There’s no telling where this week’s show could lead because we’ve got the musical evangelists, pentacostals, and Baptists right alongside those charming bluesmen and rock and rollers to turn up the heat. We’ve got a burning revival of rockabilly, rhythm and blues, and God-fearing country and hillbilly sounds to take us into the weekend. Hooligans and bible-thumping holy rollers are pushing their way through the doors today and we’re here to tell you that we’re not gonna take anyone telling he or she what they can do with their bodies. Today’s performers will feature Sister Rosetta, Brother Claude, The Louvins, Hank Jr., Moon Mullican, and Jerry Lee Lewis…and that’s just a taste. Join us on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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Muddy Waters
I've Got My Mojo Working, Pt. 2
At Newport 1960 [Live] [Bonus Tracks]
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Jerry Lee Lewis
Don't Let Go
A Half Century Of Hits: Rockin' My Life Away [Disc 3]
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Moon Mullican
Well Oh Well
Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
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Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps
Race with the Devil
So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 2
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Johnny David
Race With The Devil
Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
7
The Million Dollar Quartet
Old Time Religion
The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
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Brother Claude Ely
Send Down The Rain
Satan Get Back
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Brother Claude Ely
Stop That Train
Satan Get Back
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Eddie Noack
Ain't The Reaping Ever Done
Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
11
Jack Leonard
A Visit From The Devil
Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
12
Hank Williams Jr.
Endless Sleep
Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5
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Ray Winfree
Devil Hang Me High
Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5
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The Four Internes
I'm Using My Bible For A Road Map
The Best Of King Gospel
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Howlin' Wolf
Killing Floor
The Real Folk Blues
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John Lee Hooker
Boogie Chillen'
King Of The Boogie
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The Gospelaires
Can I Get A Witness
Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues
18
The Midnighters
Sexy Ways
Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1
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Louis Jordan
Mop! Mop! (aka Mop-Mop)
Number Ones
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
When I Move to the Sky
Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
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The Harmonizing Four
Oh Sinner
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
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Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Stay On the Right Side
Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
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The Louvin Brothers
There's A Higher Power
Satan Is Real
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Jimmy Walker
High Geared Daddy
Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
25
Dallas Wilson & His Western Troubadours
Hi-Steppin' Daddy
Hillbilly Bop Boogie And Honky Tonk Blues Volume 4
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Bill Carlisle
Bell Clappin' Mama
Hillbilly Blues
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Ralph Hart And The Texas Musical Harts
Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down
Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
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Hartman's Heartbreakers
Give It To Me, Daddy
Hillbilly Blues
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Eddie Cochran
Somethin' Else
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
The archivists went back to the well for the core of a show first broadcast seven years ago, polished it up some by adding some fresh musical paints to the themes, but left the vintage drapes and findings alone. And this week’s Deeper Roots show is all the better for it. Tune in on Friday morning for songs about the ‘love bug’, private property and trespassers, biblical tales from about fellows named John, and some musical musings about dog houses and ramblers. We’ve the likes of Ry Cooder, Moses Mason, Arthur Smith, The Drifters, and Sharon Jones to help you get your head straight for a weekend to kick off a long summer of our discontent. Your rights. Our rights. When they come for some today, who says they won’t come for you tomorrow.
