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.
Category Archives: Rock
Wake Up!
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. | ||||
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| 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) | |
A Bucket Of Nuggets
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’.
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| 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
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 | |
Ride Away
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 | |
Swamp Pop Fest
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 | |
J.J. Cale Tribute
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
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] | |
Rhythm Roller Coaster
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 | |
Don’t Wanna
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 | |