Music for All Occasions
6	Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers	Get Up John	At The Ryman [Live]
7	The Band	Get Up Jake	A Musical History [Disc 3]
8	James Brown	Get Up Offa That Thing	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
9	Lavern Baker	Get Up Get Up (You Sleepy Head)	London American Label Year By Year 1956
10	Jimmy Murphy	Wake Me up Sweet Jesus	Electricity
11	Mahalia Jackson	When I Wake Up In Glory	The World's Greatest Gospel Singer
12	Bill Landford And The Landfordaires	Trouble Of This World [Album Version]	The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
13	Reverend CL Franklin	Wings Of Faith	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
14	Clara Ward Singers	Packing Up	Somebody Bigger Than You & I
15	Charlie & His Orchestra	You're Driving Me Crazy	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
16	Bob Brozman	You're Driving Me Crazy	Devil's Slide
17	Big Joe Turner	Lipstick, Powder and Paint	Big Joe Rocks
18	Smiley Lewis	Hook Line & Sinker	Smiley Lewis Vol 1
19	Merrill Moore	Yes Indeed (EP Version)	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
20	The Carlisles	Nine Have Tried (and None Have Died) (Second Countdown)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
21	Roy Milton	Waking Up Blues	ABC Of The Blues Vol 30
22	Ike & Tina Turner	Wake Up	Don't Play Me Cheap
23	The Everly Brothers	Wake Up Little Susie	5 Classic Albums
24	Roy Orbison	Ride Away	The Soul of Rock and Roll
25	Hank Garland	Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)	Move! – The Guitar Artistry of Hank Garland
26	The Knockouts	Darling Lorrane	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3
27	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Poverty	The Definitive Collection
28	Townes Van Zandt	Snowin' On Raton (with James McMurtry)	Texas Rain
29	Jonathan Edwards	Mole	Tomorrow's Child
30	Elvis Presley	Somebody Bigger Than You and I	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
31	Kim McLean	Somebody Bigger Than You and I	Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry
32	J.J. Cale	Money Talks	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
33	Roy Zimmerman	The Faucet's On Fire	The Faucet's On Fire

Bluegrass, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition

Beautiful Dreamer – KOWS August 3, 2015

August 4, 2015 Dave

Deeper Stephen Foster — Beautiful Dreamer

Mark Hogan’s Bluegrass and Old-Time Hour is on hiatus for two weeks while Mark is back in Galax, Virginia checking out the summer activities including a Fiddler’s Convention. And we’re going to honor his muse this week, the first of two Monday episodes where Deeper Roots fills his spot in the schedule on KOWS. We’ve got plenty of bluegrass in the first hour featuring new music from Trout Steak Revival and classics from Bill Monroe and Mac Martin. Our second hour rolls out a run of Stephen Foster covers done by Jack Clement, Jonathan Edwards, The Sons of the Pioneers, and others.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mac Martin & The Dixie Travelers	Home In Tennessee	With The Travelin Blues
3	Ashley Monroe	The Storms Are On The Ocean	Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited
4	Emmylou Harris	Bury Me Beneath The Willow	Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited
5	The Church Sisters	Where We'll Never Grow Old	Orthophonic Joy
6	John Reischman & The Jaybirds	Booth Shot Lincoln	John Reischman And The Jaybirds
7	Mike Auldridge	Drivin' Nails In My Coffin	Cool Blue & Lonesome: Bluegrass for Broken
8	Trout Steak Revival	Brighter Every Day	Brighter Every Day
9	Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblerss	Get Up John	Live at the Ryman
10	Bill Monroe	Big River	Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 1]
11	Ricky Skaggs	Uncle Pen	Country Gentleman: The Best Of Ricky Skaggs
12	The Stanley Brothers	Angel Band	Angel Band: The Classic Mercury Recordings
13	Red Allen	Deep Elem Blues	The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983
14	Blue Grass Boogiemen	Goin' Up Caney	Who's Afraid of the Boogiemen?
15	Joe Maphis	Twin Banjo Special	Absolutely Bluegrass
16	Grandpa Jones	Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia	Pickin' & A-Grinnin'
17	Reno & Smiley	The Talk Of The Town	Absolutely Bluegrass
18	Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman	I Wonder Where You Are Tonight	Mac Doc Del
19	2nd South Carolina String Band	Angelina Baker/Angeline the Baker	In High Cotton
20	Phil and Vivian Williams	Nelly Bly	Pioneer Dance Tunes of the Far West
21	Grandpa Jones	Nelly Bly	An American Original
22	Timothy Seaman & Friends	I Hear Those Gentle Voices Calling (Old Black Joe) (feat. Bill Gurley & Ann Robinson)	Tenting On the Old Camp Ground
23	Jerry Lee Lewis	Old Black Joe	Old Tyme Country Music
24	Anna McGarrigle	Gentle Annie	Transatlantic Sessions – Series 1: Volume Three
25	Sons of the Pioneers	Gentle Annie	Songs of the Prairie – CD5
26	Jonathan Edwards	Hard Times	Tomorrow's Child
27	Nanci Griffith	Hard Times (Come Again No More)	Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
28	John Prine	My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight	Beautiful Dreamer – The Songs of Stephen Foster
29	Cowboy Jack Clement	Beautiful Dreamer	Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War
30	BR5-49	Don't Bet Money on the Shanghai	Beautiful Dreamer – The Songs of Stephen Foster
31	Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick	Oh! Susanna	Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray
32	Noam Pikelny	Old Folks at Home / The Girl I Left Behind Me	Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War

Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition

Songs of Protest

August 1, 2015 Dave

This week’s show on KWTF runs down a century’s worth of protest music. We’ve got some of the familiars, but we’ve also got some of the not-so-familiars. Out playlists will focus on a couple of the major issues of half century ago that we find ourselves embroiled in today. We’ll hear civil rights anthems and performances from some of the more emphatic musical voices of the sixties that were railing against a war. You’ll also hear topics of union organizing and social justice including the sounds of Nina Simone, Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday, Pete Seeger, the SNCC Freedom Singers, Marvin Gaye, and many others.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Pete Seeger	Waist Deep In The Big Muddy	The Essential Pete Seeger
3	Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalist	There's A Meeting Here Tonight	2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
4	Sncc Freedom Singers	We Shall Overcome	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
5	Billie Holiday	Strange Fruit	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
6	Josh White	Strange Fruit	Josh White – The Remaining Titles (1941-1947)
7	Mavis Staples	We Shall Not Be Moved (Cd)	We'll Never Turn Back
8	Hollis Watkins	Oh Freedom	Voices Of the Civil Rights Movement
9	Aaron Neville	Oh Freedom	I Know I've Been Changed
10	SNCC Freedom Singers; Reagon, Cordell	Which Side Are You On?	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
11	Phil Ochs	I Ain't Marching Anymore	Farewells & Fantasies [Disc 1]
12	The Almanac Singers	Which Side Are You On	Dust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2]
13	Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions	People Get Ready	Akeelah And The Bee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
14	Jean Ritchie	Black Waters	Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 11 The South
15	Bob Dylan	Blowin' In The Wind	Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2
16	Bruce Springsteen	Eyes on the Prize	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
17	Barry McGuire	Eve Of Destruction	Eve Of Destruction
18	Tom Paxton	Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation	Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
19	Buffalo Springfield	For What It's Worth	Retrospective – The Best of Buffalo Springfield
20	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Fortunate Son	36 All – Time Greatest Hits 3 CD Set (Disk 3)
21	Marvin Gaye	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 2]
22	Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
23	Nina Simone	I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free	Silk and Soul (Expanded Edition)
24	Ethel Waters	What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue?	Ethel Waters 1929 -1939 (feat. Duke Ellington & Benny Goodman)
25	Peter, Paul & Mary	Where Have All The Flowers Gon	Peter, Paul & Mary
26	Odetta	Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
27	Paul Robeson	No More Auction Block	Classic Folk Music From Smithsonian Folkways
28	Southern Sons	Lift Every Voice And Sing (1942)	1940's Vocal Groups: Southern Sons (1941-44) & Richmond's Harmonizing Four (1943)
29	Bruce Cockburn	If I Had A Rocket Launcher	Waiting For A Miracle: Singles 1970-1987
30	Pete Seeger & The Almanac Singers	Union Maid	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 4]
31	Bob Dylan	Masters of War	Biograph Disc 1
32	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Ohio	So Far
33	Woody Guthrie	This Land Is Your Land	This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Early Pop, Folk and Tradition