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Rosie Flores
I Push Right Over
Speed of Sound
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Cliff Edwards
Hang on to Me
Ukulele Ike
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Emmett Miller
(I Got A Woman Crazy For Me) She's Funny That Way
Minstrel Man From Georgia
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Sons of the Pioneers
Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown
Songs of the Prairie – CD3
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Arthur Smith
Follow Me Boogie (Instrumental)
The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
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Johnny Cash
Calilou (The Rambler)
Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 4]
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Dr. John
How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round)
Goin' Back To New Orleans
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Bobby "Blue" Bland
I Wouldn't Treat A Dog (The Way You Treated Me)
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The ABC-Dunhill / MCA Recordings
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The Drifters
Don't Dog Me
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
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Jim Jackson
Old Dog Blue
25 Classic Blues Songs From the 1920s-1940s Vol 19
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Ry Cooder
Police Dog Blues
Broadcast from the Plant: 1974 Record Plant, Sausalito, Ca
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Pee Wee King
Dog House Blues
Pee Wee King's Country Hoedown (1 of 2)
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Neko Case
John Saw That Number
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
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Moses Mason
John The Baptist
Take Me To The Water
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John Mellencamp
John The Revelator
Trouble No More
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Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
Get Up John
Bill Monroe: Anthology
18
Elvis Presley
I, John
Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 2)
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The Golden Gate Quartet
Frankie and Johnny
CD 2 the Recent Years
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Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Private Property (No Tresspassing)
One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions
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Jimmy Littlejohn
No Parking Here
The World Is A Monster
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Woody Guthrie
Riding in My Car (Car Song)
Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Trespasser
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Is In)
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Vince Gill
Love Bug
Bradley Barn Sessions
25
Little Jimmy Dickens
When That Love Bug Bites You
Country Boy [Disc 2]
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Jimmy Edwards
Love Bug Crawl
At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 7)
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Jimmy Edwards
Love Bug Crawl
Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5
28
Red Foley & Minnie Pearl
Love Bug Itch
Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
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The Mills Brothers
The Love Bug Will Bite You
Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats
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Vera Lynn
The Love Bug Will Bite You
A Tribute, Volume II: It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow
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Doc & Merle Watson
Corrina, Corrina
Then And Now/Two Days In November
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Gillian Welch
I Want To Sing That Rock And Roll
Time (The Revelator)
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John Prine With Lucinda Williams
Wedding Bells / Let's Turn Back The Years
In Spite Of Ourselves
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Junior Brown & Red Simpson
Nitro Express
Rig Rock Deluxe
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Red Simpson
Truck Drivin' Man
The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
Country music started genre-life out as something different. Searching for a term more palatable than simply ‘folk’ or, more so, ‘hillbilly’, or ‘western’ music, music industry marketing found the term ‘country’ or ‘country and western’ a much smoother alternative. It softened the fiddle and accordion sounds and, at the same time, tempered the fears of human de-evolution through cultural disappropriation. Although what passes for country music today is more a caricature of itself, the Golden Age of country, running through the decades of the fifties, sixties and the early seventies built a solid foundation with some of the great songwriters and performers that weren’t from the big east and west coast hubs. And their music would often be heard ‘peeking through’ the pop charts in a big way, reinforcing the notion that it was, and always had been, a common cultural denominator. Our show this week features some of the very greatest of the latter. Join us!
A little bit of surf…just a bit…and some folk favorites right alongside some local performers in this week’s episode brought your way directly from the KOWS Studios in downtown Santa Rosa, California. Our theme is the Golden State where the living may be costly but the core soul is one of progressive culture and hard work: whether that’s in the fields, behind the desk, in the service industry, or on the road. This week’s show focuses on California, from the LA Freeway to the Streets of Bakersfield, on up to Lodi and the Monterey Bay. The past century has found the state a popular subject of song and we’ve got some favorites and off-the-wall nuggets just for you this Friday morning including tracks from Dave Alvin, Albert Hammond, and Red River Dave. Tune in.
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The Sound Of The City
KSFO 560 – San Francisco
78s
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Tony Bennett
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S
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Danny Sorentino
Sonoma County Stars
Real Music (Disc 1)
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Kyle Martin
Santa Rosa
Kyle Martin
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Charley Crockett
The Way I'm Livin' (Santa Rosa)
The Valley
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Lowell Levinger
Hippie From Olema
Get Together- Youngblood Classics
8
Kevin Russell
California Cottonfields
Trouble In Mind
9
John Hartford
California Earthquake
Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 11 The South
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Norman Greenbaum
Petaluma
Spirit In The Sky – The Best of Norman Greenbaum
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Neil Young
California Sunset
Old Ways
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Joe Jones
California Sun
You Heard It Here First!
