Seven years after our community was ravaged by three different wildfires, we’re going to focus on the theme of rain in our show today. Call it a rain dance if you must but we’re hoping that not only will the weather give us one more year of respite from the flaming torrent of climate change-induced wildfires but also make it two years in a row with reservoir replenishment. So why not a theme that promotes rainy weather? We’ll go to every genre corner in the show today: gospel, jazz, country, rock ‘n roll, soul and rhythm & blues. Tune in for a themed collection this morning that includes the likes of Glenn Yarbrough, Percy Sledge, Leon Russell, Lonnie Johnson and Billy “The Kid” Emerson. There’s a whole lot more so join in and find out. A sunny September morning leads us to our rain dance…or whatever you call it.
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Sons of the Pioneers
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (Remastered)
Anthology: The Definitive Collection (Remastered)
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Buddy Guy
Feels Like Rain
Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy
4
Hugh Laurie
Didn't It Rain
Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
5
Sons Of South
Didn't It Rain Children
The Best Of Nashboro Gospel
6
Lew Childre
It Don't Do Nothing but Rain
…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
7
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Buy for Me the Rain
Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 1
8
Sir Douglas Quintet
The Rains Came
Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet
9
Eddie Rabbitt
I Love A Rainy Night
Superstars Of Country
10
Albert Lee
Rainbows All Over Your Blues
The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons
11
Buddy Holly
Raining in My Heart
The Definitive Collection
12
The Cascades
Rhythm of the Rain
Teen Ballads Disc 2
13
Lonnie Johnson
Pouring Down Rain
Complete Folkways Recordings
14
John Hammond, Jr.
Little Rain Falling
Country Blues
15
Billy "The Kid" Emerson
When It Rains, It Pours
Living The Blues: Blues Classics 1955-1956
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Big Maybelle
Rain Down Rain
The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55
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Leon Russell
A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
Leon Russell And The Shelter People [Bonus Tracks]
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Irma Thomas
It's Raining
Time Is on My Side: The Best of Irma Thomas, Vol. 1
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Irma Thomas
I Think It's Going to Rain Today
Simply Grand
20
Madeleine Peyroux
California Rain
Half The Perfect World
21
Billie Holiday
Come Rain Or Come Shine
Billie's Best
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Creedence Clearwater Revival
Have You Ever Seen The Rain
Rock Steady 1971: Celebrating Starbucks 35th Anniversary
23
The Mavericks
Here Comes the Rain
Music for All Occasions
24
The Serendipity Singers
Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)
My Music Original Masters Folk Rewind [Disc 2]
25
Glenn Yarbrough
Baby the Rain Must Fall
Pop Memories of the 60s: Vol. 4- Blue Velvet [Disc 1]
The charts for the year 1956 were overtaken by Elvis. No question. There were a few others that illuminated the jukebox namely Fats Domino, Webb Pierce, Little Richard, and The Platters. Rock ‘n roll’s impact swept the floor with most burying some fairly incredible performances in it’s wake. Call it an avalanche. Call it a mudslide. Call it what you like. As I began to assemble a show looking at the top of the charts for the year, I found that starting at the bottom and working my way up was a revelation. Whether it was country, rhythm & blues, rock ‘n roll or pop…there were some delicious also-rans that I could not ignore so chose to ignore the Top 30 and focused today’s show on the so-called losers below the waterline of the Top 40. And what a joy it was! We’ll hear from some of them including Big Joe Turner, The Dells, LaVern Baker, Clyde McPhatter, Carl Smith and Kitty Wells in today’s show. I hope you’ll find some time, morning, noon or night, to listen in.
