Every year about this time there’s a quick burst of blossom, a promise of renewal and that first pitch of the national pastime. I don’t know about you but it’s my favorite time of year, a time when winter’s cold is shut down and we’ve got that Spring Fever. This week’s show will take time out for a couple sets celebrating and remembering baseball’s past through music with the likes of The Treniers, Danny Kaye, and Dr. John with some early rapping from Mel Allen of all people. And that’s just the half of it because the fever goes beyond the diamond: we’ll share songs of April love with Shirley Jones, Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White with Perez Prado, Nina Simone, Martha Tilton, and a run of classic country with Johnny Horton, Sons of the Pioneers and the Sons of the San Joaquin. From stickball to kite-flying to the first frisbees of the year in the local park. Let’s get away from it all.
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Radio Commercial
'Spring Time Fever Time'
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
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The Velvets
Spring Fever
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
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Shirley Jones & Pat Boone
April Love (Film Version)
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
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The Pentagons
It's Spring Again
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
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Martha Tilton
I'll Remember April
The Liltin' Miss Tilton [Disc 1]
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Perez Prado And His Orchestra
Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
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Count Basie
April in Paris
Pure Jazz
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Naturals & Mel Allen
Baseball Dreams
Baseball's Greatest Hits
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Johnny Darling
Baseball Baby
Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan
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Dr. John
Take Me Out To The Ballgame
Baseball A Film By Ken Burns – Original Soundtrack Recording
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The Treniers
Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)
Baseball Anthems
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Sister Wynona Carr
The Ball Game
Baseball Anthems
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Russ Hodges
Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard 'Round The World
Baseball Anthems
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Terry Cashman
Talkin' Baseball (Willie, Mickey & "The Duke")
61* [Box Set] Disc 1
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Mickey Mantle & Teresa Brewer
I Love Mickey
Baseball's Greatest Hits
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Danny Kaye
D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song (Oh, Really? No, O'Malley)
Baseball's Greatest Hits
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Stormy Weather
The Land Of Wrigley
Baseball's Greatest Hits
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Steve Goodman
A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request
Baseball's Greatest Hits
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Betty Bonney & Les Brown and His Orchestra
Joltin' Joe Dimaggio
Baseball Anthems
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Little Willie John
I've Got Spring Fever
Little Willie John
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Birdlegs & Pauline And Their Versatility Birds
Spring
Birth Of Soul: 2
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Jerry Duane & The Monarchs
It Might As Well Be Spring
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
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Nina Simone
It Might As Well Be Spring
The Best Of Nina Simone: The Colpix Years
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Craig Douglas
Hello Spring
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
The downstream wave of sounds that flooded the charts seemed endless in the year 1960. As was exhibited in last week’s Deeper Roots exhibition of ‘also rans’ from that year, it was a very, very crowded field. That field was spread far and wide across genres and levels of production, songwriting and performance quality. We take on that same strata this week in the show. More teen crushes, tragedies, soulful exchanges and instrumentals that bore earworms galore. That’s what we’ve got in store with performances from Fats to Jackie, Smokey to Etta, the Burnette Brothers and Ricky, Dean Martin, Freddie King and Linda Laurie…all giving it their all and doing their very best to crawl to the top of their respective charts. We’re getting ready for a wild Sunday night here in Santa Rosa, celebrating KOWS Community Radio at the Barrel Proof Lounge in downtown Santa Rosa. Hope you can make today’s Deeper Roots show and Sunday’s benefit!
