Category Archives: Deeper Roots on KOWS

Free Form – March 2016

March 10, 2016 Dave

We return to a free form collection of American music, featuring blues from Markus James, Blind Willie Johnson, and Dinah Washington; country from Porter Wagoner, Kitty Wells, and Leroy Van Dyke; pop memories from Frank Sinatra, Cliff Edwards, and Rusty Draper. The show will feature an expanded eclectic blend of bluegrass, gospel, rockabilly, and gospel and, in addition to Markus James, we’ll also feature a other local musical luminaries to ensure we’re reminded that our Sonoma County musical talent is a rich aquifer.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Robert Gordon and Chris Spedding	Drivin' Wheel	Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
3	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	One More Cowboy (w/Willie Nelson)	Selected Shorts
4	Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris	Donkey Town	All The Roadrunning
5	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2]
6	Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards	Somebody Loves Me	With My Little Ukulele in My Hand (Disc 2)
7	Sophie Tucker	He Hadn't Up Till Yesterday	Flashbacks #3 CopulationBlues 1926-1940
8	BR5-49	The Devil In Me	Dog Days
9	Laurie London	The Gospel Train	Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
10	Rusty Draper	The Train With The Rhumba Beat	Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
11	Leon Redbone	Ain't Gonna Give You None of My Jelly Roll	Any Time
12	Mississippi John Hurt	The Chicken	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]]
13	Elizabeth Cotten And Brenda Evans	Shake Sugaree	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
14	Kitty Wells	The Other Cheek	I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 3]
15	Leroy Van Dyke	Walk On By	Golden Age of Country Volume 1: Waltz Across Texas [Disc 1]
16	Porter Wagoner	The Cold Hard Facts Of Life	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]]
17	Slim Gaillard	How High The Moon	Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
18	Ray Noble and the New Mayfair Orchestra	Repeal The Blues	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
19	Erwin Lehn	Sentimental Journey	Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
20	Frank Sinatra	Day In – Day Out	Come Dance with Me!
21	Jimmy Elledge	Funny How Time Slips Away	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
22	The Rhythm Rangers	I've Got a New Road Under My Wheels	Not Out of the Woods Yet
23	Kevin Russell	Solid Wrong	Plain Dirt Fashion
24	Wendy DeWitt	29 Ways	Getaway
25	Markus James	Head For The Hills	Head For The Hills
26	Markus James	On a Mississippi Porch	Head For The Hills
27	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
28	Blind Willie Johnson	Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
29	Lucinda Williams	God Don't Never Change	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
30	Ralph Stanley	John The Revelator	A Mother's Prayer

Songs of Cindy Walker

March 3, 2016 Dave

Enduring and prolific…country and pop songwriter Cindy Walker’s name is not as familiar to many but her music certainly is. She wrote early western-flavored pop and country swing pieces for performers like Bing Crosby and Bob Wills, composing hits for Hank Snow, Gene Autry, Al Dexter, Eddy Arnold, and others…almost owning the country charts in the 1940s. Her music endured well into the sixties and seventies, covered by Roy Orbison, Ray Charles, and dozens more. Her custom was to rise early and write songs, typing her lyrics on a pink-trimmed manual Royal typewriter while her mother, Oree Walker, would work out the melodies to her daughter’s words. They would station themselves in Nashville five months out of the year to help market the music, returning home to Mexia, Texas where Cindy would live out her life. Join us on a special run of Americana: the songs of Cindy Walker.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Asleep at the Wheel/Leon Rausch	Sugar Moon	It's A Good Day
3	Willie Nelson	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
4	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Dusty Skies	Take Me Back to Tulsa [Disc 2] (Cherokee Maiden)
5	Bob Wills	Cherokee Maiden	Columbia Historic Edition
6	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Blue Bonnet Lane	Legends of Country Music Disc 4
7	Eddy Arnold	Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me	The Essential Eddy Arnold
8	George Morgan	In the Misty Moonlight	Room Full of Roses: The George Morgan Collection
9	Dean Martin	In The Misty Moonlight	The Great Dean Martin
10	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Blue Canadian Rockies	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2]
11	Jim Reeves	Distant Drums	Essential Jim Reeves
12	Ray Charles	You Don't Know Me	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
13	Gene Autry	Silver Spurs (On the Golden Stairs)	Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1]
14	Gene Autry	I Was Just Walking Out the Door	Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 3]
15	Ernest Tubb	Two Glasses Joe	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
16	The Del McCoury Band	The Bluegrass Country	Del And The Boys
17	The Byrds	Blue Canadian Rockies	Sweetheart of the Rodeo
18	Merle Haggard	Goin' Away Party	Unforgettable
19	Ricky Skaggs	I Don't Care	The Essential Ricky Skaggs
20	Roy Orbison	Shahdaroba	The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
21	Roy Orbison	Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)	The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
22	Willie Nelson	Not That I Care	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
23	k.d. lang	Sugar Moon	Shadowland
24	Les Paul	Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me (Remastered)	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
25	Bob Wills	Miss Molly	For the Last Time
26	Asleep at the Wheel	It's All Your Fault (with Katie Shore)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
27	Solitaire Miles	I Hear You Talkin'	Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas
28	Solitaire Miles	Me & the Man In the Moon	Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas
29	Hank Thompson	Triflin' Gal	Seven Decades
30	Willie Nelson	Dusty Skies	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
31	Merle Haggard	Cherokee Maiden	Capitol Collector's Series

