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African American Gospel, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Gospel, Theme Time

Great Gospel

September 8, 2018 Dave

Deeper Roots goes to the deeper wells of black American gospel which is one of the more powerful examples of bedrock sounds that we play here on our show. This show includes hand-picked classics such as “The Old Rugged Cross”, “Joshua Fit the Battle”, “Trouble in My Way”, and a medley of freedom classics from the SNCC Freedom Singers. It’s a mix of jubilee quartets, female gospel greats, sensational musical sermons, as well as Aretha, Sister Tharpe, Mahalia, and The Staples. Tune in for more….a whole lot more.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Freedom Road	Higher Ground
3	Mahalia Jackson	Didn't It Rain	16 Most Requested Songs
4	Marie Knight	The Old Rugged Cross	Hallelujah What A Song!
5	Marie Knight	Walk With Me	The Great Gospel Women
6	SNCC Freedom Singers	Woke Up This Morning	Crossroads: Southern Roots
7	The Freedom Singers	Freedom Medley:Freedom Chant, Oh Freedom, This Little Light Of Mine	Voices Of the Civil Rights Movement
8	Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalist	Free At Las'	2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
9	Southern Sons	I'm Free At Last (1942)	1940's Vocal Groups: Southern Sons (1941-44) & Richmond's Harmonizing Four (1943)
10	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	Mean Old World	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
11	Aretha Franklin	Precious Lord (Part One)	Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues
12	Marion Williams	Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares	The Great Gospel Women
13	Clara Ward Singers	Somebody Bigger Than You & I	Somebody Bigger Than You & I
14	Morris Brown Quartet	Climbing Up The Mountain	I Hear Music In The Air
15	Southern Sons	Lift Every Voice And Sing	I Hear Music In The Air
16	The Swan Silvertones	Trouble In My Way	Love Lifted Me
17	Bill Landford And The Landfordaires	Trouble Of This World [Album Version]	The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
18	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Joshua Fit The Battle	American Roots Music [Disc 3]
19	Leonard de Paur conducting choir	We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder	5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
20	Gospel Tones	Roll, Jordan, Roll	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
21	The Sensational Nightingales	Freedom After a While	Great Gospel – People Get Ready
22	Reverend Robert Ballinger	So Glad	1950s Gospel Classics
23	Mahalia Jackson	I'm on My Way To Canaan	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
24	The Trumpeteers	I'll Fly Away	Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
25	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Stand By Me	Complete Recorded Works, 1938 – 1944; Volume 1
26	The Belleville A Cappella Choir of the Church of God and Saints of Christ	Great Camp Meeting… – Swing Low… – Steal Away – What Kind… – Oh Them… – I'm a Soldier… (Medley of Spirituals)	Southern Journey Vol 11: Honor the Lamb
27	The Staple Singers	Swing Down, Chariot	Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
28	The Staple Singers	Uncloudy Day	Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
29	Golden Gate Quartet	God's Gonna Cut 'em Down	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
30	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Christian's Automobile	Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
31	Southern Sons	Above My Head, I Hear The Music In The Air	I Hear Music In The Air
32	Arizona Dranes	Bye & Bye We're Going To See The King	He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition, Oldies

