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.
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J.J. Cale
Call The Doctor
Naturally
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Eric Clapton
Call Me the Breeze
The Breeze: An Appreciation of JJ Cale
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Case Garrett
Call Me The Breeze
Aurora
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Marc Cohn
After Midnight
Listening Booth: 1970
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Waylon Jennings
Clyde
Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line: The RCA Years Disc 2
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.
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Duane Eddy
Forty Miles Of Bad Road
Dance With The Guitar Man
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Dylan LeBlanc
Sensitive Kind
Pastimes
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Down Like Silver
To the River
Light That Match – Single
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Johnny Thunder
Loop De Loop
The Very Best Of Johnny Thunder
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The Georgia Satellites
Almost Saturday Night / Rockin' All Over the World
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.
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Big Joe Turner
Love Roller Coaster
Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
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Big Maybelle
Whole Lot-Ta Shakin' Goin' On
OKeh Rhythm & Blues
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Ann Cole
Got My Mojo Working
The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 1]
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Mabel Scott
Elevator Boogie
Swing Baby Swing!: House Rocking Swing and Jump Jive Boogie
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Etta James
Spoonful
The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 1]
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Shirley Gunter & The Queens
Oop Shoop
The Flair Story – Dust My Rhythm & Blues
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LaVern Baker
You'd Better Find
Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2 [Disc 5]
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Little Esther & the Dominoes
The Deacon Moves In
Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
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Ruth Brown
This Little Girls Gone Rockin'
The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 1]
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The Drifters With Clyde McPhatter
Such A Night
Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
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Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
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Tabby Thomas
I'd Love To Tell
Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
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…
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Chuck Willis
Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes
I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
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The Ravens
Honey, I Don't Want You
Rhythm 'N' Blues Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 4
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The Blasters
I Don't Want To
American Music
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Wanda Jackson
I Don't Wanta Go
Wonderful Wanda
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Doc Williams
Don't Want To Work
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Tom Waits
I Don't Wanna Grow Up
Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
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Hayes Carll
I Don't Wanna Grow Up
Trouble In Mind
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Tex Williams
I Don't Want To Be Free
Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2
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Jimmy Wakely w/Margaret Whiting
I Don't Want to Be Free
The Collection 1940-53 CD3
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Sir Douglas Quintet
I Don't Want To Go Home
Mono Singles '68-'72
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The Blue Sky Boys
I Don't Want Your Greenback Dollar
Presenting The Blue Sky Boys
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Iris DeMent
I Don't Want To Get Adjusted
Lifeline
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Carrie Rodriguez
I Don't Want To Play House Anymore
Seven Angels on a Bicycle
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Tammy Wynette
I Don't Wanna Play House
Super Hits
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Dr. John
I Don't Wanna Know
The Best Of The Parlophone Years
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Fernest Arceneaux & His Louisiana French Band
I Don't Want Nobody
Putumayo Presents: Blues Party
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Leonard Carbo
I Don't Want To Lose Her
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
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Slim Harpo
I Don't Want No One
The Scratch
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Barbara Lynn
I Don't Want A Playboy
A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979
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Magic Sam
I Don't Want No Woman
West Side Soul
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Susan Tedeschi
I Don't Want Nobody
Better Days
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Buddy & Ella Johnson
I Don't Want Nobody ( To Have My Love But You)
Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 2]
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Sugar Pie DeSanto
I Don't Wanna Fuss
Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966)
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Johnnie Taylor
I Don't Wanna Lose You
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 7]
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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]
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Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers
I Don't Want To Cry
The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
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Pearlean Gray And The Passengers
I Don't Want To Cry
Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 2]
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The Ink Spots
I Don't Want The Set The World On Fire
Your Hit Parade – 1941
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Fats Domino
I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
This Is Gold Disc 2
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Billie Holiday
I Don't Want To Cry Anymore
Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years [Disc 1]
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.
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Jim Lauderdale
Lucky 13
Point of No Return: The Unreleased 1989 Album
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Chris Isaak
Waiting for My Lucky Day
Baja Sessions
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The Bobby Fuller Four
I'm A Lucky Guy
The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four
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Frank Sinatra
Luck Be a Lady
Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
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Judy Garland
Lucky Day
Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby!
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Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody)
My Lucky Day
Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949
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Jimmy Smith
I'm Just A Lucky So And So
Standards
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Ray Charles
Lucky Old Sun
Hear Music Volume 1
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Tommy Flanagan
Friday The 13th
For Monk-A Tribute To The Music Of Thelonious Monk
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.
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The Shangri-Las
Sophisticated Boom Boom
Myrmidons of Melodrama
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Reparata And The Delrons
Whenever A Teenager Cries
Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 3]
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The Angels
Cry Baby Cry
Ultimate Rock 'n Roll Time Capsule – Volume 2 [Disc 5]
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The Angels
The Guy With The Black Eye
Second Helpings: Sequels To The Songs That Left 'Em Hungry For More!
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.
