Breakin’ The Law

Another theme time extravaganza for our listeners on this new Spring morning here in Sonoma County. The theme focuses on bad behavior, poor judgement and legal entanglements that find themselves into the American musical lexicon. Rock, country and blues seem to lean on the theme more than any other with the country stories of cheatin’, stealin’, and petulant pistols being the most common. We’ll be hearing from Johnny Cash, Porter Wagoner, Louis Jordan, Elvis,  The Cadillacs, and a number of others, sharing stories of everything from jaywalking to murder. Oh…and let’s not forget the lawyers. No lawyer jokes, though. Just a little bit of David Lindley, Kitty Wells, and Warren Zevon on visiting day behind the bars…which is every Friday morning at 9 on community radio for Sonoma County.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Willy DeVille Hey Joe Backstreets Of Desire Amazon
2The Leaves Hey Joe Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968 Amazon
3The Bobby Fuller Four I Fought The Law Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol. 4 Amazon
4Dick & Dee Dee Thou Shalt Not Steal The Singles Collection Amazon
5The Cadillacs Jay Walker For Collectors Only (Disc 3) Amazon
6Kitty Wells Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered) Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered) – Single Amazon
7Ray Batts Stealin' Sugar Best of Excello Vol 2: Southern Rhythm & Rock Amazon
8Eilen Jewell If You Catch Me Stealing Letters From Sinners & Strangers Amazon
9Hank Snow The Man Who Robbed The Bank At Santa Fe I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 1] Amazon
10Porter Wagoner The Cold Hard Facts of Life The Essential Porter Wagoner Amazon
11Jimmy Littlejohn No Parking Here The World Is A Monster Amazon
12Johnny Cash Out Among the Stars Out Among The Stars Amazon
13Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues Original Greatest Hits Amazon
14The Byrds Pretty Boy Floyd Sweetheart of the Rodeo Amazon
15Joe Ely Miss Bonnie and Mister Clyde Happy Songs from Rattlesnake Gulch Amazon
16Merle Haggard The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1] Amazon
17The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Jesse James Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy Amazon
18Bruce Springsteen Jesse James We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
19New Riders Of The Purple Sage Glendale Train New Riders Of The Purple Sage Amazon
20Soggy Bottom Boys/Tim Blake Nelson In the Jailhouse Now O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
21Rod Morris Alabama Jailhouse Country Boy's Dream Amazon
22Dean Taylor Indiana Wants Me 70s Music Explosion Escape Amazon
23Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Private Property (No Tresspassing) One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions Amazon
24Howling Wolf My Friends aka Stealing My Clothes Sings The Blues Amazon
25David Lindley Talk to the Lawyer Win This Record Amazon
26Warren Zevon Lawyers, Guns and Money A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon Amazon
27Mac Wiseman Bad Ole Philadelphia Lawyer Old Likker In A New Jug Amazon
28Kitty Wells Will Your Lawyer Talk To God Country Music Hall Of Fame Amazon
29Ricky Skaggs Drunken Driver Bluegrass Rules! Amazon
30Goodnight, Texas A Bank Robber's Nursery Rhyme Uncle John Farquhar Amazon
31Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock Can't Help Falling In Love (Remastered) Amazon
32Dinah Washington Jailhouse Blues The Bessie Smith Songbook Amazon

East Side West Side

From the Bowery to Brooklyn to Broadway to the Bronx…the sidewalks of New York is the topic of the morning, our Gotham theme this Friday on community radio from the Left Coast looking east. Join Dave Stroud for a handsome cab journey through the past century of iconic sounds where the heartbeat of the melting pot of America sings. You’ll be treated to some early Broadway musical samples, the imaginings of West Side Story, the hotel orchestras, and vocal elaborations from Darin, Sinatra, Ella, an Cohan. There will be no exclusion here as late century rock and vocal groups as we’ll hear from The Ad Libs, The Drifters, Garland Jeffreys and others. New York has always been a mirror into the soul of America and has always represented its humanity as a visit to any street in Manhattan would reveal; and its music is, in turn, a reflection itself of that humanity. Join us.



