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Two Glasses Joe

August 25, 2023 Dave

We’re heading on over to the Alibi Room, or Red’s Recovery Room, or whatever your local watering hole might be named and we’ll be doing so with the idea that the hair of the dog is what’s in order this Friday morning, recalling if we can the previous night’s bar hop celebrating country music’s favorite songs of cigareets, whiskey and wild wild women. Songs about whiskey and the glasses on the bar where stories and faces go from long to bright as the jukebox fires up. We’ll hear some classic songs from Webb Pierce, George Jones, Roger Miller and Merle Haggard alongside some contemporary sounds from the late Bill Staines, Chris Stapleton, and Dale Watson, all celebrating Johnnie Walker, Jim Beam, and Maker’s Mark…alongside a little bit of scotch and rye…neat or on the rocks. The honky tonk joints we’ll visit will likely have sawdust on the floor and a well-worn bar. Tune for the very best from the past century with your host, Dave Stroud, on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Cal Smith	The Lord Knows I'm Drinking	20 Hits
3	Ernest Tubb	Two Glasses Joe	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
4	[dialogue]	…People Condemn Whiskey…	Heartworn Highways
5	Johnny Bush	Whiskey River	Country USA 1972
6	Dale Watson	Whiskey or God	Blackjack
7	Merle Haggard	The Bottle Let Me Down	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
8	Bill Staines	Rye Whiskey Joe	Just Play One Tune More
9	Misisipi Mike Wolf	Whiskey Warm and Mellow	The Cold Hard Facts of Mike
10	Marty Stuart/Travis Tritt	The Whiskey Ain't Workin'	Compadres: An Anthology of Duets
11	Willie Nelson	Whiskey River	Shotgun Willie
12	Chris Stapleton	Tennessee Whiskey	Traveller
13	Tex Ritter	Rye Whiskey	High Noon
14	Merle Haggard	I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink	20 Hits
15	Webb Pierce	There Stands The Glass	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce
16	Jerry Garcia & David Grisman	Whiskey in the Jar	Shady Grove
17	Blue Mountain	Little Stream Of Whiskey	Roots
18	Osborne Brothers	Hey Hey Bartender	1963-1965 (Warped 6361)
19	Dale Watson	Hair Of The Dog	A Collection Of Drinking Songs
20	Dale Watson	Wine Don't Lie	A Collection Of Drinking Songs
21	Roger Miller	Chug A Lug	20 Hits
22	Hank Thompson	Scotch And Soda	A Collection Of Drinking Songs
23	George Jones	Tennessee Whiskey	Legendary Country Singers
24	Hayes Carll	Knockin' Over Whiskeys	Trouble In Mind
25	The Bootleg Honeys	Little Whiskey	Paint It Red
26	Emmylou Harris	Bottle Let Me Down	Pieces Of The Sky
27	Joe Ely	Whiskey And Women And Money To Burn	New Country January 1995
28	Red Ingle & His Natural Seven	Cigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
29	Jerry Lee Lewis	It Was The Whiskey Talkin' (Not Me)	A Half Century Of Hits: Rockin' My Life Away [Disc 3]
30	David Luning	Whiskey Bottle	Just Drop On By
31	Hank Williams Jr.	Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound	Contemporary Country: The Late '70s Pure Gold
32	Asleep at the Wheel	Chug-A-Lug (feat. Huey Lewis)	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
33	Chris Stapleton	Whiskey Sunrise	Starting Over

