Category Archives: Deeper Roots on KOWS

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

The Old Chisholm Trail

February 17, 2018 Dave

Songs about moonlight on the trail this week. We revisit songs about Old Paint, cowpokes, outlaws, and the wide expanse of the range in this week’s show. Tradition, temperance, and memories of the Red River Valley with Michael Martin Murphey, Jimmie Driftwood, Rex Allen, Powder River Jack (featuring Kitty Lee), and many more cowboys from Hollywood and the old Navajo Trail. Storytelling and nostalgic novelties, most elevating the hardscrabble life of the West to a Disney featurette. Right here on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Norman Luboff Choir	Shenandoah	Songs of the South and Songs of the Sea
3	Gene Autry	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1]
4	Gene Autry	Back In the Saddle Again	Don't Fence Me In:Western Music Early Golden Era
5	The Western Flyers	Along The Navajo Trail	Wild Blue Yonder
6	Marty Robbins	The Strawberry Roan	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
7	Duane Eddy	Streets of Laredo	Rebel Rouser
8	Ernest Tubb	The Yellow Rose Of Texas	Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
9	Gene Autry & Jimmy Long	The Yellow Rose Of Texas	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2]
10	Marty Robbins	Red River Valley	All-Time Greatest Hits
11	Johnny Bond	Red River Valley	History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9
12	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	The Old Chisholm Trail	16 Great Songs Of The Old West
13	Ken Curtis & The Sons of the Pioneers	Home On The Range	The Cowboy Album
14	Ken Maynard	Home On The Range	When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
15	Judy Canova	Along The Navajo Trail (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
16	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Along The Santa Fe Trail	Sons Of The Pioneers
17	Rex Allen	Riding Down To Mexico	The Last of The Great Singing Cowboys
18	Johnny Bond	Goodbye Old Paint	Standard Transcriptions
19	Cisco Houston	I Ride An Old Paint	The Folkways Years: 1944-1961
20	Michael Martin Murphey	I Ride An Old Paint/Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo/Git Along Little Doggies	Cowboy Songs
21	Eddy Arnold	Cattle Call	Stampede! Western Music's Late Golden Era
22	Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers	Blue Shadows On The Trail (From Walt Disney's "Melody Time")	Country Legends
23	Ken Maynard	Lone Star Trail	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
24	Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)	Strawberry Roan	Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58
25	Wilmer Watts And The Lonely Eagles	Sleepy Desert	Gastonia Gallop – Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues 1927-1931
26	Carson Robison's Buckaroos	Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
27	Crowder Brothers	Wild West Rambler	When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1
28	Powder River Jack, Kitty Lee	Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail	When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1
29	Jimmie Driftwood	Billy The Kid	Americana, Vol. 2
30	Don Edwards	Sam Bass	Saddle Songs (1 of 2)
31	The Light Crust Doughboys	Oh Susannah	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
32	Tex Ritter	My Darling Clementine	Have I Stayed Away Too Long
33	Tex Ritter	Chisholm Trail	High Noon
34	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	The Streets Of Laredo	16 Great Songs Of The Old West
35	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans With Frank Worth & His Orchestra	Happy Trails	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3]

African American Gospel, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Rock

