Category Archives: Oldies

Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Jazz, Oldies, Theme Time, Urban Jazz

Dope Head Blues

July 31, 2021 Dave

It’s one of the novelty topics but that’s only whistling in the graveyard now, isn’t it? An episode of vipers and wild nights backstage, a reflection of the party atmosphere and the debauchery that would often take place after long nights of performing and jiving. We’ll also touch on the devil’s weed, as it was once known before the recognition of Victorian sensibilities was ejected in favor of common sense. The music will include primarily blues and jazz but we’ll also dip into some later novelty sounds to keep us all honest with the topics of coke, opium, marijuana, and pills on the agenda. Sweet bath house sounds from Bette Midler, wistful sounds from Phil Lawrence and Dan Hicks take center stage alongside the music of The Cats & The Fiddle, Fats Waller, Barney Bigard, and Cab Calloway. Quite a lineup and quite a topic surrounded by junkies, reefers, hadacol concoctions, and mellow stuff…so we hope you’ll drop by on a Friday morning in Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Willie Mabon	Got To Have Some	I'm The Fixer : The Best Of The USA Records Sessions
3	The Ink Spots	That Cat Is High	Cocaine Blues
4	The Cats & The Fiddle	Killin' Jive	The Very Best Of
5	The Spirits of Rhythm	Junk Man	Cocaine Blues
6	Cleo Brown	The Stuff Is Here And It's Mellow	The Legendary Cleo Brown
7	Champion Jack Dupree	Junker's Blues	ABC Of The Blues Vol 6
8	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Junco Partner	Louis Jordan: Let the Good Times Roll – The Anthology 1938-1953
9	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	Long Comma Viper	The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
10	Phil Lawrence	Viper's Dream	Mandolin Heaven
11	Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys	You're a Viper	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
12	Louis Armstrong	Song Of The Vipers [Album Version]	Louis Armstrong: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934
13	Lalo Guerrero	Marihuana Boogie	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
14	Bette Midler	Marahuana	Songs For The New Depression
15	Julia Lee	Marijuana	Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
16	Fats Waller	The Reefer Song	Last Testament His Final Recor
17	Barney Bigard Sextet	Sweet Marihuana Brown	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
18	Larry Adler	Smoking Reefers	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
19	Johnny Price	Marijuana, The Devil Flower	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
20	Johnny Cash	Leave That Junk Alone	The Man In Black 1954-1958 [Disc 2]
21	Hot Lips Page	Feelin' High And Happy	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3]
22	Ella Fitzgerald	When I Get Low I Get High	Cryin' Mood
23	Cab Calloway	Kickin' The Gong Around	The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp
24	Julia Lee	Pipe Dreams	Kansas City Star [Disc 5]
25	Tampa Red	That Stuff Is Here	Tampa Red The Guitar Wizard
26	Cedar Creek Sheik	Don't Use That Stuff	Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice
27	Dick Justice	Cocaine	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
28	Reverend Gary Davis	Cocaine Blues	Blues And Ragtime
29	Charley Jordan	Just A Spoonful	Cocaine Blues
30	Slim & Slam	Chinatown, My Chinatown	Cocaine Blues
31	Dr. John	Junko Partner	The Ultimate Dr. John
32	The Treniers	Hadacole (That's All)	They Rock! They Roll! They Swing!

