It’s finger poppin’ time…time to have a blast with some breakout party rockers from the mid-century. All for a good time with soul and roll and rhythm as the main course in today’s show. It’s all about those percussive rocking beats. Call it a party full of boogie, mojo, twistin’ and shaking. We’ve lit the fuse for a dynamite celebration of rebellious rock and cool upbeat soul rhythms with the music of Freddy Cannon, The Swingin’ Medallions, The Showstoppers and Ann Cole with an out of control party mix…just in time for our first show of May. KOWS Community Radio brings the fresh sounds of today, yesterday and tomorrow 24/7, with the very best of political and community discourse. You can tune us in on 92.5 FM in West Sonoma County or just drop by our stream on your Radio Rethink app, Alexa, Radio Garden, Tunein, or Radio Box. We’re here for you and Deeper Roots will be pitching a wang dang doodle this coming Friday morning here on member-supported radio for planet Earth.
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The Isley Brothers
Shout (Part One)
Motor City Soul
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Wanda Jackson
Let's Have a Party
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
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Ray Charles
Mess Around
Atlantic Rock & Roll
5
The Swingin' Medallions
Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)
Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
6
The Strangeloves
I Want Candy
Dick Van Dyke's Dance Party
7
Claudine Clark
Party Lights
The Best Of The Girl Groups, Vol. 1
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Martha & The Vandellas
Mickey's Monkey
Dance Party
9
Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
Finger Poppin' Time
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
10
Johnnie Morisette
Meet Me At The Twistin' Place
The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962
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Chubby Checker
Dancin' Party
Chubby Checker (Mr Twister)
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Chubby Checker
The Twist
Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1960
13
Sam Cooke
Twistin' the Night Away
The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (2 of 4)
14
Dave Edmunds
Do You Wanna Dance
Porky's Revenge! [Expanded]
15
The Contours
Do You Love Me
Dick Van Dyke's Dance Party
16
Jerry Lee Lewis
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
17
Matchbox
Rockabilly Rebel
Rockabilly Rebel
18
Freddy Cannon
Buzz Buzz A Diddle It
His Latest And Greatest
19
Tommy James & the Shondells
Mony Mony
The Very Best of Tommy James & the Shondells
20
Louis Jordan
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
Number Ones
21
The Showstoppers
Ain't Nothing But A House Party
Ultimate Northern Soul – The Classics
22
Ann Cole
Got My Mojo Workin' (But It Just Won't Work On You)
Blues Masters Vol. 6 – Blues Originals
23
Koko Taylor
Wang Dang Doodle
Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
24
The Champs
Tequilla
Dick Van Dyke's Dance Party
25
Tarheel Slim
Number Nine Train
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
26
Chan Romero
The Hippy Hippy Shake
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
27
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
Wooly Bully
Memphis Celebrates 50 Years Of Rock 'n' Roll
28
Arthur Conley
Sweet Soul Music
Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967
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Link Wray/Robert Gordon
Summertime Blues
Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials
30
Johnny Kidd
Shakin' All Over
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
31
The Kingsmen
Louie Louie
In Person ('64)
32
Nick Todd
At The Hop
Chills & Fever: The Dot Records Story 1955-1962
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The Isley Brothers
Twist And Shout
Dick Van Dyke's Dance Party
34
Little Richard
Good Golly Miss Molly
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
35
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
Cruisin'
Destination Freeway
36
Elvis Presley
Party
50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Elvis' Gold Records – Volume 2
This week‘s show brings us echoes of resistance from the past because there’s a storm brewing, stirring from the louder voices of people recognizing that fascism has settled in. People in this country are getting organized around a common anger that democracy and freedom is being taken from them. The political fortification led by Republican leadership co-opted by white nationalism and support for the gestapo tactics must be held in check and the voices of the ballot box will be the final determination; that is, if there is time. Music this week features Roy Zimmerman, Billy Bragg, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and a whole host of sounds from the past century whose musical voices raged when fascism and autocracy attempted to take hold. Money is the root of this evil, make no mistake. There is always hope, however, and we need to be here for each other while practicing self-care with family and friends. The storm clouds are now above us and it’s up to all of us. Now. Not later.
