Category Archives: Oldies

Sixties Folk Alley

March 13, 2020 Dave

The generation born from war and into war for the sake of war. There was bound to be an ideological plate shift and the epicenter could be found in and around New York City where a melting pot of sounds from Cafe Wa to Macdougall Street to Bleecker Street wafted across the country, westward on the mainstream. In our show today we’ll take a chronological run through the traditional folk that filled the decade of the Sixties. We’ll hear from The Kingston Trio, Trini Lopez, Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, and Tom Paxton in our Friday morning show, coming to you from the heart of the Cherry Street Historic District in Santa Rosa, California. Join us for odes to little boxes, cotton fields, rain, sunshine, and windy city odes to the social and political scorn of the times.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Brothers Four	Greenfields	The Time Life Treasury Of Folk Music [Disc 2]
3	The Kingston Trio	Everglades	The History Of American Folk
4	The Highwaymen	Cotton Fields	Treasury of Folk Music Vol 2 [Disc 2]
5	The Limeliters	A Dollar Down	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
6	The Highwaymen	Michael	The Time Life Treasury Of Folk Music, Vol. 1 [Disc 1]
7	Kingston Trio	Where Have All the Flowers Gone	Your Hit Parade – The Early '60S
8	Burl Ives	A Little Bitty Tear	Golden Age of Country Volume 2: Hard-to-Find Hits [Disc 1]
9	Peter, Paul & Mary	If I Had A Hammer	Peter, Paul & Mary
10	Trini Lopez	If I Had A Hammer	Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1]
11	Bob Dylan	Blowin' in the Wind	Biograph Disc 1
12	The Kingston Trio	Greenback Dollar	The Folk Years: Simple Song Of Freedom [Disc 1]
13	The New Christy Minstrels	Green Green	Green, Green
14	The New Christy Minstrels	Saturday Night	Treasury Of Folk Music, Vol 3 [Disc 2]
15	The Singing Nun (Soeur Sourire)	Dominique	The Folk Years [Disc 5]
16	Peter, Paul & Mary	Tell It On The Mountain	In the Wind
17	Pete Seeger	Little Boxes	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 3]
18	The New Christy Minstrels	Today	Treasury of Folk Music Vol 2 [Disc 2]
19	Bob Dylan	The Times They Are A-Changin'	Artist's Choice: Johnny Cash
20	Tom Paxton	I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound	Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
21	Gale Garnett	We'll Sing In The Sunshine	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
22	The Serendipity Singers	Don't Let The Rain Come Down	Best Of The Folk Era
23	The Serendipity Singers	Beans In My Ears	Time Life – The Folk Years – Reason To Believe [Disc 2]
24	Simon & Garfunkel	The Sound Of Silence	The Essential Simon & Garfunkel
25	Trini Lopez	Lemon Tree	Best Of The Folk Era
26	Barry McGuire	Eve Of Destruction	Singers & Songwriters: Troubadours [Disc 2]
27	Phil Ochs	I Ain't Marching Anymore	Mojo-2010-11-Journey to Love
28	Pozo-Seco Singers	Time	Time Life – The Folk Years – Reason To Believe [Disc 2]
29	We Five	You Were On My Mind	Dick Bartley Presents One Hit Wonders Of The '60s Vol. 1
30	Rooftop Singers	Walk Right In	Dick Bartley Presents One Hit Wonders Of The '60s Vol. 1
31	Bob Lind	Elusive Butterfly	Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2]
32	Bobby Darin	If I Were A Carpenter	Easy Listening Gold: 1966-1967
33	Judy Collins	Both Sides Now	Wildflowers / Who Knows Where The Time Goes (International Release)
34	The Irish Rovers	The Unicorn	The Time Life Treasury Of Folk Music, Vol. 1 [Disc 1]