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Little Junior Parker
Driving Wheel
Feelin' Good. The 1952-1962 Recordings
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Jackie Wilson
Doggin' Around
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
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Rosie & The Originals
Angel Baby
Malt Shop Memories – Top Down Convertible Sound ( Disc 1)
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Jessie Hill
Ooh Poo Pah Doo Pt 1
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
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Fats Domino
Walking To New Orleans
A Lot Of Dominos
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The Shirelles
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
The Brill Building Sound Disc 1
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Ray Peterson
Tell Laura I Love Her
Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 1
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The Browns
The Old Lamplighter
Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
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The Platters
Harbor Lights
All-Time Greatest Hits
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Johnny Burnette
Dreamin'
25 Greatest Hits
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Dorsey Burnette
Hey Little One
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
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Rick Nelson
Young Emotions
Greatest Love Songs
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Etta James
A Sunday Kind Of Love
Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962
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Jimmy Jones
Good Timin'
We Love Pirate Radio – 60s Favourites
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Kathy Young & The Innocents
A Thousand Stars
Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 1)
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Roy Orbison
Blue Angel
The Monument Singles: A-Sides (1960 – 1964) [Disc 1]
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The Smoothies
Softly
I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 3]
We’re at it again! Excavations below the crust of some pretty simple-minded teenage pap that seemed to occupy the Billboard Top 100 in the year 1960. Marketers had found the right blend of country, rhythm, pop, sentimentality and rock and this led to a churning out of as much and as they could as fast was possible. The result was a mixed bag: quantity over quality in most cases. We call it spit-balling these days. We’ll dig into the substrate of popular music that did not make the Top 40, and in some cases, the Top 100. We’ll hear from Wanda Jackson, Billy Bland, Donnie Brooks, Johnny Preston, Esther Phillips, and a few dozen others in this week’s show. Not withstanding what we do here, we have to consistently remind ourselves of the classic Tony Soprano quote: “’Remember when’ is the lowest form of conversation.” So, we’re mining for the ones we don’t necessarily remember. And the big news? It’s a rare two-parts-over-two-weeks extravaganza. Hope you can join in!
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John D Loudermilk
Tobacco Road
You Heard It Here First!
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Wanda Jackson
Dona'a Wan'a
Rockin' With Wanda [US Bonus Tracks]
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Peter Sellers & Sophie Loren
Goodness Gracious Me
The Greatest Novelty Songs, Disc 3
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The Flares
Hotcha Cha-Cha Brown
Foot Stompin'
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Sugar Pie DeSanto
I Want to Know
100 Northern Soul Classics
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Ruth Brown with Howard Biggs Orchestra
Takin' Care Of Business
Wail Man Wail!: The Best Of King Curtis 1952-1961 (Disc 3)
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Billy Bland
Let The Little Girl Dance
The Rock 'n' Roll Era: 1960
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Larry Hall
Sandy
The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962
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Varetta Dillard
A Little Bitty Tear
Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
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Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
Finger Poppin' Time
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
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Earl King
Come On, Pt. 1
Living The Blues: Blues Classics 1960-1964
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Ernie K-Doe
A Certain Girl
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
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Skip & Flip
Cherry Pie (1960 #11)
Greatest Hit Singles Collection
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Donnie Brooks
Mission Bell
The Teen Years Collection: Volume 1- Dream Lover [Disc 2]
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Manos Hadjidakis
Main Title: Never On Sunday
Never On Sunday
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The Mark II
Night Theme
Banana Split for My Baby
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The String-A-Longs
Wheels
Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
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The Piltdown Men
Brontosaurus Stomp
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
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Esther Phillips
Wild Child
The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta!
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Brenda Lee
That's All You Gotta Do
The Brenda Lee Story: Her Grea
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Eddie Cochran
C'mon Everybody
Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1]
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Duane Eddy
Peter Gunn
Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology [Disc 1]
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Joe Jones
You Talk Too Much
Pure R&B: Vol. 4- Whatd I Say [Disc 1]
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Ral Donner
The Girl Of My Best Friend
War Paint – The Gone Records Story
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The Everly Brothers
When Will I Be Loved
The Complete Cadence Recordings 1957-1960 Disc 2
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Johnny Preston
Cradle Of Love
Running Bear
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Little Willie John
Sleep
Little Willie John: All 15 of His Chart Hits from 1953-1962
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Paul Evans
Happy-Go-Lucky-Me
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
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The Safaris
Image of a Girl
Teen Ballads
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Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
Stay
Pure R&B: Vol. 4- Whatd I Say [Disc 2]
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Sam Cooke
Wonderful World
Greatest Hits
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Dinah Washington & Brook Benton
A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around & Fall In Love)
First Issue: The Dinah Washington Story [Disc 2]
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Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks
Hey Boba Lou
The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks
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Bobby Vee
Devil Or Angel
Malt Shop Memories – Top Down Convertible Sound ( Disc 1)
Spring is knock-knock-knocking…and our Supreme Court is push-push-pushing back on the idea of Emperor Grandpa McFuddlepants. And why not? They created it. But here, we’re busy painting the town with hope and there’s a sense that there’s something in the air as this week’s show leans on the fabric of Americana sounds to get us through yet another week of hate speech from Pennsylvania Avenue. We’ll apply an salve of sweet sounds from Jerry Garcia, Jackie Wilson, Townes Van Zandt, Billie Holiday, and that late local luminary and bard about town Dan Hicks in this week’s show. It’s a free form dance we’re taking on so I hope you make time or, if you can’t catch us live on KOWS, you can catch up on our archives posted on Podomatic at https://deeperroots.podomatic.com