Deeper Merle Travis

August 26, 2018 Dave

Merle Travis’ influence on country music cannot be ignored. Along with a select few entertainers of the mid-century, he bridged the hillbilly and Appalachian folk institutions to the Golden Age of Country. His influences were not only the ‘picking style’, but also his keen sense of populist stories told from the front lines. We’ll hear from and early influence, Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers, as well as those he influenced. All songs written by Merle and some performed by Merle himself. Our show will also feature Merle Travis interview excerpts from the sixties. It’s a Friday morning collection of the very best of Merle Travis.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Merle Travis	I'll See You In My Dreams	The Guitar Picker CD3 (1951-53)
3	Joe Maphis & Merle Travis	Alabama Jubilee	Country Guitar Thunder (Joe Maphis & Merle Travis 1977-1981)
4	John McEuen	Merle Travis Story	Live in L.A.
5	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Cannonball Rag	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
6	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Dark as a Dungeon	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
7	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Doc Watson and Merle Travis: First Meeting	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
8	Willie Nelson	Dark As A Dungeon	Country Music
9	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Dark As A Dungeon	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2]
10	Willie Nelson	Sixteen Tons	Remember Me, Vol. 1
11	The Platters	Sixteen Tons	The Magic Touch: An Anthology
12	James & Bobby Purify	16 Tons	The Best Of
13	Hank Penny	Merle's Buck Dance	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
14	Merle Travis	Introduction / Nine Pound Hammer	Ash Grove 12/9/1966
15	The Kentucky Colonels	Nine Pound Hammer	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
16	The Country Gentlemen	I Am a Pilgrim	On the Road (And More)
17	Johnny Cash	Loading Coal [Album Version]	Ride This Train
18	Merle Travis	Start Even	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
19	Merle Travis	No Vacancy	The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.
20	Ernest Tubb	So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
21	Gid Tanner, Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Lowe Stokes, Fate Norris	Possum Hunt on Stump House Mountain, Part 1	Lead Kindly Light
22	Bill Frisell	Cannonball Rag (Merle Travis)	Guitar In The Space Age
23	Johnny Bond	Divorce Me C.O.D.	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
24	Tex Ritter	Everybody Likes A Little Lovin'	High Noon
25	Tex Williams & His Western Caravan	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
26	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra	Steel Guitar Rag	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
27	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys With Merle Travis	Wildwood Flower	Swing West – vol 2 – Guitar Slingers
28	Merle Travis	Philosophy	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
29	Merle Travis	Too Much Sugar For A Dime	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
30	The Everly Brothers	Muskrat	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
31	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Smoke, Smoke, Smoke	Black Mountain Rag
32	Tennessee Ernie Ford	That's All	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
33	Ricky Skaggs	Sweet Temptation	Favorite Country Songs
34	Merle Travis	When My Baby Double Talks To Me	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
35	Merle Travis	When Rosie Riccoola Do The Hoola Ma Boola	The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition

Tragic Country Tales

August 26, 2018 Dave

Tales of lonesome saddles, lost loves, broken hearts, and lonely rooms…a mood, a tone, and short vignettes so common among those themes of country music. We’ve got that and much more in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. Performances from Grandpa Jones, The Stanley Brothers, Lefty Frizzell, Mel Tillis, and many others, will take us on a ride on a country road, drinking new wine from an old jug. That will also include stories of highway mishaps, the bottom of the bottle, and a mystery of the Tallahatchie Bridge. Friday solemn sounds from the past century on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bobbie Gentry	Ode To Billie Joe	Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967
3	Elvis Presley	Don't Cry Daddy	Always on My Mind
4	Tammy Wynette	D-I-V-O-R-C-E	Country Legends
5	Hank Williams	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	24 Greatest
6	Bobby Bare	Jeannie4s Last Kiss (1963)	All American Boy – CD 2
7	Doc & Merle Watson	The Tragic Romance	Ballads From Deep Gap
8	David Grisman w/Alan O'Bryant	Tragic Romance	Life Of Sorrow
9	Grandpa Jones	Tragic Romance	Makes The Rafters Ring
10	The Stanley Brothers	Tragic Love	An Evening Long Ago: Live 1956
11	Lefty Frizzell	The Tragic Letter (& Wayne Raney) 1965	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 3)
12	Red Fox Chasers	Wreck On The Mountain Road	People Take Warning [Disc 1] – Man Vs. Machine
13	Esco Hankins	Wreck on the Highway	1947-1951 (Warped 4732)
14	Vernon Dalhart	The Wreck Of The Old '97	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1]
15	Lefty Frizzell	Long Black Veil	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
16	Mel Tillis	Life Turned Her That Way	36 All Time Greatest Hits
17	Mary Gauthier	Mercy Now	Mercy Now
18	Townes Van Zandt	Waiting Around to Die	Legend: The Very Best Of Townes Van Zandt
19	Vern Gosdin	Chiseled in Stone	Chiseled in Stone
20	Ray Charles & Willie Nelson	Seven Spanish Angels	The Many Sides Of Willie Nelson [Cd 3 "Duets"] (1992)
21	James King	He Stopped Loving Her Today	Three Chords & The Truth
22	Lucinda Williams	Sweet Old World	Sweet Old World
23	Dwight Yoakam	I Sang Dixie	Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
24	Willie Nelson	Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain	Artist's Choice: Sheryl Crow
25	Merle Haggard	Sing Me Back Home	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
26	Red Foley	Old Shep	Smoke on the Water / Hillbilly Fever
27	Walter Brennan	Old Rivers	Classic Country Great Story Songs [Disc 2]
28	Charlie Louvin	Wreck on the Highway	Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs
29	Doc & Merle Watson	The Wreck of The Old #9	Ballads From Deep Gap
30	Faron Young	Hello Walls	Hello Walls / The Young Approach
31	Merle Haggard	If We Make It Through December (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
32	Johnny Cash	Hurt	Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American

