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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

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Sass & Gas

June 8, 2023 Dave

An eclectic episode full of sass, gas and plenty of brass. We’re going the free form route today and there’ll be plenty of embellishments to the morning as we take a blindfolded trip through a hall of mirrors with some classy vocals from Frankie, Peggy Lee and Helen Forrest; some honky tonk whiskey-in-the-bottle twangin’ from George Jones, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee; rocking rhythm passion from Tina Turner, The Marquees, and Elmore James; and much more including some little known nuggets from Bob Dylan, Merle Travis, and Daddy Cleanhead. We’re going to set the morning on fire with plenty of fuel from the deeper wells of the past century of America’s music. You don’t want to miss out. Join Dave Stroud for another Friday morning selection of wild tune-age on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Hank Penny	Hold The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
3	Ike & Tina Turner	It's Gonna Work Out Fine	Birth Of Soul: 3
4	Marshall Crenshaw	Blues Is King	Downtown
5	Daddy Cleanhead	Something's Goin' On In My Room	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
6	The Marquees	Hey Little Schoolgirl	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
7	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Dry Bones	The Best Of 1940-50
8	James Taylor	Coming Back To You	Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen
9	Bob Dylan	Braggin'	Triplicate
10	Frank Sinatra	I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
11	Peggy Lee	I'm Beginning To See The Light	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four
12	Glen Gray & The Casa Lorne Orchestra	Blue Moon	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
13	The Artie Shaw Orchestra Feat. Helen Forrest	Deep In A Dream	The Essential Artie Shaw [Disc 2]
14	Buddy Emmons	Deep In The Heart Of Texas	Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills
15	Geraint Watkins	Deep in the Heart of Texas	Aide Memoire
16	Carl Perkins	Matchbox	Original Sun Greatest Hits
17	Jimmie Dale Gilmore	Train of Love	Come on Back
18	Slim Whitman	Down In The Valley	Wagon Wheels [Disc 2]
19	The Handsome Family	Down In the Valley of Hollow Logs	Through the Trees
20	The Louvin Brothers	The Wreck On The Highway	Sing the Great Roy Acuff Songs
21	George Jones	Just One More	The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
22	Geraint Watkins	Heart of Stone	Rush of Blood
23	Merle Travis	I Used To Work In Chicago	The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.
24	Webb Pierce	California Blues	Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series
25	The Carlisles	Nine Have Tried (and None Have Died) (Second Countdown)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
26	Hank Williams	No, No Joe	Beyond The Sunset
27	Charlie Louvin	Katy Dear	Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs
28	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Cadillac in Model "A"	Legends of Country Music Disc 4
29	Jerry Lee Lewis	End of the Road	25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings
30	Everly Brothers	I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail	Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2
31	Johnny Cash	Train Of Love	His Sun Years: Down South
32	T-Bone Burnett	I'm Coming Home	Truth Decay
33	Bob Dylan	Ring Them Bells	Oh Mercy
34	Steve Allen	This Could Be The Start Of Something Big	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]