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Hair’s On Fire

August 23, 2023 Dave

It’s summer and what better time to roll out the scorchers; vocals with an emphasis on big beats, screamin’ guitars and performances that sweat quite profusely in the noonday sun. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll be digging through the archives of early rock, rhythm & blues and rockabilly for some tumultuous and head-splitting numbers from the past. Songs that woke up the neighbors if only played at a moderate level and woe be the terrified fifties’ parents when they heard the hi-fi blaring these songs from the youngster’s room. We’ve put together a collection of wildcat tamers, killer dillers, and not a bit of filler in the show today that will leave you breathless. Among those sparking the fuel that could set the hair on fire are Tarheel Slim, Jimmy Breedlove, Chan Romero, Big Mama Thornton, and the one and only Richard Penniman. Tune in for another Friday morning collection of the very best from the past century with your host, Dave Stroud, on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Chan Romero	The Hippy Hippy Shake	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
3	Jimmy Lloyd	I Got A Rocket In My Pocket	Rocket In My Pocket
4	Dale Hawkins	Wildcat Tamer	Wildcat Tamer
5	Art Wood	Hey Jibbo	60 Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection
6	Jimmy Breedlove	Killer Diller	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 9]
7	Tarheel Slim	Number 9 Train	The Fire/Fury R&B Story [Fuel, 2011]
8	Tarheel Slim & Little Ann	Can't Stay Away From You (W. Little Ann)	The Robin & Fire Years
9	Little Richard	Lucille	Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
10	Little Richard	Good Golly Miss Molly	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
11	Little Richard	Rip It Up	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
12	Big Mama Thornton	They Call Me Big Mama	Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings
13	Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
14	Elvis Presley	My Baby Left Me	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
15	Elvis Presley	Mystery Train	Rocket In My Pocket
16	Gene Vincent	Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me	The Screaming End: The Best Of Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
17	Billy Lee Riley	Red Hot	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
18	Billy Lee Riley	Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll	Sun Rockabilly Meltdown [Disc 2]
19	Johnny Burnette	Rock Billy Boogie	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
20	Johnny Burnette	The Train Kept A Rollin'	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
21	Freddy Cannon	Tallahassee Lassie	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
22	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	Frenzy	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3
23	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	I Put A Spell On You	Heatin' Up
24	Ann Cole	Got My Mojo Workin' (But It Just Won't Work On You)	Blues Masters Vol. 6 – Blues Originals
25	Koko Taylor	Wang Dang Doodle	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
26	Wynonie Harris	Lovin' Machine	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
27	Jackie Brenston	Rocket 88	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3
28	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Ain't Got No Home	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
29	Buster Brown	Raise A Ruckus Tonight	Rhythm & Western Volume 7 – Jambalaya
30	The Midnighters	Sexy Ways	60 Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection
31	Dorothy Ellis	Drill Daddy, Drill	Get Hot Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3
32	LaVern Baker	Voodoo Voodoo	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
33	Keely Smith/Louis Prima/Sam Butera & the Witnesses	Jump, Jive, An' Wail	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
34	Ronnie Dee	Action Packed	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
35	Jerry Lee Lewis	Great Balls Of Fire	Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour – Best Of The Second Series
36	Gene Vincent	Race With the Devil	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
37	Wanda Jackson	Fujiyama Mama	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
38	Larry Williams	Bony Maronie	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
39	Little Richard	Tutti Frutti	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3

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Saved!