Americana, Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Gospel, Theme Time

Lies and Liars

August 26, 2018 Dave

A notorious theme in our world today. But it’s not like there is a thin line between truth and lies in the end. The line is clearly defined and yet people would rather imagine anything but what is clearly painted before them. Our show today looks at what the worst often looks like. Dirty lies, white lies, poison lies, and all of those falsehoods made in earnest or in self promotion. There are those who proudly wear the color of lies and hate to remind us that vigilance is more important now than ever. Call out the lies. This week, we look at it through the gospel lens with Sister Rosetta Tharpe, swim into the rock oldies pool with The Knickerbockers, swing soft and winsome country with Carl Smith and The Carters, and we’ll also bring in some contemporary sounds including tracks from Mavis Staples, David Olney, and Robert Ellis. I don’t know about you but I’m sick about what’s happening.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mavis Staples	We Go High	If All I Was Was Black
3	Fats Domino	Telling Lies	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
4	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	No Room In the Church for Liars	Precious Memories
5	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Let That Liar Alone	ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
6	Reverend A. Johnson	Let That Liar Pass On By	1950s Gospel Classics
7	Radio Yesterday	Lights Out	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
8	Martha Fields	Southern White Lies	Southern White Lies
9	Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands	Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)	The Hazel and Alice Sessions
10	The Carter Family	You Better Let That Liar Alone	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
11	David Olney	No Lies	One Tough Town
12	Rosalie Allen	Hitler Lives	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
13	Carl Smith	Wicked Lies	Kisses Don't Lie
14	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	The Biggest Liars in Town	Home of the Blues
15	Flatt & Scruggs	Poison Lies	The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
16	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Lies	Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary
17	Cyndi Lauper	Lies	A Hat Full Of Stars
18	The Roosevelts	Tell Only Lies	The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn
19	Ian Gomm	Dirty Lies	Summer Holiday
20	The Castaways	Liar, Liar	Good Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack]
21	The Knickerbockers	Lies	Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
22	Tex Grande & His Range Riders	Hitler's Reply to Mussolini	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
23	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	Tellin' Lies	The Eyes of Texas
24	John Hartford	Politic	Hamilton Ironworks
25	Mimi & Richard Farina	House Un-American Blues Activity Dream	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
26	Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone Walk	All Men Are Liars	Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe
27	J.J. Cale	Lies	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
28	Frankie Boots And The County Line	Pack Of Lies	Frankie Boots And The County Line
29	Neko Case	Lonely Old Lies	The Virginian
30	Johnnie Taylor	Running Out Of Lies	Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3]