Rockin’ Rhythm & Gospel

February 10, 2018 Dave

We gravitate towards gospel because it’s roots are so entwined with virtually every form of music we feature on Deeper Roots; so we’ll revisit the sound once more. However, in this episode we’ll focus on the rock and rhythm inspiration…gospel performances that were more worldliness than holiness. Jesus Rocked The Jukebox is the name of an album that we’ve leaned on in this episode and expanded from there with examples of over-the-top performances in the key of the sacred but with the pounding rhythmic syncopation of the secular. Join Dave Stroud as he pulls out the stop with the likes of The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Detroiters, The Highway QCs, Fannie Bell Chapman, and a host of others. Breathtaking gospel for a Friday evening in Sonoma County.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Pilgrim Travelers	After While (Take 8)	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
3	The Detroiters	Let Jesus Lead You	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
4	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Jesus Children of America	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
5	The Swan Silvertones	Trouble In My Way	Love Lifted Me
6	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Trouble In My Way	The History of Black Gospel Volume 6
7	Lou Rawls & The Chosen Gospel Singers	Walk With Me	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
8	The Original Blind Boys	People Don't Sing Like They Used To Sing	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
9	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	He's Alright	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
10	Fannie Bell Chapman	He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield	Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007
11	The Chosen Gospel Singers	Ananais	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
12	The Chosen Gospel Singers	Trouble Of This World's Condition	I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983
13	Rosa Shaw	On The Highway	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
14	Sister Emily Bram	Each Day	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
15	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Up Above My Head There's Music In The Air	Gospel Train
16	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Rock Me	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 3
17	Lucky Millinder/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Shout, Sister, Shout!	The Gospel of Blues
18	The Staple Singers	Wade In The Water	Freedom Highway
19	The Staple Singers	Jacob's Ladder	Freedom Highway
20	The Golden Gate Quartet	Wade In The Water (1946)	Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
21	Gospel Hummingbirds	Pray On	Taking Flight
22	The Highway QC'S	Walk with Me	Great Gospel – People Get Ready
23	The Highway Q.C.'s	The Way Up The Hill	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
24	Brother John Sellers	He's My Rock	Smithsonian Folkways: Classic African American Gospel
25	The Swan Silvertones	My Rock	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 2: More Black Gospel
26	Roberta Martin And The Roberta Martin Singers	Rock My Soul	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
27	Gospel Silhouettes	Rock In A Weary Land	Powerhouse Gospel Vol 1
28	The Swan Silvertones	Sinner Man	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
29	Gospel Supremes	Sinner Man	Local Customs: Downriver Revival
30	Silvertone Quintet	Stand By Me	Powerhouse Gospel
31	Mary Deloatch	The Lord's Gospel Train	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
32	Roscoe Robinson With Huey Brown & The Silver Quintette	Sinner's Crossroads	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
33	The Harmonizing Four	Hallelujah	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
34	The Staple Singers	Will The Circle Be Unbroken	Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2
35	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Christian's Automobile	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Gospel, Oldies

Elvis’ Roots

February 3, 2018 Dave

The influence of gospel, blues, country, and tradition has always informed the music of Elvis…and while we’re not digging too far into the later works, we’ll go sit with Elvis on the sofa with our ears to the Victrola and the crackling of WDIA Memphis and the smattering of black blues and gospel over the air. We’ll hear The Carters, Jimmy Reed, Smiley Lewis, Little Junior Parker, Mahalia Jackson, and a couple dozen more in this episode. Keep an ear out for some rare recordings including those whose meager popularity evaporated once Elvis went on to cover them. Names like Joe Dowell, The Eagles (not the LA band), Deacon Tom Foger, and Charlie Blackwell bely their contributions to the Elvis catalog.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2]
3	Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys	Blue Moon Of Kentucky	Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age
4	Ernest Tubb	I Love You Because	The Texas Troubadour ([Disc 2] – Slippin' Around (The Hits Vol.2)
5	Gene Austin	Love Letters In The Sand	A Time To Relax
6	Eddy Arnold	It's a Sin	Country & Western Hit Parade 1947
7	Red Foley	Old Shep	Tennessee Saturday Night
8	The Lone Star Cowboys	Just Because	East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series)
9	The Carter Family	I'm Working On A Building	The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5]
10	Deacon Tom Foger & The Camp Meeting Choir	Working On The Building	Powerhouse Gospel
11	Kokomo Arnold	Milk Cow Blues	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
12	Arthur Gunter	Baby Let's Play House	The Best Of Excello Records
13	Jimmy Reed	Big Boss Man	The Very Best of Jimmy Reed
14	Jimmy Reed	Baby What You Want Me To Do	The Very Best of Jimmy Reed
15	Arthur Big Boy Crudup	So Glad You're Mine	Rock Me Mama (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
16	Arthur Big Boy Crudup	So Glad You're Mine	Rock Me Mama (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
17	Little Junior Parker	Mystery Train	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
18	Little Richard	Long Tall Sally	Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
19	Chuck Berry	Promised Land	The Chess Box Disc 2
20	Lloyd Price	Lawdy Miss Clawdy	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
21	The Eagles	Trying To Get To You	Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 1]
22	Smiley Lewis	One Night	I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3
23	Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters	Money Honey	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four
24	Roy Brown	Good Rockin' Tonight	Gettin' Funky [Disc 3] – The Hitmakers
25	Ivory Joe Hunter	I Need You So	The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter : 1947 – 1950
26	Billy Bunn & His Buddies	That's When Your Heartaches Begin	Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
27	Charlie Blackwell	The Girl of My Best Friend	Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)
28	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle & Roll	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
29	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	I Believe	Sister Rosetta Tharpe
30	The Golden Gate Quartet	Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (1946)	Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
31	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	Peace In The Valley	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 1]
32	Mahalia Jackson	How Great Thou Art	Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol.2 [Disc 1]
33	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Precious Memories	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
34	Joe Dowell	Wooden Heart	Easy Listening Gold 1960-1961
35	Glen Gray & The Casa Lorne Orchestra	Blue Moon	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals

Bluegrass, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music

Dead Roots

January 7, 2018 Dave

While the lyrics and music of Robert Hunter took the Grateful Dead into remarkable directions, codifying their place among the bands of the latter half of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, by the time they reached their peak their roots were already firmly established. Their early music was clearly anchored in the sounds of tradition, reaching from the Appalachians to the Texas Gulf Coast. We’ll hear early (and contemporary) performances that inspired the band with songs of Blind Willie Johnson, Red Allen, The Mississippi Sheiks, Henry Thomas and Obray Ramsey. The landscape we’ll traverse includes blues, gospel, hillbilly, and folk…no Dead music, only music that served to inspire. This week on Sonoma County Community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	David Grisman/Jerry Garcia	Been All Around This World	Been All Around This World
3	Dave Van Ronk	Hang Me, Oh Hang Me	Dave Van Ronk
4	Obray Ramsey	Rain And Snow	Best Of The Troubadours
5	Vince Martin & Fred Neil	I Know You Rider	Tear Down The Walls/Bleecker & MacDougal
6	Henry Thomas	Dont Ease Me In	Ragtime Texas Complete Recorded Works 1927-29
7	The Memphis Jug Band	On The Road Again	Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1
8	The Memphis Jug Band	Stealin' Stealin'	Memphis Jug Band Vol. 2 (1928-1929)
9	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Viola Lee Blues	First Time I Met the Blues (When the Sun Goes Down series)
10	Hammie Nixon	Viola Lee Blues	Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 3
11	The Monroe Brothers	Rosa Lee McFall	Early Blue Grass Music
12	Prairie Ramblers	Deep Elem Blues	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
13	Mississippi Sheiks	Sittin' On Top of the World	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
14	Roscoe Holcomb	Sittin' On Top of the World	Classic Piedmont Blues from Smithsonian Folkways
15	Dillard Chandler	Rain and Snow	Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
16	The Chieftains	Rain And Snow	Down The Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions
17	Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers	Minglewood Blues	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
18	Jim Kweskin, Geoff Muldaur, et. al.	New Minglewood Blues	Jug Band Extravaganza
19	Blind Willie Johnson	Nobody's Fault But Mine	Various Artists: Bob Dylan – Cover To Cover – The Originals VOL. 2 [Disc 3]
20	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Nobody's Fault But Mine	The Great Gospel Women
21	Rev. Pearly Brown	Nobody's Fault But Mine	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
22	Lightnin' Hopkins	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2
23	Lightnin' Hopkins	One Kind Favor	Jake Head Boogie
24	Memphis Slim	Next Time You See Me	The Greatest Hits Of
25	Bob Dylan	Jack-A-Roe	World Gone Wrong
26	Joan Baez	Jack-A-Roe	Rare, Live & Classic [Box] (3 of 3)
27	The Sunshine Boys	What's the Matter With Deep Elem	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
28	Red Allen	Deep Elem Blues	The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983
29	The Light Crust Doughboys	Sittin' On Top Of The World	1936-1941
30	Dock Walsh	In The Pines	In The Pines – Tar Heel Folk Songs And Fiddle Tunes – Old-Time Music Of North Carolina 1926-1936
31	John Sebastian	Minglewood Blues	Chasin' Gus' Ghost

