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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

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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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Streets of Bakersfield

March 6, 2023 Dave

It was Nashville West but with a decidedly more amount of midwestern flavoring. Bakersfield was the terminus of most of the migrant traffic from the dust bowl where the hope for a better life was not always fulfilled. So many landed square on the Central Valley and for those who grew up it became a whirlwind post-war prosperity that was familiar: oil drilling, agriculture, almond orchards, cattle raising, and a transportation industry to support it. Those who were raised on country swing and the classic country sounds coming out of Nashville were lucky given Bakersfield’s proximity to the studios of Hollywood and Los Angeles. We’ll hear from many of them, digging into the early years of Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Tommy Collins, Wynn Stewart and a host of other performers who made that blend of rough country, trucking songs, and honky-tonk swing what it would become.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield	All-Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
3	Bill Woods & His Orange Blossom Playboys	Have I Got A Chance With You	Swingbillies
4	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
5	Jean Shepard with Ferlin Husky	A Dear John Letter	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
6	Bud Hobbs	Louisiana Swing	Defining Country Music – The Sounds of Bakersfield
7	Billy Mize	Who Will Buy the Wine	Billy Mize and the Bakersfield Sound (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
8	Rose & The Maddox Brothers	Why Don't You Haul Off & Love Me	Maddox Brothers & Rose
9	Alvadean Coker	We're Gonna Bop	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
10	Tommy Collins	What'cha Gonna Do Now?	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
11	Ferlin Husky	I Feel Better All Over	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
12	Bonnie Blue Bell & Leon Reach & Chic Adams Band	Let's Go	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
13	Billy Mize	Solid Sender	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
14	Bill Carter	I Wanna Feel Good	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
15	Johnny Bond	Three Or Four Nights	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
16	Herb Henson	Goodbye, Baby, Goodbye	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
17	Wynn Stewart	Playboy	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
18	Buck Owens	Hot Dog (with Danny Dedmon)	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
19	Buck Owens	The Key's In The Mailbox	Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard
20	Buck Owens	Love's Gonna Live Here	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
21	Buck Owens	Together Again	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
22	Ferlin Husky	Six Days on the Road	Defining Country Music – The Sounds of Bakersfield
23	Red Simpson	Truck Drivin' Man	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
24	Red Simpson	The Highway Patrol	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
25	Bonnie Owens	Just for the Children's Sake	Warped 6534 – Bonnie Owens – 1964 – 1966
26	Bobby Austin	Apartment #9	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
27	Merle Haggard	Okie From Muskogee	Capitol Collector's Series
28	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Mama Tried (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
29	Dallas Frazier	California Cotton Fields	Singing My Songs
30	Abe Mulkey	Packed Up And Shoved Off	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
31	Wynn Stewart	It's Such A Pretty World Today	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
32	Wynn Stewart	Donna On My Mind	California Country
33	Buck Owens	Act Naturally	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1]
34	Merle Haggard & the Strangers	Please Mr. D.J.	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
35	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield [With Dwight Yoakam]	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
36	Maddox Brothers & Rose	The Death of Rock 'n' Roll	Classic Rockabilly

