This week we’ll spend our two hours in a shroud of barroom musk, out-of-tune brass, and painted ladies all spent before the tunes of an American treasure. We speak of Tom Waits. The New York Times, in a review of Barney Hoskyns’ 2009 biography of Tom Waits, Lowside of The Road describes our subject today thusly: “He is as potent and unpredictable a musical force as most of us have witnessed in our lifetimes, and that’s not faint praise. The graveyard croak of his gravelly, bellowing baritone is righteous, paint-scraping, unmistakable; it scatters small animals and slaps your synapses to startled attention. With what’s left of your adrenalized wits, you can attend to his mordant lyrics, which he packs into songs he divides (as his wife, Kathleen Brennan, put it) into two primordial categories: “the grand weeper” and “the grim reaper”. He’s our neighbor here in Sonoma County and we could not be more proud of the boy…really.
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John Hammond, Jr.
Clap Hands
Wicked Grin
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Courtney Marie Andrews
Downtown Train
Come On Up To The House – Women Sing Waits
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Tom Waits
Tom Traubert's Blues
Small Change
5
Willie Nelson;Sheryl Crow;Lukas Nelson
Come On Up To The House
Heroes
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The Blind Boys Of Alabama
Way Down In The Hole
Spirit Of The Century
7
The Holmes Brothers
Train Song
Promised Land
8
King Ernest
House Where Nobody Lives
Not The Same Old Blues Crap, Vol. 2
9
The Blue Hawaiians
Jockey Full of Bourbon
Savage Night
10
Tom Waits
Dead & Lovely
Real Gone
11
Tom Waits
Ice Cream Man
Closing Time
12
Holly Cole
(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night
Temptation
13
Norah Jones
The Long Way Home
Feels Like Home
14
Tom Waits
I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You
Closing Time
15
Hayes Carll
I Don't Wanna Grow Up
Trouble In Mind
16
Eagles
Ol' '55
The Very Best of the Eagles [2003] Disc 1
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Willie Nelson
Picture In A Frame
It Always Will Be
18
Tom Waits
On The Nickel
Heartattack And Vine
19
Marc Ribot
Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful) (feat. Tom Waits)
Songs of Resistance 1942 – 2018
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Tom Waits
The Soul Of A Man
God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
Roots music found commercial success in 2000 with the release of the movie O Brother Where Art Thou, a finely crafted but outrageous tale of Depression-era America with fantastical imagery of hair wax, baptisms, and chain gangs woven into a tapestry built from Homer’s Odyssey. The music, assembled by T-Bone Burnett, was a major component of the film and recorded before the film even began with Burnett working with the Coen brothers while the script was in its working phases. It would become an effort that elevated a genre at the turn of the century called Americana. This week’s show will share some of the period-specific music that helped to propel the notion that blues, jazz, bluegrass, country, and gospel could be used to put that time and a ghostly familiar culture into focus. We’ll use O Brother’s musical sensibilities to take us somewhere quite familiar (and at the same time quite terrifying) as we pay homage with Americana roots, featuring sounds from The Carters, Jesse Fuller, Dan Tyminski, Jimmie Rodgers, W. Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys, among others.
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Estil C. Ball
Lonesome Valley
Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals
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The Carter Family With Special Guest Johnny Cash
Lonesome Valley
Keep On The Sunny Side
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Harry McClintock
Big Rock Candy Mountain
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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Jimmie Davis With Charles Mitchell's Orchestra
You Are My Sunshine
Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1]
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Alison Krauss
Down To The River To Pray
A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection
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Peasall Sisters
Fair and Tender Ladies
Home to You
8
Roberta Martin Singers
The Old Ship of Zion
Halleluja Gospel & Prayers
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The Stanley Brothers
A Life Of Sorrow
Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys
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Dan Tyminski/Soggy Bottom Boys
Man of Constant Sorrow
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
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W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys
Please Pass The Biscuits Pappy
Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
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Country Gentlemen
I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)
1963 (Warped 6305)
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The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys
Clinch Mountain Backstep
Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3]
We’re digging into the archives. Deep down into the wells…for a collection of rhythm & blues, country, gospel, and tradition with performances from Patsy Cline, Sonny Boy Williamson, Marty Stuart, Dinah Washington and nearly three dozen others. Friday morning inspiration from the courtroom bench, the gospel pew, and from the piano bench…as we bring you another episode of the very best of the past 100 years to the stream. There’s trouble and some double entendre from Julia Lee, some rousing sanctified call and response from Eugene Smith and The Roberta Martin Singers, as well as a bootleg Dylan piece that we’ll share with you. Join Dave Stroud this coming Friday morning for the very best of America’s music from the past century.