August 13, 2023 Dave

We go back to the church for a rousing celebration for the converted and soon-to-be-faithful. That’s right, we’re in the pews and joining in the hymnal, at least for this two hours, as Sunday morning forgiveness will always follow Saturday night’s sinner’s baptismal. We’re going to hear the echoes of the past century’s gospel songs with a general theme of being saved and born again…and there is certainly plenty to go around whether that’s southern Baptist, Appalachian harmonies or classic African American celebratory gospel. We’ve got it this morning including The Dixie Hummingbirds, Hank Williams, Carl Story, Lonnie Farris, and some contemporary selections from Shannon McNally, Bob Dylan and Solomon Burke. Let’s join in, you the faithful congregation of Deeper Roots from the past century of America’s music, for two hours celebrating that incredible wellspring of gospel sounds.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	LaVern Baker	Saved	Soul On Fire: Thes Best Of LaVerne Baker
3	The Mighty Clouds Of Joy	Saved [Album Version]	Gotta Serve Somebody – The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan
4	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	I Want To Ride That Glory Train	Shakin' The Rafters
5	The Dixie Hummingbirds	You Don't Have Nothing	Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
6	The Dixie Hummingbirds	I've Been Born Again	Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
7	The Original Gospel Harmonettes	Get Away Jordan	Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
8	The Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi	Soul You Save	I'll Make It Alright
9	Nina Simone	Save Me	Silk and Soul (Expanded Edition)
10	Louis Armstrong	I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music	Rhythm Saved The World
11	Rev. Lonnie Farris	I'm So Happy And Free The Lord Saved Me	Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel
12	The Staple Singers	Somebody Saved Me	Uncloudy Day
13	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Just Wanna See His Face	Spirit Of The Century
14	Marty Stuart	Somebody Saved Me	Souls' Chapel
15	Carl Story	God Saved My Soul	1951-1952 (Warped 5158)
16	Wilburn Brothers	Don't Go Home Unsaved	1962-1963 (Warped 6302)
17	Hank Williams	Wealth Won't Save Your Soul	I Saw The Light
18	Buck Owens	Jesus Saved Me	Dust On Mother's Bible
19	Brenda Lee	Saved	Brenda Lee Sings Country Vol 2
20	Bobby Charles	Save Me, Jesus (mono single version)	Bobby Charles
21	Solomon Burke	Wealth Won't Save Your Soul	Make Do With What You Got
22	Chip Taylor Carrie Rodriguez	Him Who Saved Me	The New Bye & Bye
23	Bob Dylan	Saved	Saved
24	Eugene Smith	Saved	The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men
25	Shannon McNally	Save Me Jesus	Small Town Talk
26	The Staple Singers	Good News	Uncloudy Day
27	The Band	Saved	Moondog Matinee
28	Aretha Franklin	Save Me	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
29	Five Blind Boys of Mississippi	Save a Seat for Me	20th Century Masters – The Best Of

Flying Home

August 5, 2023 Dave

A fine blend of vintage sounds on the show today, all driving down a free form track. The blend mixes gospel from Mavis Staples, some classic mid-century rock from Little Feat and Rick Nelson, all dressed up alongside to lounge and cool jazz sounds of Frank Sinatra, Lionel Hampton, Pearl Bailey, and a some classic and contemporary tunes featuring the late, great Tony Bennett. We’ve got Zydeco, classic and contemporary country, some alternative sounds from E and the Eels to share as well. We enjoy sharing a mix of the very best in a free form show every month or so and today will not disappoint. There will also be some recent tracks from Sarah Jarosz, Charley Crockett and The Brother Brothers to measure up against the throwback sounds. We’d be glad to have you once again; just dial-up your internet browser to kowsfm.com/listen or, if you’re on the run, take us with you on your mobile device by installing the KOWS app from the Google Play store or Apple App Store.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Lionel Hampton	Flying Home	Flying Home (His 48 Finest)
3	Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots	I'm Making Believe	R&B Jukebox Hits 1944
4	The Ink Spots	Whispering Grass	BMG Vol. 01 Disc 01 1937-1958
5	Dinah Washington	Manhattan	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 5 [Disc 4]
6	Herb Jeffries and Shades Of Rhythm	At Least You Could Save Me A Dream	Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang
7	Buddy & Ella Johnson	(Gotta Go) Upside Your Head	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
8	Wynonie Harris	I Feel That Old Age Coming On (12-19-48)	Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949
9	Pearl Bailey	I Can't Rock And Roll To Save My Soul	The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 8
10	The Amazing Rhythm Aces	Third Rate Romance	Stacked Deck
11	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Swinging Doors	Django and Jimmie
12	Whitney Rose	Honky Tonk in Mexico	Rosie
13	Little Feat	Willin'	Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (1 of 4)
14	Sarah Jarosz	Simple Twist of Fate	Build Me Up From Bones
15	Bob Dylan	John Wesley Harding	John Wesley Harding
16	The Brother Brothers	That's How I Got To Memphis	Cover to Cover
17	The Everly Brothers	A Brand New Heartache	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 5 [Disc 4]
18	Levon Helm	Stuff You Gotta Watch	Electric Dirt
19	Charley Crockett	Just Like Honey	The Man from Waco
20	John Prine	Summers End	The Tree of Forgiveness
21	Eels	Summer In The City (Live At Kexp Seattle/2011)	Wonderful, Glorious (Deluxe Version)
22	Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur	99 Year Blues	Penny's Farm
23	Rick Nelson	Garden Party	Garden Party
24	Tony Bennett	I Wanna Be Around	The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
25	Tony Bennett & B.B. King	Let The Good Times Roll	Playing With My Friends
26	Frank Sinatra & Tony Bennett	New York, New York	Duets
27	Julie London	Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)	Mad Men: Music From the Series, Vol. 1
28	Gene Phillips & The Rhythm Aces	My Mama Told Me	Swinging The Blues
29	The Gaylords	Ma Ma Ma Marie	Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1
30	Rosemary Clooney	Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)	Tenderly
31	The David Thom Band	Windy City	That Old Familiar