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The Ernie Freeman Combo
Jivin' Around, Part 1
Blowing The Fuse: 1956
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Bo Diddley
Pretty Thing
Blowing The Fuse: 1956
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Chuck Berry
Too Much Monkey Business
Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
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Big Joe Turner
The Chicken and the Hawk
Big Joe Rocks
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LaVern Baker
I Can't Love You Enough
Rock & Roll
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Clyde McPhatter
Seven Days
Rock & Roll
8
Chuck Willis
Juanita
I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
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Chuck Willis
It's Too Late
Blowing The Fuse: 1956
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The Clovers
Devil or Angel
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
11
The Dells
Oh What A Nite
The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 1]
12
The Moonglows
See Saw
Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1]
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Little Willie John
Home At Last
Fever: The Best Of Little Willie John
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Ray Charles
Lonely Avenue
Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks
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Otis Williams & His Charms
Ivory Tower
Rhythm & Blues 1952-1959 – Music Sampler, Vol. 2
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The Five Keys
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind
Doo Wop Vocal Group Greats
17
The G-Clefs
Ka-Ding Dong
Gems from the Columbia Vaults, Pt. 1
18
Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Ain't Got No Home
Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
19
Sil Austin
Slow Walk
Great Instrumental Hits Of The 50s-80s (10 Songs)
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Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra With Eddie Heywood
The debate is over; what’s say we have ourselves another. There’s certainly no debating democracy at work. Today’s Deeper Roots show will find us circulating through the connective tissue of song: themes that connect with one another. A little bit of eclectic free form fused with all the delightful sounds of country, pop, rock and tradition. Our guiding light will be the truth and the American way. Yes, there’s always bubble gum, apple pie, and Sunday church but then we also have the bats**t crazies who will blame all the good, the bad and the ugly on those who don’t resemble themselves or their own views. So take a break with us on this summer of broken hearts and we’ll share country from Don Gibson to Rosanne Cash, rock and roll from The Stray Cats to Fats Domino, and a little bit of sass and blues from Etta James and Charles Brown. Summer’s almost over and election day is fast approaching. So make sure you vote.
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Sarah Vaughan
Broken Hearted Melody
Ultimate Sarah Vaughan (Selected by Dee Dee Bridgewater)
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Chris Isaak
Lonely With A Broken Heart
San Francisco Days
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k.d. lang & the Reclines
Trail of Broken Hearts
Absolute Torch and Twang
5
Rosanne Cash
The Way We Make A Broken Heart [Album Version]
King's Record Shop
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Al Green
How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
The Virgin Suicides
7
Don Williams
Some Broken Hearts Will Never Mend
The Definitive Collection
8
Don Gibson
I Can Mend Your Broken Heart
The Complete Recordings 1952-1962
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Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
My Heart Is Mended
Sunny Road
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Gram Parsons
Hearts On Fire
G.P. / Grievous Angel
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Kelly Dalton
I'm On Fire
Home – EP
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Nikki Lane
Love's On Fire
All or Nothin' (Deluxe)
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Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys
Settin' The Woods On Fire
Back At The Quonset Hut
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Fats Domino
I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire
This Is Gold Disc 2
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Leon Redbone
Settin' By The Fire
Whistling In The Wind
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Etta James
Let's Burn Down The Cornfield
Enduring Soul
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Etta James
Jump Into My Fire
Seven Year Itch
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The Brothers Four
Greenfields
Best Of The Folk Era
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Peter Wolf
The Green Fields Of Summer [with Neko Case]
Midnight Souvenirs
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Nanci Griffith
Fields Of Summer
Late Night Grande Hotel
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Stray Cats
Lonely Summer Nights
Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92
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The Four Preps
Lazy Summer Night
Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 3]
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Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
Summer Nights
Grease
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Steve Forbert
Steve Forbert's Midsummer Night's Toast
The Best of Steve Forbert: What Kinda Guy?
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The Beach Boys
Your Summer Dream
Surfer Girl
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Link Wray & The Wraymen
Summer Dream
Destination Beach: 30 Tunes For Dancing In The Sand
It’s a mellow, laid back collection of sounds from the past century for you this morning. The “ember” months have arrived and we’re winding our way through the last sunsets of summer. So lay down your burdens and join us on another Deeper Roots Friday morning as we share some sweet sounds from near and far, all anchored in an American landscape of dreams and waning nights of warmth. And warmth is what we’ll focus on…from JJ Cale and Leon Russell to Leo Reisman’s Orchestra, Sam Cooke, Randy Newman and Levon Helm. All of this and more, as they say, as we approach the final two months of election promises. I’m hoping that everyone’s placed a high value on truth and goodness because the hate, the lies, the gutter talk all need to be evaporated at long last. Send the vermin back into their holes of hate and let’s get on with the business of making our lives better. Because it’s not politicians that can do that. It’s us.