Those Old Familiars

July 24, 2021 Dave

Quaint, sweet, nostalgic…just a few adjectives to describe today’s music. Digging into the digital bins we’ve surfaced some of the more familiar of tunes from the last century. Early century pop, country, jazz and vocal harmonies all being serenades with upbeat and good natured favorites of the Great American Songbook. We’ll hear from Fats Waller, Eddie Condon, Ted Lewis, the Sons of the Pioneers, and Blind Blake with songs that ring a true bell in the heart. Songs about lazy rivers, love letters, the lovesick blues, and Kentucky moon. Don’t let yourself get carried away as you lean in closer to the speakers. We certainly don’t want you to hurt yourself. KOWS Community radio is a connection worth making with an eclectic blend of sounds from up and down the genre expanses…streaming to planet Earth at http://www.FreeSpeechNoBull.com. Join us.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fats Waller	Ain't Misbehavin'	Music By Fats Waller
3	Gene Austin	Love Letters In The Sand	A Time To Relax
4	Gene Austin	My Blue Heaven	A Time To Relax
5	Ted Lewis	I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby	Is Everybody Happy Now?
6	Bing Crosby	Someday, Sweetheart [Single Version]	Bing Crosby And Some Jazz Friends
7	The Boswell Sisters Accompanied By The Dorsey Brothers	When I Take My Sugar to Tea	Those Were The Days. [Disc 1]
8	The Spirits Of Rhythm	Nobody's Sweetheart (Remastered)	The Spirits of Rhythm feat. Teddy Bunn
9	Eddie Condon	Aint' Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll	That's A Serious Thing
10	Blind Blake	Diddie Wah Diddie	ABC Of The Blues Vol 5
11	Emmett Miller	Right Or Wrong	Minstrel Man From Georgia
12	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	Right Or Wrong	King Of Western Swing Volume One
13	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	Somebody Stole My Gal	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
14	Jimmy Wakely	Roll Along, Kentucky Moon	Vintage Collections
15	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Lazy River	Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 5
16	Johnny Davis And His Orchestra	Sugar	The Big Broadcast, Volume 8: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s
17	Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws	Some Sweet Day	The Best Of Western Swing
18	Sons of the Pioneers	Prairie Lullaby	Songs of the Prairie – CD2
19	W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys	All I Do Is Dream of You	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
20	Hank Williams	Lovesick Blues	Artist's Choice: Johnny Cash
21	The Mills Brothers	In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree (L. Armstrong)	Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats
22	The Mills Brothers	My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua Hawaii	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 5
23	Nat King Cole	Sweet Lorraine	Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him
24	Louis Armstrong & All His Stars	Lazy River	The Complete Decca Studio Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars [Disc 3]
25	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	The Joint Is Jumpin'
26	Dean Martin/Orchestra	Pretty Baby	That's Amore: The Best of Dean Martin
27	Doris Day	Moonlight Bay	The Best Of Doris Day
28	Tiny Bradshaw	The Sheik of Araby (09-29-34)	Breaking Up the House [Disc 1]
29	The Boswell Sisters	Shine On, Harvest Moon	It's The Girls
30	John Prine/Kacey Musgraves	Mental Cruelty	For Better, Or Worse
31	The Browns	You Nearly Lose Your Mind	Classics 1963-1964 (Warped 6384)
32	Cab Calloway	05 I Ain't Got Nobody	Chronological 1934-37
33	Laurel and Hardy	Shine on Harvest Moon	The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999

Mean Old World

July 16, 2021 Dave

This week’s show is a free form collection of songs from early, middle and late, all blending tradition, pop, rock ‘n roll, soul, and so much more. Little themes and big ones that bring out the best in us and some old favorites as well. Tune in on Friday at 9 for Deeper Roots and we’ll give you some Mills Brothers, John Prine, Ivory Joe Hunter and John Sebastian…oh yes, a little Bo Diddley and some Bette Davis thrown in. Community Radio in Sonoma County is all about eclectic, non-commercial entertainment with voices of your community there to bring you home. It’s a mean old world but it’s also a big, old goofy one and we’ve got the sounds this week on Deeper Roots to prove it.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	Mean Old World	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
3	Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson	I Am The Light Of This World	Quah [Bonus Tracks]
4	Lucinda Williams	Sweet Old World	Sweet Old World
5	Johnny Burnette	Big Big World	25 Greatest Hits
6	John Prine	It's a Big Old Goofy World	The Missing Years
7	Los Lobos	We Belong Together	La Bamba
8	The Mills Brothers	Sixty Seconds Got Together	Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats
9	Campus Kids	Managua, Nicaragua	The Groups Sing [Disc 2]
10	Carmen Miranda	Chica Chica Boom Chic	The Very Best of Carmen Miranda
11	Sue Foley	Cuban Getaway	Antone's Women: Bringing You the Best in Blues
12	Dean Martin	Memories Are Made Of This	Crush On You
13	Nick Lowe	Sensitive Man	The Old Magic
14	Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan	Tennessee Bird Walk	Hard To Find 45s On CD: Pop & Country Classics
15	John Sebastian	Red-Eye Express	The Best Of John Sebastian
16	Dan Penn	Don't Lose Your Good Thing	The Fame Recordings
17	Ivory Joe Hunter	Since I Met You Baby	Since I Met You Baby
18	Ollie & The Nightingales	I Got A Sure Thing	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
19	The Spinners	It's A Shame	The Very Best Of
20	Ann Cole	Got My Mo-Jo Working (But It Just Won't Work On You)	Jump, Jive & Swing
21	Nat King Cole	Mona Lisa	30 Greatest Hits Disc 2
22	Dinning Sisters	Oh Monah	Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1]
23	Bo Diddley	Mona	Living The Blues – Chicago Blues Giants
24	Bette Davis	They're Either Too Young Or Too Old -from Thank Your Lucky Stars	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
25	The Prisonaires	All Alone And Lonely	The Prisonaires – Just Walkin' In The Rain
26	John Prine With Dolores Keane	It's A Cheating Situation	In Spite Of Ourselves
27	Elvis Presley	Viva Las Vegas	2nd To None
28	Jo Stafford	I Love You	You Belong To Me
29	Boswell Sisters	I Thank You Mr. Moon	Boswell Sisters
30	Boswell Sisters	Stop the Sun Stop the Moon	Boswell Sisters
31	Bill Kirchen	Valley of the Moon (Album)	Word To The Wise