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Gene "Mighty Flea" Conners & McCrarys
We Shall Overcome
Gospel Caravan
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Allen Toussaint
Yes We Can Can
Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album
4
Pete Seeger
Which Side Are You On
Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits
5
John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band
Power To The People
Gimme Some Truth [Disc 1]
6
Buffalo Springfield
For What It's Worth
Buffalo Springfield
7
Molly Brandt
Revolution on the Horizon
American Saga
8
Tracy Chapman
Talkin' Bout a Revolution
Tracy Chapman
9
Woody Guthrie
Tear the Fascists Down
My Dusty Road
10
Alan Lomax
All Of You Fascists Bound To Lose
Ballad Operas-Martins & The Co
11
The Tillers
All You Fascists Bound to Lose
The Tillers
12
Marc Ribot
Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful) (feat. Tom Waits)
Songs of Resistance 1942 – 2018
13
Garland Jeffreys
Wild in the Streets
Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
14
Jefferson Airplane
Volunteers
Volunteers
15
Public Enemy
Fight The Power
Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music
16
Perla Batalla
The Partisan
A Letter to Leonard Cohen
17
Isley Brothers
Fight the Power EDIT
FunkGASM
18
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
This Land is Your Land (Digital Album Exclusive)
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Is In)
19
Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal
Crawl into the Promised Land
Crawl Into the Promised Land (Single)
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Nanci Griffith
Hell No (I'm Not Alright)
Occupy This Album
21
Bruce Springsteen
Born in the U.S.A.
Chapter & Verse
22
Nina Simone
Revolution
Anthology Disc 2
23
R.B. Morris
That's How Every Empire Falls
Singing Through the Wall. Songs for Western Sahara
24
Woody Guthrie
This Land Is Your Land (Alternate Version)
Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
25
Dropkick Murphys
All You Fonies
This Machine Still Kills Fascists
26
Gil Scott-Heron
Whitey On The Moon
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
27
Lou Christie
Self Expression (The Kids on the Street Will Never Give In)
Enlightnin'ment: The Best of Lou Christie
28
John Fogerty
Fortunate Son
The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
29
Billy Bragg & Wilco
All You Fascists
Mermaid Avenue, Vol. 2
30
Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
Singers And Songwriters 1970-1971 [Disc 1]
31
Marc Ribot
How To Walk In Freedom (feat. Sam Amidon & Fay Victor)
From a song about dirty little religions to a song about Joanie the Jehovah Witness Stripper, we’ll be going all out from up and down with genre celebrations from the past century where music reflects the inspiration from church on Sunday mornings following the barroom sinners of Saturday night. This week’s Deeper Roots takes a bit of a free form shuffle featuring Bo Diddley, The Ramones, Johnny Mercer, and a whole host of rhythm makers. Performances this morning will span some covers from Chris Smither, David Lindley and an answer song from Barbara Lewis. KOWS radio wants to thank all of you who came out to the Comedy fundraiser at Barrel Proof Lounge last week. It was a great success for us and also a validation of community radio here in the North Bay. KOWS is free form, free speech, no bull community radio; just the kind of thing we need in a country gone mad with lies, deceit and hate. There is always hope. Tune into your radio voice, any time of the day or night. We’ll always welcome you.
