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Wake Up!

October 25, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

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.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
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)

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A Bucket Of Nuggets

October 4, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

The Bear Family label, headquartered in Germany, has long featured deep track dives into American music of the past century. Whether that be rock, country, rhythm and blues, or Americana; much of it is as far off the beaten track as you can imagine. Their selections and the high quality of the liner notes and ephemera have long been the top shelf standard for collectors and aficionados of American music. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll be diving into their delightful ‘theme’ universe prefaced with the perfect title of “Destination”. We’ll be digging into the themes of ‘freeway’, ‘outer space’, ‘beach parties’, ‘ocean cruise’, ‘lust’ and ‘sex’. The music you’ll be hearing is an unusual ‘bucket of nuggets’ representing some of the very best of camp pop and rock. Tune in for a raucous blend of ‘never heard’.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Stonewall Jackson	Run	Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars
3	Skeets McDonald	Fort Worth Jail	Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars
4	Jimmie Skinner	One Dead Man Ago	Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars
5	Jaycee Hill	Crash Out	Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars
6	Bill Carter	Shot Four Times And Dying	Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars
7	Gary Williams	Walla Walla State Prison	Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars
8	Don French	Lonely Saturday Night	Destination Lonely Street
9	Jackie Wilson	Lonely Life	Destination Lonely Street
10	Gene Vincent	Lonely Street	Destination Lonely Street
11	Lonesome Lee	Lonely Travelin'	Destination Lonely Street
12	Conway Twitty	Lonely Blue Boy	Destination Lonely Street
13	Dale Hawkins	Lonely Nights	Destination Lonely Street
14	Rusty Draper & Lola Dee	Scratch My Back	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
15	Miss X	S-E-X	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
16	Mamie Van Doren	Seperate The Men From The Boys	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
17	Ann-Margret	Let Me Entertain You	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
18	Jayne Mansfield	Too Hot To Handle (Film version 1960)	Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A.
19	Dorothy Collins	Let's Do It	Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A.
20	Jeri Southern	Senor Blues	Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A.
21	Pat Morrissey	Trapped In The Web Of Love	Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A.
22	The Valiants With Sandy Vale	Boppin' On The Beach	Destination Beach: 30 Tunes For Dancing In The Sand
23	Freddie Mitchell And His Rockers	Seaweed	Destination Beach: 30 Tunes For Dancing In The Sand
24	Wayne Hollers	Dance In The Sand	Destination Beach: 30 Tunes For Dancing In The Sand
25	Mitchell Torok	Teenie Weenie Bikini	Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation
26	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Teach 'Em How To Swim	Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation
27	Joey Dee & The Starliters	Twistin' On A Liner	Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation
28	Earl Grant	Beyond The Sea	Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation
29	Bobby Jackson	Wow Man	Destination Freeway
30	Burt Keyes w/Teddy McRae And His Orchestra	Stop Jivin' Start Drivin'	Destination Freeway
31	Dinah Shore	See The U.S.A. In Your Chevrolet	Destination Freeway
32	Hagan, Sammy & The Visounts	Tail Light	Destination Freeway
33	Warmer, Faron	Cruisin' Central	Destination Freeway
34	Movie Trailer	Plan 9 From Outer Space (Movie Trailer)	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
35	Merv Griffin	The Screamin' Meemies From Planet 'X'	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
36	Jimmie Haskell & His Orchestra	Rockin' In The Orbit (Space Satellite)	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
37	Teacho & His Students	Rock-Et	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
38	The Jive Fiveins	People From Another World	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
39	Bill Buchanan	The Thing	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
40	Louis Prima	Beep! Beep!	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
41	Movie Trailer	Invaders From Mars (Trailer)	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
42	Billy Lee Riley & The Little Green Men	Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)