International Women’s Day ’20

March 9, 2020 Dave

Blues, folk, and plenty of tradition. Songs that celebrate sisters in a fight for equal rights. That’s right. This is still part of the conversation in the 21st century. The right to vote. The right to equal pay. And the right to choose. There is still exclusivity beyond measure and yet gender equality is still a topic, not a reality. This week’s show stands up for International Women’s Day, held this past Sunday, March 8th, around the world. Deeper Roots digs deep for soul from Aretha, Nina, and Betty Wright, blues from Lucille Bogan and Bessie Smith, and fresh sounds from Amy Rigby, TLC, and the Secret Sisters on a Friday morning in Sonoma County. Join us. #EachforEqual #IWD2020.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Betty Wright	Clean Up Woman	Funk Soul Sisters
3	Aretha Franklin	Respect	Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 1]
4	Aretha Franklin	Chain Of Fools	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
5	TLC	No Scrubs	Fanmail
6	Destiny's Child	Independent Woman, Part 1	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
7	Lauryn Hill	246-Doo Wop (That Thing)	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
8	Lesley Gore	You Don't Own Me	Dancing Queens [Disc 1]
9	The Secret Sisters	You Don't Own Me Anymore	You Don't Own Me Anymore
10	Billie Holiday	I Get Along Without You Very Well	Lady In Satin
11	Helen Reddy	I Am Woman	AM Gold 1970-1974
12	Dolly Parton	Just Because I'm A Woman	Just Because I'm A Woman
13	Dolly Parton	9 To 5	I Will Always Love You – The Essential Dolly Parton Vol. 1
14	Loretta Lynn	The Pill	Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
15	Jeannie C. Riley	Harper Valley P.T.A.	Superstars of Country Easy Loving [Disc 2]
16	Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1]
17	Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard	Don't Put Her Down You Helped Put Her There	The Rounder Records Story
18	Peasall Sisters	I Never Will Marry	Home to You
19	Amy Rigby	Girls Got It Bad	Little Fugitive
20	The Miller Sisters	Ten Cats Down	Rockin' Memphis [Disc 3]
21	Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody)	Were Sisters Under the Skin	Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949
22	Bessie Smith	Sam Jones Blues	ABC Of The Blues Vol 39
23	Georgia White	The Blues Ain't Nothin' But A Woman Cryin' For Her Man	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
24	Lucille Bogan	Women Won't Need No Men	Vol. 1-1923-30
25	Billie Holiday	You Let Me Down	Quintessential: Volume 1, 1933 – 1935
26	Nina Simone	Four Women	Anthology Disc 1
27	Bonnie Raitt	Women Be Wise	Bonnie Raitt
28	Aretha Franklin	Think	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
29	Eric Bibb, Rory Block & Maria Muldaur	My Sisters And Brothers	Sisters & Brothers