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Bob Dylan
I Want You (Take 4, Alternate Take)
The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Sampler)
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Eugene Smith And The Roberta Martin Singers
Satisfied
How Sweet it Was
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Marie Knight
Satisfied With Jesus
Hallelujah What A Song!
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Spiritual Five
Satisfied With Him
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3]
6
Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers
I Have A Friend Above All Others
The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2]
7
Johnnie Taylor/The Soul Stirrers
Walk With Me
20 Gospel Greats
8
Sam Cooke
Trouble In Mind
The Rhythm And The Blues
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Steve Forbert
Devil (Here She Comes Now)
Compromised
10
Shorty Long
Devil With a Blue Dress On
Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
11
Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
Devil with the Blue Dress On /Good Golly Miss Molly
Detroit Breakout! 1
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Julia Lee
Trouble In Mind
Kansas City Star [Disc 1]
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Julia Lee
Lotus Blossom
Kansas City Star [Disc 1]
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Wynonie Harris
Good Morning Judge
All She Wants To Do Is Rock
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Chuck Berry
Have Mercy Judge
The Chess Box Disc 3
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Carl Martin
Good Morning, Judge
Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works
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Sonny Boy Williamson
Your Funeral And My Trial
His Best: Sonny Boy Williamson – The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
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Hugh Laurie
Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
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Dinah Washington
Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
The Bessie Smith Songbook
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Johnny Otis
Court Room Blues
Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1]
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Jorma Kaukonen
Judge, I'm Not Sorry
The Land Of Heroes
22
The Country Gentlemen
The Sentence
The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 2]
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Ernest Tubb
Dear Judge
Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2
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Patsy Cline
A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye
Live at the Opry
25
Washboard Sam
Bucket's Got a Hole in It [Remastered 2002]
That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series)
Summer’s here and you know what that means…we’ll be running through a bit of theme, this time with the focus on all that we celebrate in summer. With the Fourth of July coming up we’ll turn our attention to barbecues, baseball, ice cream treats, the warmth of the sun, swimming holes, and everything summer. Tune in for some terrific tracks from Dean Martin, Johnny Rivers, The Four Preps, Walter Wanderly and a whole lot more. It took us six months for the days to get longer and now it’s another six months of diminished daylight but that’s what make three other seasons something to relish…I guess. So whether you’re shipping kids off to summer camp, planning for this year’s visit to the Fair, or planning a trip to a ballpark or beach, know that it’ll be warmer than colder and we’re here to play the background music here on Sonoma County Community Radio, KOWS-LP, 92.5 FM Occidental, streaming to all over this big blue marble on kowsfm.com/listen.