Connections II

July 25, 2015 Dave

We take another trip down the roots rabbit hole with the usual selections of blues, bluegrass, country, gospel, and tradition in a show that follows a thread that begins with The Del McCoury Band’s bluegrass cover of Mama’s Hungry Eyes and winds its way to conclusion down the endless black ribbon. In between we’ve got kind words and last words, chain gangs and jailers, and songs about bird dogs and mockingbirds. The show is a special ‘stream of musical roots consciousness’ called “Connections”.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Del McCoury	Mama's Hungry Eyes (feat. Emmylou Harris)	Moneyland
3	Merle Haggard	Mama Tried	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
4	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Mama Didn't Raise No Fool	Down In The Basement
5	Rodney Crowell	Famous Last Words of a Fool in Love	Tarpaper Sky
6	David Johansen	The Last Kind Words	Shaker
7	Rhiannon Giddens	Last Kind Words	Tomorrow Is My Turn
8	Geeshie Wiley	Last Kind Words	Mississippi Masters
9	Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas	Pick Poor Robin Clean	Mississippi Masters
10	Gennett Sound Effects	Mocking Bird	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
11	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Listen To The Mockingbird	Stars And Stripes Forever
12	Doc Watson	Bird Dog	Docabilly
13	The Everly Brothers	I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
14	Steve Earle & The V-Roys	In The Jailhouse Now	The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute
15	Johnny Cash	I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now	American V: A Hundred Highways
16	Wynona Sweet	Please Mr. Jailer	Cry-Baby
17	Johnny Tillotson	Jailer Bring Me Water	The Tillotson Touch
18	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Jesus Gave Me Water	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
19	Elvis Presley	Bosom of Abraham	He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 2
20	The Golden Gate Quartet	Rock My Soul	Rock My Soul & Other Gospel Favorites
21	Louis Armstrong	Rock My Soul	Louis And The Good Book
22	Bob Dylan	Highway 61 Revisited	Highway 61 Revisited
23	Band Of Ruhks	Lost Highway	Band Of Ruhks
24	Hank Williams	Lost Highway	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
25	Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses)	Down The Road Pt II	The Low Highway [+digital booklet]
26	Tiny Harris	Endless Black Ribbon	Lonesome Highway Songs
27	Nat King Cole	A Little Yellow Ribbon	Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949
28	Sonny James & Taylor*Karla	Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree	Classic Country Duets
29	Connie Smith	Ribbon Of Darkness	The Essential Connie Smith
30	Willie Nelson	Scarlett Ribbons	Stardust [Bonus Tracks]
31	Grateful Dead	Scarlet Begonias	Grateful Dead From the Mars Hotel
32	Gillian Welch	Scarlet Town	The Harrow & The Harvest
33	David Olney	One Tough Town	One Tough Town
34	Fats Waller	Lulu's Back In Town	Honeysuckle Rose
35	Nathan Glantz & His Orchestra (v: Chick Straun)	Don't Bring Lulu [1925]	The Charleston Era