Candy

February 29, 2020 Dave

Yes, there’s a theme this week and it’s about as sweet a theme as you’ll hear on Deeper Roots. It’s not surprising there’s a wealth of content to choose from given that it is one of the favorite attention- getters, no matter your age. Candy. Sweets. Whether that’s a nickel, a penny, or a quarter a dose. Our favorites from the convenience aisle near the cash register, there to lure you. This week’s show is not for the glucose intolerant as we walk the convenience aisle of 20th century pop, rhythm & blues, country, jazz, and vocal group odes to the sugar in all things, sweet and small, short and tall, and sticky with the syrup-sweet. We’ll hear from The Strangeloves, Elvis, Lee Dorsey, Eddie Holland, Red Foley, and Barbie Gaye in our exploration of the sugar rush.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	My Little Rock Candy Baby	Boot Heel Drag: The MGM Years [Disc 2]
3	Doris Allen	Like Candy From A Baby	Sun Records Curated By Record Store Day, Vol. 6
4	Eddie Holland	Candy To Me	It Moves Me: The Complete Recordings
5	Sue Perrin	Candy Store Man	Original Sound Of Detroit – Vol 1
6	Art Neville	Little Girl From The Candy Store	Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art)
7	Charlie Walker	Tell Her Lies and Feed Her Candy	1952-1958 (Warped 5230)
8	Little Jimmy Dickens	Who Licked the Red Off Your Candy	Warped 6668 – Little Jimmy Dickens – 1965 – 1966
9	Red Foley	Candy Kisses	Tennessee Saturday Night
10	George Morgan	Candy Kisses	Classic Country Hits 'Your Cheatin Heart' Disc 2
11	George Jones	Candy Hearts	Complete Collection 1960-1962 [Disc 4] individual albums
12	Peter, Paul & Mary	Talkin' Candy Bar Blues	A Song Will Rise
13	The Chordettes	Lollipop	Red, White & Rock Disc 1
14	Barbie Gaye	My Boy Lollipop	American Roots of the British Invasion
15	Shirelles	A Teardrop and a Lollipop	The Shirelles
16	Billy Bletcher	The Lollipop Guild	The Wizard Of Oz
17	Shirley Temple	On The Good Ship Lollipop	America's Sweetheart
18	Alma(the Lollipop Mama) Mondy	Miss Lollipop's Confession	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 3]: Southwest Blues V1
19	Champion Jack Dupree	Lollipop Baby	Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
20	Wynonie Harris	Lollipop Mama	Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949
21	The Strangeloves	I Want Candy	Classic Rock: 1965 – Shakin' All Over
22	Elvis Presley	Cotton Candy Land	Elvis Double Features: It Happened at the World's Fair & Fun in Acapulco
23	Bow Wow Wow	I Want Candy	200 Cigarettes
24	Lola Albright	Candy	Bombshells
25	Dodie Stevens	Candy Store Blues	Ultimate Collection
26	Ray Charles	Candy	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated To You
27	Roy Orbison	Candy Man	The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
28	Lee Dorsey	Candy Yam	Wheelin' And Dealin' – The Definitive Collection
29	Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons	Candy Girl	The Definitive Pop Collection Disc 1
30	Paolo Nutini	Candy	Sunny Side Up
31	Jo Stafford	Little Man With a Candy Cigar	For You
32	The Mills Brothers	Sweeter Than Sugar	Sweeter Than Sugar
33	The Real Tuesday Weld	Bathtime in Clerkenwell	I, Lucifer
34	Sammy Davis Jr. with The Mike Curb Congregation	The Candy Man	70s Music Explosion Escape
35	Al Hirt	Cotton Candy	Greatest Hits

Shake That Thing

February 22, 2020 Dave

Gospel, Wynonie Harris, Muleskinner Blues, and Lady Soul. Fine Friday free form festivities coming your way on KOWS Community Radio, broadcasting live from the studios in downtown Santa Rosa, California. We’ve got Bobby Bare, The Boswell Sisters, Johnny Cash, David Lindley, and so much more that we’re bursting. Every month or so Deeper Roots takes a break from themes, genres, tributes, and the sometimes studied look at the last century of America’s music and kicks back in the musical easy chair, sharing a cross section of performances from some of the best artists and songwriters. Tune in for an uplifting selection this Friday evening.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Wynonie Harris	Shake That Thing	Plug It In! Turn It Up! – Teil 1: Die Anfdnge 1939 – 1954
3	Little Esther & the Dominoes	The Deacon Moves In	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
4	Louis Jordan	Lemonade	Jivin' With Jordan
5	The Blenders	Don't Play Around with Love	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
6	Louis Armstrong	I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music	Rhythm Saved The World
7	The Mills Brothers	Swing Is The Thing	Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats
8	The Boswell Sisters	That's How Rhythm Was Born	That's How Rhythm Was Born
9	The Boswell Sisters	Concentratin'	It's The Girls
10	Tommy And Jimmy Dorsey	Rhythm Saved The World	The Gems Of Jazz
11	Aretha Franklin	Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
12	Aretha Franklin	Old Landmark	Amazing Grace (The Complete Recordings) [Disc 2]
13	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	People Get Ready	Higher Ground
14	Sarah Jarosz	Ring Them Bells	Follow Me Down
15	Rhiannon Giddens	Up Above My Head	Tomorrow Is My Turn
16	Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio	Trouble In Mind	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
17	Bob Dylan	Man in the Long Black Coat	Chronicles, Vol. 1
18	Johnny Cash	God's Gonna Cut You Down	American V: A Hundred Highways
19	Bobby Bare	Four Strong Winds	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
20	Jimmy Martin	20/20 Vision	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 1]
21	Dolly Parton	Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel – No. 8)	1970
22	Skeeter Davis	I'm A Lover (Not A Fighter)	The Essential Skeeter Davis
23	Dave Edmunds	Warmed Over Kisses (Left Over Love)	D.E. 7th
24	Ricky Skaggs	Don't Get Above Your Raising	The Essential Ricky Skaggs
25	Carlene Carter	Baby Ride Easy	Hindsight 20/20
26	Bob Dylan	Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest	John Wesley Harding
27	John Fogerty	Rambunctious Boy	Blue Moon Swamp
28	John Hiatt	Master of Disaster [2005]	Master of Disaster
29	Jean Knight	Mr. Big Stuff	Stax 50th [[Disc 1]]
30	Big John & the Buzzards	Your Cash Ain't Nothin But Trash	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1