No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra The Sidewalks of New York Internet Archives Amazon
2George Cohan Jr. Give My Regards To Broadway The Golden Entertainers Amazon
3Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell & Co. 42nd Street – from 42nd Street Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2) Amazon
4McGlinn/London Sinfonietta Shuffle Off to Buffalo (42nd Street) The Busby Berkeley Album Amazon
5Gold Diggers Of 1935 Film Cast Feat. Winifred Shaw & Dick Powell Lullaby Of Broadway Lullaby Of Broadway: The Music Of Harry Warren Amazon
6Jo Stafford Manhattan Serenade For You Amazon
7Ella Johnson & Buddy Johnson Going To New York Go Ahead And Rock And Roll Amazon
8Ella Fitzgerald Manhattan Mad Men: Music From the Series, Vol. 1 Amazon
9Babs Gonzales Dem New York People Cool Whalin' Babs Amazon
10Betty Wand (For Rita Moreno) And George Chakiris America West Side Story Amazon
11Enrique Madriguera and His Orchestra She's a Latin from Manhattan Retro Top Charts / European Dance Orchestras F the 30s & 40s., Volume 4 Amazon
12Desi Arnaz I Come From New York The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King Amazon
13Bobby Darin Sunday in New York Wild Cool & Swingin Amazon
14Frank Sinatra Theme from New York, New York Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years Amazon
15Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Ev'ry Street's A Boulevard In Old New York The Capitol Years [Disc 1] Amazon
16Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York Best OF Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Amazon
17The Ad Libs The Boy From New York City Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2) Amazon
18The Drifters On Broadway Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
19John Barry Midnight Cowboy Moviola Amazon
20Harry Nilsson Everybody's Talkin' Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2] Amazon
21Harry Nilsson I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
22Simon & Garfunkel The Only Living Boy In New York The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2] Amazon
23Henry Mancini Rhapsody in Blue Instrumental Favorites Amazon
24Garland Jeffreys New York Skyline Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]] Amazon
25Ray Charles New York's My Home Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks Amazon
26Judy Garland I Happen To Like New York Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes Amazon
27Kirsty MacColl/The Pogues Fairytale of New York Galore Amazon
28Mel Tormi Sunday In New York Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2] Amazon
29Stevie Wonder Living for the City Innervisions Amazon
30Jay-Z Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys) The Blueprint 3 Amazon

Burnin’ Love

A hunka hunka free form sounds this morning on Deeper Roots: some thoughtful pairings and some that just need to be pushed to the surface. We’re coming up on Daylight Savings Time already as we prepare for the days to get longer shedding more light in the attic from the window up above. Songs today explore mojo, some gospel musings, concerns about a fellow named Lou whose got the flu, and some reflections on the 420 favorite. Performers include Julia Lee, Little Jimmy Dickens, Ivie Anderson, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and we’ve even got an ‘unknown’ from the mid-century wondering “Who’s Boogeying My Woogie Now”. Imagine that. Well, imagine this: Friday mornings on KOWS Community Radio are made just for the beginning of Spring. Tune in.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1John Prine Clay Pigeons Fair & Square Amazon
2Elvis Presley Burning Love Elvis 30 #1 Hits Amazon
3Sister Rosetta Tharpe 99 1/2 Won't Do Gospel Train Amazon
4Mary Deloatch The Lord's Gospel Train Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
5Nina Simone Lilac Wine Verve/Unmixed 3 Amazon
6Ivie Anderson Chocolate Shake An Introduction To Ivie Anderson Amazon
7Bette Midler Marahuana Songs For The New Depression Amazon
8Julia Lee Marijuana Kansas City Star [Disc 4] Amazon
9Buddy Holly Fool's Paradise Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants [Disc 2] Amazon
10Eddie Cochran C'mon Everybody Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1] Amazon
11Fats Domino Be My Guest Fats Domino Out of New Orleans Amazon
12Dorsey Burnette Don't Let Go The Precious Years Amazon
13Charley Crockett The Man That Time Forgot Welcome To Hard Times Amazon
14Kevin Russell Country Boy Country Swing Amazon
15Little Jimmy Dickens May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
16Buddy Emmons New Road Under My Wheels Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills Amazon
17John Prine Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement) For Better, Or Worse Amazon
18Roger Miller Lou's Got The Flu King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1) Amazon
19Roger Miller The Moon Is High (And So Am I) King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1) Amazon
20Muddy Waters Got My Mojo Working His Best, 1956 To 1964 Amazon
21Ann Cole I Got My Mojo Working Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 4] Amazon
22Unknown Artist I Wonder Who's Boogeying My Woogie Now ? Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57 Amazon
23Lightnin' Hopkins Mojo Hand The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins Amazon
24Mose Allison Mojo Woman Down Home Piano Amazon
25Willie Nelson & Lucinda Williams Overtime It Always Will Be Amazon
26John Fogerty Who'll Stop the Rain (with Bob Seger) Wrote a Song for Everyone Amazon
27Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Still the Same Greatest Hits Amazon
28Raul Malo It Only Hurts Me When I Cry After Hours Amazon
29Red Simpson Jeannie With the Light Brown Cadillac The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer Amazon
30Bruce Springsteen Pink Cadillac 18 Tracks Amazon
31Baker Knight Bring My Cadillac Back Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks Amazon
32Miley Cyrus Lilac Wine The Backyard Sessions Amazon
33Ray Charles I Believe to My Soul The Birth of Soul Disc 3 Amazon