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Roy Orbison
California Blue
Mystery Girl
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The Beach Boys
California
Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys Disc 4
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The Beach Boys
California Girls
20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits
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Jan & Dean
The Little Old Lady From Pasadena
Malt Shop Memories: Top Down Convertible Sound (Disc 2)
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Eric Clapton
San Francisco Bay Blues
Unplugged
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Dave Alvin
Out in California
Interstate City
19
Various Artists
Monterey Pop Promo – KRLA Los Angeles #2
1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials
20
The Mamas & The Papas
California Dreamin'
Southern California With Fond Memories
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Joni Mitchell
California
Hits
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America
Ventura Highway
Southern California With Fond Memories
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Lucinda Williams
Here in California
Treasures left behind: Remembering Kate Wolf
24
Buck Owens
Streets of Bakersfield
The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
25
Randy Newman
I Love L.A.
Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman
26
Albert Hammond
It Never Rains In California
Southern California With Fond Memories
27
The Ink Spots
When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
Greatest Hits
28
The Four Preps
26 Miles (Santa Catalina)
Southern California With Fond Memories
29
Red River Dave
California Hippie Murders
Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
30
John Fogerty
Lodi
The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty – Creedence Collection
We’re taking a free form route this week featuring an eclectic blend of some favorites from the not-so-distant past…but we’ll be sprinkling in a generous dose of tunage from the very distant past as well. It’s all in keeping with the standards we keep. Tune in for the likes of Etta Jones, Little Joe and the Thrillers, Bruce Springsteen, The Drifters, and some piano favorites from the Crescent City this Friday on Deeper Roots. Oldies? Yes. Instrumentals? Yes. Soul and vocal gems? Yes. Boring? No. Tune us in on your radio at 92.5 FM or, better yet, listen to us anywhere on planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. It’s going to be a hot day here in the North Bay so why not cool off with some cool sounds here on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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Dean & Britta
Say Goodnight
Back Numbers
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Mark Knopfler
Daddy's Gone to Knoxville
The Ragpicker's Dream
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Lonnie Donegan
Rock Island Line
Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
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Mark Knopfler
Donegan's Gone
Shangri-La
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The Cookies
Chains
The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
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The Lovin' Spoonful
Coconut Grove
Greatest Hits [Buddha]
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Chris Isaak
Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing
Forever Blue
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Jackson Browne
Doctor My Eyes
The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne
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Etta Jones
Just Friends
The Best of Etta Jones The Prestige Singles
11
Julie London
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Wild Cool and Swingin'
12
Mary Wells
My Guy
Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
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Four Aces
Perfidia
Your Hit Parade – '50S Generation
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Little Joe & the Thrillers
Peanuts
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
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Fats Domino
Please Don't Leave Me
Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1)
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The Drifters
Please Stay
The Definitive Drifters [Disc 1]
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Luther Barnes & The Red Budd Gospel Choir
My God Can Do Anything
Big Noise: A Mambo Inn Compilation
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The Tornados
Telstar
Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
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Duane Eddy
Peter Gunn Theme
Rebel Rouser
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Nelson Riddle
Theme from Route 66
Music for a Bachelor's Den
21
Lou Busch
The Wild Ones
Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene
22
Julia Lee And Her Boyfriends
My Man Stands Out
Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B
23
Smiley Lewis
I Hear You Knocking
Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
24
Bruce Springsteen
You're Missing
The Rising (Special Package)
25
Robert Plant
Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down
Band Of Joy
26
The Allman Brothers Band
Revival
Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1
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Betty Everett
The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2)
From sunrise to sunset and then back. This Friday morning we take a journey on the roller coaster of life on the big blue marble using music as our rails. We’ll rise and shine in the cold grey light before dawn and follow summer rain with the summer wind as sundown approaches. This week’s theme is a fusion of sunrise, sundown and a misty moonlight rhapsody featuring the music of Ray Charles, Norah Jones, Chet and Les, Bobby Bare, Mahalia Jackson and a couple dozen others. We’ll take you from dawn to midnight as we bring on the best of America’s music from digital, vinyl and ethereal dustbins of the past 100 years. Join us once more for music from long ago, today, and far away here on Sonoma County Community Radio.