Rare Female Soul

February 7, 2020 Dave

From the deeper bins of the sixties and seventies…heartbreak, cheating, and all the soul from the ladies perspective. Some powerful divas deliver the goods in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. The songs you’ll hear were those on the chart bubble, some local, some national, but all worth a revisit. If you’ve heard more than a handful of these deep soul tracks, we’d be surprised. Join Dave Stroud as this week he’ll be sharing the sounds of Tammy Montgomery, Wendy Rene, Mitty Collier, Geraldine Hunt, and some names you’ll know including Irma Thomas, Mary Wells, and Etta James. Tune in on a Friday morning in Sonoma County for the best soul you’ve never heard.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jean Plum	Look at the Boy	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
3	Mitty Collier	I Had A Talk With My Man	Chess Uptown Soul
4	Mitty Collier	I Gotta Get Away From It All	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
5	Jan Bradley	Mama Didn't Lie	Birth Of Soul: 1
6	Delilah Keenebruew	Bright Lights	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
7	Sugar Pie DeSanto	I Want To Know	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4)
8	Darlene Love	Too Late To Say You're Sorry	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
9	Wendy Rene	What Will Tomorrow Bring?	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
10	Barbara & The Browns	I Don't Want To Have To Wait	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
11	Mary Wells	Can't You See (You're Losing Me)	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
12	Tammy Montgomery	It's Mine	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
13	Etta James	Seven Day Fool	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2)
14	Barbara Lynn	You're Losing Me	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
15	Ernestine Anderson	You're Not The Guy For Me	Birth Of Soul: 1
16	Bettye LaVette	Let Me Down Easy	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
17	Doris Duke	He's Gone	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
18	Odessa Harris	A Rockin' Good Way	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4)
19	Jackie Shane	Cruel Cruel World	Any Other Way
20	Irma Thomas	Don't Mess With My Man	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
21	Geraldine Hunt	I Let Myself Go	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2)
22	Barbara Brown	Can't Find No Happiness	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 4
23	Loretta Williams	I'm Missing You	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
24	Mitty Collier	Don't Let Her Take My Baby	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4)
25	Varetta & The Thomases	Fly By Night	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2)
26	Marvelettes	Way Over There	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
27	Maxine Brown	Am I Falling In Love	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
28	Betty O'Brian	She'll Be Gone	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
29	Brendetta Davis	I Can't Make It Without Him	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures: Taken From Our Vaults, Vol. 1
30	Betty & Ray	You're Too Much	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4)
31	Carla Thomas	I Can't Take It	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
32	Birdlegs & Pauline And Their Versatility Birds	Spring	Birth Of Soul: 2
33	Madeline Bell	Soul Time	Bell's A Poppin'