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Pop, Folk and Tradition

Ragged But Right – KOWS July 25, 2015

July 25, 2015 Dave

Hot summer days…cool West County nights. Deeper Roots finds the right balance on Saturday mornings in Occidental this week with music about ramblers and gamblers featuring Ralph Stanley, Tom Russell, and Sturgill Simpson. We’ll also find ourselves in the crosshairs of country, blues, and southern gospel with songs of light and life featuring Hank Williams, Gary Davis, and Marty Stuart. Riley Puckett, The Sons of the Pioneers, and the Selah Jubilee Singers also join in on another Saturday morning filled with roots music on KOWS 107.3-LP FM. Tune in on TuneIn!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	Imperial Singles Collection
3	Nathan Glantz & His Orchestra (v: Chick Straun)	Don't Bring Lulu [1925]	The Charleston Era
4	Roy Acuff	Bang Away My Lulu	DON'T BRING LULU was a 20's hit song
5	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra; Vocal By Tex Williams	You'll Rue The Day	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
6	Tommy Duncan	Please Come Back Home	Texas Moon
7	Lucinda Williams	Memphis Pearl	Sweet Old World
8	Hank Williams	I Saw The Light	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
9	Selah Jubilee Singers	I Saw the Light	Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2
10	Reverend Gary Davis	I Am The Light Of This World	Harlem Street Singer
11	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	This Little Light of Mine	Gospel Bluegrass Home Coming, Vol. 1
12	Sam Cooke	Having a Party	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4)
13	Clyde McPhatter	A Lovers Question	Atlantic and Mercury Sessions – Disc 2
14	Kay Starr	Night Train	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
15	Ike Turner	Do Right Baby	Classic Early Sides
16	Slim Harpo	I Love the Life I'm Living	The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 1
17	John Sebastian	Ain't Nowhere to Hobo Anymore	I Want My Roots
18	The Blue Sky Boys	Wild And Reckless Hobo	Presenting The Blue Sky Boys
19	Grandpa Jones	Hobo Bill	Makes The Rafters Ring
20	Bob Dylan	Only A Hobo	It Could Even Be A Myth
21	Elana James	Hobo's Lullaby	Black Beauty
22	Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys	Poor Rambler	Classic Bluegrass
23	Sturgill Simpson	Poor Rambler	High Top Mountain
24	Tom Russell	Rambler, Gambler	Song Of The West – The Cowboy Collection
25	Jimmie Skinner	Don't Give My Heart to a Rambler	One Dead Man Ago
26	Grayson & Whitter	I've Always Been a Rambler	Music from the Lost Provinces
27	Riley Puckett And Ted Hawkins	Ragged But Right	Serenade The Mountains: Early Old Time Music On Record, [Disc 3]
28	Sons of the Pioneers	Blue Ridge Mountain Home	Songs of the Prairie – CD1
29	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Blue Ridge Mountain	Small Town Heroes
30	The Carter Family	My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 4)
31	The Country Gentlemen	Blue Ridge Mountains Turning Green	Sugar Hill Collection
32	Nick Lowe	I'll Be There	The Impossible Bird
33	Willie Nelson & Ray Price	I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)	San Antonio Rose [Expanded Edition]
34	Willie Nelson	Sweet Jennie Lee	Willie and the Wheel