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The Beach Boys
All Summer Long
All Summer Long
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The Donkeys
Theme From The Endless Summer
Theme From The Endless Summer [single]
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Jack Nitzsche
The Lonely Surfer
Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 2
5
The Beach Boys
Keep An Eye On Summer
Summer Love Songs
6
Nat King Cole
That Sunday, That Summer
30 Greatest Hits Disc 1
7
The Four Preps
26 Miles (Santa Catalina)
Banana Split for My Baby
8
The Grand Southern
The Boys of Summer
Don't Say Anything
9
Terry Cashman
Talkin' Baseball (Willie, Mickey & "The Duke")
61* [Box Set] Disc 1
10
John Fogerty
Centerfield
Sing America
11
Sister Wynona Carr
The Ball Game
Baseball Anthems
12
Betty Bonney & Les Brown and His Orchestra
Joltin' Joe Dimaggio
Baseball Anthems
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Ronnie Isle and the Blisters
Bad Sunburn
Banana Split for My Baby
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Dean Martin w. Dick Stabile Orchestra
In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening
Good Old Summertime
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The Four Mints
Night Air
Good Old Summertime
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Jo Ann Campbell
Beach Comber
Banana Split for My Baby
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Frank Triolo and the Shipmates Orchestra
Ice Cream Baby
Banana Split for My Baby
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The Pearls
Ice Cream Baby
Another Banana Split, please
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Leslie Uggams and Hugo Peretti Orchestra
Ice Cream Man
Banana Split for My Baby
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Fred Waring; Pennsylvanians
I Scream, You Scream (We All Scream for Ice Cream)
The Silly Songs (1922 to 1934)
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Walter Wanderley
Summer Samba
Instrumental Favorites- Latin Rhythms
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Johnny Rivers
Summer Rain
Anthology: 1964-1977 [Disc 2]
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Santo & Johnny
Summertime
Sleepwalk – The First Two Albums
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Les Paul & Mary Ford
In The Good Old Summertime
The Best Of The Capitol Masters: 90th Birthday Edition
The sound of both longing and empowerment surfaces in this morning’s Deeper Roots show as we take the wayback machine to the 1960s for some of the very best in female soul. With every female vocalist, group-based or solo, that surfaced from the Motown stable there were dozens upon dozens of hopefuls lined up by other labels and producers. We’ve visited many of them in past shows but there are always more to share and some memorable performances that can get easily overlooked in the crowded field. And while we’ve heard a number of these performers in past shows: Betty Everett, Mary Wells, and Carla Thomas…there are also the unknowns who deserve attention. We’ll spend some more time with Mitty Collier, Dee Dee Warwick and Etta James and find some other names to pay attention to including Odessa Harris, Helene Smith, and Delilah Keenebruew. Tune in Friday morning at 9 Pacific for some deep tracks and favorites from a few of those 60s soul divas.
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Mitty Collier
Don't Let Her Take My Baby
Talking With Her Man: The Chess Singles 1961-1968
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Mitty Collier
I Gotta Get Away From It All
Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
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Mitty Collier
I Had A Talk With My Man
Chess Uptown Soul
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Carla Thomas
B-a-b-y
Something to Believe In
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Carla Thomas
I Like What You're Doing (To Me)
I'll Take You There
7
Betty Everett
I Can't Hear You
Chapel Of Love…And Other Great Girl Group Gems [Disc 3]
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Betty Everett
Trouble Over The Weekend
Up All Night! 56 Northern Soul Classics
9
Betty Everett
You're No Good
Oldies But Goodies Vol. 11
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Yvonne Carroll
Please Don't Go
Up All Night! 56 Northern Soul Classics
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Tammy Montgomery
It's Mine
Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
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Odessa Harris
A Rockin' Good Way
Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4)
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Varetta & The Thomases
Fly By Night
Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2)
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Sugar Pie DeSanto
I Want To Know
Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4)
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Mary Wells
Bye Bye Baby
Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
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Mary Wells
Can't You See (You're Losing Me)
After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
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Helene Smith
Thrills and Chills
I Am Controlled By Your Love
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Helene Smith
Sure Thing
I Am Controlled By Your Love
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Helene Smith
I Am Controlled By Your Love
I Am Controlled By Your Love
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Maxine Brown
Am I Falling In Love
Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
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Dee Dee Sharp
Baby Cakes
Northern Soul – The Early Years (CD 1)
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Etta James
Seven Day Fool
Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2)
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Dee Dee Warwick
We're Doing Fine
Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
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Linda Jones
A Last Minute Miracle
After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
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Linda Jones
You Hit Me Like TNT
Up All Night! 56 Northern Soul Classics
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Mavis Staples
You're Driving Me (To The Arms Of A Stranger)
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [Disc 3]
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Colette Kelly
Long And Lonely World
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [Disc 3]
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Delilah Keenebruew
Bright Lights
After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
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Jean Knight
You Think You're Hot Stuff
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [Disc 9]
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Shirley Walton
I Was Born To Love You
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 1]
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Margie Joseph
What You Gonna Do
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [Disc 4]
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Jeanne & The Darlings
It's Unbelievable (How You Control My Soul)
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 1]
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Linda Lyndell
What A Man
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 1]
In a June Substack tribute to Cynthia Weil’s legacy, Dan Epstein of “Jagged Time Lapse” observed that the “modern pop songbook would be significantly slimmer and less life-affirming without their work”. The ‘their’ referring, of course, to her husband and songwriting partner Barry Mann. From their early Brill Building output which included “Uptown” (The Crystals), “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (The Righteous Brothers), and “Walking In The Rain” (The Ronettes), to the chart-topping 80s classics of “Don’t Know Much” (Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville) and “Here You Come Again” (Dolly Parton), Cynthia Weil’s contributions to popular music were indeed affirming. This week’s Deeper Roots pays due respect to Cynthia, who was married to Barry Mann for almost 62 years, and was lyricist to his music. Their contributions to the sound of rock and roll and pop music in the 1960s rivaled luminaries like Burt Bacharach, Carole King and Neil Diamond.
