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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

Hive Harmony

February 17, 2024 Dave

The bouffant and the beehive…hairstyles with a tease and some backcombing, were all the rage in the sixties. Like pop music, it had a short life before the British wave. Unlike pop music, whose sound endured, the fashion was washed away at the salon in favor of the next big thing. Girl groups set the tone for the harmonious sounds of the time, and our nostalgia cruise will be tooling the AM radio sounds of the very best of the beehive and flip hairstyles of groups like The Shangri-Las, The Paris Sisters, The Angels, Lesley Gore and a couple dozen others in this week’s show. Join Dave for the hits, the misses, and the near misses along with some of the unheard in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. He’ll also share a number of tracks from an excellent 2018 release from Chicago’s Numero Group featuring some of ‘the others’. Girl groups emerged as a dominant force in the music industry, characterized by harmonious vocals, catchy melodies, and often choreographed performances.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Shangri-Las	Sophisticated Boom Boom	Myrmidons of Melodrama
3	Reparata And The Delrons	Whenever A Teenager Cries	Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 3]
4	The Angels	Cry Baby Cry	Ultimate Rock 'n Roll Time Capsule – Volume 2 [Disc 5]
5	The Angels	The Guy With The Black Eye	Second Helpings: Sequels To The Songs That Left 'Em Hungry For More!
6	Shirley Ellis	I See It, I Like It, I Want It	The Clapping Song… And More
7	Shirley Ellis	The Clapping Song	We Love Pirate Radio – 60s Favourites
8	Dee Dee Sharp	I Sold My Heart to the Junkman	It's Mashed Potato Time
9	The Blossoms	Hard To Get	Love Charms: California Girls And Groups
10	The Ribbons	Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya	Love Charms: California Girls And Groups
11	The Dreamers	Do Not Forget	Love Charms: California Girls And Groups
12	Nancy Sinatra	Like I Do	Love Charms: California Girls And Groups
13	Lesley Gore	Look Of Love	The Golden Hits Of Lesley Gore
14	Lesley Gore	Maybe I Know	The Golden Hits Of Lesley Gore
15	The Shangri-Las	He Cried	Myrmidons of Melodrama
16	The Ronettes	Do I Love You?	The Best of the Ronettes
17	The Ronettes	Everything Under the Sun	The Best of the Ronettes
18	The Jelly Beans	I Wanna Love Him So Bad	The Best Of The Girl Groups, Vol. 1
19	The Cookies	I Never Dreamed	Birth Of Soul: 2
20	The Murmaids	Popsicles And Icicles	Early Girls: 1
21	The Petites	Lonely Girl	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
22	The Monzas	Ain't It the Truth	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
23	The Vandelettes	He's All Mine	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
24	The Contessas	Gimme Gimme	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
25	Paris Sisters	Be My Boy	Early Girls – vol 5
26	The Chantels	Look In My Eyes	Four By Four – Girl Groups
27	The Chiffons	Stop, Look And Listen	One Fine Day And Other Favorites
28	The Chiffons	A Love So Fine	One Fine Day And Other Favorites
29	The Dixie Cups	Gee The Moon Is Shining Bright (Mono Single)	The Complete Red Bird Recordings
30	The Dixie Cups	Another Boy Like Mine	The Complete Red Bird Recordings
31	The Shirelles	Baby, It's You	Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 1)
32	The Shangri-Las	Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)	Myrmidons of Melodrama
33	Peggy March	Hello Heartache, Goodbye Love	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
34	Vickie & The Van Dykes	Baby I'm Crying	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground

Back To Schooldays

January 29, 2024 Dave

Good times, bad times…let’s take a theme trip to schooldays past in music this week. Whether you were a product of the fifties, sixties or beyond, you remember your favorite music. We’ll be zooming in on sounds from that era in the show today as we explore the high school theme with topics like ‘lettered sweaters’…what ever happened to those? Or maybe the reminder of the bell or buzzer in the hallways. Or maybe that favorite after school rendezvous spot. We’ll be sharing music that celebrated school and affairs of the young at heart with tracks from The 5 Royals, Johnny Burnette, Gary US Bonds and some other favorites as well as some unknowns from some dusty 45s buried deep in the archives. Namely Nicky & The Nobles, Johnny & The Jammers, and Herbie Alpert & His Sextet. Quite the fun today so drop by.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Beach Boys	School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)	Ten Years of Harmony Disc 1
3	Chuck Berry	School Days	The Chess Box Disc 1
4	Mickey & Sylvia	Love Will Make You Fail in School	Love Is Strange and It Will Make You Fail in School
5	The 5 Royales	School Girl	The Complete Singles 1952-1962
6	Smiley Lewis	School Days Are Back Again	I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 4
7	Jerry Lee Lewis	High School Confidential	36 All-Time Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
8	Johnny & The Jammers	School Day Blues	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
9	Johnny Burnette	Skippin' School	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 6
10	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	Waitin' In School (Live at the Fillmore 1997)	Live at the Fillmore, 1997 (Deluxe)
11	Rick Nelson	Back to Schooldays	The Last Time Around [1970-1982][CD1]
12	Dave Edmunds	Back to School Days	Single Trax 1970-1981
13	Dave Edmunds	High School Nights	Porky's Revenge! [Expanded]
14	Billy Harlan	School House Rock	That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 6 (Us Decca, Vol. 2)
15	Wynn Stewart	School Bus Love Affair	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
16	Toni Rossini	(Meet Me) After School	Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era
17	Nicky & The Nobles	School Bells	War Paint – The Gone Records Story
18	Bobby Rydell	Swingin' School	Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits
19	The Beach Boys	Be True to Your School	20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits
20	Jan & Dean	The New Girl In School	Greatest Hits
21	Gary (U.S.) Bonds	School Is Out	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
22	Herbie Alpert & His Sextet	Summer School	Another Banana Split, please
23	Betty Grable	Don't Carry Tales Out Of School	The Pin-Up Girl (Disc 2)
24	Austin McCoy & Frankie Ervin	High School Baby	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 5]: West Coast Blues V1
25	Nat King Cole Trio	You Don't Learn That In School	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
26	Paul Simon	Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard	Paul Simon
27	Taj Mahal	Good Morning Little School Girl	Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home
28	Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band	Good Morning Schoolgirl	Blues Masters, Vol. 7: Blues Revival
29	NRBQ	Still In School	Peek-A-Boo: The Best Of NRBQ, 1969-1989 [Disc 1]
30	James Intveld	High School Hellcats	Cry-Baby
31	The Ramones	Rock 'N' Roll High School	End of the Century
32	Wee Willie Harris	Back To School Again	Their Greatest Misses
33	Ricky Nelson	Waitin' In School	Legacy [Disc 1]
34	Alex Chilton	The New Girl in School	A Man Called Destruction
35	Louis Jordan	School Days	Jivin' With Jordan
36	Tom Paxton	What Did You Learn In School Today?	Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound

The Year in Music 1959

December 2, 2023 Dave

Popular culture in 1959 was marked by a dynamic mix of artistic and societal shifts. The music scene was dominated by the rise of rock and roll shaping the sound of the era. It found itself rising above the simple adult contemporary and country sounds of the day. Iconic films such as “Some Like It Hot” and “Ben-Hur” showcased a diverse range of storytelling and cinematic styles and cultural narratives found a place in television, with shows like “The Twilight Zone” captivating audiences with thought-provoking and imaginative storytelling. The boomers were reaching their teen years, the space race was launched and a torch was about to be passed in Washington. Our show today spins the top tracks from each of the pop, country, R&B and rock charts reflecting a year of cultural transition, encapsulating the tension between traditional values and the evolving influences of a changing world. Everyone from Johnny Horton and Marty Robbins to Lloyd Price, The Fleetwoods, and Bobby Darin…all in one two hour show on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Marty Robbins	El Paso	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
3	Johnny Horton	The Battle Of New Orleans	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
4	Johnny Horton	When It's Springtime In Alaska	Classic Country: Great Story Songs [Disc 1]
5	Bobby Darin	Mack The Knife	As Long As I'm Singing: The Bobby Darin Collection [Disc 2]
6	Bobby Darin	Dream Lover	As Long As I'm Singing: The Bobby Darin Collection [Disc 1]
7	Paul Anka	Lonely Boy	His All Time Greatest Hits – 30th Anniversary Collection
8	Frankie Avalon	Venus	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1959
9	The Spacemen	The Clouds	Teen Beat 1
10	Lloyd Price	Stagger Lee	Greatest Hits: The Original ABC-Paramount Recordings
11	Lloyd Price	Personality	Hit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount Story
12	Elvis Presley	(Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I	Elvis 30 #1 Hits
13	Bo Diddley	Say Man	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley
14	Ray Charles	What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
15	James Brown	Try Me	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
16	Wilbert Harrison	Kansas City	Red, White & Rock Disc 1
17	The Drifters	There Goes My Baby	Definitive Collection: The Drifters [Disc 1]
18	Brook Benton	Its Just A Matter Of Time	The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD2)
19	Lenny Martin & the Orchestra/The Skyliners	Since I Don't Have You	Doo Wop Box Disc 3
20	Chuck Berry	Back in the U.S.A.	The Chess Box Disc 2
21	Chuck Berry	Almost Grown	The Chess Box Disc 2
22	Neil Sedaka	Oh! Carol	The Brill Building Sound Disc 1
23	Dion & The Belmonts	A Teenager In Love	Greatest Hits
24	The Browns	The Three Bells	Classic Country
25	The Platters	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	All-Time Greatest Hits
26	The Fleetwoods	Come Softly To Me	Come Softly To Me: The Very Best Of The Fleetwoods
27	Johnny Mathis	Misty	Your Hit Parade -1959
28	Della Reese	Don't You Know	Solid Gold Soul 1959
29	The Drifters	Dance With Me	The Definitive Drifters [Disc 1]
30	Phil Phillips	Sea Of Love	Heatin' Up
31	Jackie Wilson	That's Why ( I Love You So )	Lonely Teardrops
32	Johnny Cash	I Got Stripes	Songs Of Our Soil
33	Stonewall Jackson	Waterloo	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
34	Brenda Lee	Sweet Nothin4s	Miss Dynamite
35	Ronnie Hawkins	Mary Lou	The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks
36	Jim Reeves	Billy Bayou	Country Roads – Ralph Emery Presents – For The Good Times

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Jump Blues Party

November 18, 2023 Dave

Jump blues was the precursor to rock, emerging in post-war America. You can count Chuck Berry and Little Richard among those who were heavily influenced by jump blues. This lively and rhythmically driven music genre is characterized by the fusion of elements from jazz, blues, and rhythm and blues with a nod to big band. Urban migration led to this blending of musical styles and seemed to foster a faster and more electrified sound. Our show today zeroes in on some of the most influential performers in the realm of jump blues including Louis Jordan, Wynonie Harris, Lucky Millinder, and Jimmy Witherspoon. It’s a Friday morning house party once again on KOWS Community Radio’s Deeper Roots with your host Dave Stroud with some bluesy licks, upbeat tempos and joyful vocals.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jimmy Rushing	Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today	Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him
3	Bull Moose Jackson	Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me	Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950
4	Bull Moose Jackson	Keep You're Big Mouth Shut	Bad Man Jackson
5	Wynonie Harris	Wasn't That Good	Lovin' Machine
6	Wynonie Harris	Bloodshot Eyes	Lovin' Machine
7	Amos Milburn	House Party (Tonight)	Amos Milburn Rocks
8	Amos Milburn	Down The Road Apiece	Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn
9	Amos Milburn	Let's Have A Party	ABC Of The Blues Vol 30
10	Johnny Otis	Baby Baby Blues	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
11	Johnny Otis	Good Ole Blues	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 34
12	Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra	Silent George	Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B
13	Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra	Shorty's Got to Go	Greatest R&B Hits of 1946, Vol. 4
14	Louis Jordan	Saturday Night Fish Fry	Artist's Choice: Joni Mitchell
15	Louis Jordan	Salt Pork, W. Va.	Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 2]
16	Roy Brown, Professor Longhair & Dave Bartholomew	Cadillac Baby	Roy Brown & New Orleans R&B – Disc A
17	Roy Brown, Dave Bartholomew	Ain't Gonna Do It	Roy Brown & New Orleans R&B – Disc C
18	Big Joe Turner	Morning, Noon and Night	Big Joe Rocks
19	Big Joe Turner	Feeling Happy	Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
20	T-Bone Walker	Come Back to Me Baby Blues	Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1
21	T-Bone Walker	Street Walking Woman	The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1]
22	Jimmy Witherspoon	K.C. Loving	The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 2]
23	Jimmy Witherspoon	Bar Fly Blues	Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars
24	Paul Gayten	Music Goes Round And Round	Roots of Rock 'n' Roll – Rough and Rowdy, Vol. 3
25	Paul Gayten	For You My Love	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
26	Dave Bartholomew	Shrimp And Gumbo	1952-1955
27	Tiny Bradshaw	I'm Going To Have Myself A Ball	Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
28	Joe Liggins	Going Back To New Orleans	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
29	Fats Domino	I'm Walkin'	My Blue Heaven: The Best of Fats Domino
30	Joe Liggins	Rag Mop	Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
31	Bill Haley & the Comets	Farewell, So Long, Goodbye	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (2): Rock the Joint
32	Louis Jordan	Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens	Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
33	Wynonie Harris	Lollipop Mama	Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949
34	The Treniers	Go! Go! Go!	Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie

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Ladies of Rockabilly

October 1, 2023 Dave

Sweatin’ with the oldies…that’s all we can say. This week’s Deeper Roots focuses on both the vintage and the contemporary performances by women who took on the rockabilly mantle. While a male-dominated genre, particularly when the boys (and record companies) were chasing the next Elvis, gave us hundreds (thousands?) of gyrating hips and raw rock in the form of pounding piano, thrashing guitar and duck tails, there was barely enough room for the ladies. But we’ve made some room on this morning’s show where we’ll be featuring the likes of Wanda Jackson, Janis Martin, Laura Lee Perkins and a bevy of brash rocking women from the early days of rock ‘n roll. We’ll do our best to balance the show with late breakers of the rockabilly kind: Kim Lenz, Linda Gail Lewis, Imelda May and Rosie Flores are some of the contemporary sounds we’ll be hearing from on this September morning. Tune in for a wild two hours…guaranteed.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Patsy Cline	Stop, Look And Listen	Grady Martin
3	Brenda Lee	Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar)	Grady Martin
4	Joyce Green	Black Cadillac	Wild Streak, Vol. 1
5	Mimi Roman	Little Lovin'	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
6	Laura Lee Perkins	I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Lovin'	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
7	Laura Lee Perkins	Oh La Baby	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
8	Maddox Brothers & Rose	The Death of Rock 'n' Roll	Classic Rockabilly
9	Janis Martin	Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll	Classic Rockabilly
10	Janis Martin	Will You Willyum	Grady Martin
11	Wanda Jackson	There's A Party Goin' On	Queen Of Rockabilly
12	Wanda Jackson	Let's Have A Party	Queen Of Rockabilly
13	The Collins Kids	Party	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
14	The Collins Kids	I'm In My Teens	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
15	Ann Jones	Hi-ballin' Daddy	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56
16	Barbara Pittman	Sentimental Fool	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
17	Sparkle Moore	Rock-a-Bop	Classic Rockabilly
18	Jean Chapel	I Won't Be Rockin' Tonight	Classic Rockabilly
19	Charline Arthur	Hello Baby	Big "D" Jamboree, Gals Of The
20	Charline Arthur	Burn That Candle	Welcome To The Club
21	Robert Gordon	Hot Dog! That Made Her Mad (feat. Rosie Flores)	Rockabilly for Life
22	Rosie Flores & The Talismen	I've Got A Right To Cry	So Sad
23	Kim Lenz & the Jaguars	Howl at the Moon	The One and Only
24	Kim Lenz	Bury Me Deep	Slowly Speeding
25	Kim Lenz & the Jaguars	Rock & Roll Guitar	The One and Only
26	Ronnie Wood with his Wild Five	Rock 'n' Roll Music (featuring Imelda May)	Mad Lad: A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry
27	Imelda May	Big Bad Handsome Man	Love Tattoo
28	Samantha Fish	It's Your Voodoo Working	Chills & Fever
29	Linda Gail Lewis, Slim Jim Phantom & Danny B. Harvey	Diggin' My Way out of Hell	Diggin' My Way Out Of Hell – Single
30	Linda Gail Lewis	Rocking My Life Away	Hard Rocking Woman
31	Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis	Boogie Woogie Country Gal	Wild! Wild! Wild!
32	Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis	Let's Talk About Us	You Win Again
33	Tammy Lynn & Myles High	Good Rockin' Tonight	Turn My Music On
34	Tammy Lynn & Myles High	Sweet As My Baby	Turn My Music On
35	Wanda Jackson	Mean Mean Man	Rocket In My Pocket
36	Wanda Jackson	Long Tall Sally	Queen Of Rockabilly
37	Wanda Jackson	Two Shots (feat. Elle King and Joan Jett)	Encore
38	Janis Martin	My Boy Elvis	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1