African American Gospel, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition

Deeper Roots Ragtime

February 27, 2016 Dave

Our theme this evening is ragtime and it’s impact on the past century of America’s music. Join Dave Stroud for a themed collection of early and mid-century ragtime beginning with Cliff Edwards and running all the way through to some modern sounds out of Hamilton County, Tennessee. We’ll explore the Tiger Rag, the Maple Leaf Rag, the Black Mountain Rag, and then settle in for some of the sounds of Deep Elem. Music embellished with the stories of the performers, the theme, the songs, and the time…something you can’t get but on community radio.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Cliff Edwards	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	grimriper2u@yahoo.com
3	The Hillbillies	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
4	Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Tangled Tales
5	Blind Blake	Diddie Wa Diddie	Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker
6	Sol Ho'opi'i	Twelfth Street Rag	Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1
7	Riley Puckett And Ted Hawkins	Hawkins Rag	Serenade The Mountains: Early Old Time Music On Record, [Disc 3]
8	Sons of the Pioneers	'A' Rag	Songs of the Prairie – CD5
9	Leon McAuliffe	Twin Fiddle Rag	Tulsa Straight Ahead
10	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Down Home Rag	Shame On You
11	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Tiger Rag	The Best of the Capitol Masters: Selections From "The Legend and the Legacy" Box Set
12	Pearl Bailey	Johnson Rag	Chronological Pearl Bailey (1947-1950)
13	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Beaumont Rag	Songs For Rounders
14	David Miller	Jailhouse Rag	Old-Time Mountain Guitar
15	The McCormick Brothers	Bugle Call Rag	Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3]
16	Merle Travis	Guitar Rag	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
17	David Grisman	Black Mountain Rag	Early Dawg
18	Doc Watson	Black Mountain Rag	Foundation: Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection, 1964-1998
19	Chet Atkins	Dill Pickle Rag	Reflections with Doc Watson
20	Duck Baker	Maple Leaf Rag	Advanced Fingerpicking Guitar Techniques
21	Scott Joplin	The Entertainer	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
22	Gram Parsons	Brass Buttons	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
23	Hamilton County Ramblers	Hard Times	Hamilton County Ramblers
24	Red Allen	Deep Elem Blues	The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983
25	Bill Neely	Deep Elm Blues	Texas Law & Justice
26	Buddy Jones	Rockin' Rollin' Mama (1940)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
27	Cliffie Stone	Jump Rope Boogie	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
28	Big Bill Broonzy	Down by the Riverside	Absolutely the Best
29	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Down by the Riverside	The Gospel of Blues
30	Mance Lipscomb	Darktown Strutters' Ball	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
31	Fats Domino	Darktown Strutters' Ball	They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
32	The Davis Sisters	Jesus Steps Right In	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 4]
33	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	You've Got To Bear The Consequence	Shakin' The Rafters
34	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Pure Religion	Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2
35	Duke Robillard	I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog (To Take The Place Of You)	The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard

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

Waltzes, Polkas, and Two-Steps

February 25, 2016 Dave

It’s all about the traditional and popular dance music celebrated in the song of the past century. The show opens with the recognition of folk dance’s lineage, those ancestral elements that inhabit a very large part of our need to communicate and celebrate as a society. Most of the early rhythms we’ll hear to start the show are a blend of ancestral folk but we’ll also share the sound of popular dance. Tune in for country, pop, and folk sounds including cajun sounds from Michael Doucet, old-timey guitar and fiddle sounds of Darby and Tarlton, Tejano polka from Flaco Jimenez, and plenty more waltzes, polkas, and two steps.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Morrison Twin Brothers String Band	Ozark Waltz	Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers
3	Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton	Alto Waltz	Darby & Tarlton – Disc A (Atlanta 1927-29)
4	Pee Wee King	Tennessee Waltz	Country & Western Hit Parade 1948
5	BeauSoleil	Cajun Midnight Waltz	The Mad Reel
6	Texas Troubadours	Gardenia Waltz	Almost To Tulsa: The Instrumentals
7	Ernest Tubb	Waltz Across Texas	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
8	Junior Brown	My Baby Don't Dance To Nothing But Ernest Tubb	12 Shades of Brown
9	Louise Massey & The Westerners	Squeeze Box Polka	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 5]
10	Flaco Jiminez	Tico Taco Polka	Buena Suerte, Seqorita
11	Merle Travis & Joe Maphis	Beer Barrel Polka	Country Guitar Giants
12	Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Polka on the Banjo	School of Bluegrass Disc 1
13	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Cowbell Polka	Shame On You
14	Arthur Smith	Rock And Rye Polka	Here Comes the Boogie Man
15	The Collins Kids	Rock And Roll Polka	Hop, Skip & Jump [Disc 1]
16	Buck Owens	Buck's Polka	Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
17	The Hot Frittatas	Il Pensiero Polka	What's Next ?
18	R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders	La Gima Polka	Singing In The Bathtub
19	Chet Atkins	New Spanish Two Step	Guitar Legend – RCA Years (Disc 2)
20	Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers	Beau's Cajun Two Step	Beau Jocque Boogie
21	Doug Kershaw	Mamou Two-Step	The Best Of Doug Kershaw
22	Byrd Moore	Favourite Two Step	Gennett Old Time Music 1927-34
23	Zydeco Force	Shaggy Dog Two-Step	Alligator Stomp 5: The Next Generation
24	Clifton Chenier	Louisiana Two Step	Louisiana Blues and Zydeco
25	Paul Whiteman & His Orchestra	Charleston [1925]	The Charleston Era
26	Aiken County String Band	Charleston Rag (1927)	Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936
27	Sons of the Pioneers	Square Dance	Songs of the Prairie – CD4
28	Red Foley	Sugarfoot Rag Square Dance	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
29	Chet Atkins	Cosmic Square Dance	Chet Picks On The Grammys
30	Johnnie Lee Wills	Square Dance Boogie	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
31	Freeny's Barn Dance Band	Mississippi Square Dance – Part 2	The Cornshucker's Frolic Vol. 1: Downhome Music And Entertainment From The American Countryside
32	Wanda, Ruth Neal	Round Town Girls	Flowers In The Wildwood
33	Blue Ridge Highballers	Round Town Girls	Lead Kindly Light
34	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Guitar Polka	Black Mountain Rag

Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country

Country Swing Pioneers

February 18, 2016 Dave

Join Dave Stroud for two hours of the very best of country swing music on Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music. The west had been long-settled when a new sound exploded out of the dance halls and barn-dance venues of the Midwest that was to become popular for it’s upbeat blend of jazz, hillbilly, and down-home blues. The arrangements blended strings, guitar, fiddle and bass, with the rhythmic sounds of urban jazz to reveal something catchy and danceable…and marketable. Before the beat was modernized into the mass market country blandness that paralleled mainstream pop, there were the pioneers including Milton Brown, Bob Wills, Adolph Hofner, Spade Cooley, Light Crust Doughboys, and a host of others.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Tex Williams & His Western Caravan	Artistry In Western Swing	Country Hits Vol. 8
3	W. Lee & His Light Crust Doughboys	When They Baptized Sister Lucy Lee	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
4	The Light Crust Doughboys	Mean Mean Mama	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
5	Prairie Ramblers	Deep Elem Blues	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
6	Patsy Montana & the Prairie Ramblers	I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
7	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	In El Rio Grande	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol.1 : Brownies Stomp
8	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	Easy Ridin' Papa	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
9	Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers	Barn Dance Rag	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1]
10	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	I Want to Go Back	The Golden Age Of Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers
11	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers	Bring It On Home To Grandma	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
12	Hank Penny	Oh Yes? Take Another Guess	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1]
13	Hank Penny	Sweet Talkin' Mama	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1]
14	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Twin Guitar Special	Western Swing: Hot Hillbilly Jazz & Blues – 1935-1947
15	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Stay A Little Longer	Take Me Back to Tulsa 3 – Just A Plain Old Country Boy
16	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Take Me Back To Tulsa	Tiffany Transcriptions Vol. 2
17	Leon McAuliffe	Mr. Steel Guitar	Tulsa Straight Ahead
18	Leon McAuliffe	Rag Mop	Tulsa Straight Ahead
19	Johnny Lee Wills	Rag Mop	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 16
20	Tommy Duncan	Stars Over San Antone	Beneath a Neon Star in a Honky Tonk
21	Tommy Duncan	Take Me Back to Tulsa	Texas Moon
22	Adolph Hofner	Cotton Eyed Joe	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 2]
23	Adolph Hofner	Alamo Rag	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 8
24	Ted Daffan's Texans	Because	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 2] Tulsa Twist)
25	Ted Daffan's Texans	Down Hi Lo Way	Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2
26	Moon Mullican	Cherokee Boogie	Moon Mullican Sings His All-Time Hits
27	Moon Mullican	I'll Sail My Ship Alone	The Very Best Of
28	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra	Shame On You (Tex Williams & Smokey Rogers)	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
29	Spade Cooley	Troubled Over You	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
30	Spade Cooley	You Can't Break My Heart	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
31	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Sign Off	Shame On You
32	Smokey Rogers	I Can't Help The Way You Feel	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
33	Cliffie Stone & His Orchestra with Judy Hayden	He's A Real Gone Oakie	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
34	Tex Williams	Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon?	Vintage Collections
35	Hank Thompson	Humpty Dumpty Heart	1946-1949 (Warped 4660)

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

Higher Power Country Gospel

February 4, 2016 Dave

We visit the classic sounds of country and bluegrass with thematic overtones of gospel. The love of country music often had its roots in a performer’s childhood memories of community church and the sound that would evolve from country and bluegrass provided a tone that grew from those memories…with a tenor that could easily echo the word’. The greatest of them elevated their popularity with their flock by invoking the name of that higher power of God and church in the community of bluegrass: The Stanley Brothers, Mac Wiseman, Ricky Skaggs, Doyle Lawson, and even country groups like the The Louvin Brothers and The Whitstein Brothers made gospel a core of their repertoire.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	The Louvin Brothers	There's A Higher Power	Satan Is Real
3	The Whitstein Brothers	Way Up On The Mountain	Sing Gospel Songs of the Louvins
4	Fern Jones	I Do Believe	The Glory Road
5	Kitty Wells	I Heard My Saviour Call	Dust on the Bible (1959)
6	Kitty Wells	(I've Got My) One-Way Ticket to the Sky	Dust on the Bible (1959)
7	Milton Estes	Hish! Somebody's Calling My Name	Favorite Sacred Songs
8	Brother Claude Ely	Fare You Well	Satan Get Back
9	King's Sacred Quartette	Turn Your Radio On	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
10	J.E. Mainer	Workin' On A Building	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
11	The Carter Family	God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
12	The Carter Family	On My Way To Canaan's Land	Take Me To The Water
13	The Delmore Brothers	The Wrath Of God	Favorite Sacred Songs
14	The Stanley Brothers	Over the Glory Land	16 Greatest Gospel Hits
15	The Stanley Brothers	My Lord's Going To Set Me Free	Hymns & Sacred Songs
16	Mac Wiseman	I'm Using My Bible For A Road Map	Grassroots To Bluegrass
17	Mac Wiseman	Dust On The Bible	Grassroots To Bluegrass
18	Ricky Skaggs	Hallelujah I'm Ready	Family And Friends
19	The Johnson Mountain Boys	Springtime in Glory	Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music
20	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Jesus Gave Me Water	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
21	George Jones & Tammy Wynette	Let's All Go Down To The River	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
22	Moore & Napier	Gathering In The Sky	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
23	Elvis Presley	I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs	He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1
24	Willie Nelson	Sweet Bye and Bye	Old Time Religion
25	Johnny Cash	Unclouded Day	Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
26	Chuck Wagon Gang/The Jordanaires	Down the Road	70th Anniversary
27	The Corley Family	Way To Glory Land (1929)	Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936
28	The Corley Family	Give The World A Smile	Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937
29	Anonymous (Knight Home-recording Disc)	Beautiful Mansions of Gold	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
30	Ex-Governor Alf. Taylor's Old Limber Quartet	Brother Noah Built an Ark	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
31	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	Long Walk to Heaven	Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
32	Elvis Presley	Working on the Building	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
33	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	I'll Fly Away	Farther Along
34	Buddy Holly	True Love Ways	From the Original Master Tapes