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Jay & the Americans
Only in America
Red, White & Rock Disc 2
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The Drifters
On Broadway
Red, White & Rock Disc 2
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Arthur Alexander
Where Have You Been
The Greatest Hits
5
Tony Orlando
Bless You
Halfway To Paradise: The Epic Records Story
6
The Cinderellas
Please Don't Wake Me
The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
7
The Crystals
Uptown
Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
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The Crystals
He's Sure the Boy I Love
Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
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The Ronettes
Walking in the Rain
The Best of the Ronettes
10
The Ronettes
You Baby
The Best of the Ronettes
11
The Lovin' Spoonful
You Baby
Greatest Hits [Buddha]
12
Shelley Fabares
Johnny Loves Me
The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
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The Righteous Brothers
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
The Very Best of the Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody
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The Righteous Brothers
(You're My) Soul and Inspiration
The Very Best of the Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody
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The Animals
We Gotta Get Out of This Place
The Singles Plus Disc 1
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The Vogues
Magic Town
Greatest Hits
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Scott Walker
Angelica
Scott
18
Max Frost & The Troopers
Shape of Things to Come
Shape of Things to Come – Single
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Mark Lindsay/Paul Revere
Kicks
Red, White & Rock Disc 3
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Paul Revere & The Raiders
Hungry
Time-Life Classic Rock: 1964 – The Beat Goes On
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Mama Cass Elliot
Make Your Own Kind Of Music
Creeque Alley: The History Of The Mamas & The Papas [Disc 2]
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Mama Cass Elliot
It's Getting Better
Creeque Alley: The History Of The Mamas & The Papas [Disc 2]
A theme show once again, this week with the telephone as our muse. Songs about the most important of communication devices which has fused with social media to the benefit, and equal detriment, of all mankind. From the early call from Bell to Watson to the proverbial football that our fearless leader carries around to make the one call to eradicate or, better yet, save mankind. This week we’ll visit the long lost guide known as the “operator” and the equally antiquated term “dial” with music from country, pop, soul, and rock archives of yesterday. Kick back and be entertained by the sounds of Brenda Lee, Sister Wynona Carr, Stonewall Jackson, Loretta Lynn & Ernest Tubb, and Bill Fury in a collection of the very best from multiple genres here on Sonoma County Community Radio, broadcasting in West County on 92.5 FM and streaming to all mankind on kowsfm.com/listen. Drop in why don’t you?