The Object of My Affection

August 11, 2018 Dave

It’s a free form episode that follows the American songbook stream of musical consciousness from the early twentieth century right up through some contemporary sounds. A river of rhythm and song…. doo wop shoo wops, the 88 key bounce of boogie woogie, master jelly roll bakers, and sweet confections for you on a warm summer Friday morning from the West County studios of KOWS radio. Performances will include Les Paul, Peggy Lee, Levon Helm, The Adderly Brothers, Jesse Winchester, and a couple dozen more of your favorites. Settle in for a free form collection of memories and musical gems from the past century with your host, Dave Stroud.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mavis Staples	We Go High	If All I Was Was Black
3	Fats Domino	Telling Lies	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
4	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	No Room In the Church for Liars	Precious Memories
5	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Let That Liar Alone	ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
6	Reverend A. Johnson	Let That Liar Pass On By	1950s Gospel Classics
7	Radio Yesterday	Lights Out	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
8	Martha Fields	Southern White Lies	Southern White Lies
9	Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands	Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)	The Hazel and Alice Sessions
10	The Carter Family	You Better Let That Liar Alone	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
11	David Olney	No Lies	One Tough Town
12	Rosalie Allen	Hitler Lives	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
13	Carl Smith	Wicked Lies	Kisses Don't Lie
14	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	The Biggest Liars in Town	Home of the Blues
15	Flatt & Scruggs	Poison Lies	The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
16	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Lies	Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary
17	Cyndi Lauper	Lies	A Hat Full Of Stars
18	The Roosevelts	Tell Only Lies	The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn
19	Ian Gomm	Dirty Lies	Summer Holiday
20	The Castaways	Liar, Liar	Good Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack]
21	The Knickerbockers	Lies	Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
22	Tex Grande & His Range Riders	Hitler's Reply to Mussolini	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
23	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	Tellin' Lies	The Eyes of Texas
24	John Hartford	Politic	Hamilton Ironworks
25	Mimi & Richard Farina	House Un-American Blues Activity Dream	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
26	Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone Walk	All Men Are Liars	Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe
27	J.J. Cale	Lies	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
28	Frankie Boots And The County Line	Pack Of Lies	Frankie Boots And The County Line
29	Neko Case	Lonely Old Lies	The Virginian
30	Johnnie Taylor	Running Out Of Lies	Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3]

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Fifties Country, Oldies, Rock, Theme Time

Answer Songs

August 4, 2018 Dave

Answer songs. A novelty of the music business that has always had a place but it truly exploded, becoming habit-forming with the advent of Top 30 radio in the fifties and sixties. Seldom was there an answer song that responded to a question that was not a big success. This week on Deeper Roots, it will be a ’round robin’ of ‘question followed by answer’ songs including the obscure (which about 99% of the so-called answer songs were). You’ll be treated to the sounds of Tennessee Ernie Ford, Muddy Waters, Rufus Thomas, Dodie Stevens, and Elvis (of course) on a summer Friday in West Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Ernest Tubb	Rainbow At Midnight	The Texas Troubadour ([Disc 1] – Walking The Floor Over You (The Hits Vol.1)
3	Slim Bryant and his Wildcats/Lost John Miller	Answer to Rainbow At Midnight	Answer to Rainbow At Midnight
4	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	The Wild Side Of Life	Vintage Collections
5	Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	The Complete Country Hits
6	Hank Locklin	Please Help Me, I'm Falling	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
7	Skeeter Davis	(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too	The Essential Skeeter Davis
8	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	Vintage Collections
9	Patsy Montana	16 Pounds	Best of Answer Songs vol 2
10	Merle Haggard	Okie From Muskogee	Capitol Collector's Series
11	Lowell Levinger	Hippie From Olema	Get Together- Youngblood Classics
12	Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
13	Rufus Thomas	Bear Cat	Living The Blues – 1953-1954 Blues Classics
14	Elvis Presley	Little Sister	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
15	Lavern Baker	Hey Memphis	Best of Answer Songs vol 2
16	Elvis Presley	Are You Lonesome Tonight	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
17	Dodie Stevens	Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight	Ultimate Collection
18	Claude King	Wolverton Mountain	Classic Country
19	Jo Ann Campbell	(I'm the Girl From) Wolverton Mountain	Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 2
20	Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchell	Yes Mr. Peters	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
21	Justin Tubb & Lorene Mann	Hurry Mr. Peters	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
22	Muddy Waters	(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
23	Bo Diddley	I'm A Man	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley
24	Muddy Waters	Mannish Boy	The Definitive Collection
25	The Dominoes	Sixty Minute Man	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'
26	Billy Ward & the Dominoes	Can't Do Sixty No More	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
27	The Bobbettes	Mr. Lee	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
28	The Bobbettes	I Shot Mr. Lee	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
29	Neil Sedaka	Oh! Carol	All Time Greatest Hits
30	Carole King	Oh Neil	Best of Answer Songs vol 1
31	Sam Cooke	Bring It on Home to Me	Greatest Hits
32	Carla Thomas	I'll Bring It Home To You	Gee Whiz & Other Hits
33	Ben E. King	Stand By Me	Heatin' Up
34	Damita Jo	I'll Be There	Best of Answer Songs vol 1
35	Ernie K-Doe	Mother-In-Law	Absolutely the Best
36	Paul Peek	Brother-In-Law	Best of Answer Songs vol 2