Americana, Bluegrass, Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition, Theme Time

Guitar Theme

January 23, 2016 Dave

Once considered in its earliest forms a noble instrument, the history of the guitar can be traced back over forty centuries (yes, that’s 4000 years). While we won’t got back quite so far in our exploration, we will explore the popular form of this instrument in song this week. We’re not going after the genius as much as we go after the topic with songs whose theme is that of the guitar. It seems that there has always been a personal connection between the instrument and the player, sometimes as a confidant and others as a foil. Our show will feature yodeling guitars, lonely guitars, Bo’s guitar, long-legged pickers, amigos, and a number of performances about ‘one’s first guitar’. Join Dave Stroud for plenty in a guitar themed journey.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Steve Earle	Guitar Town	Just an American Boy Disc 1
3	Walter Hurdt	Fiddle And Guitar Running Wild	Classic Field Recordings
4	Jimmie Rodgers	You And My Old Guitar	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 1]
5	Jorma Kaukonen	More Than My Old Guitar	River Of Time
6	Jimmy Murphy	That First Guitar of Mine	1951-1956 (Warped 5101)
7	The Seldom Scene	Grandpa Getcha Guitar	Like We Used To Be
8	The Louvin Brothers	Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar	Long Play Collection
9	Byron Parker & His Mountaineers	Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar	Byron Parker & His Mountaineers
10	Hardrock Gunter	Guitar on the Mountain	Gonna Rock 'n' Roll, Gonna Dance All Night
11	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Steel Guitar Rag	Legends of Country Music Disc 1
12	Chet Atkins & His Guitar Pickers	Telling' My Troubles to My Old Guitar	Chet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA Years
13	Frank Crumit	Plink Plonki Pluck My Guitar	Top 100 Classics – The Very Best of Frank Crumit
14	The Brown Bombers of Swing	Guitar Swing	If You Take Me Back
15	George Morgan	Mr Ting-A-Ling (Steel Guitar Man)	Room Full of Roses: The George Morgan Collection
16	Jerry Byrd	Hilo Steel Guitar	Stars Of The Steel Guitar
17	Les Paul	Lonely Guitar (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
18	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Yodeling Guitar	Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2
19	Duane Eddy	Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar	Dance With The Guitar Man
20	Bo Diddley	Bo's Guitar	Go Bo Diddley
21	Johnny Powers	Me and My Rhythm Guitar	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
22	Johnny Cash	I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar	The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 3
23	Johnny Cash & June Carter	Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man	Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter
24	Kitty Wells	Amigo's Guitar	Greatest Songs
25	Waylon Jennings	Guitars That Won't Stay in Tune	Clean Shirt
26	Willie Nelson	Guitar In the Corner	Band of Brothers
27	George Jones	Best Guitar Picker	The Complete United Artists Solo Singles
28	Robert Earl Keen, Jr.	Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
29	Merle Haggard	Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)	Capitol Collector's Series
30	Freddie King	Me And My Guitar	Texas Cannonball
31	Tony Rice	Me and My Guitar	Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection
32	Lucinda Williams	Real Live Bleeding Fingers & Broken Guitar Strings	World Without Tears
33	Guy Clark	The Guitar	Somedays the Song Writes You
34	Neil Young	This Old Guitar	Rare Songs of a Tribute to Hank

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition

2015 Tributes and Covers

January 7, 2016 Dave

We’re going to take a step away from vintage releases in our first episode of 2016 and look back at last year’s Americana releases, focusing on tributes and covers from some of the very best performers of the time. We’ll hear from Happy Traum, Jorma Kaukonen, Robert Earl Keen Jr., the Alvin Brothers, Bob Dylan, Jonathan Edwards and many others as the cover music from the past century. While most are those of tradition, we’ll also hear covers of Stephen Foster, Carter Family, and Woody Guthrie for good measure. Tribute albums include Bob Dylan’s Shadows in the Night and Asleep at the Wheel’s “Still The King” Bob Wills tribute. Lots of territory to cover so I hope you’ll join in!