African American Gospel, Deeper Roots on KWTF

Ladies of Gospel

July 18, 2015 Dave

The influence of gospel music on the forms of rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, and soul are fairly well documented. The elements of early black gospel music arose from a tradition of work songs, anthems, spirituals, hollers, and the stylized performance of hymns. The evolution of the form, particularly in the Church of God In Christ (COGIC), reveals a freedom of expression that made its listeners ‘move with the spirit’. We’ll hear from the ladies from the COGIC as well as the traditionalists that could bring in the masses to the church with their uplifting, sometimes roaring voices including Sister Ernestine Washington, Edna Gallmon Cooke, Sister Goldia Haynes, Mahalia Jackson, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Clara Ward Singers	When The Saints Go Marching In	Somebody Bigger Than You & I
3	Sister Ernestine Washington	Jesus Is All The World To Me	Sister Ernestine Washington (1943-1948)
4	Sister Ernestine Washington	I Know The Lord Will Make A Way	Sister Ernestine Washington Vol. 2 (1954-c.1958)
5	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Teach Me To Be Right	Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record
6	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down	Gospel Train
7	Marie Knight	Marie Knight – Tharpe and Singing	Interview
8	Marie Knight	Gospel Train	Hallelujah What A Song!
9	Mahalia Jackson	Move On Up A Little Higher	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel
10	Mahalia Jackson	I Have A Friend	Legend: The Best Of Mahalia Jackson [Disc 2]
11	Mahalia Jackson & Della Reese	Della Reese Interview
12	Della Reece And The Meditations	Hard To Get Along	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
13	Cora Martin	Didn't It Rain	The Great Gospel Women
14	Madam Edna Gallmon Cooke & The Mount Vernon Men's Choir	Angels, Angels, Angels	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
15	Edna Gallmon Cooke And The Radio Four	Somebody Touched Me	How Sweet it Was
16	Sister Goldia Haynes	This Old World	The Great Gospel Women
17	Lucy Smith	O What A Time	The Great Gospel Women
18	Shirley Caesar	I'd Rather Serve Jesus	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
19	Mary Deloatch	The Lord's Gospel Train	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
20	Jessie Mae Renfro	I Must Tell Jesus	The Great Gospel Women
21	Sister Lucille Barbee	Where Could I Go	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
22	Sister Emily Bram	Each Day	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
23	Bessie Griffin And The Caravans	Let Us Run	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
24	Candi Staton & The Jewel Gospel Trio	Jesus Is Listening	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
25	Marion Williams – The Stars Of Faith	When I Lay This Body Down	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
26	Clara Ward Singers	Packing Up	Somebody Bigger Than You & I
27	Roberta Martin And The Roberta Martin Singers	Rock My Soul	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
28	Clara Ward (With Unidentified Group)	Peace In The Valley	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 2]
29	Evelyn Freeman And The Exciting Voices Chorus	Didn't It Rain	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
30	Dorothy Love Coates	No Hiding Place	The Best Of Dorothy Love Coates And The Original Gospel Harmonettes
31	Albertina Walker	Albertina Walker Interview	Interview
32	Albertina Walker	Put a Little Love In Your Heart	Platinum Gospel-Albertina Walker
33	Albertina Walker & The Caravans	How Do You Feel	Precious Lord Gospel Gold
34	Marion Williams	He's A High Class Physician	How Sweet it Was
35	Thomas A. Dorsey with Marion Williams	If We Never Needed The Lord Before [Album Version]	Precious Lord Recordings Of The Great Gospel Songs Of Thomas A. Dorsey
36	Bunk Johnson/Ernestine Washington	Where Could I Go	Smithsonian Folkways: Classic African American Gospel