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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Something in the Air
Greatest Hits
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Marshall Crenshaw
Who Stole That Train
Miracle of Science
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Them
Baby Please Don't Go
Them Featuring Van Morrison
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Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings
Anyway The Wind Blows
Anyway The Wind Blows
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John Hiatt
Radio Girl
Slug Line
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Townes Van Zandt
(Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria
Townes Van Zandt
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Charley Crockett
Jamestown Ferry
Lonesome Drifter
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Ray Charles
Take These Chains from My Heart
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
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Jackie Wilson
I Just Can't Help It
The Jackie Wilson Story [Sony]
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Little Jimmy Dickens
I Can't Help It
The Old Country Church/Raisin' The Dickens
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James Hunter Six
Can't Help Myself
Nick of Time
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Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra
Big Mamou
Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
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David Lindley
Your Old Lady
El Rayo-X
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Aereo-Plain Band/John Hartford
Keep on Truckin'
Steam Powered Aereo-Takes
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Hot Tuna
Keep On Truckin'
Burgers
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Jorma Kaukonen
Big River Blues
Blue Country Heart
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Maria Muldaur
It Ain't The Meat, It's The Motion
Maria Muldaur
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Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
I'm An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande)
The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
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Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
Canned Music
The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
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Jerry Garcia
Deal
Garcia
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The Youngbloods
Grizzly Bear
Get Together: The Essential Youngbloods
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Sonny James
Innocent Lies
Singles
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Billie Holiday
God Bless the Child
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
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Jackson Browne
These Days
The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne
Country, gospel, and rhythm and blues are the major arteries that flow to the heart of Americana musical traditions, each influencing the other through shared themes of storytelling, emotion, and spirituality. Gospel’s uplifting harmonies and spiritual fervor inspired both the heartfelt narratives of country music and the soulful expressions of rhythm and blues. Similarly, rhythm and blues infused gospel energy into secular music, while country music borrowed melodic and vocal elements from both genres. The “golden age” of these genres is often considered to be the mid-20th century, roughly the 1940s through the 1960s, when their innovation and cross-pollination laid the groundwork for modern popular music, including rock and roll. This week on Deeper Roots we’re going to flip through some classic old records (as we love to do) and highlight the morning with performances from the likes of Otis Spann, Merle Travis, Sue Foley, Sturgill Simpson, and a few dozen others.
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Margie Singleton
Old Records
One More Record Please
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Seasick Steve
Dark
Man from Another Time (Bonus Version)
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Sturgill Simpson
Breakers Roar
A Sailor's Guide To Earth
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The Everly Brothers
Bowling Green
Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2
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The Kossoy Sisters
Bowling Green
Bluegrass Jamboree
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Merle Travis
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
Ash Grove 12/9/1966
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Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
We've Got a Live One Here!
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The Louvin Brothers
There's A Grave In The Wave Of The Ocean
Close Harmony [Disc 7]
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Hart Valley Drifters
Nine Pound Hammer
Folk Time
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Van Morrison
Dark Night Of The Soul
Three Chords And The Truth
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The Riders Of The Purple Sage
Cool Water (Radio)
Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
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The Harmonizing Four
Wade In The Water
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
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The Soul Stirrers
Jesus I'll Never Forget [Album Version]
The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
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Mahalia Jackson
Dark Was The Night
Moving On Up A Little Higher
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Bing Crosby
Down to the Old Ox Road
Bing Crosby in Hollywood (1930-1934), Vol. 1
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Sue Foley
Freight Train
One Guitar Woman
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Porter Wagoner
Banks of the Ohio
1968 (Warped 6846)
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Roy Rogers with Country Washburne
My Chickashay Girl
26 All-Time Country Classics
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Merle Haggard
Time Changes Everything
The Peer Sessions
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Jimmie Dolan
The Wheel That Does The Squeakin'
Juke Box Boogie
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Raul Malo
Weary Blues from Waitin'
The Nashville Acoustic Sessions
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Ted Daffan's Texans
Born To Lose
26 All-Time Country Classics
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Norridge Mayhams And The Blue Chips
I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy
Norridge Mayhams and The Blue Chips
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Mae West
I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love
He was a member of Nashville’s A-Team. He invented the electric guitar ‘fuzz’ effect by accident in a Marty Robbins recording session. He played on some of the most recognizable hit songs and landmark albums; not just country but rock, soul, folk, country rock and released some jazz guitar albums of his own. You can hear his work day in and day out: the Spanish-style acoustic work on Marty’s El Paso, the opening and unforgettable lick on Roy Orbison’s Oh Pretty Woman, plus dozens upon dozens more. He was one of the most sought after session men in the industry. Oh, and his jazz work with Mancini, Hirt and Fountain were followed by a gig as session leader for Vanguard Records’ album releases of Joan Baez, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Country Joe. If there’s a word that goes a step beyond prolific, it describes Grady Martin. Join us for a show that celebrates the legend.