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Laurel And Hardy
Long Distance
Laurel & Hardy – Songs and Sketches from the Hal Roach Films
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The Manhattan Transfer
Operator
The Manhattan Transfer
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Sister Wynona Carr
Operator, Operator
Dragnet For Jesus
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The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet
Atomic Telephone
The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
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The Golden Gate Quartet
I Just Telephone Upstairs
Vol. 6 (1949-1952)
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Selah Jubilee Singers
Royal Telephone
Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
8
Burl Ives
Royal Telephone
Greatest Hits
9
The Carter Family
Hello Central! Give Me Heaven
The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5]
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Doc Watson
No Telephone In Heaven
My Dear Old Southern Home
11
Stuart Hamblen
When My Lord Picks Up The Phone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
12
Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn
Answer The Phone (w/ Loretta Lynn)
A Tribute To A Legend
13
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
As Soon As I Hang Up The Phone
Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 3]
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Stonewall Jackson
Can't Hang Up the Phone
Singles
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Guy Mitchell with Jimmy Carroll & his Orchestra
Call Rosie On The Phone
The Best Of Guy Mitchell
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Dusty Owens
Hello Operator
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
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Tom T. Hall
Jesus On the Radio (Daddy On the Phone)
The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
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George Jones
Wrong Number
Star Creek Promotions 4
19
Hank Penny
Hold The Phone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
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Lattie Moore
The Jukebox And The Phone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
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The Grateful Dead
Operator
American Beauty
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Billy Fury
Phone Call
Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
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Brenda Lee
Ring-A-My-Phone
Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
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Mickey & Sylvia
Can't Get You On The Phone
Rock With A Sock
25
Lew Williams
Teenager's Talkin' On The Phone
Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
26
The Big Bopper
Chantilly Lace
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3
27
Boozoo Chavis
Telephone Won't Ring
The Lake Charles Atomic Bomb (Original Goldband Recordings)
28
Cecil Gant
Long Distance Call
Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel
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Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Telephone Boogie
ABC Of The Blues Vol 49
30
Jimmy McCracklin
What's Your Phone Number
Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel
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Floyd Dixon
Telephone Blues
The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3]
32
The Treniers
Long Distance Blues
Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel
33
Marvelettes
Beechwood 4-5789
The Soul of Detroit – Disc 1
34
The Orlons
Don't Hang Up
Malt Shop Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 2)
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Mary Wells
Operator
The Soul of Detroit – Disc 2
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Tommy Sands
Ring My Phone
Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
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Paul Anka
Kissin' On The Phone
Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
An eclectic episode full of sass, gas and plenty of brass. We’re going the free form route today and there’ll be plenty of embellishments to the morning as we take a blindfolded trip through a hall of mirrors with some classy vocals from Frankie, Peggy Lee and Helen Forrest; some honky tonk whiskey-in-the-bottle twangin’ from George Jones, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee; rocking rhythm passion from Tina Turner, The Marquees, and Elmore James; and much more including some little known nuggets from Bob Dylan, Merle Travis, and Daddy Cleanhead. We’re going to set the morning on fire with plenty of fuel from the deeper wells of the past century of America’s music. You don’t want to miss out. Join Dave Stroud for another Friday morning selection of wild tune-age on KOWS Community Radio.
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Hank Penny
Hold The Phone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
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Ike & Tina Turner
It's Gonna Work Out Fine
Birth Of Soul: 3
4
Marshall Crenshaw
Blues Is King
Downtown
5
Daddy Cleanhead
Something's Goin' On In My Room
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
6
The Marquees
Hey Little Schoolgirl
OKeh Rhythm & Blues
7
The Delta Rhythm Boys
Dry Bones
The Best Of 1940-50
8
James Taylor
Coming Back To You
Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen
9
Bob Dylan
Braggin'
Triplicate
10
Frank Sinatra
I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
11
Peggy Lee
I'm Beginning To See The Light
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four
12
Glen Gray & The Casa Lorne Orchestra
Blue Moon
Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
13
The Artie Shaw Orchestra Feat. Helen Forrest
Deep In A Dream
The Essential Artie Shaw [Disc 2]
14
Buddy Emmons
Deep In The Heart Of Texas
Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills
15
Geraint Watkins
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Aide Memoire
16
Carl Perkins
Matchbox
Original Sun Greatest Hits
17
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Train of Love
Come on Back
18
Slim Whitman
Down In The Valley
Wagon Wheels [Disc 2]
19
The Handsome Family
Down In the Valley of Hollow Logs
Through the Trees
20
The Louvin Brothers
The Wreck On The Highway
Sing the Great Roy Acuff Songs
21
George Jones
Just One More
The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
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Geraint Watkins
Heart of Stone
Rush of Blood
23
Merle Travis
I Used To Work In Chicago
The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.