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The Browns
The Three Bells
30 Years Of No. 1 Country Hits 2/4
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Nick Lowe
Cold Grey Light of Dawn
Dig My Mood
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Emmylou Harris
Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn
Roses in the Snow
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Chet Atkins & Les Paul
The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
Chester & Lester
6
Luther Dickinson
Hurry up Sunrise
Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Volumes I & II
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Norah Jones
Sunrise
Feels Like Home
8
Bruce Cockburn
Sunrise on the Mississippi
Dart to the Heart
9
Doris Day
I Got The Sun In The Morning
Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2]
10
Geoff Muldaur
Livin' In The Sunlight (Lovin' in the Moonlight)
Is Having Wonderful Time
11
Petra Haden
Sunshine Life for Me (with Lenny Pickett)
Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
12
Ray Charles
You Are My Sunshine
Ultimate Hits Collection [2 of 2]
13
The Statler Brothers
You're My Sunshine
Country Roads – Ralph Emery Presents – For The Good Times
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Willie Nelson
Bring Me Sunshine ("Naked" Version)
Naked Willie
15
Lyle Lovett
Summer Wind
Smile: Songs From The Movies
16
Johnny Rivers
Summer Rain
Best Of Johnny Rivers
17
Roger Miller
In The Summertime (You Don't Want My Love)
Super Hits
18
Robbie Fulks
Rose of the Summer
Gone Away Backward
19
The Mavericks
Summertime (When I'm With You)
Mono
20
Dale Hawkins
Summertime Down South
Wildcat Tamer
21
Slim Willett And His Hired Hands
Come Sundown
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
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Bobby Bare
Come Sundown
1970
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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Lonesome Sundown
Echo
24
J.J. Cale
Long About Sundown
Stay Around
25
Cab Calloway
Moonlight Rhapsody
1932-1934
26
Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra
Let's Dream In The Moonlight
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 05]
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Dean Martin
In The Misty Moonlight
The Great Dean Martin
28
Maria Muldaur
Moonlight
Love Wants to Dance
29
Smokey Wood
Moonlight in Oklahoma
The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2]
Hot weather this week and we’ll be sweatin’ out the oldies in the KOWS Studio this coming Friday. Summer may be just around the corner but we’re running hot already here in Sonoma County. Today’s show features a ‘double play’ collection of traditions and covers, focusing primarily on gospel tradition and contemporary covers. Brook Benton, Josh White, Wilson Pickett, Neko Case, and Hank Williams are among the performers we’ll be featuring this week. Covers of the Gambler’s Blues, Stormy Weather, Denomination Blues, and more coming your way from the studios located in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California. Streaming at kowsfm.com/listen.
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Freddie King
Trouble In Mind
King Of The Blues
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Mavis Staples Levon Helm
Trouble In My Mind
Carry Me Home
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Trouble In My Mind
Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
5
Washington Phillips
Denomination Blues – Part 1
Manzarene Dreams
6
Rodney Crowell
Denomination Blues
Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
7
Josh White
St. James Infirmary
Mojo-2010-11-Journey to Love
8
Bobby "Blue" Bland
St. James Infirmary
Mississippi Blues
9
Blind Alfred Reed
You Must Unload
Complete Recorded Works 1927-29
10
Ry Cooder
You Must Unload
The Prodigal Son
11
Louis Armstrong
Shadrack
Louis And The Good Book
12
Brook Benton
Shadrack
Mercury 1962
13
CBS Trumpeteers
Milky White Way
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983
14
Elvis Presley
Milky White Way
His Hand In Mine
15
Shades of Blue
Oh How Happy
Glory of Love: Sweet & Soulful Love Songs-'60s
16
Carlene Carter
Oh How Happy
Carlene Carter/Blue Nun
17
Jeff Lynne
Stormy Weather
Armchair Theatre
18
Ethel Waters
Stormy Weather
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
19
Aaron Neville
I Saw The Light
Gospel Roots
20
Hank Williams
I Saw The Light
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
21
Arizona Dranes
John Said He Saw A Number
He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes
22
Neko Case
John Saw That Number
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
23
Jimmy Reed
Big Boss Man
The Very Best of Jimmy Reed
24
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Big Boss Man
Playback Disc 5
25
Wilson Pickett
Three-Time Loser
A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1]
We make a big tip of the hat to an institutional…who turns 77 years old this coming week. John Cameron Fogerty grew up in these parts, growing up in El Cerrito to a second grade teacher and linotype operator for the Berkeley Gazette. He was a part-time Army reservist who, after completing his gig in 1968, formed a band with brother Tom called The Golliwogs and then, eventually, Creedence Clearwater. A talented songwriter clearly influenced by the core elements of gospel, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, country, and (certainly) rock ‘n roll, John’s catalog of music, his distinctive vocals, and driving melodies are immediately recognizable, if not for Doug Clifford’s percussive direction, then for the rhythm and twang that took a Northern California ensemble sound into the mossy swamps and humid climes of the deeper South. Through a messy transition to his solo career to his late career recognition, John Fogerty is a legend and our show today takes some time to reflect…with music from contemporaries, solo efforts new and old, and most certainly a collection of Creedence classics. Tune in.