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Martha and the Vandellas
Quicksand
The Motown Sound Vol. 1
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Faye Adams
Witness To The Crime (Herald 470)
R&B Humdingers Volume 11
4
Warren Zevon
Dirty Little Religion
Life'll Kill Ya
5
Paul Thorn
Joanie The Jehovah Witness Stripper
Hammer & Nail Live
6
Marvin Gaye
Can I Get A Witness
I'll Take You There
7
Alphabetical Four
Get On Board, Little Children
Complete Recorded Works 1938-1943
8
Tiny Mayberry
Oh That Nasty Man (Take A)
Vol. 2-Vocal Blues & Jazz
9
Johnny Mercer
Small Fry With Victor Young's Small Fryers
Bing Crosby And Friends
10
The Golden Gate Quartet
Dipsy Doodle
Travelin' Shoes
11
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
Keep A Knockin' But You Can't Come In
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1938 – 1940
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Little Richard
Keep A Knockin'
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
13
Chris Smither
Maybellene
Call Me Lucky
14
Chuck Berry
Maybellene
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 10]
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David Lindley
Mercury Blues
El Rayo-X
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K.C. Douglas
Mercury Blues
Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
17
Violet Hall
Six Foot Papa (I'm A Whole Lot Of Woman)
The Mercury Blues Story (1945-1955) – Southwest Blues, Vol. 2
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Big Maybelle
So Good To My Baby
The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55
19
George Thorogood
Bo Diddley
2120 South Michigan Avenue
20
Bo Diddley
Don't Let It Go (Hold On To What You Got)
The Chess Box [Disc 1]
21
Sam & Dave
Hold On! I'm a Comin'
The Very Best of Sam & Dave
22
Sam Cooke
Bring It On Home To Me
Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
23
Barbara Lewis
I'll Bring It Back Home To You
Don't Forget About Me: The Atlantic & Reprise Recordings
24
Jack Nitzsche
The Lonely Surfer
Teen Beat 5
25
Mink Deville
Just Your Friends
The Mink De Ville Collection
26
The Ramones
Needles & Pins [Single Version][Version]
Ramones Mania
27
The Books Feat. Jose Gonzalez
Cello Song
Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 1]
28
T-Bone Burnett
House Of Mirrors
Twenty Twenty: The Esssential T-Bone Burnett Disc 2
Every year about this time there’s a quick burst of blossom, a promise of renewal and that first pitch of the national pastime. I don’t know about you but it’s my favorite time of year, a time when winter’s cold is shut down and we’ve got that Spring Fever. This week’s show will take time out for a couple sets celebrating and remembering baseball’s past through music with the likes of The Treniers, Danny Kaye, and Dr. John with some early rapping from Mel Allen of all people. And that’s just the half of it because the fever goes beyond the diamond: we’ll share songs of April love with Shirley Jones, Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White with Perez Prado, Nina Simone, Martha Tilton, and a run of classic country with Johnny Horton, Sons of the Pioneers and the Sons of the San Joaquin. From stickball to kite-flying to the first frisbees of the year in the local park. Let’s get away from it all.
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Radio Commercial
'Spring Time Fever Time'
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
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The Velvets
Spring Fever
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
4
Shirley Jones & Pat Boone
April Love (Film Version)
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
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The Pentagons
It's Spring Again
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
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Martha Tilton
I'll Remember April
The Liltin' Miss Tilton [Disc 1]
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Perez Prado And His Orchestra
Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
8
Count Basie
April in Paris
Pure Jazz
9
Naturals & Mel Allen
Baseball Dreams
Baseball's Greatest Hits
10
Johnny Darling
Baseball Baby
Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan
11
Dr. John
Take Me Out To The Ballgame
Baseball A Film By Ken Burns – Original Soundtrack Recording
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The Treniers
Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)
Baseball Anthems
13
Sister Wynona Carr
The Ball Game
Baseball Anthems
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Russ Hodges
Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard 'Round The World
Baseball Anthems
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Terry Cashman
Talkin' Baseball (Willie, Mickey & "The Duke")
61* [Box Set] Disc 1
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Mickey Mantle & Teresa Brewer
I Love Mickey
Baseball's Greatest Hits
17
Danny Kaye
D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song (Oh, Really? No, O'Malley)
Baseball's Greatest Hits
18
Stormy Weather
The Land Of Wrigley
Baseball's Greatest Hits
19
Steve Goodman
A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request
Baseball's Greatest Hits
20
Betty Bonney & Les Brown and His Orchestra
Joltin' Joe Dimaggio
Baseball Anthems
21
Little Willie John
I've Got Spring Fever
Little Willie John
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Birdlegs & Pauline And Their Versatility Birds
Spring
Birth Of Soul: 2
23
Jerry Duane & The Monarchs
It Might As Well Be Spring
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
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Nina Simone
It Might As Well Be Spring
The Best Of Nina Simone: The Colpix Years
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Craig Douglas
Hello Spring
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
The downstream wave of sounds that flooded the charts seemed endless in the year 1960. As was exhibited in last week’s Deeper Roots exhibition of ‘also rans’ from that year, it was a very, very crowded field. That field was spread far and wide across genres and levels of production, songwriting and performance quality. We take on that same strata this week in the show. More teen crushes, tragedies, soulful exchanges and instrumentals that bore earworms galore. That’s what we’ve got in store with performances from Fats to Jackie, Smokey to Etta, the Burnette Brothers and Ricky, Dean Martin, Freddie King and Linda Laurie…all giving it their all and doing their very best to crawl to the top of their respective charts. We’re getting ready for a wild Sunday night here in Santa Rosa, celebrating KOWS Community Radio at the Barrel Proof Lounge in downtown Santa Rosa. Hope you can make today’s Deeper Roots show and Sunday’s benefit!