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Wild Ones

November 13, 2021 Dave

Wild in the streets…well, we’re also wild in the bars, the dance halls, the backyards, and everywhere else for that matter. We’ll be revisiting the crazy ones…the excitable ones…the hot clubs where the bad boys and bad girls are burning the candle. Tune in for some fairly wild doin’s with Mabel Scott, The Louvins, Clarence Palmer and the Jive Bombers, Johnny Horton, and a couple dozen others as we take on that theme of wild men and wild women once more on Community Radio. Dave Stroud puts the metal to the pedal with jazz vocals, rockabilly romps, early century innuendos, and rhythm and blues on a Friday morning in Sonoma County. Oh…and don’t forget to visit kowsfm.com and click on that Donate Now button to support all volunteer Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Garland Jeffreys	Wild in the Streets	Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
3	Billy Jones With The Little Ramblers	Don't Bring Lulu	The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2
4	Mae West	I'm No Angel	The Mae West Collection
5	Mae West	My Daddy Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll)	Bombshells
6	Mabel Scott	Yes	Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A.
7	Lizabeth Scott	A Deep Dark Secret	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
8	Monica Lewis	Do It Again	Bombshells
9	Kenni Huskey	Wild Man Tamer	Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music CD [Disc 2, "Arkansas Masters"]
10	Donnie Elbert	Wild Child (Deluxe 6156)	R&B Humdingers Volume 11
11	Red Ingle & His Natural Seven	Cigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
12	Johnny Horton	The Wild One	Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1 of 2)
13	Carl Mann	Born To Be Bad	Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era
14	Jerry Lee Lewis	Real Wild Child (Wild One)	A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
15	Tennessee Ernie Ford	I'm A Bad Man	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2]
16	The Dave & Deke Combo	Wild Woman	Hollywood Barndance
17	Charline Arthur	Burn That Candle	Welcome To The Club
18	The Louvin Brothers	You're Running Wild	Capitol Country Music Classics
19	The Hot Club of Cowtown	I Can't Tame Wild Women	Tall Tales
20	Wanda Jackson	Let's Have A Party	Queen Of Rockabilly
21	Carmen MacRae	Whatever Lola Wants	Burlesque – 100 Classics
22	The Jive Bombers	Bad Boy	Cry-Baby
23	The Trenier Twins	Hey! Sister Lucy (What Makes Your Lips So Juicy?)	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
24	Rudy Greene	Wild Life	Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1]
25	Wynonie Harris	Young And Wild	Playful Baby
26	Champion Jack Dupree	Bad Whiskey And Wild Women	Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
27	King James	Wild Wooly Woman	Stompin' 25
28	Eunice Davis	Let's Have A Party	Stompin' 25
29	Julia Lee	Do You Want It?	Burlesque – 100 Classics
30	Little Richard	The Girl Can't Help It	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
31	John Hammond	Wild Man On The Loose	Trouble No More
32	Louis Prima & Keely Smith	Barnacle Bill The Sailor	Breaking It Up!
33	Little Willie John	Fever	Burlesque – 100 Classics
34	Albert King	Wild Women	Door To Door
35	Wanda Jackson	Hard Headed Woman	Queen Of Rockabilly
36	Iggy Pop	Real Wild Child	Blah Blah Blah
37	Vince Taylor	Brand New Cadillac	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4

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Dustbin Dynamite

October 8, 2021 Dave

A bit of a departure this week as we celebrate a mix of mayhem from the fuzzed out garage bands, greasy ducktails, oddball instrumentalists and mostly mondo misses tempered with a good dose of surf confection this week. We’re celebrating the three chord sensibilities of mid-century rock and roll rockabilly, surf, and proto-punk spit-ballers. They’re pulling out some wailing sax solos, fuzzed out bass beach thumpers, and some tongue-in-cheek easy listening to spin you around in your chair on an October Friday morning. You’ll be entertained by the likes of Tony Casanova, Sparkle Moore, Little Carolyn Sue, and Wild Bill and the Blue Denims…a forgotten list of lost culture that will take you down a rabbit hole that you hope might never end…or maybe just the opposite. This week’s show is dynamite from the dustbin of minor labels and first time producers that can only make the grade on Community Radio. Tune in for some mondo fuzz mayhem.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ronnie Dee	Action Packed	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
3	Bobby Troup	Seventh Son	Make Mine Mondo
4	Rock-A-Tones	One More Chance	Wild Streak, Vol. 1
5	Annette Funicello	Bikini Beach Party	Good Old Summertime
6	Red Prysock	Hand Clappin'	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
7	Jim Backus & Friend	Delicious	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
8	The Interiors	Voodoo Doll	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
9	The Bikinis	Crazy Vibrations	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
10	Gary Warren	Midnight Rain	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
11	The Three Suns	Tequila	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
12	The Invaders	Shock Treatment	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
13	Freddie & The Hitch Hikers	Sinners	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
14	The Duals	Lover's Satellite	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
15	Sparkle Moore	Skull & Crossbones	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
16	Mamie Van Doren	Seperate The Men From The Boys	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
17	Davie Allan & Arrows (Issued As By The Zanies)	Camel Walk	Make Mine Mondo
18	Rusty Draper & Lola Dee	Scratch My Back	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
19	Tarheel Slim	Number Nine Train	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
20	Robin Hood Brians	Dis A Itty Bit	Wild Streak, Vol. 1
21	Tony Casanova	Boogie Woogie Feeling	Make Mine Mondo
22	Don & The Galaxiex	Avalanche	Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats – The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection
23	Jan & Dean	Surf Route 101	Popsicle
24	Bobby Fry	Grandchus	Make Mine Mondo
25	Si Zentner	Walk on the Wild Side	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene
26	Johnny Durain & The Cytones	Shang-Dang-Doo	Make Mine Mondo
27	The Surfaris	Surfer Joe [Long Version]	Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 1
28	Voice Farm	Come On-A My House	Bigger Cooler Weirder
29	Mouse	A Public Execution	Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia
30	The Bobbettes	I Don't Like It Like That (pt. 1)	War Paint – The Gone Records Story
31	13th Floor Elevators	You're Gonna Miss Me	Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia
32	Bob Callaway	Tick Tock	Wild Streak, Vol. 1
33	The Tornadoes	Maleguena	Bustin' Surfboards
34	Little Carolyn Sue	I Hate Men	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 1
35	Martin Denny	Cool	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood
36	Ann-Margret	Let Me Entertain You	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence

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Country Boogie Woogie

September 12, 2021 Dave

While the origin of the term is in debate, there are numerous stories that almost make sense but cannot be verified. However, 20^th century blues, country and rock and roll were rife with the reference and it turned into a guitar lick, a piano run, and a salty reference on the standup. Deeper Roots will be spending time with the country versions, inherited (nee appropriated) from the rhythm and blues form … and a little bit of history as well. We’ve got the classic country sounds of Sheb Wooley, Johnny Tyler, and The Delmore Brothers paired up with higher octane country Americana from Dale Watson, Robert Gordon, and Asleep at the Wheel. Chuck Berry once said “It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm & blues…it’s called rock now”. You can quote me in enlightening that observation by calling it “one nascent stream that emptied into a swift river.” Tune in Friday evenings here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Merrill Moore	Nola Boogie	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
3	Al Dexter & His Troopers	Saturday Night Boogie	Hillibilly Boogie!
4	Hardrock Gunter	Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
5	Vance Morris & His Alabama Playboys	Crazy About The Boogie	Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
6	Hank Snow	Rhumba Boogie	Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
7	Johnny Tyler	Oakie Boogie	Southern Belle [Disc 1]
8	Sheb Wooley	Mule Boogie	Country & Western Nuggets
9	Johnny Bond	Alabama Boogie Boy	Put Me To Bed
10	Bob Newman	Hangover Boogie	Crossroads In Cowtown
11	Skeets McDonald	The Southland Boogie	Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection
12	Dale Watson	Texas Boogie	Cheatin' Heart Attack
13	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Stratosphere Boogie	Stratosphere Boogie
14	Merle Travis	Merle's Boogie Woogie	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
15	Les Paul	Guitar Boogie	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
16	Kate Mackenzie	Pan American Boogie	Steel Rails: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 1
17	Doc Watson	Freight Train Boogie	Songs From Home
18	Red Foley	Hobo Boogie	The Essential Recordings
19	The Delmore Brothers	Peach Street Boogie	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 15
20	Sonny Burgess	We Wanna Boogie	Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009
21	Grady Martin & His Slewfoot Five	Wooly Boogie	The Very Best Of
22	Sleepy Labeef	Shot-Gun Boogie (Overdub)	Sleepy Rocks
23	Webb Pierce	Teenage Boogie	All Hits! [Disc 2]
24	Robert Gordon and Link Wray	Rock Billy Boogie	Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
25	Asleep at the Wheel	08 Boogie Back to Texas	10
26	Tiny Hill	Milk Bucket Boogie	Country Music On the Mercury Label
27	Little Jimmy Dickens	You Better Not Do That	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
28	Little Jimmy Dickens	Buddy's Boogie	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
29	Porky Freeman	Boogie Woogie Boy	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
30	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Blackberry Boogie	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 1]
31	Tennessee Ernie Ford	False Hearted Girl	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
32	Asleep at the Wheel	Choo Choo Ch'Boogie	The Best of Asleep at the Wheel
33	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Shot-Gun Boogie	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]