African American Gospel, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Gospel, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Rock

Sister Rosetta

July 3, 2021 Dave

This week’s show celebrates the Godmother of rock ‘n roll who was finally paid tribute with her 2018 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s sanctified electric guitar work not only touched on the cusp of soul and blues, but it foretold what was to come less than a decade later. There were the R&B bands, which she would dabble in (much to the chagrin of her followers), that would also have an impact…but it was her sound that influenced and inspired Elvis, Wanda Jackson, Jerry Lee Lewis, and so many others, even to this day. We’ll take a deep dive into the music and story of this legend including some of those who she would draw her own inspirations from. Tune in.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Down By the Riverside	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
3	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Ezekiel Saw De Wheel	Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
4	Thomas A. Dorsey	If You See My Savior	Halleluja Gospel & Prayers
5	Golden Gate Quartet	Blind Barnabas	Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats
6	Memphis Minnie	I Called You This Morning	Queen Of Country Blues
7	Sister O. M. Terrell	God's Little Birds	Country Gospel 1946-1953
8	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Didn't It Rain?	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 3
9	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Four or Five Times	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2
10	Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio	Trouble In Mind	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
11	Marie Knight	Gospel Train	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
12	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Up Above My Head I Hear Music In the Air	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
13	Joan Osborne & The Holmes Brothers	Nobody's Fault But Mine	Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
14	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Beams of Heaven	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2
15	Phoebe Snow	Beams of Heaven (feat. The Holmes Brothers)	Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
16	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Intro – Didn't It Rain	Newport Jazz Festival 7/3/64
17	Marie Knight	Didn't It Rain	Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
18	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	99 1/2 Won't Do	Gospel Train
19	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Fly Away	Sincerely, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
20	Marion Williams – The Stars Of Faith	When I Lay This Body Down	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
21	Mahalia Jackson	His Eye Is On The Sparrow	Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns
22	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Two Little Fishes	Sincerely, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
23	Fern Jones	Strange Things Happening Every Day	The Glory Road
24	Brittany Howard	That's All Live	That's All – RRHOF
25	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	That's All	Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution
26	Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Red Foley	Have a Little Talk With Jesus	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
27	Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us	Raising Sand
28	Gospel Hebrews	Jesus Is All Over Me	Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio
29	Louis Armstrong	Down By The Riverside	Louis And The Good Book
30	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	I Want To Ride That Glory Train	Shakin' The Rafters
31	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	The Natural Facts	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)