Liberty Rocks

May 26, 2023 Dave

Liberty Records was founded in 1955 by Simon Waronker after his cousin, Herb Newman, suggested they go into the record business. The early years found the label in the deep end of easy listening pop with the likes of Julie London, novelty music featuring The Chipmunks, Patience and Prudence, Martin Denny, and Henry Mancini. But rock n’ roll was hitting its stride, and in the late fifties they released a blend of pure rock and rockabilly with Eddie Cochran. But the 60s found a more tame version with hitmakers like Bobby Vee, Johnny Burnette, Timi Yuro, Buddy Knox, and the post-Buddy Holly Crickets. At the peak of it’s hit-making machine the whole lot was sold to an umbrella company that also featured the catalogs of Imperial, Aladdin, Minit, and Dolton…we’ll share a host of Liberty releases with you in the show today. With the exception of Eddie Cochran, we’ll just call it rock ‘n roll ‘lite’.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Eddie Cochran	C'mon Everybody	Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1]
3	Eddie Cochran	Hallelujah I Love Her So	Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1]
4	Eddie Cochran	Nervous Breakdown	Eddie Cochran Singles Album
5	Shirley & Lee	Hey Little Boy	Shirley & Lee Rock
6	Rick Nelson	Teenage Idol	Greatest Love Songs
7	Sandy Nelson	&And Then There Were Drums	Their Greatest Misses
8	Buddy Knox	Open (Your Lovin' Arms)	Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
9	Bobby Vee	Sharing You	Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
10	Roosevelt Grier	The Mail Must Go Through	Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
11	Jackie DeShannon	Just Like In The Movies	Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
12	Warren Smith	Book Of Broken Hearts	Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
13	The Rivingtons	Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow	Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
14	Gene McDaniels	Chip Chip	Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
15	Johnny Burnette	The Fool Of The Year	Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
16	Matt Monroe	Softly As I Leave You	Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
17	Betty O' Brian	Money Honey	Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
18	The Crickets	Little Hollywood Girl	Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
19	Bobby Vee	The Night Has A Thousand Eyes	Easy Listening Gold 1962-1963
20	Jackie DeShannon	Needles And Pins	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
21	The Ventures	Walk, Don't Run	61* [Box Set] Disc 1
22	Jan & Dean	Linda	Jan & Dean Anthology Album
23	Jan & Dean	Honolulu Lulu	Surf City + Folk 'n Roll
24	The Fleetwoods	(Goodnight My Love) Pleasant Dreams	Come Softly To Me: The Very Best Of The Fleetwoods
25	Wilson Pickett	It's Too Late	A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1]
26	Irma Thomas	Break-A-Way	Time Is on My Side: The Best of Irma Thomas, Vol. 1
27	Johnny Rivers	Memphis	Greatest Hits [Capitol]
28	Johnny Rivers	Seventh Son	Best Of Johnny Rivers
29	Johnny Rivers	Mountain Of Love	Best Of Johnny Rivers
30	Gary Lewis & the Playboys	This Diamond Ring	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
31	Cher	All I Really Want To Do	Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1]
32	Del Shannon	The Big Hurt	The Complete Recordings 1960-1970: Home and Away
33	Mel Carter	Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me	Music to Shag By
34	Mel Carter	Band of Gold	The Best of Jukebox Rock – 1966 – Volume 2
35	Johnny Rivers	The Poor Side of Town	Greatest Hits [Capitol]
36	Gene McDaniels	Point of No Return	The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1)

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Imperial Rhythm & Rockabilly

May 19, 2023 Dave

The Imperial label will be the subject of this week’s Deeper Roots show. Founded in 1947 by Lew Chudd, it’s early years featured some of the very best rhythm and blues and early rock you could find. Their lineup included some of the big names of early rock, not least of which was Roy Brown, Fats Domino, Frankie Ford and Ricky Nelson. They would dabble in country and jazz but also looked to strike while the iron was hot when Elvis hit with a blend of country and rhythm and blues in the mid-50s. They did so by looking for new names with ducktails and driving combos in the rockabilly era. This episode focuses primarily on the 1950s with a future episode taking us further into the label’s sale to Liberty Records in 1963 but not before Lew Chudd purchased Aladdin and Minit Records, bringing over even more of the R&B talent that they would be known for. It’s another Deeper Roots Friday morning on KOWS.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood
3	Smiley Lewis	Tee-Nah-Nah	I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 1
4	Guitar Slim and His Band	Bad Luck Is On Me [Woman Troubles]	Louisiana Swamp Blues
5	Big Jay McNeely	All That Wine Is Gone	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
6	T-Bone Walker	Cold Cold Feeling	Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years
7	Fat Man Matthews & the Four Kittens	Later Baby	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 3
8	Fats Domino	Goin' Home	Rock And Rollin
9	Lil' Son Jackson	Get High Everybody	Vol. 2 1950-1952
10	Smiley Lewis	Big Mamou	I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 2
11	Hawks	I-Yi	Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
12	Pee Wee Crayton	Win-O	Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings
13	Joe Houston Orchestra	All Night Long	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
14	The Pelicans	Ain't Gonna Do It	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
15	The Spiders	I Didn't Want To Do It	Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
16	Dave Bartholomew	Another Mule	1952-1955
17	James "Sugar Boy" Crawford	She Gotta Wobble (When She Walks) (Imperial 5424)	R&B Humdingers Volume 12
18	Bobby Mitchell with Dave Bartholomew's Orch.'	Try Rock And Roll	Blowing The Fuse: 1956
19	Lew Williams	Cat Talk	Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks
20	Lew Williams	Gone Ape Man	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
21	Merle Kilgore	Ernie	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
22	The Strikes	Baby I'm Sorry	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
23	Bob Luman	Red Hot	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
24	Ricky Nelson	Stood Up	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
25	Ricky Nelson	Boppin' The Blues	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
26	Ricky Nelson	Waitin' In School	Legacy [Disc 1]
27	Dennis Herrold	Hip Hip Baby	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
28	Weldon Rogers	So Long, Good Luck & Goodbye	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
29	Dorsey & Johnny Burnette	My Honey	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
30	Dorsey & Johnny Burnette	Warm Love	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
31	Slick Slavin	Speed Crazy	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
32	Bill Allen	Please Give Me Something	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
33	Jackie Walker	Only Teenagers Allowed	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
34	Billy Eldridge	Let's Go	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
35	Faye Adams	Keeper Of My Heart	Crescent City Soul
36	Roy Brown	Let the Four Winds Blow	The Complete Imperial Recordings
37	Ricky Nelson	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	Legacy [Disc 1]