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

Rock Bop & Roll

April 12, 2019 Dave

We’ve got a wild mix this week…sounds from the rock n’ roll archives, all done while excavating deeper into the halls of R&B, rockabilly, and country. Don’t count on the usual suspects, although there will be a few attending, but look to the under-the-radar floor pounders. The performances mostly qualify for shouts, shakes, and rocking fool’s gold, including some hillbilly ranters, New Orleans panters, and country banters. Tune in for some obscure Eddie Cochran alongside sounds from Jimmy Dee & The Offbeats, Sax Kari & His Ballin’ Blues Band, Royce Porter with The Kounts, and the Brewster Avenue Rhythm Boys. We’re Deeper Roots… and we’re going deeper on Friday mornings at 9am Pacific on KOWS 92.5 FM, repeating the following week on KWTF 88.1 FM. Check us out!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Gene Summers	School of Rock & Roll	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
3	Bobby Marchan	You Can't Stop Her	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
4	Royce Porter with the Kounts	Beach of Love	Banana Split for My Baby
5	Huey "Piano" Smith	Hush Your Mouth	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 40
6	Bobby Marchan	Chicken – Wah – Wah	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
7	Amos Milburn	Soft Pillow	Amos Milburn Rocks
8	Sax Kari & His Ballin The Blues Band	Hush Your Lyin' Mouth	Stompin' – Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders – Volume 13
9	Bill Allen	Please Give Me Something	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
10	Jerry Lee Lewis	Rockin' My Life Away	All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 2)
11	Bobby Brant	Piano Nellie	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
12	The Cochran Brothers	Tired And Sleepy	Somethin' Else: The Fine Lookin' Hits Of Eddie Cochran
13	Johnny Burnette	Please Don't Leave Me	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1
14	Thumper Jones	Rock It	Classic Rockabilly
15	Conway Twitty	Shake It Up	The Rock 'N' Roll Years CD1
16	Buck Owens	Hot Dog	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
17	Bill Haley	Hot Dog Buddy Buddy	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (4): Don't Knock the Rock
18	Charlie Adams	Cattin' Around	Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album
19	Dick Penner	Cindy Lou	Rockin' Memphis [Disc 4]
20	Carmol Taylor	Tell Me What to Do	Country & Western Nuggets
21	Werly Fairburn	Everybody's Rockin'	Classic Rockabilly
22	Big Joe Turner	Flip, Flop and Fly	Big Joe Rocks
23	Ronnie Self	Ain't I'm A Dog?	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
24	Wynn Stewart	Come On	California Country
25	Billy Strange	Hell Train	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
26	Len Barrow	Hades Highway	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
27	Tarheel Slim	Number Nine Train	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
28	Vince Taylor	Brand New Cadillac	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
29	Eddie Cochran	Fools Paradise	Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 2]
30	B.B. King	Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens	Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan
31	Amos Milburn	House Party (Tonight)	Amos Milburn Rocks
32	Louis Jordan	Caledonia	The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 3]
33	Rollee McGill	Rhythm Rockin' Boogie	Shoutin' Out The Blues (R&B CD 2005-2)
34	Wynonie Harris	Lovin' Machine	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
35	Jerry Lee Lewis	Breathless	All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1)
36	Johnny Otis	Willy & The Hand Jive	Vol. 1-Johnny Otis R & B Dance
37	Wanda Jackson	Let's Have a Party	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
38	Buddy Holly	Brown Eyed Handsome Man	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
39	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle & Roll	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Jazz, Oldies, Rockabilly, Theme Time

Songs About Cats

June 12, 2017 Dave 1 Comment

Nothing wrong with a little theme fun…and what better way to have it than with a topic that can be heard from in virtually any genre: cats. cool cats, tom cats, go cats, hep-cats, black cats, pussy cats, kitty cats and kittens…all of them are subject to our musical scrutiny in this week’s Deeper Roots show. We’ll hear from the early banjo novelty genius Harry Reser, key meddling Fats Waller, lounge swingers like Bobby Darin, Cy Coleman, and The Blue Hawaiians. And you know there’s also a hint of of black cat and pussy cat jazz and blues from Bo Carter, Bob Brozman, Benny Goodman, and Eddie Lang.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mongo Santamaria	El Pussy Cat	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
3	Julia Lee	Scat You Cats	Ugly Papa
4	Bo Carter	Pussy Cat Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
5	Bob Brozman	Dead Cat On The Line	Blues Reflex
6	Bob Brozman	Dog and Cat	Hello Central, Give Me Dr. Jazz!
7	Little Willie John	Leave My Kitten Alone	Little Willie John: All 15 of His Chart Hits from 1953-1962
8	Roy Orbison	Bad Cat [Demo Recording]	The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 1]
9	Roy Orbison	Cat Called Domino	The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 1]
10	Harry Reser	Cat And Dog	The Collection
11	Harry Reser	Kitten On The Keys	The Collection
12	Fats Waller	Kitten On The Keys	Music By Fats Waller
13	Eddie Lang	Wild Cat	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
14	Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, The Benny Goodman Sextet	Wholly Cats	The Original Guitar Hero
15	The Blue Hawaiians	Searchin' for da Cat	Sway
16	The Blue Hawaiians	Da Cat (Reprise)	Sway
17	Four Piece Suit	Something for Cat	Ready to Where?
18	Cy Coleman	Pussy Cat	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 8: Cocktail Capers
19	Dean Martin	Open Up The Doghouse (Two Cats Are Coming In) (1992 Digital Remaster)	The Capitol Years [Disc 1]
20	Norma Tanega	Walkin' My Cat Named Dog	Time Life – The Folk Years – Reason To Believe [Disc 2]
21	Bobby Darin	Gyp the Cat [#]	Wild Cool & Swingin
22	Cappy Bianco	The Cat	Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5
23	Lee Allen And His Band	Cat Walk	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
24	Dave "Baby" Cortez	Cat Nip	Happy Organs, Wild Guitars
25	Bob Dylan	Cat's In The Well	Under The Red Sky
26	Lee Dorsey	The Kitty Cat Song	The Ep Collection…Plus
27	The Coasters	Three Cool Cats	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3]
28	Maria Muldaur	Shout You Cats	Garden Of Joy
29	Jimmy Swan	Country Cattin'	Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album
30	Charlie Walker	Wild as a Wildcat	The Best of Country
31	Charlie Adams	Cattin' Around	Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album
32	Louis Jordan	At The Swing Cats Ball	Jivin' With Jordan
33	Curley Weaver & Clarence Moore	Wild Cat Kitten	Georgia Blues 1928-33
34	Cisco Houston	The Cat Came Back	The Folkways Years: 1944-1961
35	Freddie Neil & Friend	Listen Kitten	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
36	Tom Jones	What's New Pussycat?	The Best of Tom Jones [Polygram]