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Little Junior Parker
Driving Wheel
Feelin' Good. The 1952-1962 Recordings
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Jackie Wilson
Doggin' Around
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
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Rosie & The Originals
Angel Baby
Malt Shop Memories – Top Down Convertible Sound ( Disc 1)
5
Jessie Hill
Ooh Poo Pah Doo Pt 1
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
6
Fats Domino
Walking To New Orleans
A Lot Of Dominos
7
The Shirelles
Will You Love Me Tomorrow
The Brill Building Sound Disc 1
8
Ray Peterson
Tell Laura I Love Her
Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 1
9
The Browns
The Old Lamplighter
Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
10
The Platters
Harbor Lights
All-Time Greatest Hits
11
Johnny Burnette
Dreamin'
25 Greatest Hits
12
Dorsey Burnette
Hey Little One
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
13
Rick Nelson
Young Emotions
Greatest Love Songs
14
Etta James
A Sunday Kind Of Love
Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962
15
Jimmy Jones
Good Timin'
We Love Pirate Radio – 60s Favourites
16
Kathy Young & The Innocents
A Thousand Stars
Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 1)
17
Roy Orbison
Blue Angel
The Monument Singles: A-Sides (1960 – 1964) [Disc 1]
18
The Smoothies
Softly
I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 3]
We’re at it again! Excavations below the crust of some pretty simple-minded teenage pap that seemed to occupy the Billboard Top 100 in the year 1960. Marketers had found the right blend of country, rhythm, pop, sentimentality and rock and this led to a churning out of as much and as they could as fast was possible. The result was a mixed bag: quantity over quality in most cases. We call it spit-balling these days. We’ll dig into the substrate of popular music that did not make the Top 40, and in some cases, the Top 100. We’ll hear from Wanda Jackson, Billy Bland, Donnie Brooks, Johnny Preston, Esther Phillips, and a few dozen others in this week’s show. Not withstanding what we do here, we have to consistently remind ourselves of the classic Tony Soprano quote: “’Remember when’ is the lowest form of conversation.” So, we’re mining for the ones we don’t necessarily remember. And the big news? It’s a rare two-parts-over-two-weeks extravaganza. Hope you can join in!
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John D Loudermilk
Tobacco Road
You Heard It Here First!
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Wanda Jackson
Dona'a Wan'a
Rockin' With Wanda [US Bonus Tracks]
4
Peter Sellers & Sophie Loren
Goodness Gracious Me
The Greatest Novelty Songs, Disc 3
5
The Flares
Hotcha Cha-Cha Brown
Foot Stompin'
6
Sugar Pie DeSanto
I Want to Know
100 Northern Soul Classics
7
Ruth Brown with Howard Biggs Orchestra
Takin' Care Of Business
Wail Man Wail!: The Best Of King Curtis 1952-1961 (Disc 3)
8
Billy Bland
Let The Little Girl Dance
The Rock 'n' Roll Era: 1960
9
Larry Hall
Sandy
The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962
10
Varetta Dillard
A Little Bitty Tear
Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
11
Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
Finger Poppin' Time
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
12
Earl King
Come On, Pt. 1
Living The Blues: Blues Classics 1960-1964
13
Ernie K-Doe
A Certain Girl
The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
14
Skip & Flip
Cherry Pie (1960 #11)
Greatest Hit Singles Collection
15
Donnie Brooks
Mission Bell
The Teen Years Collection: Volume 1- Dream Lover [Disc 2]
16
Manos Hadjidakis
Main Title: Never On Sunday
Never On Sunday
17
The Mark II
Night Theme
Banana Split for My Baby
18
The String-A-Longs
Wheels
Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
19
The Piltdown Men
Brontosaurus Stomp
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
20
Esther Phillips
Wild Child
The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta!