New Moon

January 25, 2020 Dave

Deeper Roots goes extraterrestrial with a theme this morning. A ‘new moon’ is the phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and invisible from earth and, shortly thereafter, at a time when it appears as a slender crescent. This morning we honor this evening’s phase even though it’s one that has no face; the more celebratory of the moon’s visibility are full moons, half moons, and quarter moons. But that won’t stop us from celebrating with sounds from the deep past, the recent past, and what will someday be the past. Join Dave Stroud for the crooners (Crosby and Frankie), the 88 key boomers (Fats Waller and Ray Charles), and the songsmith tuners (Willie, Hank Snow, and Patsy Cline) as Friday morning takes to the night sky from Sonoma County’s own Valley of the Moon.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Traveling Wilburys	New Blue Moon	Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3
3	Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman	New Moon Over My Shoulder	Mac Doc Del
4	Patsy Cline	Blue Moon Of Kentucky	The Patsy Cline Collection
5	Ray Charles	Dixie Moon	The Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 4]
6	Rodney Crowell	Shame on the Moon	The Essential Rodney Crowell
7	k.d. lang & the Reclines	Full Moon Full of Love	Absolute Torch and Twang
8	Willie Nelson	Sugar Moon	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
9	Johnny Cash/Paul McCartney	New Moon Over Jamaica	Water from the Wells of Home
10	Gene Autry	There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder [Album Version]	Columbia Historic Edition
11	Hank Snow	Dark Moon	1964 (Warped 6406)
12	Fats Waller	Let's Pretend There's A Moon	Let's Pretend There's A Moon
13	Bing Crosby	Moonburn	Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 1]
14	Artie Shaw	There's A New Moon Over The Old Mill	Non-Stop Flight
15	Cliff Edwards	It's Only A Paper Moon	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
16	Boswell Sisters	I Thank You Mr. Moon	Boswell Sisters
17	The Modernaires	East Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)	Singin' And Swingin'
18	Rosemary Clooney	Old Devil Moon	The Witching Hour
19	Frank Sinatra	Old Devil Moon	Songs for Swingin' Lovers!
20	Betty Carter	The Moon Is Low	Inside Betty Carter
21	Dean Martin	In The Misty Moonlight	The Great Dean Martin
22	Andy Williams	Moon River	Donna Reed's Dinner Party
23	Willie Nelson	Moonlight in Vermont	Stardust [Bonus Tracks]
24	Norton Buffalo	Lovin' In The Valley Of The Moon	Lovin' In The Valley Of The Moon
25	Neville Brothers	Yellow Moon	Uptown Rulin': The Best Of The Neville Brothers
26	The Dixie Cups	Gee The Moon Is Shining Bright (Mono Single)	The Complete Red Bird Recordings
27	The Marcels	Blue Moon	Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 1)
28	The Olympics	Dance By The Light Of The Moon	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
29	Little Richard	By The Light Of The Silvery Moon	The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
30	The Capris	There's a Moon Out Tonight	Gems from the Columbia Vaults, Pt. 1
31	Jonathan King	Everyone's Gone To The Moon	Everyone's Gone To The Moon – Single
32	Les Paul & Mary Ford	How High The Moon	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
33	Rex Allen	Dreamy Montana Moon	Last of the Great Singing Cowboys