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Rock, Rockabilly

Rockabilly Road

February 11, 2017 Dave

It’s time once again to visit the wild side of rock n’ roll…unrestrained and unforgiving…and often out of tune. But that didn’t matter since it was the emotion and the sweat that filled the production gaps. A progenitor of punk, rockabilly music got its roots from hillbilly, country swing, and R&B. And it certainly owes a lot to Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Elvis Presley. Our show this week will cover the known and the unknown. We’ll hear tracks from the Sun stable but we’ll also dig into the digital dust bins of the Imperial, Capitol, and Decca labels for vintage examples and a few rockabilly modernists will be on hand. So get your cat clothes on and get ready for a raucous evening in West County on community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Johnny Burnette	Eager Beaver Baby	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1
3	Doc Watson	Shake, Rattle And Roll	Docabilly
4	Mac Wiseman	The Fool	Teenage Hangout
5	RockATeens	Doggone It Baby (Alt)	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
6	Robert Gordon and Link Wray	Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track)	Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
7	Wanda Jackson	There's A Party Goin' On	Queen Of Rockabilly
8	Wanda Jackson	The Graveyard Shift	Unfinished Business
9	Merle Kilgore	Everybody Needs A Little Lovin	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
10	Bill Allen	Please Give Me Something	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
11	Warren Smith	Got Love If You Want It	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
12	Warren Smith	Rock and Roll Ruby	Rockabilly Legend
13	Billy Lee Riley	Baby Please Don't Go	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
14	Carl Perkins	Glad All Over	Original Sun Greatest Hits
15	Malcom Yelvington	Rockin' with my Baby	SUN Rockabilly Meltdown [[Disc 3]]
16	Johnny Burnette	Oh Baby Babe	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1
17	Jerry Lee Lewis	Real Wild Child (Wild One)	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
18	Eddie Bond	Rockin' Daddy	Classic Rockabilly
19	Ronnie Dawson	Rockin' Bones	Rockin' Bones: The Legendary Masters [Disc 2]
20	Charlie Feathers	One Hand Loose	CD2
21	Charlie Feathers	Bottle to the Baby	Rockabilly Kings
22	The Collins Kids	Rock Boppin' Baby	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
23	Larry Collins/Lorrie Collins	Mercy	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
24	Ryan Cain And The Ables	Kill Devil Hillbilly	Cupid And The Devil
25	Ryan Cain And The Ables	Cupid And The Devil	Cupid And The Devil
26	Bill Kirchen	Rockabilly Funeral	Tombstone Every Mile
27	Carl Perkins	All Mama's Children (with John Fogerty)	Go Cat Go
28	Carl Perkins	Rockabilly Music (with Paul Simon)	Go Cat Go
29	Carl Perkins	Go Cat Go	Go Cat Go
30	Wanda Jackson	Mean Mean Man	Queen Of Rockabilly
31	Sleepy Labeef	Shot-Gun Boogie (Overdub)	Sleepy Rocks
32	Dean Beard	Rock Around the Town	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
33	Jimmy Wages	Mad Man	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
34	Memphis Rockabilly Band	Pleated Pants	Blind Pig Records 25th Anniversary Collection CD1
35	Charlie Feathers	Corrina	Good Rockin' Tonight
36	Freddie Hart	Snatch It And Grab It	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
37	Hal Willis	Bop-A-Dee Bop-A-Doo	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks

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