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John Fogerty
Don't You Wish It Was True
Revival
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The Golliwogs
Action USA Promotional Spot
Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967
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The Golliwogs
You Better Be Careful
Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967
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The Golliwogs
Fight Fire
Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967
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John Fogerty
Down On The Corner
The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
7
Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Midnight Special
Hot Stuff
8
Big Silver
Wrote A Song For Everyone
Chooglin': a Tribute to the Songs of John Fogerty
9
Irma Thomas
River Is Waiting
Simply Grand
10
John Jorgenson
Lookin Out My Back Door
Chooglin': a Tribute to the Songs of John Fogerty
11
Earl Scruggs/John Fogerty
Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
Earl Scruggs and Friends
12
John Fogerty
Have You Ever Seen the Rain (with Alan Jackson)
Wrote a Song for Everyone
13
Juan Gabriel
Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (Gracias al Sol)
Quiero Creedence
14
John Fogerty
The Old Man Down The Road
Centerfield
15
Marc Cohn
Long As I Can See The Light
Listening Booth: 1970
16
Ted Hawkins
Long As I Can See The Light
The Next Hundred Years
17
John Fogerty
Almost Saturday Night (with Keith Urban)
Wrote a Song for Everyone
18
John Fogerty
Deja Vu (All Over Again)
Deja Vu All Over Again
19
Carl Perkins
All Mama's Children (with John Fogerty)
Go Cat Go
20
Jerry Lee Lewis
Bad Moon Rising
The London Sessions 1973
21
Elvis Presley
Proud Mary [#]
An Afternoon in the Garden
22
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
Lodi
At The Ryman [Live]
23
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Green River
Green River
24
Buddy Guy
Change In The Weather
Feels Like Rain
25
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Hey Tonight
Pendulum
26
John Fogerty
Blue Moon Nights
Blue Moon Swamp
27
Dr. John; John Fogerty
New Orleans
The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: Celebrating Mac & His Music Disc 2
Bad luck and trouble are supposed to be common watchwords on a Friday the 13th but we’re not the superstitious kind. Those vintage holdovers from a Christian time gone long past are just reminders of the stinkin’ thinkin’ that got us to where we are today. We’ll be taking our chances with a themed show today that blends vocal nuggets from Frank Sinatra and Elvis with blues from Bobby “Blue” Bland, Ray Charles, and Chester Burnett. We’ve also got some Jimmy Smith, Raul Malo, Chance Halladay, and Nappy Brown to keep you entertained while the rest of the world goes by. Tune us in on your radio at 92.5 FM or, better yet, listen to us anywhere on planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. Adopt a black cat. Despite longstanding superstitions, they have the very best of personalities.
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Jim Lauderdale
Lucky 13
Point of No Return: The Unreleased 1989 Album
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Chris Isaak
Waiting for My Lucky Day
Baja Sessions
4
The Bobby Fuller Four
I'm A Lucky Guy
The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four
5
Frank Sinatra
Luck Be a Lady
Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
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Judy Garland
Lucky Day
Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby!