Celebrating Tom Waits

July 24, 2023 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Hammond, Jr.	Clap Hands	Wicked Grin
3	Courtney Marie Andrews	Downtown Train	Come On Up To The House – Women Sing Waits
4	Tom Waits	Tom Traubert's Blues	Small Change
5	Willie Nelson;Sheryl Crow;Lukas Nelson	Come On Up To The House	Heroes
6	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
17	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
20	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
21	Solomon Burke	Diamond in Your Mind	Don't Give Up on Me
22	Tom Waits	Whistlin4 Past The Graveyard	Used Songs 1973-1980
23	Tom Waits	Georgia Lee	Mule Variations

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O Brother Revisited

July 15, 2023 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Estil C. Ball	Lonesome Valley	Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals
3	The Carter Family With Special Guest Johnny Cash	Lonesome Valley	Keep On The Sunny Side
4	Harry McClintock	Big Rock Candy Mountain	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
5	Jimmie Davis With Charles Mitchell's Orchestra	You Are My Sunshine	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1]
6	Alison Krauss	Down To The River To Pray	A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection
7	Peasall Sisters	Fair and Tender Ladies	Home to You
8	Roberta Martin Singers	The Old Ship of Zion	Halleluja Gospel & Prayers
9	The Stanley Brothers	A Life Of Sorrow	Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys
10	Dan Tyminski/Soggy Bottom Boys	Man of Constant Sorrow	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
11	W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys	Please Pass The Biscuits Pappy	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
12	Country Gentlemen	I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)	1963 (Warped 6305)
13	The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys	Clinch Mountain Backstep	Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3]
14	The Whites	Keep on the Sunny Side	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
15	Chuck Wagon Gang	I'll Fly Away	1941-1948 (Warped 4128)
16	Hannah Peasall/Leah Peasall/Sarah Peasall/The Peasall Sisters	In the Highways	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
17	Ralph Stanley	Oh, Death (Featuring Gillian Welch)	Clinch Mountain Sweethearts
18	Jesse Fuller	Amazing Grace	15 Down Home Gospel Classics
19	The Statler Brothers	Statler Brothers – Amazing Grace	Bless This House [Disc 3]
20	The Stanley Brothers	Angel Band	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
21	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Cryin' Holy Unto My Lord	Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 2]
22	Doc Watson	In the Jailhouse Now	Memories
23	Robert Johnson	They're Red Hot	ABC Of The Blues Vol 18
24	Lefty Frizzell	My Rough And Rowdy Ways	Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers
25	Jimmie Rodgers	Frankie And Johnnie	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 2]
26	Peerless Four	Trouble in My Way	Southern Journey Vol 8 (Velvet Voices: Eastern Shores Choirs, Quartets, and Colonial Era Music)
27	Chuck Wagon Gang/Jack Greene	Family Bible	70th Anniversary
28	J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers	Goin' Down To The River Of Jordan	Take Me To The Water
29	The Carter Family	River Of Jordan	Can The Circle Be Unbroken
30	W. Lee O'Daniel	O'Daniel radio show sign off	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
31	The Carter Family	Can The Circle Be Unbroken	Can The Circle Be Unbroken
32	John Hartford	Indian War Whoop [Instrumental]	O Brother, Where Art Thou?