Americana Hours Classics

We’re gathering under the Americana tent this morning; well, I guess, technically, we do each Friday morning. But this week we’ll spend some time with the classics. I’ll be sharing mid-century highlights from east, west, north and south in a show that pays tribute to some of the classic performers and performances that codified what’s become known as Americana: not a genre, but more of something in the air that makes you comfortable as a well worn blanket but also is the cold breeze that comes in through the cracks. I’ve got the celebratory sounds of The Blasters, Arlo Guthrie, and the NGDB; the painful reminders of days past from The Band, Chris Hillman, and Guy Clark; the harsh reminders of what got us here from Steve Earle, James McMurtry, and Bruce Springsteen. So much more to share in only two hours on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Dark as a Dungeon Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 Amazon
2The Byrds You Ain't Going Nowhere Sweetheart of the Rodeo Amazon
3Michael Nesmith Joanne Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 10 The West Coast Amazon
4Bobby Bare The Streets of Baltimore Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969 Amazon
5Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash Girl From The North Country Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2] Amazon
6Arlo Guthrie The City Of New Orleans Hobo's Lullaby Amazon
7Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen The Lost Highway Bakersfield Bound Amazon
8Neil Young Harvest Decade Disc 2 Amazon
9The Band The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Best of the Band Amazon
10John Fogerty Lodi The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty – Creedence Collection Amazon
11Emmylou Harris Red Dirt Girl Artist's Choice: Sheryl Crow Amazon
12John Prine Speed of the Sound of Loneliness German Afternoons Amazon
13Joe Ely Boxcars Honky Tonk Masquerade Amazon
14The Blasters Border Radio Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2) Amazon
15Steve Earle Devil's Right Hand Copperhead Road Amazon
16John Hiatt Crossing Muddy Waters Here To Stay – Best Of 2000-2012 Amazon
17Lucinda Williams Right in Time Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Amazon
18Guy Clark Boats To Build Boats To Build Amazon
19James McMurtry Childish Things Childish Things Amazon
20Bruce Springsteen Highway Patrolman Artist's Choice: Johnny Cash Amazon
21Old Crow Medicine Show Wagon Wheel O.C.M.S. Amazon
22Uncle Tupelo John Hardy No Depression Amazon
23Dave Alvin Marie Marie Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women Amazon
24Mudcrutch Shady Grove Mudcrutch Amazon
25Sturgill Simpson Life Of Sin Metamodern Sounds In Country Music Amazon
26Willie Nelson Freight Train Boogie Country Music Amazon
27The Avett Brothers This Land Is Your Land This Land Is Your Land (Single) Amazon
28Los Lobos La Bamba El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (2 of 4) Amazon