7
Jimmy Smith
I'm Just A Lucky So And So
Standards
8
Ray Charles
Lucky Old Sun
Hear Music Volume 1
9
Tommy Flanagan
Friday The 13th
For Monk-A Tribute To The Music Of Thelonious Monk
10
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Friday The 13th Child
His California Album
11
Howlin' Wolf
Hard Luck
The Chess Box [Disc 3]
12
Chris Thomas King
Superstitious Blues
Me, My Guitar and the Blues
13
Albert King
Born Under A Bad Sign
Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
14
Stevie Wonder
Superstition
Hitsville USA, Vol. 2: The Motown Singles Collection 1972-1992 Disc 1
15
J.J. Cale
Lady Luck
Travel Log
16
Raul Malo
Lucky One
Lucky One
17
Mary-Chapin Carpenter
I Feel Lucky
Come On Come On
18
Elvis Presley
Suspicious Minds
Elvis Viva Las Vegas – official soundtrack
19
k.d. lang & the Reclines
Luck in My Eyes
Absolute Torch and Twang
20
Charley Crockett
Lots of Luck
Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza
21
Johnny Cash
Thirteen
American Recordings
22
Gale Storm
Lucky Lips
Dark Moon * The Best Of Gale Storm
23
Ruth Brown
Lucky Lips
Feelin Fine
24
Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody)
My Lucky Day
Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949
25
Howlin' Wolf
I Ain't Superstitious
The Chess Box
26
John Fogerty
Bad Moon Rising
The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
The story of R&B, gospel, and early rock were embellished by many performers, artists, and personalities. The early influencers behind the scenes also included people like Art Rupe, a native of Pittsburg who lept into the entertainment industry with both feet after the Second World War, co-founding a small West Coast label called Juke Box Records in 1944. Breaking away from his partners, he would later form a label of his own: Specialty Records. His keen ear for what he termed the “secret [that] lay in a big band sound with a churchy feel” was spot on. Specifically, he took the stigma out of the ‘race’ of ‘race records’ of the day and targeted larger audiences. There were dozens of performers that came from the Specialty stable, chief among them being Roy Milton, Percy Mayfield, Sam Cooke and, of course, Little Richard Penniman. Art Rupe passed away this month at the age of 104 and we’ll be sharing the early-to-mid-century classic pieces from a cross-section of Specialty performers that spanned the gospel, R&B and rock genres that Art helped bring into the mainstream.
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Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers
Little Joe's Boogie
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
3
Roy Milton & His Solid Senders
R.M. Blues
Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton
4
Camille Howard
You Don't Love Me
The Specialty Story
5
Paul Gayten
My Rough And Ready Man
R&B Outbreak CD 2
6
Percy Mayfield
Strange Things Happening
Poet of the Blues
7
Percy Mayfield
Please Send Me Someone To Love
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
8
Joe Liggins
One Sweet Letter
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
9
Lloyd Price
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
10
Marvin & Johnny
Wine Woogie
The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5
11
Jesse & Marvin
Dream Girl
Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
12
Joe Houston Orchestra
All Night Long
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
13
Marvin Phillips
Mamo Mamo (Specialty 554)
R&B Humdingers Volume 12
14
Tony Allen & the Champs
Nite Owl
Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2
15
Little Richard
Keep A Knockin' (ART RUPE)
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
16
Little Richard
Tutti Frutti
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
17
Don & Dewey
Farmer John
Jungle Hop
18
Larry Williams
Short Fat Fannie
The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957
19
Larry Williams
Bony Maronie
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
20
Larry Williams
Dizzy Miss Lizzy [Album Version]
Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
21
Art Neville
That Old Time Rock And Roll
His Specialty Recordings
22
Art Neville
Belle Amie
His Specialty Recordings
23
Hollywood Flames
Buzz Buzz Buzz
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
24
Don & Dewey
Koko Joe
Jungle Hop
25
The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Get Away Jordan
Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
26
Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Love Lifted Me
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
27
Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers
He's So Wonderful
The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
28
Sam Cooke, The Soul Stirrers
Come and Go To That Land
101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
29
Swan Silvertones
Trouble In My Way
Gospel Music
30
Clifton Chenier
Eh, Petite Fille
Bayou Blues
31
Clifton Chenier
Boppin' The Rock
Bayou Blues
32
Frankie Lee Sims
Lucy Mae Blues
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
33
John Lee Hooker
My Baby's Got Something
No Friend Around
34
Little Richard
Shake A Hand
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
35
Professor Alex Bradford
What Folks Say About Me
The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men
36
Brother Joe May
Testimony
The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men