Summer of Broken Hearts

September 14, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

The debate is over; what’s say we have ourselves another. There’s certainly no debating democracy at work. Today’s Deeper Roots show will find us circulating through the connective tissue of song: themes that connect with one another. A little bit of eclectic free form fused with all the delightful sounds of country, pop, rock and tradition. Our guiding light will be the truth and the American way. Yes, there’s always bubble gum, apple pie, and Sunday church but then we also have the bats**t crazies who will blame all the good, the bad and the ugly on those who don’t resemble themselves or their own views. So take a break with us on this summer of broken hearts and we’ll share country from Don Gibson to Rosanne Cash, rock and roll from The Stray Cats to Fats Domino, and a little bit of sass and blues from Etta James and Charles Brown. Summer’s almost over and election day is fast approaching. So make sure you vote.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Sarah Vaughan	Broken Hearted Melody	Ultimate Sarah Vaughan (Selected by Dee Dee Bridgewater)
3	Chris Isaak	Lonely With A Broken Heart	San Francisco Days
4	k.d. lang & the Reclines	Trail of Broken Hearts	Absolute Torch and Twang
5	Rosanne Cash	The Way We Make A Broken Heart [Album Version]	King's Record Shop
6	Al Green	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart	The Virgin Suicides
7	Don Williams	Some Broken Hearts Will Never Mend	The Definitive Collection
8	Don Gibson	I Can Mend Your Broken Heart	The Complete Recordings 1952-1962
9	Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers	My Heart Is Mended	Sunny Road
10	Gram Parsons	Hearts On Fire	G.P. / Grievous Angel
11	Kelly Dalton	I'm On Fire	Home – EP
12	Nikki Lane	Love's On Fire	All or Nothin' (Deluxe)
13	Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys	Settin' The Woods On Fire	Back At The Quonset Hut
14	Fats Domino	I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire	This Is Gold Disc 2
15	Leon Redbone	Settin' By The Fire	Whistling In The Wind
16	Etta James	Let's Burn Down The Cornfield	Enduring Soul
17	Etta James	Jump Into My Fire	Seven Year Itch
18	The Brothers Four	Greenfields	Best Of The Folk Era
19	Peter Wolf	The Green Fields Of Summer [with Neko Case]	Midnight Souvenirs
20	Nanci Griffith	Fields Of Summer	Late Night Grande Hotel
21	Stray Cats	Lonely Summer Nights	Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92
22	The Four Preps	Lazy Summer Night	Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 3]
23	Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta	Summer Nights	Grease
24	Steve Forbert	Steve Forbert's Midsummer Night's Toast	The Best of Steve Forbert: What Kinda Guy?
25	The Beach Boys	Your Summer Dream	Surfer Girl
26	Link Wray & The Wraymen	Summer Dream	Destination Beach: 30 Tunes For Dancing In The Sand
27	Rodney Crowell	Voila, An American Dream	Collection
28	Hayes Carll	American Dream	What It Is
29	Elvis Presley	An American Trilogy	Fifty Years Of Hits
30	Willie Nelson	By the Rivers of Babylon	Gospel Favorites