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John Prine
Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
German Afternoons
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Roy Orbison
Ride Away
Classic "MGM" Roy Orbison 1965 – 68
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Dire Straits
Ticket To Heaven
On Every Street
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Eddie Lang
Blue Guitars
Jazz Guitar Virtuoso
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Bobby "Blue" Bland
Stormy Monday Blues
Legends of Guitar – Electric Blues (Vol. 1)
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Ray Charles with Norah Jones
Here We Go Again
…Featuring Norah Jones
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Ray Charles
Crying Time
Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
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Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
You Got Me
Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
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Leon Russell
Lady Blue
Retrospective
11
J.J. Cale
Magnolia
The Very Best of J.J. Cale
12
Louis Armstrong
When It's Sleepy Time Down South
The Ultimate Collection [Disc 3]
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Hoagy Carmichael
Lazy Bones
Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody
14
Leo Reisman & His Orchestra
Lazy Lullaby
Society Swing
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Santo & Johnny
Lazy Day
Santo & Johnny: Collection [Disc 2]
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Charlie McCoy
Walkin' After Midnight
Classic Country
17
Randy Newman
Baltimore
The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2
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Sam Cooke
Bring It on Home to Me
Greatest Hits
19
Etta James
I'd Rather Go Blind
Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
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The Arthur Lyman Group
Yellow Bird
Music For a Bachelor's Den More Of The Best Of The Arthur Lyman Group: 6
A little bit of good, a little bit of bad, and a whole lot of Americana classics. This morning’s Deeper Roots show runs the gamut from boogie Woogie to country ballads, classic rock, soul, blues, gospel and everything but the kitchen sink. Dave Stroud will be featuring songs that celebrate the band of gold, bad boys, bad girls, schooldays nostalgia, and the silly notion that black cats are no more than a warning when, in fact, they are a sign from on high of the very best being yet to come. Tune in for the likes of Stephen Stills, Johnny Cash, Cleo Brown, NRBQ and…yes, Billie Eilish as we celebrate America’s roots from then until now where no ocean is wider nor mountain is high. Celebrate a free form extravaganza with us as we push our way through August, well past the dog days and into the breezy, cool nights of summer’s waning. All for you and the neighborhood on KOWS Community Radio.
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NRBQ
A Little Bit Of Bad
Message For The Mess Age
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Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
Stay
Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2)
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Ronnie Hawkins
Matchbox
Duane Allman: An Anthology, Vol. 2 [Disc 1]
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The Hunt Sisters
Elvis Is Rocking Again
Dirty Boogie:The Fortune Records Story
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Elvis Presley
Dirty Dirty Feeling
Elvis Is Back!
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Cleo Brown
Boogie Woogie
Picking the Blues – Compiled By John Mayall – Boogie Woogie Pioneers
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Big Joe Turner
Boogie Woogie Country Girl
Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 3]
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Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis
Boogie Woogie Country Gal
Wild! Wild! Wild!
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The Drifters
Let The Boogie Woogie Roll
The Definitive Drifters [Disc 1]
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Robert Plant
Let The Boogie Woogie Roll
More Friends
12
Ella Mae Morse & Her Boogie Woogie Seven
Down The Road Apiece
Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
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Billie Eilish
Bad Guy
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
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Robert Gordon
Bad Boy
Bad Boy
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The Jive Bombers
Bad Boy
Cry-Baby
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Slim Rhodes Band
Bad Girl
Sun Ballads 1953-62
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The Miracles
Bad Girl
The 35th Anniversary Collection
18
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kin…
Mama Don't Like My Man
I Learned the Hard Way (Bonus Version)
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Johnny Cash
I Will Rock And Roll With You
The Legend: Old Favorites And New [Disc 2]
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Willie Nelson
Bring Me Sunshine ("Naked" Version)
Naked Willie
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Roy Orbison
Dream Baby
The Monument Singles: A-Sides (1960 – 1964) [Disc 1]
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Roy Orbison
She Wears My Ring
Crying
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Greg Brown
Band of Gold
Down in There
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Don Cherry
Band Of Gold
Rockin' & Rollin' Wedding Songs, Vol. 1
25
Elvis Presley
Wear My Ring Around Your Neck
50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Elvis' Gold Records – Volume 2
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Rev. Emmett Dickinson
A Black Cat Has Crossed Your Path
Apple Bobbing Mix Vol. 2
27
Johnny Winter
Black Cat Bone
The Progressive Blues Experiment
28
Memphis Minnie
Black Cat Blues – Take 1
Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)
29
Johnny Cash
Mean Eyed Cat
The Man In Black 1954-1958 [Disc 1]
30
Johnny Cash
Ring Of Fire
Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1]
31
Roy Orbison
Rock House
Three Classic Albums+Singles and Sessions 1956-1962 [Disc 1]
We’re taking a trip up into hill country to celebrate a true Americana sound. From it’s simple roots rolling out of Appalachia, celebrating music and culture going back even further, bluegrass music evolved from many different corners with a combination of many styles, including old-time mountain music, square dance fiddling, blues, gospel, jazz, and popular music. You can count on high energy, fast tempos and a most distinctive sound. This week’s show has the syncopated rhythms moving along like a freight train, those nostalgic remembrances, and heel-kicking improvisations…not to mention those high lonesome vocals. We’ve got Blue Highway, Bill Monroe, Mac Wiseman, Earl Scruggs, The Rice Brothers and a couple dozen others in a Friday morning bluegrass extravaganza, sharing both classic and contemporary performers. If you’re close by, tune into KOWS 92.5 FM or, better yet, stream us almost anywhere on planet Earth at kowsfm.com/listen.