Who We Lost in 2017

December 31, 2017 Dave

We look back at the great ones we lost in 2017…and there were a number of great ones: Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, and Tom Petty. While two hours provides only a limited amount of time, our parameters are such that we look at contributions and influences, focusing our honor to those who fit the roots and the body of work that these greats brought to the fore. We’ll feature music of Rosalie Sorrels, Greg Allman, Steely Dan, Don Williams, Glen Campbell, and numerous others whose lives will live on in their music. Join Dave Stroud for two hours of music from the last century on Sonoma County community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Fats Domino	My Girl Josephine	A Lot Of Dominos
3	Paul Kanter & Jefferson Starship	The Baby Tree	Blows Against The Empire
4	Rosalie Sorrels	Rock, Salt And Nails	Cover to Cover: The Originals, Vol. 2 [Disc 1]
5	Harry Dean Stanton	Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain	Partly Fiction
6	Mark Selby	Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
7	Wayne Cochran	Last Kiss	30 Country Hits – A History of Country Music
8	Chuck Berry	Back In The U.S.A.	Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
9	Sonny Burgess	Red Headed Woman	Rockin' Memphis [Disc 3]
10	The Allman Brothers Band	Melissa	Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1
11	Tower Of Power	You're Still A Young Man	Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll
12	The Main Ingredient	Everybody Plays the Fool	70s Music Explosion – Miracles
13	Sister Sledge	We Are Family	Ultimate Disco
14	J. Geils Band	Give It To Me	Must Have Got Lost
15	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	Don't Do Me Like That	Damn the Torpedoes
16	The Smithereens	Blood & Roses	Blown to Smithereens: The Best of the Smithereens
17	Lonnie Brooks	Mr. Hot Shot	Stompin' 3
18	Steam	Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye	45's on CD, Vol. 4: 1967-1969
19	Magic Slim, Billy Branch & James Cotton	When The Levee Breaks, Pt. 1	Whole Lotta Blues: Songs Of Led Zeppelin
20	Della Reese	Don't You Know	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
21	Keely Smith/Louis Prima	That Old Black Magic	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 5: Wild Cool & Swingin
22	Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis	Ev'ry Street's A Boulevard In Old New York	The Capitol Years [Disc 1]
23	The Partridge Family	I Think I Love You	Have A Nice Day: Super Hits Of The '70s, Vol. 3
24	Al Jarreau	We're In This Love Together	BMG Vol. 03 Disc 01 1981-1983
25	D.L. Menard	The Back Door	The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999
26	Mel Tillis	Who's Julie	Only Country – 1965-1969
27	Don Williams	Amanda	The Definitive Collection
28	Glen Campbell	Rhinestone Cowboy	70s Music Explosion – Magic Disc 2
29	Johnny Cash	Rusty Cage	Unchained
30	Steely Dan	Reeling in the Years	A Decade of Steely Dan
31	The Roches	Wedding Bell Blues	Time & Love, The Music of Laura Nyro
32	James Brown	Funky Drummer (Bonus Beat Reprise)	In the Jungle Groove
33	James Brown	Cold Sweat	CD of JB II: Cold Sweat and Other Soul Classics

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Gospel, Modern Americana

Contemporary Americana Gospel

December 17, 2017 Dave

Just a closer walk…Deeper Roots walks the gospel road once more, this time forgoing the ancestral roots for modern takes in black gospel, country gospel, and bluegrass from the Heartland. Our focus will be on some of the contemporary performers who cover with due recognition some of the great gospel standards. We’ll hear from Hugh Laurie, Willie Watson, Rodney Crowell, Bruce Cockburn, and Luther Dickinson…and that’s just a taste. We’ll hear the stories of Samson and Delilah alongside John the Revelator….right here on Deeper Roots…coming your way from the KWTF downtown studios.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Aubrey Ghent & Friends	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	15 Down Home Gospel Classics
3	Buddy Miller	There's A Higher Power	Universal United House Of Prayer
4	Wade Bowen	Precious Memories	Then Sings My Soul: Songs for My Mother
5	Mike Farris	Sit Down Servant	Salvation in Lights
6	Bonnie Raitt & Maria Muldaur	My Journey to the Sky	Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
7	Johnny Cash	The Man Comes Around	American IV: Man Comes Around
8	Jorma Kaukonen	What Are They Doing In Heaven Today	Blue Country Heart
9	Rodney Crowell	Denomination Blues	Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
10	Willie Watson	Samson and Delilah	Folksinger Vol. 2
11	Jimmie Dale Gilmore	Peace in the Valley	Come on Back
12	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Amazing Grace	Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2
13	The Blind Boys of Alabama	I Keep On Walking	Almost Home
14	Mavis Staples & Bonnie Raitt	Turn Me Around	Mavis Staples I'll Take You There: An All-Star Concert Celebration
15	Rhiannon Giddens	Up Above My Head	Tomorrow Is My Turn
16	Hugh Laurie	Didn't It Rain	Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
17	Linda Gail Lewis	This Train	Hard Rocking Woman
18	Leo Welch	You Can't Hurry God	Sabougla Voices
19	The Holmes Brothers	Farther Along	Speaking In Tongues
20	Ollabelle	John The Revelator	Ollabelle
21	Tom Waits	John The Revelator	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
22	Luther Dickinson feat. the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band	Bye And Bye I'm Going To See The King	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
23	Bruce Cockburn	Twelve Gates To The City	Bone On Bone
24	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Family Bible	Django and Jimmie
25	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	Old Time Religion	Farther Along
26	Gillian Welch	Old Time Religion [Outtake]	Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg [Disc 2]
27	Charlie Haden	A Voice From On High	Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
28	Rhiannon Giddens	Freedom Highway	Freedom Highway

Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition

Back on the Farm

December 2, 2017 Dave

The farmer, the farm, and songs of farming are at the core of this week’s theme show. Whether the songs’ focus is that of the hard-working folk of the farm, the raw materials, or the nostalgic reminders of life on the farm, we’ll push forward the playlist plough and take you to the barn for an early morning celebration with performers including bluegrass from James King, gritty Americana from Levon Helm and Bill Neely, core country from Bobby Bare and Porter Wagoner, or maybe some field recordings from the 20s featuring the likes of the Carolina Tar Heels…all of this music going Back On The Farm.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Marty Stuart/Merle Haggard	Farmer's Blues	Country Music
3	Freeman Stowers	Sunrise On The Farm	Sinners and Saints: Complete Recorded Works 1926-1931
4	Bill Frisell	Farmer	Disfarmer
5	Levon Helm	Poor Old Dirt Farmer	Dirt Farmer
6	Bill Neely	Black Land Farmer	16 Down Home Country Classics
7	James King	Thirty Years of Farming	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
8	Junior Sisk with Becky Isaacs Bowman and Sonya Isaacs Yeary	The Wheat Crop	Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song
9	Lemuel Jones	Po' Farmer (Poor Farmers)	Field Recordings, Vol. 1: Virginia (1936-1941)
10	Peter Rowan	Let the Harvest Go To Seed	Bluegrass Boy
11	Carolina Tar Heels	Got The Farm Land Blues	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
12	Cisco Houston	Farmer's Lament	The Folkways Years: 1944-1961
13	J.E. Mainer & The Mountaineers (With Morris Herbert)	17 Living On The Farm	The Legendry J.E. Mainer, Volume 4
14	Walter Brennan	Old Rivers	Old Rivers
15	The Bently Boys	Down On Penny's Farm	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
16	Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur	Down on Penny's Farm	Penny's Farm
17	The Four Wanderers	Farmer's Life For Me	Black Vocal Groups Vol. 9 (1929-1942)
18	Ben & Ellen Harper	Farmer's Daughter	Childhood Home
19	Bobby Bare	The Farmer Feeds Us All	Hard Time Hungrys
20	Porter Wagoner	The Farmer and the Lord	20 All-Time Greatest Hits
21	Paula Brown	Farm Hollers	Hollerin'
22	Warren Caplinger's Cumberland Mountain Entertainers	McDonald's Farm (1928)	Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936
23	Bubby Bishop	I Want To Go Back To The Farm	The Great Vintage Country
24	Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)	On A Little Two Acre Farm	Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58
25	Goose Island Ramblers	I Worked For a Farmer	Polkabilly
26	Buster Carter & Preston Young	A Lazy Farmer Boy	Before The Blues Vol. 3
27	Rosetta Howard	Plow Hand Blues [Album Version]	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
28	Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys	I'll Reap My Harvest In Heaven	King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail
29	Fiddlin' John Carson	Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Them All [Remastered 2003]	Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series
30	Ray Wylie Hubbard	After the Harvest	Crusades of the Restless Nights
31	Dry Branch Fire Squad	Devil, Take The Farmer	481 Bluegrass Class of 1990
32	Glen Campbell	Arkansas Farmboy	Adios
33	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	When It's Harvest Time, Sweet Angeline	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin'
34	Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs With Mother Maybelle Carter	The Homestead On The Farm [Album Version]	Songs Of The Famous Carter Family

Americana, Bluegrass, Country, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition

Below the Mason-Dixon Line

November 25, 2017 Dave

Songs that highlight the states below the ‘line’ of intransigence. Portions are better known as Dixie, others (like Florida and Texas) appear as appendages or after-market expanses. The music this evening will explore songs of Louisiana from Doug Kershaw, Texas from Asleep at the Wheel, Alabama from Mance Lipscomb, and West Virginia featuring Louis Jordan. There’s a whole lot more including Taj Mahal, Bill Kirchen, The Louvin Brothers and Pokey LaFarge; all on a journey through a collection of states that two surveyors by the name of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, in an attempt to resolve a dispute, attached their names to in the late 18th century.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Jimmie Rodgers	Somewhere Down Below The Mason Dixon Line	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
3	Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton	Down In Florida On A Hog	Darby & Tarlton – Disc A (Atlanta 1927-29)
4	Muddy Waters	Deep Down In Florida #2	King Bee
5	Claire Lynch	My Florida Sunshine	Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 1
6	The Swe-Danes	Georgia Camp Meeting	New Discgems From Warner Brothers
7	Dave Van Ronk	Georgia Camp Meeting	Dave Van Ronk And The Ragtime Jug Stompers
8	Alex Campbell, Ola Belle Reed, Burl Kilby	Bringing in the Georgia Mail	Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line
9	Curley Williams & His Georgia Peach Pickers	Georgia Boogie	Travellin' Boogie
10	Guy Clark	Virginia's Real	Texas Cookin'
11	The Carter Family	Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 3]
12	Al Bowlly	My Sweet Virginia	Just A Bowl Of Cherries
13	Ethel Waters	I'm Coming Virginia	On Stage And Screen 1925 – 1940
14	Hazel Dickens	West Virginia, My Home	Hand-Picked: 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records [Disc 1]
15	Louis Jordan	Salt Pork, West Virginia	The Chronological Louis Jordan 1945-1946
16	Dr. Horse	South Poke West Virginia	Harlem Rock N' Blues
17	Mance Lipscomb	Alabama Bound	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
18	Evan Marshall	The Alabama Jubilee	Mandolin Magic
19	The Louvin Brothers	Alabama	Hand-Picked
20	Neil Young/Stray Gators	Alabama	Harvest
21	Jimmie Driftwood	Arkansas Traveler	Americana, Vol. 1
22	Carolina Cotton	Three Miles South Of Cash (In Arkansas)	Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music CD [Disc 2, "Arkansas Masters"]
23	Bill Kirchen	Arkansas Diamond (Album)	Word To The Wise
24	Taj Mahal	Texas Woman Blues	The Essential [Disc 1]
25	Asleep at the Wheel	Miles and Miles of Texas	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
26	Tommy Duncan	Texas Moon	Texas Moon
27	Tony Rice	He Rode All the Way to Texas	Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection
28	Waylon Jennings	Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)	The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 2
29	Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown	Going Back To Louisiana	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
30	Doug Kershaw	Louisiana Man	Diggy Diggy Lo
31	Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three	Mississippi Girl	Middle of Everywhere
32	Nina Simone	Mississippi Goddam	Anthology Disc 1
33	Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra	Mississippi Mud	Paper Moon
34	The Andrew Sisters	When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabama	Double Goldies [CD1]