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The Beach Boys
School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)
Ten Years of Harmony Disc 1
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Chuck Berry
School Days
The Chess Box Disc 1
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Mickey & Sylvia
Love Will Make You Fail in School
Love Is Strange and It Will Make You Fail in School
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The 5 Royales
School Girl
The Complete Singles 1952-1962
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Smiley Lewis
School Days Are Back Again
I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 4
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Jerry Lee Lewis
High School Confidential
36 All-Time Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
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Johnny & The Jammers
School Day Blues
Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
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Johnny Burnette
Skippin' School
The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 6
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Waitin' In School (Live at the Fillmore 1997)
Live at the Fillmore, 1997 (Deluxe)
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Rick Nelson
Back to Schooldays
The Last Time Around [1970-1982][CD1]
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Dave Edmunds
Back to School Days
Single Trax 1970-1981
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Dave Edmunds
High School Nights
Porky's Revenge! [Expanded]
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Billy Harlan
School House Rock
That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 6 (Us Decca, Vol. 2)
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Wynn Stewart
School Bus Love Affair
Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
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Toni Rossini
(Meet Me) After School
Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era
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Nicky & The Nobles
School Bells
War Paint – The Gone Records Story
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Bobby Rydell
Swingin' School
Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits
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The Beach Boys
Be True to Your School
20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits
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Jan & Dean
The New Girl In School
Greatest Hits
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Gary (U.S.) Bonds
School Is Out
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
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Herbie Alpert & His Sextet
Summer School
Another Banana Split, please
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Betty Grable
Don't Carry Tales Out Of School
The Pin-Up Girl (Disc 2)
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Austin McCoy & Frankie Ervin
High School Baby
Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 5]: West Coast Blues V1
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Nat King Cole Trio
You Don't Learn That In School
The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
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Paul Simon
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
Paul Simon
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Taj Mahal
Good Morning Little School Girl
Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home
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Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band
Good Morning Schoolgirl
Blues Masters, Vol. 7: Blues Revival
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NRBQ
Still In School
Peek-A-Boo: The Best Of NRBQ, 1969-1989 [Disc 1]
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James Intveld
High School Hellcats
Cry-Baby
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The Ramones
Rock 'N' Roll High School
End of the Century
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Wee Willie Harris
Back To School Again
Their Greatest Misses
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Ricky Nelson
Waitin' In School
Legacy [Disc 1]
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Alex Chilton
The New Girl in School
A Man Called Destruction
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Louis Jordan
School Days
Jivin' With Jordan
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Tom Paxton
What Did You Learn In School Today?
Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
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.
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Marty Robbins
El Paso
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
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Johnny Horton
The Battle Of New Orleans
Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
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Johnny Horton
When It's Springtime In Alaska
Classic Country: Great Story Songs [Disc 1]
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Bobby Darin
Mack The Knife
As Long As I'm Singing: The Bobby Darin Collection [Disc 2]
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Bobby Darin
Dream Lover
As Long As I'm Singing: The Bobby Darin Collection [Disc 1]
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Paul Anka
Lonely Boy
His All Time Greatest Hits – 30th Anniversary Collection
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Frankie Avalon
Venus
Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1959
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The Spacemen
The Clouds
Teen Beat 1
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Lloyd Price
Stagger Lee
Greatest Hits: The Original ABC-Paramount Recordings
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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
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Bo Diddley
Say Man
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley
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Ray Charles
What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
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James Brown
Try Me
20 All Time Greatest Hits!
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Wilbert Harrison
Kansas City
Red, White & Rock Disc 1
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The Drifters
There Goes My Baby
Definitive Collection: The Drifters [Disc 1]
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Brook Benton
Its Just A Matter Of Time
The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD2)
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Lenny Martin & the Orchestra/The Skyliners
Since I Don't Have You
Doo Wop Box Disc 3
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Chuck Berry
Back in the U.S.A.
The Chess Box Disc 2
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Chuck Berry
Almost Grown
The Chess Box Disc 2
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Neil Sedaka
Oh! Carol
The Brill Building Sound Disc 1
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Dion & The Belmonts
A Teenager In Love
Greatest Hits
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The Browns
The Three Bells
Classic Country
25
The Platters
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
All-Time Greatest Hits
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The Fleetwoods
Come Softly To Me
Come Softly To Me: The Very Best Of The Fleetwoods
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Johnny Mathis
Misty
Your Hit Parade -1959
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Della Reese
Don't You Know
Solid Gold Soul 1959
29
The Drifters
Dance With Me
The Definitive Drifters [Disc 1]
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Phil Phillips
Sea Of Love
Heatin' Up
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Jackie Wilson
That's Why ( I Love You So )
Lonely Teardrops
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Johnny Cash
I Got Stripes
Songs Of Our Soil
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Stonewall Jackson
Waterloo
Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
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Brenda Lee
Sweet Nothin4s
Miss Dynamite
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Ronnie Hawkins
Mary Lou
The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks
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Jim Reeves
Billy Bayou
Country Roads – Ralph Emery Presents – For The Good Times
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.
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Jimmy Rushing
Sent for You Yesterday and Here You Come Today
Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him
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Bull Moose Jackson
Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me
Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950
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Bull Moose Jackson
Keep You're Big Mouth Shut
Bad Man Jackson
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Wynonie Harris
Wasn't That Good
Lovin' Machine
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Wynonie Harris
Bloodshot Eyes
Lovin' Machine
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Amos Milburn
House Party (Tonight)
Amos Milburn Rocks
8
Amos Milburn
Down The Road Apiece
Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn
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Amos Milburn
Let's Have A Party
ABC Of The Blues Vol 30
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Johnny Otis
Baby Baby Blues
Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
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Johnny Otis
Good Ole Blues
ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 34
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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
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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]
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Roy Brown, Professor Longhair & Dave Bartholomew
Cadillac Baby
Roy Brown & New Orleans R&B – Disc A
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Roy Brown, Dave Bartholomew
Ain't Gonna Do It
Roy Brown & New Orleans R&B – Disc C
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Big Joe Turner
Morning, Noon and Night
Big Joe Rocks
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Big Joe Turner
Feeling Happy
Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
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T-Bone Walker
Come Back to Me Baby Blues
Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1
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T-Bone Walker
Street Walking Woman
The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1]
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.