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Morris Brothers
Salty Dog Blues
Legends Of Bluegrass [Disc 3]
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Bill Monroe
I'm Travelin' On and On
1947-1949 (Warped 4988)
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Bill Monroe
Crossing the Cumberlands
Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 4]
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Jimmy Martin
Footprints in the Snow
First Time Together
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The Dillards
Dooley
There Is A Time: 1963-70
7
Rhonda Vincent
Lonesome Wind Blues
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
8
The Gentlemen of Bluegrass
Old Old House
Carolina Memories
9
John Hartford
Skippin' In The Mississippi Dew
Good'le Days: Essential Recordings
10
John Hartford
Take Me Back To My Mississippi River Home
Good'le Days: Essential Recordings
11
Blue Highway
Riding the Danville Pike
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
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The David Thom Band
Home Is Where The Heart Is
That Old Familiar
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The David Thom Band
The Little White Church
That Old Familiar
14
Alison Krauss & Union Station
So Long So Wrong
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
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Ricky Skaggs
I Hope You've Learned
Ricky Skaggs
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Ralph Stanley
Dad's Old Rocky Field
Old Songs & Ballads
17
The Rice Brothers
Grapes On the Vine
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
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Hazel Dickens
I Can't Find Your Love Any More
O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection
19
Del McCoury
A Far Cry
Celebrating 50 Years of del McCoury (Disc 4)
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Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
As Long As the World Stands
The Hard Game of Love
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Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt
Randy Lynn Rag
The Essential Earl Scruggs (1 of 2)
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The Johnson Mountain Boys
Duncan & Brady
Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
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The Johnson Mountain Boys
Orange Blossom Special
Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 2]
24
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
Dusty Miller
Bill Monroe: Anthology
25
Mac Wiseman
I Wonder How The Old Folks Are
Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 2]
26
Steep Canyon Rangers
As I Go
Nobody Knows You
27
Laurie Lewis
Tall Pines
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
28
Jim Lauderdale
Old Time Angels
Old Time Angels
29
Jim & Jesse
Nine Pound Hammer
Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
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The Seldom Scene
Muddy Water
Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
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Bobby Hicks & Del McCoury
We're Steppin' Out Tonight
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
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Lynn Morris Band
The Bramble and the Rose
Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
Looking back over the past fifty-or-so years, we find a large gathering assembled under a large, all-inclusive tent, called Americana. There’s hardly a definition that’s been assigned and it’s hardly what we’d term ‘a genre’. It is, rather, a mood of the music and a narrative of the storytelling defines it. Like the dozens of genres that line it’s walls, we’ve come to know what we’re listening to: blues, gospel, folk and tradition, jazz, and everything in between. This week we’ll be stepping into that tent to congregate and celebrate that ‘sound we know’ called Americana. The digital bins will take us only so far back, celebrating the music of Bob Dylan, Buddy Miller, Gillian Welch, Joe Ely, Old Crow Medicine Show and a couple dozen others. Just what’s needed and built on playlists worthy of the very best of the Americana Hours broadcast each morning here on KOWS Community Radio.
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Old Crow Medicine Show
Wagon Wheel
O.C.M.S.