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

Dirty Dog – KOWS July 11, 2015

July 11, 2015 Dave

West County is the place to be in summer. The inland heat is pulling in the right amount of tempered cool from the coast…and Deeper Roots sounds will ride the wave on a Saturday morning. Join us for music from Arlo Guthrie, Chubby Newsome, Jimmie Revard, Mahalia Jackson, and more. The sounds we’ll hear come from country, country swing, classic gospel, mountain tradition, and just a little bit of the blues so please join us as we fill the airwaves with classic roots music on a Saturday morning, live from the KOWS studios in Occidental.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Burnette	Let's Think About Living	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 3
3	Roy Rogers	My Chickashay Gal	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
4	Hank Snow	Music Makin' Mama From Memphis	The Essential Hank Snow
5	Asleep at the Wheel	What's the Matter With the Mill (with Pokey LaFarge)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
6	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Back Home In Indiana (LP Version)	Tiffany Transcriptions& Vol. 9
7	Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm & Gene Taylor	Coming Back Home	The Return of the Formerly Brothers
8	Jimmie Revard	Dirty Dog	Western Swing: 40 Bootstompers
9	Jimmie Revard	Holdin' The Sack	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 9]
10	The Louvin Brothers	I'm Ready To Go Home	Satan Is Real
11	Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys	Little Birdie	Ralph Stanley 1971-1973
12	Doc & Merle Watson	Corrina, Corrina	Then And Now/Two Days In November
13	Jimmie Driftwood	Soldier's Joy	Americana, Vol. 1
14	The Rice Brothers	Soldier's Joy	The Rice Brothers
15	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Don't Think Twice, It's Alright	Django and Jimmie
16	Willie Nelson & the Offenders	A Moment Isn't Very Long	Me and the Drummer
17	Red Simpson	Don't Fall Asleep At The Wheel	Lonesome Highway Songs
18	Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards	So Long It's Been Good to Know You	Thirty Two Cents Postage Due
19	Johnny Cash	Hey Porter	The Mystery Of Life
20	Elvis Presley	Memphis Tennessee	Artist of the Century Disc 2
21	Floyd Dixon	Oooh Little Girl	Marshall Texas Is My Home
22	Bob Dylan	It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry (take 9)	No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Ser [UK] Disc 2
23	Chubby Newsome	Toodle Luddle Baby	Rock 'n' Roll Mamas Vol 3
24	Anthony Butler	Judgement's Coming Soon	Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats
25	Mahalia Jackson	Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho	Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol.2 [Disc 1]
26	Mahalia Jackson	I'm On My Way	The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 1]
27	Howlin' Wolf	Moanin' For My Baby	Blues From Hell
28	Tampa Red	Crying Won't Help You	ABC Of The Blues Vol 38
29	Hadda Brooks	He's Coming Home	Jump Back Honey:Complete OKeh Sessions
30	The Four Lads	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Around the World 1)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
31	Ivie Anderson	I Got It Bad	The Collection
32	Memphis Minnie	What's The Matter With The Mill	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
33	Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band	Chevrolet	Greatest Hits
34	John Hiatt	Memphis in the Meantime	Bring the Family

Songs About Telephones

July 11, 2015 Dave

It’s ‘theme time’ in this episode as we find a muse that songwriters have been looking to since it’s appearance in the 19th century: the telephone. Join us for operators, dial tones, party lines, busy signals, and hang-ups…just a few of the topics in a show featuring gospel from the Selah Jubilee Singers and Sister Wynona Carr, sixties soul from The Marvelettes and The Orlons, tradition from Bill Monroe and Wade Mainer, and more.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Manhattan Transfer	Operator	The Manhattan Transfer
3	The Golden Gate Quartet	I Just Telephone Upstairs	Vol. 6 (1949-1952)
4	The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet	Atomic Telephone	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
5	Selah Jubilee Singers	Royal Telephone	Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
6	Burl Ives	Royal Telephone	Greatest Hits
7	Sister Wynona Carr	Operator, Operator	Dragnet For Jesus
8	Bill Monroe	When The Phone Rang	Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 1]
9	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	The Phone Call	More Behind the Picture Than the Wall
10	Wade Mainer	God's Radio Phone	I'm Not Looking Backward
11	Doc Watson	No Telephone In Heaven	My Dear Old Southern Home
12	The Carter Family	No Telephone In Heaven	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 2]
13	The Carter Family	Hello Central! Give Me Heaven	The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5]
14	Orville Reed	The Telephone Girl	Lead Kindly Light
15	Bonnie Guitar	Hello, Hello, Please Answer The Phone	Only The Moon Man Knows: Rare Recordings 1951-1957
16	George Jones	Wrong Number	Star Creek Promotions 4
17	Aaron Neville	Wrong Number (I Am Sorry, Goodbye)	Treacherous [Disc 1]
18	Irma Thomas	Sorry Wrong Number	If You Want It, Come and Get It
19	Mickey & Sylvia	Can't Get You On The Phone	Rock With A Sock
20	The Orlons	Don't Hang Up	Malt Shop Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 2)
21	Marvelettes	Beechwood 4-5789	The Soul of Detroit – Disc 1
22	Tony & Tyrone	Please Operator	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
23	Mary Wells	Operator	The Soul of Detroit – Disc 2
24	Jorma Kaukonen	Operator	River Of Time
25	The Grateful Dead	Operator	American Beauty
26	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	Pennsylvania 6-5000	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
27	Hank Penny	Hold the Phone	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]
28	Stonewall Jackson	Can't Hang Up the Phone	Original Greatest Hits
29	Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn	Answer The Phone With Loretta Lynn	A Tribute To A Legend
30	Tom T. Hall	Jesus On the Radio (Daddy On the Phone)	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
31	Pee Wee Crayton	Phone Call From My Baby	ABC Of The Blues Vol 7
32	Pee Wee Crayton	The Telephone Is Ringing	ABC Of The Blues Vol 7
33	Floyd Dixon	Call Operator 210	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2)
34	Floyd Dixon	Telephone Blues	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3]
35	Eddie Gorman And His Group	Telephone Blues	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
36	Elana James	Telephone Man	Black Beauty

Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Gospel, Rhythm and Blues, Urban Blues

Ruler Of My Heart – KOWS July 27, 2015

June 27, 2015 Dave

Saturday morning in West County…our first week of summer with Deeper Roots and we’ve got an early set of New Orleans swamp classics followed by shreds of rockabilly and sounds from The Killer. There’s also gospel with The Staple Singers, high octane early century pop from The Boswell Sisters and Johnny Hamp and the Orchestra. We’ll sum the day up with folk, pop, and R&B…and everything in between.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bobby Marchan	Chicken – Wah – Wah	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
3	Lazy Lester	I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
4	Irma Thomas	Ruler of My Heart	Soul Queen of New Orleans
5	Aaron Neville	Get Out Of My Life	Brother To Brother ([Disc 1]: Aaron)
6	Fats Domino	What a Price	Fats Domino Out of New Orleans
7	Shirley Gunter	Oop Shoop	Shirley Gunter
8	Jerry Lee Lewis	Let's Talk About Us	A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
9	Wanda Jackson	Man, We Had A Party	Queen Of Rockabilly
10	JD McPherson	Fire Bug	Signs & Signifiers
11	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Two Little Fishes Five Loaves Of Bread	Gospel Train
12	Sam Cooke	Touch The Hem Of His Garment	The Wonderful World Of Sam Cooke
13	The Staple Singers	Pray On	The Best of the Vee-Jay Years
14	Dorothy Love Coates	You Better Run	The Best Of Dorothy Love Coates And The Original Gospel Harmonettes
15	Andy Mosely & Hogman Maxey	Brother Mosely Crossed The Water	Angola Prison Spirituals
16	Blind Willie Johnson	Jesus Is Coming Soon	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (Disc 1)
17	Lena Horne	Stormy Weather	Stormy Weather
18	Johnny Hamp And His Kentucky Serenaders	If I Had A Talking Picture Of You	Johnny Hamp at Archive
19	The Boswell Sisters	Shuffle Off To Buffalo	The Object Of My Affection
20	George Olsen & His Music (v: Fran Frey)	The Varsity Drag [1927]	The Charleston Era
21	Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers	Shreveport Stomp	Jelly Roll Morton – Vol. V
22	Louis Armstrong	On Treasure Island	Rhythm Saved The World
23	Django Reinhardt & Stiphane Grappelli	It Don't Mean A Thing	Quintesential
24	Dinah Washington	Teach Me Tonight	Gold [Disc 2]
25	Ray Charles	Drown in My Own Tears	The Birth of Soul Disc 2
26	Chuck Jackson	Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)	Chuck Jackson The Great Recordings [Disc 1]
27	Frank Sinatra	Just in Time	Come Dance with Me!
28	Sarah Vaughan	The Nearness Of You	Great American Songbook
29	Charlie Spand & Blind Blake	Hastings Street	Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937
30	Pine Ridge Boys	Farther Along	Classic Field Recordings
31	David Bromberg	I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning	The Player: A Retrospective
32	Doc Watson	Steel Guitar Rag	Memories
33	The Country Gentlemen	One Morning in May	The Complete Vanguard Recordings
34	The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys	This Weary Heart You Stole Away	Appalachian Stomp
35	The Stripling Brothers	The Lost Boy	Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937