Covers Show

October 2, 2017 Dave

From the Brill Building to the Delta; from Bakersfield to Woodstock; from Tulsa to Deep Elem. Music on a Friday evening from the deeper wells, all presented to you in the form of covers: some new, some vintage, some traditional. We’ll pair up Tom Waits and Blind Willie Johnson, The Band and JJ Cale, Connee Boswell and VV Brown, and there will also be plenty to cover going back to Gus Cannon, Bradley Kincaid, and The Carter Family. It’s our Friday welcome mat to autumn here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Shirelles	Will You Love Me Tomorrow	The Best Of The Girl Groups, Vol. 1
3	Buck Owens	I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1]
4	John Fogerty	I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)	The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
5	The Band	Crazy Mama	High On The Hog
6	J.J. Cale	Crazy Mama	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
7	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	When I Get My Rewards	Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2
8	Harry Dean Stanton	When I Get My Rewards	Partly Fiction
9	Mississippi John Hurt	I'm Satisfied	Night On The Delta
10	John Sebastian & David Grisman	I'm Satisfied	Satisfied
11	Bradley Kincaid	Froggie Went A-Courting	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
12	Bruce Springsteen	Froggie Went a Courtin'	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
13	Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men	Walk Right In	Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land
14	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Walk Right In	Roots of Rock
15	Hank Williams	Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used to Do)?	24 Greatest
16	Tom Hiddleston & The Saddle Spring Boys	Why Don't You Love Me	I Saw The Light: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
17	The Seldom Scene	Mama Tried	Scenechronized
18	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Mama Tried (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
19	Merle Haggard	San Antonio Rose	Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player
20	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	San Antonio Rose	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
21	The Carter Family	Hello Stranger	Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Volume Four
22	Emmylou Harris	Hello Stranger (Remastered LP Version)	Luxury Liner [Remaster]
23	Howlin' Wolf	Little Red Rooster	Great Tomato Blues Package
24	Sam Cooke	Little Red Rooster	Night Beat
25	ALO (Animal Liberation Orchestra)/Jack Johnson	I Shall Be Released	Endless Highway: The Music of the Band
26	Bob Dylan	I Shall Be Released	Before The Flood [Disc 1]
27	Connee Boswell	Heart And Soul	Heart & Soul
28	V V Brown	Crazy Amazing	Travelling Like The Light
29	Blind Willie Johnson	The Soul Of A Man	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
30	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
31	Amy Winehouse	Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?	Lioness: Hidden Treasures

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Bad Luck Blues

September 16, 2017 Dave

We’re exploring the blues this week on Deeper Roots. And it’s all about bad luck blues…when the dice roll snake eyes, when the crops won’t make the rent, when your woman asks for money and all you got is the dust in your pockets…when you ain’t got no money. Join Dave Stroud for a collection of the very best including Big Joe Williams’ Jinx Blues, bad luck stories from Dinah Washington and Memphis Minnie, piano moaning from Leroy Carr and Ivory Joe, as well as further tales of gambling, dice, and no luck from Clifford Gibson and Black Boy Shine. Friday evening blues….what more?

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Little Milton	Bad Luck	Delmark: 50 Years Of Jazz & Blues: Blues [Disc 1]
3	Rory Block	Jinx Blues	Blues Walkin' Like a Man: A Tribute To Son House
4	Son House	The Jinx Blues	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 41
5	Big Joe Williams	Jinx Blues	Classic Delta Blues
6	Black Boy Shine	Gamblin' Jinx Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
7	Memphis Minnie	I'm A Bad Luck Woman	Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)
8	Mel Walker	Unlucky Man	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
9	Nat King Cole Trio	Chant Of The Blues (Dog-Gone Unlucky Blues)	The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 1]
10	Dinah Washington	Bad Luck	Dinah Washington Sings The Blues
11	Jimmy Lewis/Ray Charles	If It Wasn't for Bad Luck	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 4
12	Robert Belfour	Bad Luck	What's Wrong with You
13	Muddy Waters	Mother's Bad Luck Child	Can't Get No Grindin'
14	Lightnin' Slim	Bad Luck Blues	The Best Of Excello Records
15	Lightnin' Hopkins	Bad Luck And Trouble	Blues Kingpins
16	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Bad Luck Blues	Classic Sides Disc 1
17	Cliifford Gibson	Bad Luck Dice	Complete Recorded Works
18	Guitar Welch	Bad Luck Blues	Southern Prison Blues (Digitally Remastered)
19	Kokomo Arnold	Bad Luck Blues	Complete Recorded Works Volume 4 (1937-1938)
20	Ivory Joe Hunter	No Money, No Luck Blues	The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter 1947
21	Bill Gaither	Bad Luck Child's Request	When The Sun Goes Down 1934-1941
22	Leroy Carr	Bad Luck All The Time	Sloppy Drunk [Disc 2]
23	Champion Jack Dupree	Bad Luck Bound To Change	Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
24	Fats Domino	Bad Luck and Trouble	Fats Domino Out of New Orleans
25	John Mayall	Bad Luck Time	Room To Move 1969-1974 [Disc 2]
26	Tommy Castro And The Painkillers	Bad Luck	Method To My Madness
27	Larry Campbell	Bad Luck Charm	Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams
28	The Harlem Hamfats	Bad Luck Man	Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936
29	Charlie Musselwhite	If I Should Have Bad Luck	Deluxe Edition – Charlie Musselwhite

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