21
Brenda Lee
That's All You Gotta Do
The Brenda Lee Story: Her Grea
22
Eddie Cochran
C'mon Everybody
Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1]
23
Duane Eddy
Peter Gunn
Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology [Disc 1]
24
Joe Jones
You Talk Too Much
Pure R&B: Vol. 4- Whatd I Say [Disc 1]
25
Ral Donner
The Girl Of My Best Friend
War Paint – The Gone Records Story
26
The Everly Brothers
When Will I Be Loved
The Complete Cadence Recordings 1957-1960 Disc 2
27
Johnny Preston
Cradle Of Love
Running Bear
28
Little Willie John
Sleep
Little Willie John: All 15 of His Chart Hits from 1953-1962
29
Paul Evans
Happy-Go-Lucky-Me
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
30
The Safaris
Image of a Girl
Teen Ballads
31
Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs
Stay
Pure R&B: Vol. 4- Whatd I Say [Disc 2]
32
Sam Cooke
Wonderful World
Greatest Hits
33
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton
A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around & Fall In Love)
First Issue: The Dinah Washington Story [Disc 2]
34
Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks
Hey Boba Lou
The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks
35
Bobby Vee
Devil Or Angel
Malt Shop Memories – Top Down Convertible Sound ( Disc 1)
Spring is knock-knock-knocking…and our Supreme Court is push-push-pushing back on the idea of Emperor Grandpa McFuddlepants. And why not? They created it. But here, we’re busy painting the town with hope and there’s a sense that there’s something in the air as this week’s show leans on the fabric of Americana sounds to get us through yet another week of hate speech from Pennsylvania Avenue. We’ll apply an salve of sweet sounds from Jerry Garcia, Jackie Wilson, Townes Van Zandt, Billie Holiday, and that late local luminary and bard about town Dan Hicks in this week’s show. It’s a free form dance we’re taking on so I hope you make time or, if you can’t catch us live on KOWS, you can catch up on our archives posted on Podomatic at https://deeperroots.podomatic.com
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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Something in the Air
Greatest Hits
3
Marshall Crenshaw
Who Stole That Train
Miracle of Science
4
Them
Baby Please Don't Go
Them Featuring Van Morrison
5
Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings
Anyway The Wind Blows
Anyway The Wind Blows
6
John Hiatt
Radio Girl
Slug Line
7
Townes Van Zandt
(Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria
Townes Van Zandt
8
Charley Crockett
Jamestown Ferry
Lonesome Drifter
9
Ray Charles
Take These Chains from My Heart
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
10
Jackie Wilson
I Just Can't Help It
The Jackie Wilson Story [Sony]
11
Little Jimmy Dickens
I Can't Help It
The Old Country Church/Raisin' The Dickens
12
James Hunter Six
Can't Help Myself
Nick of Time
13
Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra
Big Mamou
Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
14
David Lindley
Your Old Lady
El Rayo-X
15
Aereo-Plain Band/John Hartford
Keep on Truckin'
Steam Powered Aereo-Takes
16
Hot Tuna
Keep On Truckin'
Burgers
17
Jorma Kaukonen
Big River Blues
Blue Country Heart
18
Maria Muldaur
It Ain't The Meat, It's The Motion
Maria Muldaur
19
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
I'm An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande)
The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
20
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
Canned Music
The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
21
Jerry Garcia
Deal
Garcia
22
The Youngbloods
Grizzly Bear
Get Together: The Essential Youngbloods
23
Sonny James
Innocent Lies
Singles
24
Billie Holiday
God Bless the Child
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
25
Jackson Browne
These Days
The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne
There’s an echo in the well of Americana and it reverberates from tradition and some of the early songsmiths and blues masters who delivered the blues proper through the depths of the past century of America’s music. We’ll be pulling some of the classic blues covers of songs composed by just a small collection of the great blues masters: Charley Patton, Muddy Waters, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lonnie Johnson, Blind Blake and beyond in this week’s episode. There is seldom enough time to make a dent in only two hours but we’ll do our best with covers from some of the inheritors like BB King, Carl Perkins, Bob Dylan, Jorma Kaukonen and a couple dozen others. We’re excavating some deeper roots this week and then tilling the airwaves with freshly turned songs of the earth; a landscape of blues cutting a deep swath across the musical landscape of the past 100 years. Celebrating blues and those who brought it home this week on KOWS Community Radio.