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Oldies, Rock, Theme Time

Political Science

July 28, 2018 Dave

The winds of social change become the storm from every direction when authoritarianism, tyranny, and facism begin to take shape. And music has always played a part when speaking truth to power. The most important role of an American citizen is to vote. There is no greater enemy than apathy. The songs we share on Deeper Roots today focus on Civil Rights, war for the cause of oil, voting as voice, and the fight for power in the New World Order. Tune in for performances from Phil Ochs, Ben Harper, Drive-By Truckers, Roy Zimmerman, and Iris DeMent on a show that explores some political science in harmony, vocals, and melodies to make a stand.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Roy Zimmerman	Real America	Real American
3	Jackson Browne	The Dreamer	The Dreamer
4	Steve Earle with Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark	16 Immigrant Eyes	Together at The Bluebird Cafe
5	Steve Earle	City Of Immigrants (With Forro In The Dark)	Washington Square Serenade
6	Roy Zimmerman	My Vote My Voice My Right	The Faucet's On Fire
7	Phil Ochs	I Ain't Marching Anymore	There But for Fortune
8	The Byrds	Draft Morning	The Notorious Byrd Brothers
9	Barry McGuire	Eve of Destruction	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1965
10	Bruce Cockburn	If I Had A Rocket Launcher	Waiting For A Miracle: Singles 1970-1987
11	Randy Newman	Political Science	The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1
12	Joan Baez	The President Sang Amazing Grace	Whistle Down the Wind
13	Drive-By Truckers	What It Means	American Band
14	Drive-By Truckers	Guns Of Umpqua	American Band
15	Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals	Call It What It Is	Call It What It Is
16	Mavis Staples	We Go High	If All I Was Was Black
17	Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
18	C.O.R.E. Freedom Singers	Get Your Rights, Jack	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
19	Nina Simone	To Be Young, Gifted And Black	Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit
20	The Staple Singers	Freedom Highway	Freedom Highway
21	The Almanac Singers	Dear Mr. President	Woody Guthrie And American Folk Giants
22	Woody Guthrie	This Land Is Your Land	American Roots Music [Disc 3]
23	Joan Baez	I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 4]
24	Marvin Gaye	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 2
25	Randy Newman	Every Man a King	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
26	Randy Newman	Rednecks	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
27	The Blind Boys of Alabama	Pray for Peace	Almost Home
28	Public Enemy	Fight The Power	Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music