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

Soothe Me

July 8, 2023 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bob Dylan	I Want You (Take 4, Alternate Take)	The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Sampler)
3	Eugene Smith And The Roberta Martin Singers	Satisfied	How Sweet it Was
4	Marie Knight	Satisfied With Jesus	Hallelujah What A Song!
5	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
9	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
12	Julia Lee	Trouble In Mind	Kansas City Star [Disc 1]
13	Julia Lee	Lotus Blossom	Kansas City Star [Disc 1]
14	Wynonie Harris	Good Morning Judge	All She Wants To Do Is Rock
15	Chuck Berry	Have Mercy Judge	The Chess Box Disc 3
16	Carl Martin	Good Morning, Judge	Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works
17	Sonny Boy Williamson	Your Funeral And My Trial	His Best: Sonny Boy Williamson – The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
18	Hugh Laurie	Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair	Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
19	Dinah Washington	Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair	The Bessie Smith Songbook
20	Johnny Otis	Court Room Blues	Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1]
21	Jorma Kaukonen	Judge, I'm Not Sorry	The Land Of Heroes
22	The Country Gentlemen	The Sentence	The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 2]
23	Ernest Tubb	Dear Judge	Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2
24	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)
26	Hank Williams	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18
27	Louis Armstrong & All His Stars	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	The Ultimate Collection [Disc 2]
28	Page & Plant	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy Of Sun Records
29	Joe Ely	Rock Me My Baby	Musta Notta Gotta Lotta [rem] (1981)
30	Marty Stuart	A Satisfied Mind	Country Music
31	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Cool, Cool Kisses	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
32	Bea Foote	Weed	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
33	Sam & Dave	Soothe Me	The Best Of Sam & Dave
34	The Persuasions	Soothe Me	Good News

Summer Sun

June 30, 2023 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Beach Boys	All Summer Long	All Summer Long
3	The Donkeys	Theme From The Endless Summer	Theme From The Endless Summer [single]
4	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
13	Ronnie Isle and the Blisters	Bad Sunburn	Banana Split for My Baby
14	Dean Martin w. Dick Stabile Orchestra	In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening	Good Old Summertime
15	The Four Mints	Night Air	Good Old Summertime
16	Jo Ann Campbell	Beach Comber	Banana Split for My Baby
17	Frank Triolo and the Shipmates Orchestra	Ice Cream Baby	Banana Split for My Baby
18	The Pearls	Ice Cream Baby	Another Banana Split, please
19	Leslie Uggams and Hugo Peretti Orchestra	Ice Cream Man	Banana Split for My Baby
20	Fred Waring; Pennsylvanians	I Scream, You Scream (We All Scream for Ice Cream)	The Silly Songs (1922 to 1934)
21	Walter Wanderley	Summer Samba	Instrumental Favorites- Latin Rhythms
22	Johnny Rivers	Summer Rain	Anthology: 1964-1977 [Disc 2]
23	Santo & Johnny	Summertime	Sleepwalk – The First Two Albums
24	Les Paul & Mary Ford	In The Good Old Summertime	The Best Of The Capitol Masters: 90th Birthday Edition
25	Loudon Wainwright III	The Swimming Song	Attempted Mustache
26	Bobby Bare	They Covered Up the Old Swimming Hole	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
27	Tennessee Ernie Ford and Cliffie Stone's Music	Sunday Barbecue	Banana Split for My Baby
28	Robert Earl Keen	Barbeque	Gringo Honeymoon
29	Buzz Cason	Barbeque	Hats Off To Hank
30	Wendy Waldman	Long Hot Summer Nights	Love Is The Only Goal: The Best Of Wendy Waldman
31	Plains	Summer Sun	I Walked With You A Ways
32	Robin Ward	Wonderful Summer	Vintage Collectors Series Music, Volume 11 & 12
33	Don Henley	The Boys Of Summer	Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Oldies, Soul, Theme Time