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Stay on the Gospel Side

January 18, 2020 Dave

We’ll be taking a bit of a traditional free form exploration of gospel, blues, soul, and country, pairing up The Blind Boys of Alabama with James Carr and Bobby “Blue” Bland for a soul stew of the day. The fun doesn’t stop there; in face, it just gets started and we’ll be reaching into the dusty country bins for some Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers. And new sounds: a benefit piece, a cover of Tom Petty’s For Real performed by Willie Nelson and the Family…right alongside a new track from The James Hunter Six. Friday evenings on KWTF pushes the roots envelope every week. Join Dave Stroud at 9 Pacific.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Blind Boys of Alabama	Stay On the Gospel Side	Almost Home
3	The Norman Luboff Choir	Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen	Songs of the South and Songs of the Sea
4	Big Bill Broonzy	Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen	An Introduction To Big Bill Broonzy
5	Ryan Bingham	Nobody Knows My Trouble	Fear And Saturday
6	Elvis Presley	Swing Down, Sweet Chariot	Elvis Double Features: Live a Little, Love a Little + Charro! + The Trouble with Girls + Change of Habit
7	Bobby 'Blue' Bland	Turn On Your Love Light	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
8	James Carr	These Ain't Raindrops	The Essential James Carr
9	Pastor T.L. Barrett & The Youth For Christ Choir	I Shall Wear A Crown	Do Not Pass Me By Vol. II
10	Big Al Downing	The Story Of My Life	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3)
11	The Bobby Fuller Four	Never To Be Forgotten	The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four
12	Los Super Seven	Let Her Dance (ft. Joe Ely)	Heard It On The X
13	Buddy Holly	Rock Me Baby	Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants
14	John Hiatt	Crossing Muddy Waters	Here To Stay – Best Of 2000-2012
15	Willie Nelson, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Micah Nelson, Jakob Dylan, Dhani Harrison & Amos Lee	For Real	For Real – Single
16	Maria Muldaur	Moonlight	Heart of Mine
17	The Everly Brothers	Devoted To You	Singles 1955-1959
18	The 5 Royales	Dedicated To The One I Love	Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series
19	Wilson Pickett	Three-Time Loser	A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1]
20	The Showmen	The Wrong Girl	Birth Of Soul: 2
21	The James Hunter Six	I Can Change Your Mind	Nick of Time
22	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Wagon Wheels	Sons Of The Pioneers
23	Roy Rogers	Rock Me to Sleep in My Saddle	1942-1947 (Warped 4561)
24	Si Kahn and The Looping Brothers	Rock Me Roll Me	Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions
25	Chuck Wagon & the Wheels	Play That Country Music Cowboy	Off the Top Rope
26	Buck Owens	Hello Trouble	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
27	Joe Ely	Tonight I Think I'm Gonna Go Downtown	Honky Tonk Masquerade
28	Ernest Tubb	That Wild and Wicked Look in Your Eyes	Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2
29	Frankie Miller	Lookin4 Around Downtown	Country & Western Nuggets
30	Buddy Miller	Does My Ring Burn Your Finger	Cruel Moon
31	The Staple Singers	Do You Know Him	Hammer and Nails
32	Freddie King	Yonder Wall	King Of The Blues
33	Howlin' Wolf	Oh! Red	Smokestack Lightning /The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960
34	Howlin' Wolf	Killing Floor	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
35	Waring's Pennsylvanians	Let's Have Another Cup Of Coffee	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944