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Roy Orbison
Oh, Pretty Woman
Shades of Roy Orbison
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Grady Martin & Don Cherry
Long John Boogie
Grady Martin
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Mimi Roman
Little Lovin'
Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 1
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Patsy Cline
Stop, Look and Listen
Rockin' Patsy
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Janis Martin
Will You Willyum
Grady Martin
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Roy Hall
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
Grady Martin
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Red Foley
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
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Red Foley, Grady Martin
Pinball Boogie
Hillbilly Fever [Disc 4]
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Red Foley
My Window Faces South
Hillbilly Fever [Disc 4]
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Burl Ives With Grady Martin & His Slew Foot Five
Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves
Roughneck Blues 1949 – 1956
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Marvin Rainwater
Whole Lotta Woman
Whole Lotta Woman
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Jimmy Lloyd
Where The Rio De Rosa Flows
Grady Martin
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Red Sovine
How Do You Think I Feel
Grady Martin
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Brenda Lee
Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar)
Brenda Lee Rocks
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Johnny Horton
I'm Coming Home
Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1 of 2)
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Johnny Burnette
The Train Kept A Rollin'
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
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Warner Mack
Roc-A-Chicka
Rock'N'Roll & Rock-A-Billy Inferno
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Autry Inman
Mary Nell
Grady Martin
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Marty Robbins
Don't Worry
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
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Lefty Frizzell
Saginaw, Michigan (Grady Martin)
Classic Country
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Marty Robbins
El Paso
A Lifetime of Song (1951-1982)
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Elvis Presley
Please Don't Drag That String Around
From Nashville To Memphis: The Essential 60's Masters [Disc 2]
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Joe Henderson
Snap Your FIngers
Oxford American Music Issue #13-Mississippi
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Ray Price
For The Good Times
Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound
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Brenda Lee
I'm Sorry
Miss Dynamite
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Jeanne Pruett
Satin Sheets
Classic Country: 1970-1974 [Disc 2]
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Loretta Lynn
Coal Miner's Daughter
Classic Country: 1970-1974
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Willie Nelson
On The Road Again
One Hell Of A Ride
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Sammi Smith
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Country Ladies
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Conway Twitty
Don't Cry No More
Grady Martin
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Johnny Horton
Honky Tonk Man
Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
A sleepy time themed collection this week as we take a deep dive into classic sounds from the past and present, all with a blend of sentiments we hold close as midnight approaches. We’ll have some old doo wop and early rock chestnuts from Jesse Belvin, The Fleetwoods, The Valentines and The Spaniels with just the right amount of rock, R&B and country. That means a little bit of Fats Domino, some rockabilly from Charline Arthur and Sonny Burgess, middling pop from Doris Day, Jimmy Durant and Dean Martin in store. Little Jimmy Dickens, Milton Brown and Swamp Dogg will also fill the air with country and blues. Friday mornings are the time to tune in for a fresh dose of America’s music from the past 100 years hear on KOWS-LP, Occidental, streaming to all of Planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. Be sure to install the Radio Rethink app on your Apple device and look us up. We’d be glad to have you.
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Fats Domino
Sleeping on the Job
This Is Gold Disc 2
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Doris Day
A Little Kiss Goodnight
The Vintage Years Part Two
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Jimmy Durante
I'll See You in My Dreams
As Time Goes By: Best of
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Dean Martin
I Love the Way You Say Goodnight
Cocktail Hour Disc 2
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Les Paul and The Andrews Sisters feat Vic Schoen & His Orchestra
It's A Pity To Say Goodnight
Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
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Linda Scott
Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed?