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Mavis Staples	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Your Good Fortune (EP)
3	Jorma Kaukonen	Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out	Ain't In No Hurry
4	Jorma Kaukonen	Sweet Fern	Ain't In No Hurry
5	Darryl Holter	California Stars	Radio Songs
6	Darryl Holter	Do Re Mi	Radio Songs
7	Jonathan Edwards	Mole	Tomorrow's Child
8	Hamilton County Ramblers	Hard Times	Hamilton County Ramblers
9	Emmylou Harris	Bury Me Beneath The Willow	Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited
10	Larry Cordle & The Virginia Luthiers	Train On The Island	Orthophonic Joy
11	The Cox Family	Cash On The Barrelhead	Gone Like The Cotton
12	Robert Earl Keen, Jr.	Footprints in the Snow	Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions
13	Lyle Lovett; Robert Earl Keen, Jr.	T For Texas	Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions
14	Asleep at the Wheel	Time Changes Everything (with Buddy Miller)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
15	Asleep at the Wheel	Faded Love (with The Time Jumpers)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
16	Robbie O'Connell	Pretty Saro	Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
17	Happy Traum	Careless Love Blues (feat. Jerry Marotta, Byron Isaacs & John Sebastian)	Just For the Love Of It
18	Happy Traum	I Aint Got No Home (feat. John Sebastian, Byron Isaacs & Jerry Marotta)	Just For the Love Of It
19	Spuyten Duyvil	Keep your Skillet Good and Greasy	Social Hour Music
20	Spuyten Duyvil	Make Me A Pallet	Social Hour Music
21	Charlie Gracie	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	Angel on My Shoulder
22	Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin	Cherry Red Blues	Lost Time
23	Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin	World's In A Bad Condition	Lost Time
24	The Mavericks	Nitty Gritty	Mono
25	Bob Dylan	That Lucky Old Sun	Shadows in the Night
26	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Don't Think Twice, It's Alright	Django and Jimmie
27	Billy Gibbons And The BFG's	Treat Her Right	Perfectamundo
28	Larry Campbell	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning	Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams

Blues, Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition, New Orleans, Rockabilly

There She Goes – KOWS 12/16/15

December 17, 2015 Dave

West County has seen it’s first consistent (and consecutive) days of rain and boy did we need it. El Nino looks to be making some waves. We’ll be making some waves this week on our Wednesday night foray into the past century of America’s music. We’ll hear new music from the Oxford American Georgia music issue, as well as a good share of early country, some Stephen Foster (by the Hamilton County Ramblers), and some Jelly Roll Morton. There will be a few local performers to sweeten the mix: Kevin Russell, Carl Hendel & Eddie Meisse, and an alumni of Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa…Dan Hicks. Tune in for music that keeps on giving.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Tommy Duncan	Who Drank My Beer (While I Was In The Rear)?	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
3	Oklahoma Wranglers (Willis Bros)	Invitation to the Blues	Hillbilly Rhythm
4	T. Texas Tyler	Red Light	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
5	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	My Galveston Gal	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin'
6	Carl Hendel & Eddie Meisse	Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age
7	Tut Taylor feat. Norman Blake	Sweet Picking Time in Toomsboro, Ga.	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
8	Precious Bryant	Georgia Buck	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
9	The Band & Emmylou Harris	Evangeline	A Musical History [Disc 5]
10	John Prine	There She Goes	Bruised Orange
11	Jerry Jeff Walker	Viva Luckenbach	Gypsy Songman: A Life In Song
12	Carl Smith	Are You Teasing Me	The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956)
13	The Louvin Brothers	Are You Teasing Me	Close Harmony [Disc 3]
14	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Hello Stranger	The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music
15	Maria Muldaur	Me And My Chauffeur Blues	Richland Woman Blues
16	Black Bottom McPhail	John	Jack Newman & Others
17	Jimmy Strange	Yas Yas Yas	Swingin' the Blues: 1931-1939
18	Lightnin' Hopkins	Speedin' Boogie	Po' Lightnin'
19	Pete Johnson	Boogie Woogie	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
20	Kate & Anna McGarrigle	Hard Times Come Again No More	Songs Of The Civil War
21	Robert Shaw Chorale	Nelly Bly	Stephen Foster Songbook
22	Grandpa Jones	Nelly Bly	An American Original
23	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	I Scare Myself	The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
24	Larry Jon Wilson	Ohoopee River Bottomland [from the film Heartworn Highways]	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
25	Carl Perkins	Don't Stop The Music	Go Cat Go
26	Jake Xerxes Fussell	Raggy Levy	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
27	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	Jelly Roll's Misgiving	Jelly (The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Plays Jelly Roll Morton
28	Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers	The Pearls	The Pearls
29	Ry Cooder	The Pearls/Tia Juana	Jazz
30	Dr. John	Wild Honey	City Lights
31	John Fred	Shirley	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
32	Red Saunders & His Orchestra	Honky Tonk Train Blues	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
33	Freddie Slack With The Will Bradley Trio	Down The Road A Piece	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Gospel