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Ride Away

September 9, 2024 Dave Leave a comment

It’s a mellow, laid back collection of sounds from the past century for you this morning. The “ember” months have arrived and we’re winding our way through the last sunsets of summer. So lay down your burdens and join us on another Deeper Roots Friday morning as we share some sweet sounds from near and far, all anchored in an American landscape of dreams and waning nights of warmth. And warmth is what we’ll focus on…from JJ Cale and Leon Russell to Leo Reisman’s Orchestra, Sam Cooke, Randy Newman and Levon Helm. All of this and more, as they say, as we approach the final two months of election promises. I’m hoping that everyone’s placed a high value on truth and goodness because the hate, the lies, the gutter talk all need to be evaporated at long last. Send the vermin back into their holes of hate and let’s get on with the business of making our lives better. Because it’s not politicians that can do that. It’s us.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Prine	Speed of the Sound of Loneliness	German Afternoons
3	Roy Orbison	Ride Away	Classic "MGM" Roy Orbison 1965 – 68
4	Dire Straits	Ticket To Heaven	On Every Street
5	Eddie Lang	Blue Guitars	Jazz Guitar Virtuoso
6	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Stormy Monday Blues	Legends of Guitar – Electric Blues (Vol. 1)
7	Ray Charles with Norah Jones	Here We Go Again	…Featuring Norah Jones
8	Ray Charles	Crying Time	Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
9	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars	You Got Me	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
10	Leon Russell	Lady Blue	Retrospective
11	J.J. Cale	Magnolia	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
12	Louis Armstrong	When It's Sleepy Time Down South	The Ultimate Collection [Disc 3]
13	Hoagy Carmichael	Lazy Bones	Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody
14	Leo Reisman & His Orchestra	Lazy Lullaby	Society Swing
15	Santo & Johnny	Lazy Day	Santo & Johnny: Collection [Disc 2]
16	Charlie McCoy	Walkin' After Midnight	Classic Country
17	Randy Newman	Baltimore	The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2
18	Sam Cooke	Bring It on Home to Me	Greatest Hits
19	Etta James	I'd Rather Go Blind	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
20	The Arthur Lyman Group	Yellow Bird	Music For a Bachelor's Den More Of The Best Of The Arthur Lyman Group: 6
21	Willie Nelson	Blue Hawaii	Honeymoon in Vegas
22	Chet Atkins/Mark Knopfler	Tahitian Skies	Neck and Neck
23	Jason Wilber	Your Destiny	Lazy Afternoon
24	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Old Cape Cod	Standard Songs for Average People
25	Bill Frisell	Poem For Eva	Good Dog, Happy Man
26	Kevin Russell	Lay Down Your Burden	You Don't Know Me
27	Mississippi John Hurt	Since I've Laid My Burden Down	Immortal
28	Irma Thomas	River Is Waiting	Simply Grand
29	Willie Nelson	House Of Gold	Country Music
30	Calvin Cooke	Since I Laid My Burden Down	The Best Of Sacred Steel
31	Emmylou Harris	Mister Sandman	Profile II: The Best Of Emmylou Harris

Americana, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Oldies, Rock, Theme Time

Swamp Pop Fest

June 15, 2024 Dave

Swamp pop. What is it and where does Tex Mex begin and country blues end? Well, just listen for that Louisiana backbeat, a taste of torch song and rocking rhythm. We’ll take on the music of Tex Mex next week but this week we’ll be sampling some of the greats of that splinter genre referred to as ‘swamp pop’; music that was grafted from a number of different root source sounds. Swamp pop remains an important cultural expression of the Acadiana region, celebrated for its heartfelt and nostalgic qualities. While it never achieved the widespread commercial success of other genres, swamp pop has maintained a dedicated following and continues to be performed by contemporary musicians. We’ll share the sounds of some of the genre’s most popular: Warren Storm, Tommy McLain, Rod Bernard, Clint West and so many others. Drop on by.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Cookie & the Cupcakes	Mathilda	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
3	Joe Barry	I'm A Fool To Care	Don't Do It: The Smash Record Story 1961-1962 [Disc 2]
4	Joe Barry	Teardrops in My Heart	I'm a Fool to Care: The Complete Recordings 1958-1977, Vol. 1
5	Joe Barry	Little Jewel of the Vieux Carre	I'm a Fool to Care: The Complete Recordings 1958-1977, Vol. 1
6	Rockin' Sidney	Shirley Jean	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
7	John Fred	Shirley	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
8	Rod Bernard	This Should Go On Forever	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
9	Rod Bernard	Diggy Liggy Lo	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
10	Rod Bernard	Colinda	Swamp Gold, Vol. 2
11	Warren Storm	Prisoner's Song	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
12	Warren Storm	Hey Ma Ma	Boppin' By The Bayou – Made In The Shade
13	Lil' Band Of Gold/Warren Storm	Please Mr. Sandman	Americana Roots Songbook: Louisiana
14	Little Bob & The Lollipops	Nobody But You	Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009
15	Lil' Bob & the Lollipops	I Got Loaded	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
16	Johnnie Allan	Lonely Days & Lonely Nights	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
17	Jivin' Gene	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
18	Dale & Grace	I'm Leaving It All Up to You	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
19	Clint West	Our Love	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
20	Clint West	Big Blue Diamonds	Swamp Gold, Vol. 2
21	Cookie & His Cupcakes	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
22	Cookie And The Cupcakes	Until Then	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
23	Cookie & The Cupcakes	Got You on My Mind	Swamp Gold, Vol. 2
24	Shelton Dunaway & The Cupcakes	Mary Lou Doing The Popeye	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
25	Tommy McLain	Sweet Dreams	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
26	Tommy McLain	Before I Grow Too Old	The Essential Collection
27	Tommy McLain	Before I Grow Too Old	I Ran Down Every Dream
28	Tommy McLain	Somebody (Radio Edit)	I Ran Down Every Dream
29	The Uniques	All These Things	Swamp Gold, Vol. 2
30	Randy & the Rockets	Lets Do the Cajun Twist	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
31	Joe Barry	Just Because	Don't Do It: The Smash Record Story 1961-1962 [Disc 2]
32	Cookie & The Cupcakes	I Cried	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
33	Tommy McLain	I Ran Down Every Dream (feat. Elvis Costello)	I Ran Down Every Dream
34	Rockin' Sidney	My Toot-Toot	Alligator Stomp: Cajun Zydeco Classics