Soul Divas

June 24, 2023 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mitty Collier	Don't Let Her Take My Baby	Talking With Her Man: The Chess Singles 1961-1968
3	Mitty Collier	I Gotta Get Away From It All	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
4	Mitty Collier	I Had A Talk With My Man	Chess Uptown Soul
5	Carla Thomas	B-a-b-y	Something to Believe In
6	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]
8	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
10	Yvonne Carroll	Please Don't Go	Up All Night! 56 Northern Soul Classics
11	Tammy Montgomery	It's Mine	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
12	Odessa Harris	A Rockin' Good Way	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4)
13	Varetta & The Thomases	Fly By Night	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2)
14	Sugar Pie DeSanto	I Want To Know	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4)
15	Mary Wells	Bye Bye Baby	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
16	Mary Wells	Can't You See (You're Losing Me)	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
17	Helene Smith	Thrills and Chills	I Am Controlled By Your Love
18	Helene Smith	Sure Thing	I Am Controlled By Your Love
19	Helene Smith	I Am Controlled By Your Love	I Am Controlled By Your Love
20	Maxine Brown	Am I Falling In Love	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
21	Dee Dee Sharp	Baby Cakes	Northern Soul – The Early Years (CD 1)
22	Etta James	Seven Day Fool	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2)
23	Dee Dee Warwick	We're Doing Fine	Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
24	Linda Jones	A Last Minute Miracle	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
25	Linda Jones	You Hit Me Like TNT	Up All Night! 56 Northern Soul Classics
26	Mavis Staples	You're Driving Me (To The Arms Of A Stranger)	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [Disc 3]
27	Colette Kelly	Long And Lonely World	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [Disc 3]
28	Delilah Keenebruew	Bright Lights	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
29	Jean Knight	You Think You're Hot Stuff	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [Disc 9]
30	Shirley Walton	I Was Born To Love You	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 1]
31	Margie Joseph	What You Gonna Do	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [Disc 4]
32	Jeanne & The Darlings	It's Unbelievable (How You Control My Soul)	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 1]
33	Linda Lyndell	What A Man	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 1]
34	Debbie Taylor	Never Gonna Let Him Know	Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
35	Gwen Owen	Lies	Northern Soul Originals
36	Irma Thomas	Ruler of My Heart	Soul Queen of New Orleans
37	Aretha Franklin	I Never Loved a Man	30 Greatest Hits

Cynthia Weil Tribute

June 17, 2023 Dave

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jay & the Americans	Only in America	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
3	The Drifters	On Broadway	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
4	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
8	The Crystals	He's Sure the Boy I Love	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
9	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]
13	The Righteous Brothers	You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'	The Very Best of the Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody
14	The Righteous Brothers	(You're My) Soul and Inspiration	The Very Best of the Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody
15	The Animals	We Gotta Get Out of This Place	The Singles Plus Disc 1
16	The Vogues	Magic Town	Greatest Hits
17	Scott Walker	Angelica	Scott
18	Max Frost & The Troopers	Shape of Things to Come	Shape of Things to Come – Single
19	Mark Lindsay/Paul Revere	Kicks	Red, White & Rock Disc 3
20	Paul Revere & The Raiders	Hungry	Time-Life Classic Rock: 1964 – The Beat Goes On
21	Mama Cass Elliot	Make Your Own Kind Of Music	Creeque Alley: The History Of The Mamas & The Papas [Disc 2]
22	Mama Cass Elliot	It's Getting Better	Creeque Alley: The History Of The Mamas & The Papas [Disc 2]
23	Dusty Springfield	Just a Little Lovin'	Dusty in Memphis [Deluxe Edition]
24	The Drifters	Saturday Night At The Movies	The Definitive Drifters [Disc 2]
25	Elvis Presley	I Just Can't Help Believin'	Artist of the Century Disc 3
26	Dolly Parton	Here You Come Again	Dolly [Disc 3]
27	The Pointer Sisters	He's So Shy	From The Pointer Sisters With Love
28	The Girls	Chico's Girl	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
29	The Ronettes	Born to Be Together	The Best of the Ronettes
30	The Ronettes	Woman in Love (With You)	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 2
31	The Monkees	Love Is Only Sleeping	Listen to the Band Disc 2
32	The Drifters	Only In America	The Definitive Drifters [Disc 2]
33	Gene Pitney	Angelica	Sings Great Ballads

A Century of America's Music