The Complete Hits Of Linda Scott
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The Spaniels
Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight
Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
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The Valentines
Don't Say Goodnight
Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2
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Jesse Belvin
Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams)
Doo Wop Vocal Group Greats
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The Fleetwoods
(Goodnight My Love) Pleasant Dreams
Come Softly To Me: The Very Best Of The Fleetwoods
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Roy Orbison
Goodnight
The Monument Singles: A-Sides (1960 – 1964) [Disc 1]
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Aaron Neville
I Bid You Goodnight
Warm Your Heart
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Los Lobos
Goodnight My Love
La Bamba
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North Mississippi Allstars
Bid You Goodnight
Prayer for Peace
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Harry Nilsson
Are You Sleeping?
The Point!
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The Tokens
Dream Angel Goodnight
Wimoweh!!! – The Best Of The Tokens
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The Weavers
Goodnight Irene
Best Of Decca Years
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Charline Arthur
Kiss The Baby Goodnight
Welcome To The Club
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Little Jimmy Dickens
A-Sleeping At The Foot Of The Bed
Roughneck Blues 1949 – 1956
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Sonny Burgess
A Kiss Goodnight
Rock n' Roll Legend
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Swamp Dogg
Sleeping Without You Is a Dragg (feat. Justin Vernon & Jenny Lewis)
Sorry You Couldn't Make It
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Los Lobos
Let's Say Goodnight
El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
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Loudon Wainwright III
Where the Whippoorwill is Whispering Goodnight
High Wide & Handsome – The Charlie Poole Project
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Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
A Thousand Goodnights
Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin'
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Hank Snow
Goodnight Little Buckaroo
We'll Never Say Goodbye
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Johnnie Taylor
Somebody's Sleeping In My Bed [Single Version]
The Very Best Of Johnnie Taylor
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Shirelles
Don't Say Goodnight and Mean Goodbye
The Shirelles
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The McGuire Sisters
Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
The Mid-'50s
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Barbara Mandrell
Sleeping Single in a Double Bed
Superstars Of Country Hello Darlin' [Disc 1]
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Vera Lynn
Goodnight Children Everywhere
A Tribute, Volume II: It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow
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The Gumm Sisters
Where The Butterflies Kiss The Buttercups Goodnight
Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ into the future…and it’s tickin’ tickin’ tickin’, too. Steve Miller certainly summed it up and our theme this week is all about the passing of time, events that take place in time, biding our time, and recalling a time. We’ll be making a swing through a number of genres and performers including Little Joe, Booker T., Bobby Bare, Evie Sands, Tom Waits and Harry James. But there’s plenty more including classic country, mid-to-late century rock n’ roll, folkie business, and the sweet torch songs that take us back. We’ve chosen to forego the Christmas celebrations because, for the most part, we can hear it elsewhere and the season is a short one with some desperation on the doorstep. Tune in for a journey through the past century of America’s music on community radio for West Sonoma Country, streaming to all of planet Earth at the same time on kowsfm.com/listen. We’d love to have you.
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Steve Miller Band
Fly Like An Eagle (2006 Digital Remaster)
Fly Like An Eagle – 30th Anniversary
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Little Joe Cook
It's Been a Long Time
Peanuts and Other Delicacies: The Little Joe Cook Story (1951-1962)
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Steve Forbert
It's Been a Long Time
Young Guitar Days
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Harry James & His Orchestra
Its Been A Long Long Time
The Women of WW2 [V 4]
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Ella Mae Morse
A Long Time Ago
Barrelhouse, Boogie, And The Blues [Disc 5]
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Crosby, Stills & Nash
Long Time Gone
Crosby, Stills & Nash
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Tom Waits
Time
Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
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Mick Lloyd
A Long Long Time Ago
…Next Stop Is Vietnam – The War On Record, 1961-2008
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Los Lobos Feat. Dave Alvin
Somewhere In Time
The Ride
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Charley Crockett
Time of the Cottonwood Trees
The Man from Waco
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Connie Smith
Plenty of Time
1970-1971 (Warped 7108F)
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Evie Sands
Untill It's Time For You To Go
Any Way That You Want Me
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Junior Brown
Baby Let The Bad Times Be
12 Shades of Brown
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The Louvin Brothers
Are You Wasting My Time
Long Play Collection
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Don Williams
Tulsa Time
The Definitive Collection
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Bobby Bare
One Day at a Time (1965)
All American Boy – CD 4
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Willie Nelson
Healing Hands of Time
Willie and the Boys: Willie's Stash vol. 2
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Danny Dill
He's Biding His Time
Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
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Bob Dylan
Time Passes Slowly
Biograph Disc 3
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Dwight Yoakam
Just Passin' Time
Blame The Vain
22
The Sweetback Sisters
King Of Killing Time
King Of Killing Time
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Harry Nilsson
As Time Goes By
All-Time Greatest Hits
24
Dooley Wilson & Elliot Carpenter
As Time Goes By
Somewhere Over The Rainbow: The Golden Age Of Hollywood Musicals [Disc 1]
25
The Platters
Twilight Time
Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 2]
The past century’s puritanical interlopers, better known as the ‘thought police’, have had their way with music. And we’re not talking about just the lyrics (which will no doubt be the source of most of the songs in the show today)…whether that be the sound of the saxophone or Link Wray’s sinister fuzz and feedback…telling us how to think or suggesting that your children would be swayed to the dark side due a mention of Susie getting home past curfew. It’s an age old problem. It’s really stinkin’ thinkin’ if you’d have asked Frank Zappa. And someone did and summarized his opinions thusly: “Bad facts make bad law, and people who write bad laws are, in my opinion, more dangerous than songwriters who celebrate their sexuality.” All the songs this week suffered from some form of censorship, whether corporate or governmental. And we’re going to play them…damned be the fools.