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Bob Dylan
Hard Times
Good As I Been To You
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Keb' Mo'
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
5
Sheryl Crow
No Depression In Heaven
The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage Of The Carter Family
We’ve heard them all, the quotes about money being the root of all evil, you can’t take it with you, money can’t buy happiness…but there’s this one little thing that is seldom expanded on and that is the story of ‘dirty money’. There’s plenty of fodder in that area…from the banker CEO to the coal company CEO…there’s never an effort to help raise all boats, only the yachts. Capitalism is our theme. No, wait, is it bank robbing? No, most likely the working man trying to put bread on the table. Hold on, I know. It’s runaway inflation and the blame game. In any event, we’ll be all over the board in today’s show, bringing you music about money cravin’ folks from Blind Alfred Reed, working down on Maggie’s Farm and we’ll also have ourselves a hint of a fireside chat to make us feel better. We’ll also head down to coal country and Bonnie and Clyde, Woody Guthrie, and “Voila! An American Dream” from Rodney Crowell. Tune in. Should be fun.
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David Rawlings
Money Is the Meat in the Coconut
Poor David's Almanack
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The Andrews Sisters
Money is The Root of All Evil
Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2]
4
Randy Newman
It's Money That Matters
Land of Dreams
5
Rodney Crowell
Voila, An American Dream
Collection
6
Bob Brozman
Follow The Money
Post-industrial Blues
7
Eartha Kitt/Henri René & His Orchestra
Just an Old Fashioned Girl
Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits
8
Dr. John
(Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away
The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974
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Ry Cooder
No Banker Left Behind
Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down
10
Woody Guthrie
The Jolly Banker (Woody Guthrie)
Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection [Disc 2]
11
Jake Xerxes Fussell
All in Down and Out
Jake Xerxes Fussell
12
Roy Zimmerman
Joel Osteen
Rize Up
13
Bob Dylan
Maggie's Farm
The Essential Bob Dylan [Disc 1]
14
Blind Alfred Reed
Money Cravin Folks
Complete Recorded Works 1927-29
15
Barbecue Bob
We Sure Got Hard Times Now
Bankers Blues – A Study in the Effects of Fiscal Mischeif
16
Bo Carter
Times Is Tight Like That
Bankers Blues – A Study in the Effects of Fiscal Mischeif
17
Betty O' Brian
Money Honey
Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
18
The O'Jays
For The Love Of Money
Funk Explosion
19
Solomon Burke
Honey Where's The Money Gone
Nashville
20
John Lee Hooker
I Need Some Money
That's My Story ( Sings the Blues)
21
SNCC Freedom Singers; Reagon, Cordell
Which Side Are You On?
Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
22
Bruce Springsteen
The Ghost of Tom Joad
Chapter & Verse
23
Wray Family
(Dark As A Dungeon Way) Down In The Mine
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
24
Band Of Ruhks
Coal Mining Man featuring Dr. Ralph Stanley
Band Of Ruhks
25
Buddy Durham
Sixteen Tons
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
26
Justin Townes Earle
Down In The Valley
Coal Country Music
27
Stan Farlow
1040 Blues
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
28
Rex Allen
Money, Marbles And Chalk
The Versatile Rex Allen [Disc 2]
29
Merle Haggard And The Strangers
The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde (2006 Digital Remaster)
Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
30
Merle Haggard
Working Man Blues
Merle Haggard Country Legend-Disc 1
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Ferlin Husky
22 – Money Greases the Wheels
Ferlin Husky Singles
32
J.J. Cale
Money Talks
The Very Best of J.J. Cale
33
Kronos Quartet
Which Side Are You On
Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet and Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger
Storytelling in song is not new. It’s mankind’s way of conveying, in both accuracy and reflection, the narrative from one perspective. Embellishments and hooks have long been the best way to make the story easy to digest and, if need be, to get a point (likely sociopolitical) across. We’ll be doing just that in this Friday’s episode: stories based in war, natural disasters, national tragedies and personal conflict. We’ll take a hundred year tour of storytelling from Bessie Smith to the Drive-by Truckers, from Memphis Minnie and The Tex-I-An Boys to Calexico, The Staple Singers and Marty Robbins. There are floods, murders, environmental catastrophes, bombings, and some wartime solemnity to be shared today. Tune into KOWS Community Radio every Friday morning for some fresh musical linens, curated by the outdoors and streaming to all of planet Earth on KOWSFM.COM/listen