24
Webb Pierce
California Blues
Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series
25
The Carlisles
Nine Have Tried (and None Have Died) (Second Countdown)
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
26
Hank Williams
No, No Joe
Beyond The Sunset
27
Charlie Louvin
Katy Dear
Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs
28
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
Cadillac in Model "A"
Legends of Country Music Disc 4
29
Jerry Lee Lewis
End of the Road
25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings
30
Everly Brothers
I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2
31
Johnny Cash
Train Of Love
His Sun Years: Down South
32
T-Bone Burnett
I'm Coming Home
Truth Decay
33
Bob Dylan
Ring Them Bells
Oh Mercy
34
Steve Allen
This Could Be The Start Of Something Big
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
Liberty Records was founded in 1955 by Simon Waronker after his cousin, Herb Newman, suggested they go into the record business. The early years found the label in the deep end of easy listening pop with the likes of Julie London, novelty music featuring The Chipmunks, Patience and Prudence, Martin Denny, and Henry Mancini. But rock n’ roll was hitting its stride, and in the late fifties they released a blend of pure rock and rockabilly with Eddie Cochran. But the 60s found a more tame version with hitmakers like Bobby Vee, Johnny Burnette, Timi Yuro, Buddy Knox, and the post-Buddy Holly Crickets. At the peak of it’s hit-making machine the whole lot was sold to an umbrella company that also featured the catalogs of Imperial, Aladdin, Minit, and Dolton…we’ll share a host of Liberty releases with you in the show today. With the exception of Eddie Cochran, we’ll just call it rock ‘n roll ‘lite’.
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Eddie Cochran
C'mon Everybody
Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1]
3
Eddie Cochran
Hallelujah I Love Her So
Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1]
4
Eddie Cochran
Nervous Breakdown
Eddie Cochran Singles Album
5
Shirley & Lee
Hey Little Boy
Shirley & Lee Rock
6
Rick Nelson
Teenage Idol
Greatest Love Songs
7
Sandy Nelson
&And Then There Were Drums
Their Greatest Misses
8
Buddy Knox
Open (Your Lovin' Arms)
Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
9
Bobby Vee
Sharing You
Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
10
Roosevelt Grier
The Mail Must Go Through
Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
11
Jackie DeShannon
Just Like In The Movies
Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
12
Warren Smith
Book Of Broken Hearts
Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
13
The Rivingtons
Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow
Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
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Gene McDaniels
Chip Chip
Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
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Johnny Burnette
The Fool Of The Year
Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
16
Matt Monroe
Softly As I Leave You
Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
17
Betty O' Brian
Money Honey
Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
18
The Crickets
Little Hollywood Girl
Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
19
Bobby Vee
The Night Has A Thousand Eyes
Easy Listening Gold 1962-1963
20
Jackie DeShannon
Needles And Pins
The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
21
The Ventures
Walk, Don't Run
61* [Box Set] Disc 1
22
Jan & Dean
Linda
Jan & Dean Anthology Album
23
Jan & Dean
Honolulu Lulu
Surf City + Folk 'n Roll
24
The Fleetwoods
(Goodnight My Love) Pleasant Dreams
Come Softly To Me: The Very Best Of The Fleetwoods
25
Wilson Pickett
It's Too Late
A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1]
26
Irma Thomas
Break-A-Way
Time Is on My Side: The Best of Irma Thomas, Vol. 1
The Imperial label will be the subject of this week’s Deeper Roots show. Founded in 1947 by Lew Chudd, it’s early years featured some of the very best rhythm and blues and early rock you could find. Their lineup included some of the big names of early rock, not least of which was Roy Brown, Fats Domino, Frankie Ford and Ricky Nelson. They would dabble in country and jazz but also looked to strike while the iron was hot when Elvis hit with a blend of country and rhythm and blues in the mid-50s. They did so by looking for new names with ducktails and driving combos in the rockabilly era. This episode focuses primarily on the 1950s with a future episode taking us further into the label’s sale to Liberty Records in 1963 but not before Lew Chudd purchased Aladdin and Minit Records, bringing over even more of the R&B talent that they would be known for. It’s another Deeper Roots Friday morning on KOWS.
No.
1
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
2
Fats Domino
The Fat Man
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood
3
Smiley Lewis
Tee-Nah-Nah
I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 1
4
Guitar Slim and His Band
Bad Luck Is On Me [Woman Troubles]
Louisiana Swamp Blues
5
Big Jay McNeely
All That Wine Is Gone
Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
6
T-Bone Walker
Cold Cold Feeling
Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years
7
Fat Man Matthews & the Four Kittens
Later Baby
Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 3
8
Fats Domino
Goin' Home
Rock And Rollin
9
Lil' Son Jackson
Get High Everybody
Vol. 2 1950-1952
10
Smiley Lewis
Big Mamou
I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 2
11
Hawks
I-Yi
Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
12
Pee Wee Crayton
Win-O
Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings
13
Joe Houston Orchestra
All Night Long
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