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Rhythm & Blues Jezebels

May 12, 2023 Dave

Wild and sassy sounds from the archives of 40s and 50s rhythm & blues featuring some of the female dynamos of the genre coming your way on a Friday morning here on Deeper Roots. We’ll be featuring some great performances from the catalog of Jubilee Records (those Jubilee Jezebels) and a host of peers including some early scorchers from Little Sylvia (Robinson), Big Maybelle, Viola Watkins, Fay Simmons, and Ruth Brown. For the first three or four decades of the recorded blues and jazz, women played a major part in black music’s popularity and there was a resurgent ‘boom’ post-war that played a bigger part than we imagined in that tidal wave of wild rhythm beat that would become rock and soul. These are some classic tracks that don’t always get the attention they deserve…but they will here on Deeper Roots on a Friday morning on KOWS.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Strange Things Happen Every Day	Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
3	Miss Rhapsody (Viola Wells)	Sweet Man	Blues Women
4	Mabel Scott	Catch Em Young Treat Em Rough Tell Em Nothing	Blues Women
5	The Enchanters	Boogie Woogie Daddy	Jubilee Jezebels
6	Enchanters	Housewife Blues	Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
7	Jeanne Gayle	Bim Bam Baby	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
8	Little Sylvia	Drive Daddy Drive	Jubilee Jezebels
9	Little Sylvia	Everything I Need But You	Jubilee Jezebels
10	Little Sylvia	Ain't Gonna Do It	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
11	Viola Watkins	It Must Be Love	Jubilee Jezebels
12	Viola Watkins	Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
13	Viola Watkins	Really Real	Jubilee Jezebels
14	Varetta Dillard	Mercy, Mr Percy	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
15	Mabel Scott	Mr Fine	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
16	LaVern Baker	Voodoo Voodoo	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
17	Edna McGriff	Oh Little Daddy	Stompin' 34
18	Edna McGriff	I'll Surrender Anytime	Jubilee Jezebels
19	Edna McGriff & The Tomcats	Mambo Baby	Rumba Gone Mambo
20	Big Maybelle	One Monkey Don't Stop No Show	The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55
21	Big Maybelle	Ring Dang Dilly	The Very Best Of Big Maybelle
22	Big Maybelle	Hair Dressin' Women	ABC Of The Blues Vol 29
23	Ruth Brown	Smooth Operator	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
24	Fay Simmons	You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
25	Fay Simmons	Ella Weaver	Dapper Dan
26	Fay Simmons	Hangin' Around	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
27	Patti Jerome	No Mama, No Papa	Stompin' 22 – Crazed Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders!
28	Linda Hopkins	Rock And Roll Blues	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
29	Carol Fran	Knock Knock	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
30	Carol Fran	I'm Gonna Try	Cat Scratchin'
31	Carole Fran	You Can't Stop Me	Jubilee Jezebels
32	Marie Knight	Grasshopper Baby	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
33	Dolly Cooper	Ay La Bah	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
34	Dolly Cooper	Tell Me, Tell Me	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
35	Ella Mae Morse	How Can You Leave A Man Like This?	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
36	Annisteen Allen	Fujiyama Mama	From The Ghetto