Country, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition

Ladies of Country Music

June 20, 2015 Dave

The story of women in country music begins in the early century with The Carters and the lesser known names of Roba Stanley, Louisiana Lou, and Patsy Montana. If the music was not about heaven and sinners, then it was about being a single girl or a cowboy’s sweetheart. But there was a sea change in post-war country music with the strength of Kitty Wells’ and the assertive independent sounds of Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, and Dolly Parton. To quote an online source, “the story of gender in post-war country music is largely the story of how women, in song and on stage, came to represent themselves in full.”

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Patsy Montana And The Prairie Ramblers	I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart	26 All-Time Country Classics
3	Lulu Belle & Scotty	Wish I Was A Single Girl Again	Flowers In The Wildwood
4	Patsy Montana	My Poncho Pony	Flowers In The Wildwood
5	Maddox Brothers and Rose	Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down	1948 (Warped 4872)
6	Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter	He's Solid Gone	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
7	Maybelle Carter and Sara Carter Bayes	I'm Leaving You	Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967
8	Kitty Wells	My Cold, Cold Heart Is Melted Now	Country Music Hall Of Fame
9	Kitty Wells	Password	Greatest Songs
10	Kitty Wells	Makin' Believe	Greatest Songs
11	The Davis Sisters	I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know	The Essential Skeeter Davis
12	Skeeter Davis	(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too	The Essential Skeeter Davis
13	Charline Arthur	Welcome To The Club	Welcome To The Club
14	Wanda Jackson	Makin' Believe	Daydreamin'
15	Wanda Jackson	Don't Ask Me Why	Before The Music Died – Wanda Jackson: The Complete Recordings 1954-1962 [Disc 3]
16	Patsy Cline	Leavin' on Your Mind	12 Greatest Hits
17	Patsy Cline	How Can I Face Tomorrow	The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2]
18	Ferlin Husky & Jean Shephard	A Dear John Letter	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
19	Loretta Lynn	Dont Come Home A-Drinkin (With Lovin on Your Mind)	Golden Age of Country Volume 1: Waltz Across Texas [Disc 2]
20	Goldie Hill	It's A Lovely Lovely World	I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 2]
21	Connie Smith	Once A Day	The Essential Connie Smith
22	June Carter Cash	Strange Woman	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
23	June Carter Cash	How Did You Get Away from Me	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
24	Tammy Wynette	Stand By Your Man	Super Hits
25	Tammy Wynette	D-I-V-O-R-C-E	Country Legends
26	Brenda Lee	Johnny One Time	The Brenda Lee Story: Her Greatest Hits
27	Norma Jean	The Gambler And The Lady	The Best of Country
28	Margie Singleton	Old Records	One More Record Please
29	Dottie West	Paper Mansions	The Essential Dottie West
30	Jessi Colter	I'm Looking for Blue Eyes	Wanted! The Outlaws [Bonus Tracks]
31	Sammi Smith	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Sammi Smith early 60's the Best Of (varese sarabande 96)
32	Dolly Parton	Coat of Many Colors	Artist's Choice: Emmylou Harris
33	Emmylou Harris	If I Could Only Win Your Love	Portraits (1 of 3)
34	Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette & Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Honky Tonk Angels
35	Rosanne Cash	She's Got You	The List
36	Alison Krauss	Baby, Now That I've Found You	Now That I've Found You
37	k.d. lang	Sugar Moon	Shadowland
38	k.d. lang & the Reclines	Big Big Love	Absolute Torch and Twang

A Century of America's Music