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Hair’s On Fire

August 23, 2023 Dave

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

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

Celebrating Tom Waits

July 24, 2023 Dave

This week we’ll spend our two hours in a shroud of barroom musk, out-of-tune brass, and painted ladies all spent before the tunes of an American treasure. We speak of Tom Waits. The New York Times, in a review of Barney Hoskyns’ 2009 biography of Tom Waits, Lowside of The Road describes our subject today thusly: “He is as potent and unpredictable a musical force as most of us have witnessed in our lifetimes, and that’s not faint praise. The graveyard croak of his gravelly, bellowing baritone is righteous, paint-scraping, unmistakable; it scatters small animals and slaps your synapses to startled attention. With what’s left of your adrenalized wits, you can attend to his mordant lyrics, which he packs into songs he divides (as his wife, Kathleen Brennan, put it) into two primordial categories: “the grand weeper” and “the grim reaper”. He’s our neighbor here in Sonoma County and we could not be more proud of the boy…really.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	John Hammond, Jr.	Clap Hands	Wicked Grin
3	Courtney Marie Andrews	Downtown Train	Come On Up To The House – Women Sing Waits
4	Tom Waits	Tom Traubert's Blues	Small Change
5	Willie Nelson;Sheryl Crow;Lukas Nelson	Come On Up To The House	Heroes
6	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Way Down In The Hole	Spirit Of The Century
7	The Holmes Brothers	Train Song	Promised Land
8	King Ernest	House Where Nobody Lives	Not The Same Old Blues Crap, Vol. 2
9	The Blue Hawaiians	Jockey Full of Bourbon	Savage Night
10	Tom Waits	Dead & Lovely	Real Gone
11	Tom Waits	Ice Cream Man	Closing Time
12	Holly Cole	(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night	Temptation
13	Norah Jones	The Long Way Home	Feels Like Home
14	Tom Waits	I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You	Closing Time
15	Hayes Carll	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	Trouble In Mind
16	Eagles	Ol' '55	The Very Best of the Eagles [2003] Disc 1
17	Willie Nelson	Picture In A Frame	It Always Will Be
18	Tom Waits	On The Nickel	Heartattack And Vine
19	Marc Ribot	Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful) (feat. Tom Waits)	Songs of Resistance 1942 – 2018
20	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
21	Solomon Burke	Diamond in Your Mind	Don't Give Up on Me
22	Tom Waits	Whistlin4 Past The Graveyard	Used Songs 1973-1980
23	Tom Waits	Georgia Lee	Mule Variations