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J.J. Cale Tribute

June 1, 2024 Dave

When J.J. Cale’s first album came on the scene in 1972, it exuded something different…some kind of “timeless cool” with it’s imposing John Bunyan raccoon album cover and understated country sound setting it apart from everything else out there. Not psychedelia, not rock exactly, and certainly not the LA sound that was hip at the time. It was, as it has since been coined, the “Tulsa sound”. Many have covered John Weldon Cale’s music and many have become rock standards while others languish only to be rediscovered year after year by new listeners who hear that “timeless cool” and those breezy treasures he left us. We’ll feature a number of covers today, as well as his own originals in a show that will take you down a river whose currents are slow but determined.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	J.J. Cale	Call The Doctor	Naturally
3	Eric Clapton	Call Me the Breeze	The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale
4	Case Garrett	Call Me The Breeze	Aurora
5	Marc Cohn	After Midnight	Listening Booth: 1970
6	Waylon Jennings	Clyde	Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line: The RCA Years Disc 2
7	The Band	Crazy Mama	High On The Hog
8	Maria Muldaur	Cajun Moon	Louisiana Love Call
9	J.J. Cale	Hey Baby	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
10	Widespread Panic	Travelin' Light	Choice Cuts: The Capricorn Years 1991-1999
11	Eric Clapton	Travelin' Light	Reptile
12	Eric Clapton/J.J. Cale	Don't Cry Sister	The Road to Escondido
13	John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers	Sensitive Kind	A Sense of Place
14	Chris Smither	Magnolia	Happier Blue
15	Shannon McNally	Magnolia	Magnolia – Single
16	Tony Joe White	Louvelda (feat. J.J. Cale)	Collected [CD3]
17	J.J. Cale	Rock and Roll Records	Okie
18	Eric Clapton	After Midnight	The Cream of Clapton
19	J.J. Cale	Anyway the Wind Blows	Okie
20	Kansas	Bringing It Back	Kansas
21	Eric Clapton/J.J. Cale	Danger	The Road to Escondido
22	Shannon McNally	Low Rider	Black Irish
23	J.J. Cale	Roll On	Roll On
24	Eric Clapton/J.J. Cale	Heads in Georgia	The Road to Escondido
25	The Tractors	The Tractors-Rhythm Bone	Trade Union
26	Eric Clapton	Magnolia (feat. John Mayer)	The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale

Bad Road To The River

May 12, 2024 Dave

It’s been a while since we went free form so today’s show takes our regular breather from genre-focused explorations, theme, retrospectives and artist-inspired shows. There will be all of that found in the mix this morning. Interspersed between some fresh sounds from the likes of Dylan LeBlanc, Charley Crockett, and a newly revealed Johnny Cash nugget, we’ll be sharing everything from Dave Brubeck to Los Indios Tabajaras, Marvin Rainwater, and Johnny Thunder in our show today. From a pair of Memphis Minnie covers, some country classics from Patsy Cline, swinging rhythm from Louis Jordan, and straight-ahead rock from The Doobie Brothers and The Georgia Satellites…it’s a Friday morning full of Duane Eddy tributes and we’ve even got Slim Whitman…just for you on Sonoma County Community Radio, broadcasting on the FM airwaves out of Occidental, California, and streaming to the whole wide world on kowsfm.com/listen. KOWS-LP 92.5 FM is “Free Speech. No Bull” Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Duane Eddy	Forty Miles Of Bad Road	Dance With The Guitar Man
3	Dylan LeBlanc	Sensitive Kind	Pastimes
4	Down Like Silver	To the River	Light That Match – Single
5	Johnny Thunder	Loop De Loop	The Very Best Of Johnny Thunder
6	The Georgia Satellites	Almost Saturday Night / Rockin' All Over the World	Rubaiyat Elektra's 40th Anniversary [Disc 2] (1990)
7	The Doobie Brothers	Long Train Runnin'	The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers [Disc 1]
8	Patsy Cline	Got A Lot Of Rhythm In My Soul	Volume 3
9	Linda Martell	I Almost Called Your Name (Remastered 2022)	Color Me Country (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022)
10	Slim Whitman	Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain	The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection 2013
11	Willie Nelson	Made In Texas	The Border
12	Duane Eddy	Dance With The Guitar Man	Dance With The Guitar Man
13	Johnny Cash	Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie	Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 2]
14	T Bone Burnett	He Came Down	The Other Side
15	Charley Crockett	Hard Luck & Circumstances	$10 Cowboy
16	Jorma Kaukonen	Red River Blues	Blue Country Heart
17	Jefferson Airplane	Embryonic Journey	Surrealistic Pillow [Bonus Tracks]
18	The Dave Brubeck Quartet	Unsquare Dance	Silver Linings Playbook: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
19	Los Indios Tabajaras	Always In My Heart	Maria Elena/Always In My Heart
20	Ria Valk	Santo Domingo (Fernando, Alfredo En Jose)	The Wanda Jackson Connection (30 Roots And Covers Of Wanda Jackson)
21	Eileen Barton	Fujiyama Mama	The Wanda Jackson Connection (30 Roots And Covers Of Wanda Jackson)
22	Marvin Rainwater	Baby, Don't Go	Whole Lotta Woman
23	Clifton Chenier	Me And My Chauffeur	King Of The Bayous
24	Louis Jordan	Caldonia	Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
25	Jim McCracklin	Think	Living The Blues – 1965 – 1969 Blues Classics
26	Howlin' Wolf	300 Pounds Of Joy	Legends of Guitar – Electric Blues (Vol. 1)
27	Sonny Boy Williamson II	One Way Out	The Real Folk Blues
28	Jimmy Reed	Hush, Hush	The Very Best of Jimmy Reed
29	John Lee Hooker	It Serves You Right To Suffer	The Definitive Collection
30	Johnny Cash	Well Alright	Songwriter
31	Lydia & Her Melody Strings	Just A Queen For A Day	The Wanda Jackson Connection (30 Roots And Covers Of Wanda Jackson)
32	Duane Eddy	Rebel Rouser	Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology [Disc 1]
33	Duane Eddy	Ramrod	Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology [Disc 1]