Who We Lost in 2019

December 28, 2019 Dave

Another year passes and with each year we take stock of the legacies that are not ‘left behind’ but live on in their contributions. The past century of America’s music has brought talent, wit and wisdom, and the artists’ take on arrangement, delivery, and rhythm. This was another year of profound loss including contemporaries like Daniel Johnston and Ric Ocasek, studio production legends Hal Blaine and Dave Bartholomew, songwriting greats Robert Hunter and Donnie Fritts, and prolific performers like Fats Domino, Doris Day, and Art Neville. Two hours means we draw the line and that’s never easy. Tune in for a look back at who we lost in 2019. www.kowsfm.com/listen is the stream.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show	Cover of the Rolling Stone	The Essential Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show
3	Ethel Ennis, Hank Jones, Eddie Briggs, Abie Baker & Kenny Clarke	Lullaby for Losers	Lullabies for Losers
4	Carol Channing	Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend	Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1]
5	Doris Day	Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps	Something For Everybody
6	The McGuire Sisters	Sugartime	Your Hit Parade – 1958
7	The Lettermen	The Way You Look Tonight	Lifetime Of Romance: Secret Rendezvous [Disc 1]
8	Leon Redbone	My Little Grass Shack	Whistling In The Wind
9	Captain & Tenille	Love Will Keep Us Together	70s Music Explosion Escape
10	The Monkees	Can You Dig It?	Listen to the Band Disc 3
11	Danny & The Juniors	Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay	Hit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount Story
12	Jack Scott	Leroy	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
13	Sleepy Labeef	Good Rockin' Boogie	Sleepy Rocks
14	Bonnie Guitar	Dark Moon	Dark Moon [Bear Family]
15	The Grateful Dead	Friend of the Devil	American Beauty
16	13th Floor Elevators	You're Gonna Miss Me	High Fidelity
17	Quicksilver Messenger Service	Who Do You Love Part 1	Happy Trails [Live]
18	The Ronettes	Be My Baby	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 2
19	The Honeycombs	Have I The Right	We Love Pirate Radio – 60s Favourites
20	The Persuasions	I'll Come Running Back to You	Good News
21	Andre Williams	Jail Bait	Artist's Choice: Rolling Stones
22	Jackie Shane	Any Other Way	Any Other Way
23	Donnie Fritts	The Oldest Baby in the World	Lucky 13
24	Eddie Money	Baby Hold On	Greatest Hits: The Sound of Money
25	Art Neville	All These Things	Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art)
26	Fats Domino	I Hear You Knockin'	They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
27	Dr. John	Somebody Changed The Lock	Definitive Pop Collection
28	Ric Ocasek	Bottom Dollar	Nexterday
29	Little Feat	Dixie Chicken	Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (1 of 4)
30	The Amazing Rhythm Aces	Third Rate Romance	Stacked Deck
31	Dick Dale & the Del-Tones	King of the Surf Guitar	Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 2
32	Earl Thomas Conley	Holding Her And Loving You	Superstars Of Country: Good Ol' Songs [Disc 1]
33	Mac Wiseman	Tis Sweet To Be Remembered	Teenage Hangout

The Year 1952

December 6, 2019 Dave

A good year…if I do say so myself. We’re going to count down the top ten of the year 1952…in pop, country, and R&B. The music that year featured sounds that portended the birth of rock ‘n roll, the blossoming of the Golden Age of Country, and the droll mainstream charts couldn’t have been more ripe for steamrolling. Webb Pierce and Hank Williams dominated the country charts while the white bread pop charts found Al Martino, Johnny Ray, and Rosemary Clooney. But it was the R&B charts that mirrored the emerging energy of swing, rhythm and blues, and rock with the likes of The Clovers, Ruth Brown, and The Five Royales. The DOW Jones average closed at an all-time high of (a whopping) 269.86. Tune in for the countdown. 67 years in the rear-view on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ella Fitzgerald	Goody, Goody	75th Birthday Celebration [Disc 2]
3	Percy Faith	Delicado	16 Most Requested Songs
4	Willie Mabon	I Don't Know	Atlantic Blues: Piano
5	Eddy Arnold	A Full Time Job	Eddy's Song: A Full Time Job
6	Al Martino	Here In My Heart	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Po
7	Ruth Brown	5-10-15 Hours	Ruth Brown: Mama He Treats Your Daugher Mean & Other Hits
8	Hank Williams	I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 5
9	Patti Page	I Went To Your Wedding	The Patti Page Collection: The Mercury Years, Volume 1
10	The 5 Royales	Baby Don't Do It	The Complete Singles 1952-1962
11	Webb Pierce	Back Street Affair	All Hits! [Disc 1]
12	Eddie Fisher	Wish You Were Here	The Great American Crooners [Disc 5]
13	Little Walter	Juke	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2]
14	Carl Smith	(When You Feel Like You're in Love) Don't Just Stand There	The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956)
15	Rosemary Clooney	Half As Much	Tenderly
16	Fats Domino	Goin' Home	Rock And Rollin
17	Lefty Frizzell	Give Me More, More, More (of Your Kisses)	Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Sat. Night)
18	Vera Lynn	Auf Wiedersehn, Sweetheart	White Cliffs Of Dover [Disc 1]
19	Johnny Ace	My Song	Memorial Album
20	Webb Pierce	That Heart Belongs To Me	All Hits! [Disc 1]
21	Jo Stafford	You Belong To Me	Your Hit Parade – 1952
22	The Clovers	One Mint Julep	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
23	Slim Whitman	Indian Love Call	Golden Age of Country Volume 5: The Wild Side of Life
24	Johnny Ray	Cry	The Best Jukeboxhits
25	Jimmy Forrest	Night Train Mambo	Rumba Gone Mambo
26	Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 2]
27	Kay Starr	Wheel Of Fortune	Shutter Island [Disc 2]
28	Billy Ward & the Dominoes	Have Mercy Baby	Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1
29	Webb Pierce	Wondering	All Hits! [Disc 1]
30	Leroy Anderson	Blue Tango	Instrumental Gold [Disc 1]
31	Lloyd Price	Lawdy Miss Clawdy	Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
32	Hank Williams	Jambalaya (On the Bayou)	24 Greatest
33	Bull Moose Jackson	Nosey Joe	Badman Jackson Thats Me
34	Nat King Cole	Unforgettable	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3)