Covers Time

May 7, 2023 Dave

Another morning of covers, from country to soul and a little bit of rhythm and roll in store. This week’s show celebrates the songwriters and performers who found themselves honored with tributes and covers that honor the sense of a piece. We’ll hear covers of Tom T. Hall, Arthur Alexander, Robert Hunter, Derek Martin, Hank Snow and JJ Cale in the show today. The idea is to find a cover worth noting and put it up alongside the original. Just over a dozen songs to pick from in our two hours this morning featuring covers by Shannon McNally, Charley Crockett, Amy Black and Teddy Thompson. Join Dave Stroud for another episode from those dusty digital bins and turn up the volume for straight interpretations and a few wild takes in another covers show on a Friday morning from the KOWS studio in downtown Santa Rosa, California.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Everly Brothers	Bowling Green	Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 3]
3	Neko Case	Bowling Green	The Virginian
4	Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels	Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly	Red, White & Rock Disc 3
5	Bill Kirchen	Devil With The Blue Dress (Album Version)	Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods
6	Willie Nelson	Busted	I Don't Know A Thing About Love
7	Ray Charles	Busted	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
8	Red Foley	Midnight	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
9	Kevin Russell	Midnight	Plain Dirt Fashion
10	Elvis Presley	It's Now Or Never	Elvis 30 #1 Hits
11	Chris Isaak	It's Now or Never	Beyond the Sun (Deluxe Version)
12	Elvis Presley	Don't Be Cruel	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 1)
13	The Mavericks	Don't Be Cruel	Play the Hits
14	Derek Martin	Daddy Rollin' Stone	Birth Of Soul: 1
15	The Blasters	Daddy Rollin' Stone	4-11-44
16	Wilson Pickett	In the Midnight Hour	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
17	James Taylor	In The Midnight Hour	Other Covers
18	Bob Luman	Let's Think About Living	Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)
19	Teddy Thompson	Let's Think About Living	Up Front And Down Low
20	Tom T. Hall	I Hope It Rains At My Funeral	Tom T. Hall – Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher
21	Charley Crockett	I Hope It Rains At My Funeral	Lil G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley
22	The Impressions	Gypsy Woman	Birth Of Soul: 1
23	Aaron Neville	Gypsy Woman	My True Story
24	Arthur Alexander	You Better Move On	The Greatest Hits
25	Amy Black	You Better Move On	The Muscle Shoals Sessions
26	Hank Snow	I'm Moving On	The Essential Hank Snow
27	Willie Nelson	I'm Movin' On	Remember Me, Vol. 1
28	John Martyn	Don't Want to Know	Solid Air
29	Dr. John	I Don't Wanna Know	Anutha Zone
30	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Sugar Moon	Legends of Country Music Disc 4
31	k.d. lang	Sugar Moon	Shadowland

Lonesome Train

April 21, 2023 Dave

Free form! That’s right. No theme, no genre exploration, no tribute or topical show today. Only topical playlists embellishing the show today including New Orleans memories from Bobby Mitchell, Fats Domino and Dr. John, country nuggets from Merle, Buck and Elvis as well as some fancy shmancy crooning from a Perry, Blue Eyes and Dino. We’ll also be digging into some classic rockabilly tunes and some canciones de Flaco and Los Lobos. Here in Sonoma County we’re going from three years of drought, wildfires and the Santa Ana winds to preparing for levee breaches and floods with the snow melts. We also get to behave like adults in the face of biased and inhumane Supreme Court decisions and moronic Texas politicians. Because we know who they are and what they represent: book burners and religious zealots with white hoods. While nobody is without sin, we’ll go with Newsom’s ability to employ the right critical thinking at the right time. I told you it would be a free form morning.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Geraint Watkins	Deep in the Heart of Texas	Aide Memoire
3	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	Big Mamou	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
4	Wanda Jackson	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	Queen Of Rockabilly
5	Matchbox	Rockabilly Rebel	Rockabilly Rebel
6	Johnny Burnette	Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track)	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1
7	Sonny Burgess	Tomorrow Never Comes	We Wanna Boogie
8	Warren Smith	Got Love If You Want It	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
9	Bobby Mitchell	I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2]
10	Fats Domino	I Want To Walk You Home	Heatin' Up
11	Dr. John	Back By The River	Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 2]
12	Tommy McLain	Before I Grow Too Old	The Essential Collection
13	Buck Owens	Made In Japan	Country USA 1972
14	Merle Haggard & the Strangers	Please Mr. D.J.	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
15	Merle Haggard	I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me	Country USA 1972
16	Elvis Presley	After Loving You	Artist of the Century Disc 3
17	The Devil and Bunny Show	Crossing Muddy Waters	The I-10 Chronicles 2 – One More For The Road
18	Los Lobos	Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)	El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
19	Flaco Jiminez	Margarita	Los Super Seven
20	The Band	Ophelia	To Kingdom Come [Disc 2]
21	Linda Ronstadt	Hurt So Bad	Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt
22	April Stevens	I Want A Lip	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
23	Nino Tempo & April Stevens	Deep Purple	Teach Me Tiger
24	April Stevens	Teach Me Tiger	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
25	April Stevens	Do It Again	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 6: Rhapsodesia
26	Wayne Newton	Danke Schoen	Jackpot! The Las Vegas Story
27	Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra/Perry Como/Ray Charles Singers	Round and Round	The Very Best of Perry Como
28	Tony Bennett	In the Middle of an Island	Your Hit Parade – 1957
29	Thomas A. Dorsey with Alex Bradford	It's A Highway To Heaven	Precious Lord Recordings Of The Great Gospel Songs Of Thomas A. Dorsey
30	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Singing in My Soul	The Gospel of Blues
31	Michelle Lanchester/Sweet Honey in the Rock	I Was Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor ( If You See My Saviour)	Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection
32	Aretha Franklin	Don't Play That Song	Spirit in the Dark
33	Aretha Franklin	Try Matty's	Spirit in the Dark
34	The Band	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	The Best of the Band

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