Summer Sun

June 30, 2023 Dave

Summer’s here and you know what that means…we’ll be running through a bit of theme, this time with the focus on all that we celebrate in summer. With the Fourth of July coming up we’ll turn our attention to barbecues, baseball, ice cream treats, the warmth of the sun, swimming holes, and everything summer. Tune in for some terrific tracks from Dean Martin, Johnny Rivers, The Four Preps, Walter Wanderly and a whole lot more. It took us six months for the days to get longer and now it’s another six months of diminished daylight but that’s what make three other seasons something to relish…I guess. So whether you’re shipping kids off to summer camp, planning for this year’s visit to the Fair, or planning a trip to a ballpark or beach, know that it’ll be warmer than colder and we’re here to play the background music here on Sonoma County Community Radio, KOWS-LP, 92.5 FM Occidental, streaming to all over this big blue marble on kowsfm.com/listen.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Beach Boys	All Summer Long	All Summer Long
3	The Donkeys	Theme From The Endless Summer	Theme From The Endless Summer [single]
4	Jack Nitzsche	The Lonely Surfer	Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 2
5	The Beach Boys	Keep An Eye On Summer	Summer Love Songs
6	Nat King Cole	That Sunday, That Summer	30 Greatest Hits Disc 1
7	The Four Preps	26 Miles (Santa Catalina)	Banana Split for My Baby
8	The Grand Southern	The Boys of Summer	Don't Say Anything
9	Terry Cashman	Talkin' Baseball (Willie, Mickey & "The Duke")	61* [Box Set] Disc 1
10	John Fogerty	Centerfield	Sing America
11	Sister Wynona Carr	The Ball Game	Baseball Anthems
12	Betty Bonney & Les Brown and His Orchestra	Joltin' Joe Dimaggio	Baseball Anthems
13	Ronnie Isle and the Blisters	Bad Sunburn	Banana Split for My Baby
14	Dean Martin w. Dick Stabile Orchestra	In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening	Good Old Summertime
15	The Four Mints	Night Air	Good Old Summertime
16	Jo Ann Campbell	Beach Comber	Banana Split for My Baby
17	Frank Triolo and the Shipmates Orchestra	Ice Cream Baby	Banana Split for My Baby
18	The Pearls	Ice Cream Baby	Another Banana Split, please
19	Leslie Uggams and Hugo Peretti Orchestra	Ice Cream Man	Banana Split for My Baby
20	Fred Waring; Pennsylvanians	I Scream, You Scream (We All Scream for Ice Cream)	The Silly Songs (1922 to 1934)
21	Walter Wanderley	Summer Samba	Instrumental Favorites- Latin Rhythms
22	Johnny Rivers	Summer Rain	Anthology: 1964-1977 [Disc 2]
23	Santo & Johnny	Summertime	Sleepwalk – The First Two Albums
24	Les Paul & Mary Ford	In The Good Old Summertime	The Best Of The Capitol Masters: 90th Birthday Edition
25	Loudon Wainwright III	The Swimming Song	Attempted Mustache
26	Bobby Bare	They Covered Up the Old Swimming Hole	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
27	Tennessee Ernie Ford and Cliffie Stone's Music	Sunday Barbecue	Banana Split for My Baby
28	Robert Earl Keen	Barbeque	Gringo Honeymoon
29	Buzz Cason	Barbeque	Hats Off To Hank
30	Wendy Waldman	Long Hot Summer Nights	Love Is The Only Goal: The Best Of Wendy Waldman
31	Plains	Summer Sun	I Walked With You A Ways
32	Robin Ward	Wonderful Summer	Vintage Collectors Series Music, Volume 11 & 12
33	Don Henley	The Boys Of Summer	Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits

Cynthia Weil Tribute

June 17, 2023 Dave

In a June Substack tribute to Cynthia Weil’s legacy, Dan Epstein of “Jagged Time Lapse” observed that the “modern pop songbook would be significantly slimmer and less life-affirming without their work”. The ‘their’ referring, of course, to her husband and songwriting partner Barry Mann. From their early Brill Building output which included “Uptown” (The Crystals), “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (The Righteous Brothers), and “Walking In The Rain” (The Ronettes), to the chart-topping 80s classics of “Don’t Know Much” (Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville) and “Here You Come Again” (Dolly Parton), Cynthia Weil’s contributions to popular music were indeed affirming. This week’s Deeper Roots pays due respect to Cynthia, who was married to Barry Mann for almost 62 years, and was lyricist to his music. Their contributions to the sound of rock and roll and pop music in the 1960s rivaled luminaries like Burt Bacharach, Carole King and Neil Diamond.

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

A Century of America's Music