Blues, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues

Blues Across Texas

June 26, 2021 Dave

A collection of blues performers almost unparalleled. They grow ’em big down there and the sound of the blues is no different. From Lead Belly to Blind Lemon Jefferson to the Vaughan Brothers, you can’t really capture the breadth and depth of the blues from the state of Texas in one sitting, so we’re only going to do our very best in the show this morning on KOWS. Early blues from Ramblin’ Thomas, Texas Alexander and Bessie Tucker will take us into the seminal country folk blues of Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb. While we’re name-dropping, how about Bobby “Blue” Bland, T-Bone Walker, Johnny Winter, Albert Collins, Big Mama Thornton, and it doesn’t stop there. There’s a heaping helping of Texas blues coming your way from the KOWS studios located in downtown Santa Rosa.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Matchbox Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey
3	Pee Wee Crayton	Do Unto Others	Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings
4	Johnny Winter	Mean Town Blues	Legends of Guitar – Electric Blues (Vol. 1)
5	Fenton Robinson	Somebody Loan Me A Dime	Living The Blues: The 70's Blues Classics
6	Albert Collins	Frosty	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
7	Blind Lemon Jefferson	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Black Swan Sampler
8	Ramblin' Thomas	Poor Boy Blues	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 3B: Songs
9	Texas Alexander	Don't You Wish Your Baby was Built Up Like Mine	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1927 – 1928)
10	J.T. Smith	Fools Blues	Oxford American Southern Music Texas
11	Bessie Tucker	Better Boot That Thing [Take 2] [#]	Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1928-1929)
12	Lightnin' Hopkins	Katie Mae Blues	The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins
13	Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson	Blues Come To Texas	Blues Come To Texas
14	Mance Lipscomb	Introduction	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
15	Mance Lipscomb	Darktown Strutters' Ball	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
16	T-Bone Walker	Cold, Cold Feeling	The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1]
17	James "Thunderbird" Davis	If I Had My Life To Live Over	Blues Pajama Party
18	Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown	Okie Dokie Stomp	ABC Of The Blues Vol 4
19	Frankie Lee Sims	Lucy Mae Blues	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
20	Juke Boy Bonner	Running Shoes	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8]
21	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Turn On Your Love Light	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
22	Big Mama Thornton	Let Your Tears Fall Baby	ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
23	Freddie King	Hide Away	Ultimate Collection
24	Jimmie Vaughan	Don't Cha Know	Strange Pleasure
25	Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble	Pride And Joy	Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2
26	The Fabulous Thunderbirds	She's Tuff	Blues Masters, Vol. 9: Postmodern Blues
27	Johnny "Guitar" Watson	One Room Country Shack	ABC Of The Blues Vol 49
28	Blind Willie Johnson	John The Revelator	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
29	Johnny Copeland	Down On Bending Knees	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
30	Andrew "Smokey" Hogg	I Gotta Ride	Texas Guitar Killers Disc 2
31	Johnny Winter	Highway 61 Revisited	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
32	Lowell Fulson	Blue Shadows	A Propoer Introduction to Lowell Fulson Juke Box Shuffle

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Modern Americana, Oldies, Rock, Theme Time

Music From The Band

June 25, 2021 Dave

Americana fusion from the Canadian border to the rolling hills of Arkansas: roots music from a musical collective built on a foundation made up of many different legs: blues, rock, folk, Civil War stories, burnished antiques found alongside the two-lane highways of mid-century and tradition from the kitchen. Their songs were anchored by deeper roots. There are few that could speak musically to all of these and all of their connecting tissue, but The Band (Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson) made it seem easy. From their early years as The Hawks backing Ronnie Hawkins to being the electric behind Bob Dylan’s Judas performance in the UK, and then The Last Waltz. There were tragedies both light and heavy that foretold a demise as predictable as the appearance of Halley’s Comet. Join us in a reflection of their music on a Friday morning in Sonoma County on KOWS Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Robbie Robertson	When The Night Was Young	How To Become Clairvoyant
3	The Band	Will The Circle Be Unbroken (non-lp track)	A Musical History [Disc 1]
4	The Levon Helm Band	Anna Lee	Newport Folk Festival 8/3/2008
5	Rick Danko	When I Get My Just Rewards	Cryin' Heart Blues
6	Bob Dylan & The Band	The Weight	Before The Flood [Live] [Disc 2]
7	Joan Baez	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Hits: Greatest & Others
8	The Band	Acadian Driftwood	Northern Lights-Southern Cross
9	Bob Dylan & The Band	Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)	The Basement Tapes [Disc 2]
10	Bob Dylan & The Band	Million Dollar Bash	The Basement Tapes [Disc 1]
11	Rick Danko	It Makes No Difference	Live Anthology
12	Emmylou Harris & The Band	Evangeline	Duets
13	The Band	Stage Fright	The Last Waltz [Rhino Box Set] Disc 1
14	Ronnie Hawkins/The Band	Who Do You Love?	The Last Waltz [Rhino Box Set] Disc 1
15	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars	Havana Moon	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
16	Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks	Hey Boba Lou	The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks
17	The Band	Stand Up	High On The Hog
18	Levon Helm	False Hearted Lover Blues	Dirt Farmer
19	Warren Haynes With The All Star Band And Rami Jaffee	The Shape I'm In (with The All Star Band & Rami Jaffee)	(2013) Love For Levon
20	The Band,Bob Clearmountain	Time to Kill – Remix / 2020	Stage Fright (Deluxe Remix 2020)
21	The Band	Life Is a Carnival	Cahoots
22	Levon Helm	Tennessee Jed	Electric Dirt
23	The Band	Twilight (Single Version)	Islands [Remastered]
24	Bob Dylan	I Shall Be Released	Before The Flood [Disc 1]
25	Levon Helm	Money	Levon Helm