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Mac Wiseman
Wreck Of The Old '97
Sings Old Time Country Favorites
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Jimmie Driftwood
The Battle of New Orleans
Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles
4
Marty Robbins
Ballad Of The Alamo
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
5
Johnny Horton
Sink The Bismark
Classic Country Great Story Songs [Disc 2]
6
Calexico
Victor Jara's Hands
Carried To Dust
7
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Ohio
So Far
8
Joni Mitchell
Woodstock
Hits
9
Grateful Dead
New, New Minglewood Blues
What a Long Strange Trip It's Been Disc 1
10
Grateful Dead
New Speedway Boogie
What a Long Strange Trip It's Been Disc 1
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Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards
Ludlow Massacre
Thirty Two Cents Postage Due
12
Tom Petty
Jefferson Jericho Blues
Mojo (Extra Mojo Version)
13
Randy Newman
Burn On
Sail Away
14
Charlie Haden
Is This America? (Katrina 2005)
Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
15
Johnny Cash
Five Feet High And Rising
Songs Of Our Soil
16
Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie
When the Levee Breaks
People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
17
Sin-Killer Griffin
Wasn't That A Mighty Storm
Field Recordings, Vol. 5: Louisiana, Texas, Bahamas (1933-1940)
18
The Tex-I-An Boys
Wasn't That A Mighty Storm?
Classic American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways
19
Bessie Smith
Backwater Blues
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
20
Rory Block
Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down)
Confessions of A Blues Singer
21
Chill Pill Dancers
Zoot Suit Riot
Swing: Next Generation
22
Mimi & Richard Fariqa
Birmingham Sunday
Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 10 The West Coast
Summer’s in full tilt and we’re not ready quite yet for the heat. But that won’t stop us cartwheeling down the musical halls as we take an eclectic ride on a free form Friday. Themes and tradition will rule today’s playlists, making way for some great roots rock favorites from Elvis, Chuck Berry and Roy Orbison. Country music is well represented with a lonesome George Strait train song, some hellbound Billy Strange, and a trip to Texas with Iris DeMent. KOWS Community Radio features Deeper Roots each and every Friday morning at 9 Pacific and this particular morning is no different save for a few snowflakes in the wind. We’ll also dig deeper for some tracks from The Ravens, The Golden Nuggets, The Beach Boys and a little bit of Dr. John. Join us on our free form journey!
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Bing Crosby
The Freedom Train [Single Version]
Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 1]
3
Iris DeMent
Goin' Down To Sing In Texas
Workin' On A World
4
Randy Newman
Political Science
Sail Away
5
Simon & Garfunkel
America
Old Friends Disc 2
6
Louis Armstrong
Summer Song
This Is Jazz Sampler
7
The Ravens
Summertime
Old Man River
8
Jim Byrnes
Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City
Long Hot Summer Nights
9
Roy Orbison
Summer Song
Crying
10
The Chimes
Summer Night
Another Banana Split, please
11
The Beach Boys
Your Summer Dream
Surfer Girl
12
Dr. John
Such A Night
The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974
13
Elvis Presley
Such A Night
The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1]
14
Chuck Berry
Downbound Train
The Chess Box Disc 1
15
Billy Strange
Hell Train
Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
16
The Golden Nuggets
Gospel Train
Oxford American Music Issue #13-Mississippi
17
George Strait
Trains Make Me Lonesome
Strait Out of the Box [Disc 3]
18
Mudcrutch
Shady Grove
Mudcrutch
19
Doc Watson
Shady Grove
Songs From Home
20
The Campbell Brothers Feat John Medeski
Amazing Grace
Can You Feel It?
21
Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues
Amazing Grace
Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 2]
22
Norma Jean
Let's Go All the Way
30th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
23
Ray Charles
Let's Go Get Stoned
Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
24
The Isley Brothers
Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go [Remastered 1991]
Complete United Artists Sessions
25
Al Greene/Soul's Mate
Back up Train
Smooth Grooves: The '60s, Vol. 3: Late '60s
26
Johnny Bond
Lonesome Train
Put Me To Bed
27
Robert Gordon
Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track)
Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials
28
Elvis Presley
Mystery Train
Lonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad Song