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Rock

Rhythm Roller Coaster

April 6, 2024 Dave

Swing and jazz music of the late 1930s had just enough time to raise a small ruckus before the second World War broke out. After a celebratory wave swept the nation, there was a need for more of the same but with an upbeat but harder drive to it. It didn’t take long for pre-rock R&B to become popular across demographics as it would gain significant traction among urban youth, particularly in the central hubs of New York, Chicago, Detroit, LA, and New Orleans. This week’s show features a roller coaster of great sounds including tracks from Varetta Dillard, The Lollypoppers, The Flairs, and Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs. You don’t want to miss this wild ride.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Big Joe Turner	Love Roller Coaster	Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
3	Big Maybelle	Whole Lot-Ta Shakin' Goin' On	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
4	Ann Cole	Got My Mojo Working	The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 1]
5	Mabel Scott	Elevator Boogie	Swing Baby Swing!: House Rocking Swing and Jump Jive Boogie
6	Etta James	Spoonful	The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 1]
7	Shirley Gunter & The Queens	Oop Shoop	The Flair Story – Dust My Rhythm & Blues
8	LaVern Baker	You'd Better Find	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2 [Disc 5]
9	Little Esther & the Dominoes	The Deacon Moves In	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
10	Ruth Brown	This Little Girls Gone Rockin'	The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 1]
11	The Drifters With Clyde McPhatter	Such A Night	Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
12	Hank Ballard & The Midnighters	Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
13	Tabby Thomas	I'd Love To Tell	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
14	Louis Jordan	Roc Doc	From the Ghetto
15	Fats Domino	Don't Come Knockin'	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
16	The Flairs	She Wants To Rock	The Flair Story – Dust My Rhythm & Blues
17	Titus Turner	Hungry Man	Exotic Blues & Rhythm Volume 7 & 8 Boom-A-Lay & Chug-A-Lug
18	Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs	Dirty By The Dozen (Sweet Little Woman)	The Flair Story – Dust My Rhythm & Blues
19	The Lollypoppers	A Bottle of Pop	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
20	Julia Lee	Tell Me Daddy	The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 1]
21	Varetta Dillard	Them Their Eyes	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
22	Varetta Dillard	Mercy, Mr. Percy	The Lovin' Bird
23	Varetta Dillard	Promise Mr Thomas	From the Ghetto
24	Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody)	Sweet Man	Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949
25	Chuck Willis & His Orchestra	Lawdy Miss Mary	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
26	Champion Jack Dupree	Shim Sham Shimmy	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 15]
27	Little Willie John	Leave My Kitten Alone	Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 10]
28	Gladys Hill	Please Don't Touch My Bowl	Get Hot Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3
29	Young Jessie	Shuffle In The Gravel	From the Ghetto
30	Roy Milton	Rhythm Cocktail	ABC Of The Blues Vol 30
31	The Ravens	Midnight Blues	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
32	The Blenders	Don't Play Around with Love	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
33	The Ebonaires	Lawd, Lawd, Lawd	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
34	Cab Calloway	Gambler's Guitar	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
35	Gloria Gunter	Move On Out	Cat Scratchin'
36	The Coasters	Yakety Yak	50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 1]
37	The Coasters	Run Red Run	50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 2]
38	Big Joe Turner	Flip Flop And Fly	Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 2]
39	Big Joe Turner	Well, All Right	Big Joe Rocks
40	Big Joe Turner	Midnight Special Train	Atlantic Rock & Roll

Americana, Blues, Country, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Theme Time

Don’t Wanna

March 30, 2024 Dave

Theme time and I’m going to break it to you slow…it’s all about the negative and those that refuse. If there’s something that’s more prevalent in our lives than saying that we ‘want to’…it’s when we don’t want to. The ‘desire not to’ seems to be winning over the ‘desire to’ in our show today. We’ve got a collection of songs that all begin with the phrase “I Don’t Want” in some form or another. We’ll bring you the early sounds of The Blue Sky Boys and some country sounds of Jimmy Wakely from the hayloft, blues and soul from Magic Sam and that firecracker Sugar Pie DeSanto, and plenty of Americana from The Blasters, Wanda Jackson and Doug Sahm in our show today. It’s going to be a romp because there’s a lot of fodder to choose from when stubbornness is the theme. Tune into community radio for Sonoma County to find out. I don’t want to spoil the theme…but not ‘wanting to’ isn’t always a bad thing…