100 Years Ago

July 21, 2018 Dave

We’re taking this ‘Century of America’s Music’ theme quite serious this week. The tracks we’ll be playing are from the the first few decades of the 20th Century. Parlor music had lost its attraction by the turn of the century in favor of minstrel, vaudeville, and the emergence of Tin Pan Alley. Ragtime and jazz would evolve in an organic manner and blues would inform much of the jazz and band music that would become popular with the advent of the Victrola. Music today includes tracks from Vernon Dahlart, Billy Murray, Frank Crumit, and Ben Selvin & His Orchestra as we find the music of the teens and early 20s on a show that keeps our tagline strong. Tune in for this celebration of American popular music in its infancy.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	W.C. Handy	Livery Stable Blues	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
3	Burt Williams	Nobody	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
4	Felix Arndt	Desecration Rag	The Big Broadcast vol. 9
5	Paramount Symphony Orchestra	Made In America (Pm 2008, 60-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
6	Harry McClaskey	Your Country And My Country (Pm 2011, 2011-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
7	Arthur Fields	Good Morning, Mr. Zip, Zip, Zip (Pm 2052, 2052-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
8	Whit Cunliffe	Hoch, Hoch Der Kaiser!	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
9	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Tiger Rag	78s
10	Billy Murray	The Little Old Ford	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
11	Edith Day, Rosario Bourdon	Alice Blue Gown	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
12	Paul Whiteman	Whispering	Greatest Hits
13	Billy Murray	I'll See You In C-U-B-A	Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1
14	Ben Selvin & His Orchestra	Dardanella	Dardanella
15	Ben Selvin & His Orchestra	I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles	Dardanella
16	Al Jolson	Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night (1916)	Columbia-1976
17	Al Jolson	Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land (World War I Song) (1918)	Columbia-2542 (77753)
18	Vernon Dalhart	Can't Yo' Hear Me Callin' Caroline?	Puttin on the Style
19	Fisk Jubilee Singers	O Mary Don't You Weep Don't You Mourn	Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920
20	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Shout All Over God's Heaven	Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920
21	Van Eps Trio	Ragging The Scale (Pm 2050, 87R-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
22	Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band	Everybody's Crazy 'Bout The Doggone Blues	Jazz In The Charts Vol. 1 – Tiger Rag
23	Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band	Indianola (Those Draftin' Blues)	Jazz In The Charts Vol. 1 – Tiger Rag
24	Pale K. Lua	The Rosary	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
25	Frank Crumit	I'm a Lonesome Little Rain Drop (1920)	Columbia-3332 (79460)
26	Louise, Ferera and Rose	Aloha Land (Pm 30060, 245-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
27	Helen Louise & Frank Derera's Hawaiians	Kai Maia O ka Maoli	With My Little Ukulele in My Hand
28	Helen Louise & Palakiko Ferreira – Moana Lua	Hawaiian Hula Medley	Hawaiian Rainbow – Hawaiian Music on Edison Records
29	Ford's Hawaiian Orchestra	Kahola March	Hawaiian Rainbow – Hawaiian Music on Edison Records
30	Al Jolson	Swanee	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
31	Bert Williams	Moon Shines On The Moonshine, The	A Tribute To Black Entertainers #1
32	Mamie Smith	Crazy Blues	American Roots Music [Disc 2]

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Free Form, Gospel, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Soul

Tell Old Bill

July 14, 2018 Dave

We’ve got another free form collection of sounds for a Friday in Sonoma County. The July heat has us moving a little slower as everything around us appears to move at breakneck speed. So the idea is to help us find our center and we do that with sounds from the islands with Joe Keawe and Arthur Lyman, soul from the heart by Solomon Burke and Betty Everett, and some tradition with a mix of Johnny Cash, Ry Cooder, and Bob Wills. We find our muse throughout with David Lindley and El Rayo-X. Join us.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Dave Van Ronk	Tell Old Bill	Down In Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
3	K.C. Douglas	Mercury Blues	Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
4	Jackson Browne & David Lindley	Mercury Blues	Love Is Strange [Disc 1]
5	Warren Zevon	Gorilla, You're A Desperado	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) [Disc 1]
6	Billy Butler & The Enchanters	I Can't Work No Longer	Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
7	The Temptations	Papa Was A Rollin' Stone	Anthology, Vol. 2 [Disc 2]
8	Chris Barber's Jazz Band	Petite Fleur (Little FLower)	Your Hit Parade -1959
9	Joanie Sommers	Johnny Get Angry	Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)
10	Arthur Lyman Group	Maui Chimes	The Best of the Arthur Lyman Group
11	Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians	Tomi Tomi	Vintage Hawaiian Music: The Great Singers 1928 – 1934
12	Joe Keawe	My Little Grass Shack	Hapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics – Vintage Hawaiian Treasures: Vol. I
13	Dave Van Ronk	My Little Grass Shack (In Kealakekua, Hawaii)	A Chrestomathy [Disc 2]
14	Ry Cooder	Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)	Jazz (Remaster 2013)
15	Rhiannon Giddens	Up Above My Head	Tomorrow Is My Turn
16	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Singing in My Soul	The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]
17	Etta James	Something's Got a Hold on Me	Chess Blues Disc 4
18	Betty Everett	You're No Good	Something's Got A Hold On Me
19	Solomon Burke	If You Need Me	Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis)
20	The Impressions	Gypsy Woman	Hit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount Story
21	Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns	Tu-Ber-Cu-Lucas And The Sinus Blues	Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1
22	Wild Tchoupitoulas	Brother John	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]]
23	Nappy Brown	Goody Goody Gum Drop	Night Time Is the Right Time [Disc 1]
24	Johnny Cash	Understand Your Man	16 Biggest Hits
25	Johnny Cash	Cindy[w. Nick Cave]	Unearthed Vol 3 – Redemption Songs
26	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Get Along Home, Cindy	Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 8
27	The Louvin Brothers	I Wonder Where You Are Tonight	Close Harmony [Disc 3]
28	Jimmy Dean	Big Bad John (Uncensored Version)	Best of Answer Songs vol 3
29	Big Brother & the Holding Company/Janis Joplin	Bye Bye Baby	Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits
30	Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers	Get Along Home, Miss Cindy	Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers
31	David Lindley & El Rayo-X	Texas Tango	Very Greasy
32	David Lindley	Mercury Blues	El Rayo-X