We’ll be sharing a Wake Up call with everyone out there…no…not election day. Although it’s just around the corner. There’s an alarm clock buzzing or ringing or chiming that is bent on a theme…that of ‘waking up’. That’s our theme in the show todays as we excavate the mines of rich Americana ore from the past century, sharing songs whose thematic tone demands that our eyes open to the brighter days ahead. Dave has a boatload of sounds that include the rockabilly sounds of Mac Curtis and some country bop from Billy Briggs. That’s not all…there’s the brothers Everly, Merle Haggard, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Richard Thompson, Nat King Cole, Bob Dorough and a couple dozen others. Join Dave for a thematic romp on Deeper Roots this Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio.
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2
Gene Bianco
Alarm Clock Rock
Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats – The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection
3
Les Paul & Mary Ford
The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
Time-Life – Your Hit Parade: The Early '50S
4
Ike & Tina Turner
Wake Up
Don't Play Me Cheap
5
Bobby Rush
Wake Up
Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 4]
6
Michelle Willson and the Evil Gal Orchestra
Wake Up Call
Wake Up Call
7
Norah Jones
Wake Me Up
Not Too Late
8
White Owl Red
Wake Up
Afterglow
9
The Neville Brothers
Wake Up
Yellow Moon
10
Richard Thompson
I Can't Wake up to Save My Life
Action Packed: The Best of the Capitol Years
11
The Ravens
Rooster
Old Man River
12
Cab Calloway
Wake Up And Live
Best Of The Big Bands
13
Bob Dorough
Wake Up Sally, It's Saturday
Too Much Coffee Man
14
Cecil Gant
Wake Up, Cecil, Wake Up
Blues in L.A. (The Blues Collection Vol.88)
15
Wilco
When You Wake up Feeling Old
Summerteeth
16
The Bellfuries
I Don't Wanna Wake Up Tomorrow
Just Plain Lonesome
17
Jimmy Murphy
Wake Me up Sweet Jesus
Electricity
18
Merle Haggard
Wake Up
His Greatest & His Best
19
Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys
Wake Up Irene
Vintage Collections
20
Ralph Stanley
It's Time To Wake Up
A Mother's Prayer
21
Mac Curtis
Wake Up Rock N' Roll
Rockabilly Uprising – The Best Of Mac Curtis
22
Billy Briggs
Alarm Clock Boogie
Boogie Man Boogie
23
Los Lobos
Wake Up Dolores
Kiko
24
The Browns
Wake Up Jonah
Warped 5773 – The Browns – 1956 – 1959
25
The Everly Brothers
Wake Up Little Susie
Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 1]
26
Lula Wiles
Wake Up
Shame and Sedition
27
Dustbowl Revival
I Wake Up
Is It You, Is It Me
28
Nat King Cole Trio
I Wake Up Screaming Dreaming Of You
Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949
29
Snooks Eaglin
Reality [Formerly Titled Wake up]
Complete Imperial Recordings
30
Mahalia Jackson
When I Wake Up In Glory
Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol.2 [Disc 2]
31
The Oak Ridge Boys
I'll Wake Upon The Other Side
Gospels & Spirituals: The Gold Collection [Disc 2]
32
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
Wake Up Everybody
Akeelah And The Bee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