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Chuck Willis	Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes	I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
3	The Ravens	Honey, I Don't Want You	Rhythm 'N' Blues Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 4
4	The Blasters	I Don't Want To	American Music
5	Wanda Jackson	I Don't Wanta Go	Wonderful Wanda
6	Doc Williams	Don't Want To Work	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
7	Tom Waits	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
8	Hayes Carll	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	Trouble In Mind
9	Tex Williams	I Don't Want To Be Free	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2
10	Jimmy Wakely w/Margaret Whiting	I Don't Want to Be Free	The Collection 1940-53 CD3
11	Sir Douglas Quintet	I Don't Want To Go Home	Mono Singles '68-'72
12	The Blue Sky Boys	I Don't Want Your Greenback Dollar	Presenting The Blue Sky Boys
13	Iris DeMent	I Don't Want To Get Adjusted	Lifeline
14	Carrie Rodriguez	I Don't Want To Play House Anymore	Seven Angels on a Bicycle
15	Tammy Wynette	I Don't Wanna Play House	Super Hits
16	Dr. John	I Don't Wanna Know	The Best Of The Parlophone Years
17	Fernest Arceneaux & His Louisiana French Band	I Don't Want Nobody	Putumayo Presents: Blues Party
18	Leonard Carbo	I Don't Want To Lose Her	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
19	Slim Harpo	I Don't Want No One	The Scratch
20	Barbara Lynn	I Don't Want A Playboy	A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979
21	Magic Sam	I Don't Want No Woman	West Side Soul
22	Susan Tedeschi	I Don't Want Nobody	Better Days
23	Buddy & Ella Johnson	I Don't Want Nobody ( To Have My Love But You)	Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 2]
24	Sugar Pie DeSanto	I Don't Wanna Fuss	Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966)
25	Johnnie Taylor	I Don't Wanna Lose You	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 7]
26	Barbara & The Browns	I Don't Want To Have To Wait	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
27	The Drifters	I Don't Want To Go On Without You	All-Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965 [Disc 2]
28	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	I Don't Want To Cry	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
29	Pearlean Gray And The Passengers	I Don't Want To Cry	Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 2]
30	The Ink Spots	I Don't Want The Set The World On Fire	Your Hit Parade – 1941
31	Fats Domino	I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire	This Is Gold Disc 2
32	Billie Holiday	I Don't Want To Cry Anymore	Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years [Disc 1]
33	Big Maybelle	I Don't Want To Cry	Blues, Candy & Big Maybelle
34	Ted Fio Rito & His Orchestra	I Don't Want to Love You	Spotlighting the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Theme Time

Your Lucky Day

March 16, 2024 Dave

Mining the archives we find that bad luck and trouble are not a concern as Spring peeks around the corner. Luck is our watchword on this March morning and we’ll try to keep our superstitions in check. We’ll be taking our chances with a themed show today that blends some vocals from past and present and with this being an election year…we need all the luck we can get. Tune in for some Raul Malo, Charley Crockett, Howlin’ Wolf, Judy Garland and a couple dozen others following the theme of ‘Your Lucky Day’. Let us keep you entertained while the rest of the world goes by. Tune us in on your radio at 92.5 FM or, better yet, listen to us anywhere on planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. You can change your luck by adopting a cat, you know. And black cats have, despite longstanding superstitions, the best of personalities.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jim Lauderdale	Lucky 13	Point of No Return: The Unreleased 1989 Album
3	Chris Isaak	Waiting for My Lucky Day	Baja Sessions
4	The Bobby Fuller Four	I'm A Lucky Guy	The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four
5	Frank Sinatra	Luck Be a Lady	Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
6	Judy Garland	Lucky Day	Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby!
7	Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody)	My Lucky Day	Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949
8	Jimmy Smith	I'm Just A Lucky So And So	Standards
9	Ray Charles	Lucky Old Sun	Hear Music Volume 1
10	Tommy Flanagan	Friday The 13th	For Monk-A Tribute To The Music Of Thelonious Monk
11	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	Bad Luck, Pt. 1	Greatest Hits
12	Howlin' Wolf	Hard Luck	The Chess Box [Disc 3]
13	Chris Thomas King	Superstitious Blues	Me, My Guitar and the Blues
14	Chance Halladay	Lucky Me	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
15	John Fogerty	Bad Moon Rising	The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
16	Stevie Wonder	Superstition	Hitsville USA, Vol. 2: The Motown Singles Collection 1972-1992 Disc 1
17	Howlin' Wolf	I Ain't Superstitious	The Chess Box
18	J.J. Cale	Lady Luck	Travel Log
19	Raul Malo	Lucky One	Lucky One
20	Charley Crockett	Lots of Luck	Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza
21	Johnny Cash	Thirteen	American Recordings
22	Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit	Lucky Dog	The Rose of England
23	Tommy Collins	Black Cat	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
24	The Band Of Heathens	Black Cat	Black Cat (Single)
25	Albert King	Born Under A Bad Sign	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
26	Dr. John	Witchy Red	Television
27	Eels	Your Lucky Day In Hell	Beautiful Freak
28	Joe "Papoose" Fritz	I'm Not Suspicious, But	Boogie Uproar – Gems From The Peacock Vaults

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