Americana, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music, Theme Time

Carl Sandburg’s Songbag

July 7, 2018 Dave

Published in 1927, populist poet Carl Sandburg’s anthology of American folksongs was in print for over 70 years. It influenced generations of musicians and is a cornerstone in the foundation of American folk and tradition. Sandburg himself described it as a “ragbag of stripes and streaks of color from nearly all ends of the earth…rich with the diversity of the United States.” Today’s show pulls samples from the book featuring performances by Dan Zanes, Bob Dylan, The Weavers, The Blue Sky Boys, and David Rawlings. True Americana from the deeper wells of America’s music.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Zora Layman & The Hometowners	When The Curtains Of The Night Are Pinned Back By The Stars	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
3	Johnny Cash	The Streets of Laredo	Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 2]
4	Sons of the Pioneers	Lone Star Trail	Songs of the Prairie – CD2
5	Tex Ritter	Whoopee Ti Yi Yo (Git Along Little Dogies)	Have I Stayed Away Too Long
6	The Weavers	Get Along Little Dogies	The Weavers Almanac
7	Woody Guthrie	Buffalo Skinners (traditional, arr. Woody Guthrie)	Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection [Disc 2]
8	Oscar Brand	The Tenderfoot	Pie In The Sky
9	The Blue Sky Boys	Trail To Mexico	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1]
10	Marc Williams	The Little Old Sod Shanty On My Claim	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
11	Mac Wiseman	Turkey In The Straw	Sings Old Time Country Favorites
12	The Blue Sky Boys	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet	Presenting The Blue Sky Boys
13	Dan Zanes	I Was Born Almost Ten Thousand Years Ago	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
14	Dan Zanes	California	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
15	Hylo Brown	Sweet Betsy From Pike	Legends & Tall Tales
16	BR5-49	Sweet Betsy from Pike	Song of America
17	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Who Will Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot	This Lusty Land
18	Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers	The Old Gray Mare	And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 2
19	David Rawlings	Money Is the Meat in the Coconut	Poor David's Almanack
20	Kilby Snow	Chicken Reel (Folk)	Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
21	The Everly Brothers	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
22	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Sourwood Mountain	Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind
23	Molly Mason & Jay Ungar	The Lover's Lament	The Lovers' Waltz
24	Marty Robbins	Red River Valley	All-Time Greatest Hits
25	Dick Curless	Red River Valley	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD2 (1950-1969)
26	The Doc Watson Family	One Morning In May	Tradition
27	Dave Van Ronk	Kentucky Moonshiner	Inside Dave Van Ronk
28	Otis Redding	Down In The Valley	Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1]
29	Slim Whitman	Down In The Valley	Country Greats #2
30	Bob Dylan	Froggie Went A-Courtin'	Good As I Been To You
31	Tex Ritter	Froggie Went A-Courtin'	Singing In The Saddle
32	Dan Zanes	The Monkey's Wedding	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
33	Doc Watson	The Ship That Never Returned	My Dear Old Southern Home
34	Hank Penny	It Ain't Gonna Rain No More	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1]

A Century of America's Music