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Favorites, Fifties Country, Oldies

Country Leftovers

November 29, 2019 Dave

Turkey leftovers? No, country leftovers. “…and I fell asleep with a troubled dream and dreamed I road on the hellbound train.” Just one line from one track from our Friday morning Deeper Roots show which focuses on some country songs ‘from the edge’. An eclectic blend of sometimes morose and other times kitschy stories of mid-century country singers looking for the next “Big Bad John” with stories of engine mishaps, disturbances of mind and relationships, and the general consensus of lyrical country that ‘the world is a monster’. Hillbillies, rabble rousers, and would-be crooners give us those tormented testimonies of country music. Join Dave Stroud for a very unusual collection of sounds from the archives of the fifties and sixties, when country blossomed; the songs he’s going to feature had a hard time cracking the Top 100 because the stories told are ‘out there’, even for country music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dick Flood	Hellbound Train	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
3	Bill Anderson	Goodbye Cruel World	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
4	Rocky Porter	The World Is A Monster	The World Is A Monster
5	Johnny Tyler	God's Gonna Turn Us To Dust	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
6	Buck Ritchey	The Slave	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
7	Anita Carter	Satan's Child	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
8	Art Kilmer & The Up-Town Four	The Devil's Twist	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
9	Roy And Georgia And The SO And SO's	Devil Get Away From Me	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Rapture
10	David Ingles	(Satan Has Been) Paralyzed	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
11	Jimmy Minor	Satan's Chauffeur	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
12	Steve Bledsoe	Bang, Bang You're Dead	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
13	The Looper Trio	Life Beyond Death	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Rapture
14	Danny Dill	The Eyes Of Death	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
15	Hank Williams	The Angel Of Death	Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5
16	Autry Inman	Six Rounds Of Love And Hate	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
17	Johnny Price	Marijuana, The Devil Flower	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
18	Don Bowman	Spanish Weed	1967 (Warped 6706)
19	Wendell Austin (And The Country Swings)	LSD	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
20	Bud Freeman & The Summa Cum Laude Orchestra	Please Tell The World (A Message From The Grave)	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
21	Red River Dave	California Hippie Murders	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
22	Mel Tillis	Loco Weed (Single Version)	The Best of Mel Tillis
23	Olin Bingham	They Wouldn't Listen To A Kid	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
24	Jack Cook	My Evil Mind	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 1
25	Ray Sanders	Graveyard Dance	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
26	Bill Carter	Shot Four Times And Dyin'	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
27	Travelin' Texans	Beating On The Bars	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
28	Len Barrow	Hades Highway	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
29	Don Bailey	Fourteen Stories Down	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
30	Charlie Gore	Sin City	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
31	Eddie Noack	Ain't The Reaping Ever Done	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
32	Eddie Noack	Before You Use That Gun	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
33	Troy Hess	Please Don't Go Topless, Mother	Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5
34	Jimmy Dean	Big Bad John (Uncensored Version)	Best of Answer Songs vol 3
35	Wanda Jackson	Jesus Put A Yodel In My Soul	Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5

A Century of America's Music