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Graham Parker
Poor Me
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
3
Rising Sons
By And By (Poor Me) [Album Version]
Rising Sons
4
Charlie Musselwhite
Pea Vine Blues
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
5
Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson
Police Dog Blues
Quah [Bonus Tracks]
6
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Black Snake Moan
Braver Newer World
7
Bo Diddley
Diddy Wah Diddy
Bo Knows Bo
8
Bob Dylan
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
Bob Dylan
9
Andy Fairweather Low
Matchbox
The Invisible Bluesman
10
Carl Perkins
Matchbox
Dixie Fried
11
Sam Price and his Texas Blusic
Match Box Blues
1929-1941
12
B.B. King
Tomorrow Night
Reflections
13
Lonnie Johnson, John Hughes, Roy Coulter
Tomorrow Night
Tomorrow Night
14
John Sebastian
I Found A Dream – (Live At Winterland)
Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings – Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings [Disc 3]
15
Lonnie Johnson
I Found A Dream
Blues & Ballads (With Elmer Snowden) (Reissued 1990)
16
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Rambler's Blues
A Stranger Here
17
Elmore James
Call It Stormy Monday
Greatest Blues Legends
18
Roomful of Blues
I Know Your Wig Is Gone
That's Right
19
Boz Scaggs
T-Bone Shuffle
Come On Home
20
Peter Wolf
Rollin' & Tumblin'
A Tribute To Muddy Waters – King Of The Blues
21
Shannon McNally
The Stuff You Gotta Watch
Black Irish
22
Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown
Cross My Heart
Chess Blues Guitar / Two Decades Of Killer Fretwork, 1949-1969
23
Johnny Winter
Help Me
The Progressive Blues Experiment
24
Dr. John/John Hammond, Jr./Michael Bloomfield
Last Night
Triumvirate
25
Tommy Castro And The Painkillers
Bad Luck
Method To My Madness
26
Dinah Washington
Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
Verve Unmixed
27
Louis Jordan
Caldonia
Number Ones
28
B.B. King
Jack, You're Dead!
Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan
Put another nickel in that nickelodeon ‘cause rhythm saved the world. This week on Deeper Roots we’re spinning up songs about the jukebox, hit records, little bitty records, disc jockey pleas, and swinging syncopated rhythms from across the past century. That’s right, we’re taking a trip across ninety years featuring jazz from Jimmie Lunceford, country from the Sons of the Pioneers, gospel from the Chuck Wagon Gang, and swinging send-ups from Louis Armstrong, NRBQ, Slim Gaillard, and The Sensations. Well, you can also count on more from the usual suspects in this week’s thematic celebration of the very best of Americana. Whether that’s reaching out to the jukebox, the DJ or that record hawker…we’ve got two hours of rhythm here on KOWS Community Radio. Spend your time with music, not your hard earned dough on this day of resistance.
No.