Soothe Me – KOWS 12/9/15

December 10, 2015 Dave

In this episode, Deeper Roots will feature a wide range of sounds from a host of performers. There will be the topical sounds of courtroom drama featuring R&B from Johnny Otis, classic country Ernest Tubb, and country blues from Carl Martin. We’ll also feature a set that looks at “My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It” from a cross-section of talents and genres…and we’ll be soothed with some deep gospel, folk, and soul. Dave will also share a new track from singer/songwriter Steve Forbert’s latest album “Compromised” as well as some contemporary tracks from Marty Stuart, Jorma Kaukonen, and Joe Ely.

No.
1	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
2	Bob Dylan	I Want You (Take 4, Alternate Take)	The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Sampler)
3	Marie Knight	Satisfied With Jesus	Hallelujah What A Song!
4	Eugene Smith And The Roberta Martin Singers	Satisfied	How Sweet it Was
5	Spiritual Five	Satisfied With Him	I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3]
6	Johnnie Taylor/The Soul Stirrers	Walk With Me	20 Gospel Greats
7	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	I Have A Friend Above All Others	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2]
8	Sam Cooke	Trouble In Mind	The Rhythm And The Blues
9	Steve Forbert	Devil (Here She Comes Now)	Compromised
10	Shorty Long	Devil With a Blue Dress On	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
11	Julia Lee	Trouble In Mind	Kansas City Star [Disc 1]
12	Julia Lee	Lotus Blossom	Kansas City Star [Disc 1]
13	Wynonie Harris	Good Morning Judge	All She Wants To Do Is Rock
14	Chuck Berry	Have Mercy Judge	The Chess Box Disc 3
15	Carl Martin	Good Morning, Judge	Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works
16	Sonny Boy Williamson	Your Funeral And My Trial	His Best: Sonny Boy Williamson – The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection
17	Hugh Laurie	Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair	Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
18	Dinah Washington	Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair	The Bessie Smith Songbook
19	Johnny Otis	Court Room Blues	Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1]
20	Jorma Kaukonen	Judge, I'm Not Sorry	The Land Of Heroes
21	The Country Gentlemen	The Sentence	The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 2]
22	Ernest Tubb	Dear Judge	Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2
23	Patsy Cline	A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye	Live at the Opry
24	Washboard Sam	Bucket's Got a Hole in It [Remastered 2002]	That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series)
25	Hank Williams	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18
26	Louis Armstrong & All His Stars	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	The Ultimate Collection [Disc 2]
27	Page & Plant	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy Of Sun Records
28	Joe Ely	Rock Me My Baby	Musta Notta Gotta Lotta [rem] (1981)
29	Marty Stuart	A Satisfied Mind	Country Music
30	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Cool, Cool Kisses	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
31	Charles Brown	Soothe Me	The Classic Earliest Recordings [Disc 3]
32	Stan Kenton & His Orchestra With June Christy	Soothe Me	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 4 – Love Letters – 1944-53
33	James & Bobby Purify	Soothe Me	The Best Of

A Century of America's Music