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Free Form, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues

Windy and Warm

May 28, 2021 Dave

This morning’s show takes a free form journey across that long grey ribbon of America’s roots highways. We’ll be sharing a coast-to-coast collection of sounds including surf sounds, a tincture of Mose Allison, swamp gold from Cookie and the Cupcakes, folk sounds of Pete Seeger and Malvina Reynolds, forties pop sounds of Johnny Mercer, and highlights from a songwriter you may never have heard of but who made a profound impact across the board: John D. Loudermilk. dusty digital bins. Join Dave Stroud for an eclectic blend of classic soul, folk, rock, jazz, blues, and country on a Friday morning brought to you live from the KOWS studios in the heart of downtown Santa Rosa.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Doc Watson	Windy and Warm	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
3	Barbara Lynn	Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye	A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979
4	Etta James	One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)	The Essential Etta James [Disc 1]
5	Dinah Washington	This Bitter Earth	The Essential Dinah Washington: The Great Songs
6	Mose Allison	You Call It Joggin'	Allison Wonderland: Anthology [Disc 2]
7	Robert Johnson	Come on in My Kitchen	The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 1
8	Crosby, Stills & Nash	49 Bye-Byes	Crosby, Stills & Nash
9	Louis Armstrong	Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
10	John D. Loudermilk	Everybody Knows	Blue Train
11	Pete Seeger	Coyote, My Little Brother	God Bless The Grass
12	Malvina Reynolds	Little Boxes	Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2
13	Aaron Neville	Tell It Like It Is	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
14	Cookie & The Cupcakes	I Cried	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
15	The Fabulous Thunderbirds	Mathilda	Essential Fabulous Thunderbirds
16	The Four Tops	I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)	The Ultimate Collection
17	John Prine	If I Could	Live on Tour
18	Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers Feat. Jo Stafford	Personality	Capitol Collectors Series
19	Lloyd Price	Stagger Lee	Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
20	Sir Douglas Quintet	She's About A Mover	Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet
21	Terry Stafford	Suspicion	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1964
22	Bruce Springsteen	Johnny Bye-Bye	Tracks [Disc 2]
23	Chuck Berry	You Never Can Tell	The Chess Box Disc 2
24	The Beach Boys	Surfin' U.S.A.	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
25	Jerry Lee Lewis/Ringo Starr	Sweet Little Sixteen	Last Man Standing
26	Dave Edmunds	Here Comes the Weekend	The Anthology (1968-1990) Disc 1
27	Elvis Presley	Paralyzed	50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Elvis' Gold Records – Volume 2
28	Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers	All That Oil in Texas	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
29	The Four Clefs	I Like Pie, I Like Cake	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
30	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	A String of Pearls	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
31	The Lovin' Spoonful	Daydream	Daydream [Original LP]
32	The Youngbloods	Get Together	Get Together: The Essential Youngbloods
33	Nina Simone	Feeling Good	Compact Jazz
34	Johnny Cash	Ring Of Fire	Country: The American Tradition [Disc 2]