1
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
2
Commercial
Nuclear Survival Course Record Album (1954)
Rock'N'Roll & Rock-A-Billy Inferno
3
The Sensations
Please Mr Disc Jockey
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
4
Fred Astaire
Music Makes Me
American Songbook Series
5
Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven
The Music Goes Round And Round
Me & Orson Welles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
6
Louis Prima
The Music Goes 'Round and Around
Capitol Collectors Series
7
Louis Armstrong
Rhythm Saved The World
Rhythm Saved The World
8
Tex Beneke, The Modernaires
Jukebox Saturday Night
Stagedoor Canteen Music Of The War Years Vol 1
9
Jimmie Lunceford
Rhythm Is Our Business
An Introduction To Jimmie Lunceford
10
The Boswell Sisters
That's How Rhythm Was Born
Music From The Motion Picture – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
11
Three Sharps And A Flat
That's The Rhythm
Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm
12
Ella Fitzgerald
Vote For Mr Rhythm
The Millenium Anthology – Ella Fitzgerald [Disc 3]
13
Ella Fitzgerald
My Last Affair
The Millenium Anthology – Ella Fitzgerald
14
Fats Waller
Music Maestro Please
Music Maestro Please
15
The Cats & The Fiddle
Mr. Rhythm Man
The Very Best Of
16
Slim Gaillard
Jumpin' At The Record Shop
Vout For Voutoreenes
17
The Mills Brothers
Rhythm Saved The World
The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 4
18
George Kent
Hello, I'm A Jukebox
The Beginning Of The End – The Existential Psychodrama In Country Music (1956-1972)
19
Boyd Bennett & His Rockets
Cool Disc Jockey
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio Vol.5
20
Sons of the Pioneers
Syncopated Rhythm
Songs of the Prairie – CD4
21
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jukebox Junky
Killer Country
22
Brook Benton
Hit Record
Mercury 1962
23
Charles Senns
Dig Me A Crazy Record
One More Record Please
24
Norma Jean
I Heard the Jukebox Playing
1965-1966
25
Willie Nelson
Mr. Record Man
One More Record Please
26
Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue
Jones On the Jukebox
Set Two
27
Chuck Wagon Gang/George Jones
Turn Your Radio On
70th Anniversary
28
Bill Kirchen
Little Bitty Record
King of Dieselbilly: Classic Kirchen
29
NRBQ
Music Goes Round And Around
Tiddly Winks
30
BR5-49
A1 On The Jukebox
Dog Days
31
The Blasters
Border Radio
Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2)
Country, gospel, and rhythm and blues are the major arteries that flow to the heart of Americana musical traditions, each influencing the other through shared themes of storytelling, emotion, and spirituality. Gospel’s uplifting harmonies and spiritual fervor inspired both the heartfelt narratives of country music and the soulful expressions of rhythm and blues. Similarly, rhythm and blues infused gospel energy into secular music, while country music borrowed melodic and vocal elements from both genres. The “golden age” of these genres is often considered to be the mid-20th century, roughly the 1940s through the 1960s, when their innovation and cross-pollination laid the groundwork for modern popular music, including rock and roll. This week on Deeper Roots we’re going to flip through some classic old records (as we love to do) and highlight the morning with performances from the likes of Otis Spann, Merle Travis, Sue Foley, Sturgill Simpson, and a few dozen others.
No.
1
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
2
Margie Singleton
Old Records
One More Record Please
3
Seasick Steve
Dark
Man from Another Time (Bonus Version)
4
Sturgill Simpson
Breakers Roar
A Sailor's Guide To Earth
5
The Everly Brothers
Bowling Green
Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2
6
The Kossoy Sisters
Bowling Green
Bluegrass Jamboree
7
Merle Travis
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
Ash Grove 12/9/1966
8
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
We've Got a Live One Here!
9
The Louvin Brothers
There's A Grave In The Wave Of The Ocean
Close Harmony [Disc 7]
10
Hart Valley Drifters
Nine Pound Hammer
Folk Time
11
Van Morrison
Dark Night Of The Soul
Three Chords And The Truth
12
The Riders Of The Purple Sage
Cool Water (Radio)
Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
13
The Harmonizing Four
Wade In The Water
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
14
The Soul Stirrers
Jesus I'll Never Forget [Album Version]
The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
15
Mahalia Jackson
Dark Was The Night
Moving On Up A Little Higher
16
Bing Crosby
Down to the Old Ox Road
Bing Crosby in Hollywood (1930-1934), Vol. 1
17
Sue Foley
Freight Train
One Guitar Woman
18
Porter Wagoner
Banks of the Ohio
1968 (Warped 6846)
19
Roy Rogers with Country Washburne
My Chickashay Girl
26 All-Time Country Classics
20
Merle Haggard
Time Changes Everything
The Peer Sessions
21
Jimmie Dolan
The Wheel That Does The Squeakin'
Juke Box Boogie
22
Raul Malo
Weary Blues from Waitin'
The Nashville Acoustic Sessions
23
Ted Daffan's Texans
Born To Lose
26 All-Time Country Classics
24
Norridge Mayhams And The Blue Chips
I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy
Norridge Mayhams and The Blue Chips
25
Mae West
I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love
