It’s a fool’s paradise for all of us as April Fool’s Day lands on a day where Deeper Roots debuts a new episode. So why not take advantage, I say! We’ll fill the airwaves today with songs about fools today and add a garnish of novelty to keep the show moving on notes that are as light as air. Foolish hearts, king of fools, poor little fools, and fools who fall in love. We’ll be featuring a blend of country from Charlie Rich and Dwight Yoakam, blues with Etta James and Delbert McClinton, vocals from The Cadillacs and Frankie Lymon, and the so many more on this April Fool’s Day, 2022. Come on along…and don’t forget that tomorrow is the annual April Fool’s Day Parade in Occidental, home to KOWS.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
| 2 | Chico Marx | Piano playing with Chico & Groucho | Horse Feathers |  |
| 3 | Cliff Edwards | I'm No Fool | Ukulele Ike | |
| 4 | Charlie Rich | Who Will The Next Fool Be | Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich | |
| 5 | The Mavericks | Foolish Heart | From Dusk Till Dawn | |
| 6 | Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis | Foolmaker | Wild! Wild! Wild! | |
| 7 | Charley Crockett | Fool Somebody Else | Welcome To Hard Times | |
| 8 | Jerry Reed | Pity the Fool | 1958-1963 (Warped 6141) | |
| 9 | Johnny Cash | Fools Hall Of Fame | His Sun Years: Down South | |
| 10 | Brandi Carlile | Sinners Saints and Fools | In These Silent Days | |
| 11 | Rick Nelson | Poor Little Fool | Greatest Love Songs | |
| 12 | Connie Francis | Everybody's Somebody's Fool | Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 1) | |
| 13 | Brenda Lee | Fool No. 1 | I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 3] | |
| 14 | Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers | Why Do Fools Fall In Love | Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 1] | |
| 15 | The Excels | My Foolish Heart | From The Vaults of Gone Vol. 2 | |
| 16 | The Cadillacs | Cool It, Fool | For Collectors Only (Disc 3) | |
| 17 | Johnny Burnette | The Fool Of The Year | Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 | |
| 18 | Etta James | Seven Day Fool | Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2) | |
| 19 | Etta James | Fool That I Am | Her Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection | |
| 20 | Ray Charles | A Fool for You | Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8) | |
| 21 | Percy Mayfield | What a Fool I Was | Poet of the Blues | |
| 22 | Joe Barry | Je suis bet pour t'aimer (French version of i'm a fool to care) | I'm a Fool to Care: The Complete Recordings 1958-1977, Vol. 1 | |
| 23 | Mose Allison | Fool's Paradise | Western Man / Mose In Your Ear | |
| 24 | Mose Allison | Foolkiller | Oxford American 10th Anniversary Southern Music CD [Disc 2] "Past Masters" [2008] | |
| 25 | Aretha Franklin | Chain Of Fools | Let's Dance: The Best Of Ballroom: Swing, Lindy, Jitterbug and Jive | |
| 26 | The Pulsators | Fool | Let's Play! | |
| 27 | Bobby "Blue" Bland | I Pity the Fool | Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 2] | |
| 28 | Logan Ledger | River of Fools | Produced by T-Bone Burnett | |
| 29 | Delbert McClinton | Solid Gold Plated Fool | Honky Tonk 'n Blues | |
| 30 | Billie Holiday | I'm A Fool To Want You | Lady In Satin | |
| 31 | Sarah Vaughan | Fool's Paradise | Young Sassy: It's Magic [Disc 3] | |
| 32 | Ethel Ennis | There's No Fool Like an Old Fool | Have You Forgotten? | |
| 33 | Tony Perkins | April Fool | On a Rainy Afternoon | |
| 34 | Professor Longhair | Who's Been Fooling You | 'Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 1] | |