Bob at 80

May 28, 2021 Dave

Bob Dylan’s turning the big eight-ohhh my God! Born on May 24, 1941 “with a name that means nothing and an age that means less”, he’s being honored in Minnesota (given his boyhood home of Hibbing) with a year long celebration. But it won’t be just the state whose motto from the French translates to “The star of the North”, but a good part of world will also be taking part. While prickly and, at times, difficult to translate, his words have formed images from the metrics of gospel, protest, and a cynic’s wrath to sonnet-like love songs and dirges that would bend even the ears of T. S. Eliot or Auden. He is the bard of a generation whose metal art and endeavors in the art of whiskey underscore eight decades that spell a true renaissance man. We’ll touch on two hours of Dylan’s music this week on Deeper Roots.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bob Dylan	Song To Woody	No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7) [Disc 1]
3	Bob Dylan	Mississippi	The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs [Disc 1]
4	Ian & Sylvia	Tomorrow Is A Long Time	Four Strong Winds
5	Earl Scruggs & Bob Dylan	Nashville Skyline Rag	Dylan Country
6	Bob Dylan	New Morning [With Horn Section Overdubs]	Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 [Disc 2]
7	Bob Dylan	Talkin' New York	Bob Dylan
8	Joan Baez	It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	From The Coffeehouse
9	Peter, Paul & Mary	Blowin' In The Wind	The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary
10	The Byrds	Mr. Tambourine Man	20 Number Ones
11	Johnny Cash	It Ain't Me Babe	Dylan Country
12	Bob Dylan	If Dogs Run Free	New Morning
13	Bob Dylan	Po' Boy	Love and Theft
14	Bob Dylan	Rainy Day Women #12 & 35	MTV Unplugged
15	Bob Dylan	You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go	Blood on the Tracks
16	Bob Dylan	Shelter from the Storm [Take 2]	More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14
17	Bob Dylan	Everything Is Broken	Oh Mercy
18	Bob Dylan	Things Have Changed	Lovesick
19	The Band	When I Paint My Masterpiece	A Musical History [Disc 4]
20	Bob Dylan	Man in the Long Black Coat	Chronicles, Vol. 1
21	Bob Dylan	Duquesne Whistle	Tempest
22	Bob Dylan	Goodbye Jimmy Reed	Rough And Rowdy Ways [Disc 1]
23	Bob Dylan	My Blue Eyed Jane	The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute
24	Bob Dylan Feat. Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison	My Back Pages	Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration [Disc 2]
25	Bob Dylan	Man Gave Names To All The Animals	Slow Train Coming

Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Jazz, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Theme Time

Post-War Rhythm & Jive

May 15, 2021 Dave

Somewhere sandwiched between pre-war big band and swing and the rock n’ roll era that erupted in the early fifties, there was foretelling in the sounds of post-war rhythm and blues, honkers and shouters, and jump bands. This week’s show will explore the sounds of post-war with Louis Jordan’s Tympany Five, Bull Moose Jackson, Babs Gonzales, Wynonie Harris, Amos Milburn and a couple dozen others. To say the burner was hot is misunderstanding the situation: it was red hot. Our morning show will have your toes tappin’, your fingers snappin’, and your hips shakin’ as the sounds of post-war rhythm in blues takes you into another Spring day here in Sonoma County. Join in the fun!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Wild Bill Moore (vocal: Scatman)	Rock 'N' Roll	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
3	Louis Jordan	Ain't That Just Like a Woman	Number Ones
4	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Hungary Man	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
5	Buster Bennett	Rockin' My Blues Away	Chronological Buster Bennett (1945-1947)
6	Bull Moose Jackson	Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me	Badman Jackson Thats Me
7	The Charioteers	Viddle de Vop	Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 2: Viddle de Vop
8	T-Bone Walker	T-Bone Shuffle	Living The Blues: Blues Greats
9	Louis Jordan	Caldonia	The Rough and Rowdy Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1
10	Jake Porter	Safronia	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
11	Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends	Mama Don't Allow	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
12	Babs' Three Bips & A Bop (Babs Gonzales)	Oo-Pa-Pa-Da	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
13	Pearl Bailey	The Hucklebuck	Chronological Pearl Bailey (1947-1950)
14	Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson	Gonna Send You Where I Got You From	Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1
15	Bull Moose Jackson	Keep You're Big Mouth Shut	Bad Man Jackson
16	The King Porter Orchestra	Chittlin' Ball	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
17	Nellie Lutcher	He's a Real Gone Guy	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
18	Cleo Brown	Cleo's Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
19	Ella Mae Morse	A Little Further Down The Road A Piece	Singles 2
20	Julia Lee	Oh Chuck It	Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
21	Cab Calloway	The Calloway Boogie	Jukebox Hits 1930-1950
22	Wynonie Harris	All She Wants To Do Is Rock	All She Wants To Do Is Rock
23	Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five	Chicky-Mo, Craney Crow	Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1947 – 1949
24	Butch Stone & His Orchestra	I Got News For You	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52
25	Amos Milburn	Amos' Boogie	Amos Milburn Rocks
26	Blue Lu Barker	A Little Bird Told Me	From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944
27	Nellie Lutcher	He Sends Me	Oxford American 10th Anniversary Southern Music CD [Disc 2] "Past Masters" [2008]
28	Betty Hall Jones	Learn To Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
29	Mabel Scott	Googie Woogie	Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3
30	Tiny Davis & Her Orchestra	How About That Jive	Jumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD)
31	Bull Moose Jackson	Watch My Signals	The Rough and Rowdy Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1
32	Doc Pomus	My Good Pott	Singer & Songwriter
33	Wynonie Harris	Good Rockin' Tonight	Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949
34	Little Willie Littlefield	Hello Kats	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52

Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Gospel, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Soul

Mother’s Day Special

May 7, 2021 Dave

This weekend we observe Mother’s Day, a day that got buried among the many lost celebrations last year due to the pandemic. So it is only fitting that we elevate the gratitude we have this coming Sunday. At Deeper Roots, we’re taking time this Friday to celebrate with only the finest in the many American genres including country, bluegrass, rock, pop vocals, soul, and everything in between…with a little bit of spark thrown in. We’ve got Aretha, The Louvins, Zydeco sounds with Fernest Arceneaux, JJ Cale and Dr. Hook, all in tow to pay tribute to all of those moms out there who play such a big part in our formation as adults. Tune in Friday mornings live from the KOWS studios in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bill & The Belles	Finger Pointin' Mama	Dreamsongs, Etc.
3	Nat King Cole	My Mother Told Me	Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949
4	J.J. Cale	Blues For Mama	To Tulsa And Back
5	Paul Simon	Mother And Child Reunion	Greatest Hits: Shining Like A National Guitar
6	Fernest Arceneaux, The Zydeco All Stars, Rockin' Dopsie, Jr.	Don't Tell Your Mother	Zydeco Blues Party
7	Miracles	If Your Mother Only Knew	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4)
8	Dee Dee Sharp	(That's What) My Mama Said	The Best of Dee Dee Sharp
9	The Shirelles	Mama Said	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
10	Jackie Deshannon	Did He Call Today, Mama	Breakin' It Up On the Beatles
11	Hello, Dolly! 1994 Broadway Revival Cast	Motherhood	Hello, Dolly!: The New 1994 Cast Recording
12	Charles Colman & William Eaton	Doncha Hear Yo'Po Mother Callin'?	5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
13	Lou Monte	Mama (Mamma)	Songs for Pizza Lovers – Lou Monte Sings
14	The Mills Brothers	Don't Be Afraid To Tell Your Mother	Mills Brothers – Golden Greats
15	The Taylor Brothers	Mother's Advice	I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3]
16	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	I Hear My Mother Call My Name	The Original Soul Sister: This Train [Disc 4]
17	Buck Owens	Dust On Mother's Bible	Dust On Mother's Bible
18	Bonnie Owens	Medals for Mothers	1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
19	The Haden Triplets	Gray Mother Dreaming	The Family Songbook
20	Faron Young	Let Old Mother Have Her Way	Hello Walls / The Young Approach
21	Mac Wiseman	Mother Knows Best	1962-1965 (Warped 6339)
22	The Louvin Brothers	God Bless Her ('Cause She Is My Mother)	Long Play Collection
23	The Blind Boys of Alabama	Let My Mother Live	Almost Home
24	Ike & Tina Turner	Mamma Tell Him	Don't Play Me Cheap
25	Aretha Franklin	A Mother's Love	Soul Sister
26	B.B. King	Nobody Loves Me But My Mother	Indianola Mississippi Seeds
27	Earl King	Mother Told Me Not To Go	Let The Good Times Roll
28	Buddy Guy	My Mother	The Treasure Untold
29	Leo Welch	Mother Loves Her Children	Sabougla Voices
30	Chris Smither	Every Mother's Son	I'm a Stranger Too!/Don't It Drag On
31	Troy Hess	Please Don't Go Topless, Mother	Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5
32	Louis Armstrong	Blues In The Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me)	Blues In The Night: The Johnny Mercer Songbook
33	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	Mother, the Queen of My Heart	Ramblin' Jack Elliott Sings Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers

A Century of America's Music