June | 2021 | Deeper Roots

A collection of blues performers almost unparalleled. They grow ’em big down there and the sound of the blues is no different. From Lead Belly to Blind Lemon Jefferson to the Vaughan Brothers, you can’t really capture the breadth and depth of the blues from the state of Texas in one sitting, so we’re only going to do our very best in the show this morning on KOWS. Early blues from Ramblin’ Thomas, Texas Alexander and Bessie Tucker will take us into the seminal country folk blues of Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb. While we’re name-dropping, how about Bobby “Blue” Bland, T-Bone Walker, Johnny Winter, Albert Collins, Big Mama Thornton, and it doesn’t stop there. There’s a heaping helping of Texas blues coming your way from the KOWS studios located in downtown Santa Rosa.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Matchbox Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey
2	Pee Wee Crayton	Do Unto Others	Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings
3	Johnny Winter	Mean Town Blues	Legends of Guitar – Electric Blues (Vol. 1)
4	Fenton Robinson	Somebody Loan Me A Dime	Living The Blues: The 70's Blues Classics
5	Albert Collins	Frosty	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
6	Blind Lemon Jefferson	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Black Swan Sampler
7	Ramblin' Thomas	Poor Boy Blues	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 3B: Songs
8	Texas Alexander	Don't You Wish Your Baby was Built Up Like Mine	Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1927 – 1928)
9	J.T. Smith	Fools Blues	Oxford American Southern Music Texas
10	Bessie Tucker	Better Boot That Thing [Take 2] [#]	Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1928-1929)
11	Lightnin' Hopkins	Katie Mae Blues	The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins
12	Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson	Blues Come To Texas	Blues Come To Texas
13	Mance Lipscomb	Introduction	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
14	Mance Lipscomb	Darktown Strutters' Ball	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
15	T-Bone Walker	Cold, Cold Feeling	The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1]
16	James "Thunderbird" Davis	If I Had My Life To Live Over	Blues Pajama Party
17	Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown	Okie Dokie Stomp	ABC Of The Blues Vol 4
18	Frankie Lee Sims	Lucy Mae Blues	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
19	Juke Boy Bonner	Running Shoes	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8]
20	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Turn On Your Love Light	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
21	Big Mama Thornton	Let Your Tears Fall Baby	ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
22	Freddie King	Hide Away	Ultimate Collection
23	Jimmie Vaughan	Don't Cha Know	Strange Pleasure
24	Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble	Pride And Joy	Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2
25	The Fabulous Thunderbirds	She's Tuff	Blues Masters, Vol. 9: Postmodern Blues
26	Johnny "Guitar" Watson	One Room Country Shack	ABC Of The Blues Vol 49
27	Blind Willie Johnson	John The Revelator	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
28	Johnny Copeland	Down On Bending Knees	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
29	Andrew "Smokey" Hogg	I Gotta Ride	Texas Guitar Killers Disc 2
30	Johnny Winter	Highway 61 Revisited	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
31	Lowell Fulson	Blue Shadows	A Propoer Introduction to Lowell Fulson Juke Box Shuffle

Americana fusion from the Canadian border to the rolling hills of Arkansas: roots music from a musical collective built on a foundation made up of many different legs: blues, rock, folk, Civil War stories, burnished antiques found alongside the two-lane highways of mid-century and tradition from the kitchen. Their songs were anchored by deeper roots. There are few that could speak musically to all of these and all of their connecting tissue, but The Band (Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson) made it seem easy. From their early years as The Hawks backing Ronnie Hawkins to being the electric behind Bob Dylan’s Judas performance in the UK, and then The Last Waltz. There were tragedies both light and heavy that foretold a demise as predictable as the appearance of Halley’s Comet. Join us in a reflection of their music on a Friday morning in Sonoma County on KOWS Community Radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Robbie Robertson	When The Night Was Young	How To Become Clairvoyant
2	The Band	Will The Circle Be Unbroken (non-lp track)	A Musical History [Disc 1]
3	The Levon Helm Band	Anna Lee	Newport Folk Festival 8/3/2008
4	Rick Danko	When I Get My Just Rewards	Cryin' Heart Blues
5	Bob Dylan & The Band	The Weight	Before The Flood [Live] [Disc 2]
6	Joan Baez	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Hits: Greatest & Others
7	The Band	Acadian Driftwood	Northern Lights-Southern Cross
8	Bob Dylan & The Band	Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)	The Basement Tapes [Disc 2]
9	Bob Dylan & The Band	Million Dollar Bash	The Basement Tapes [Disc 1]
10	Rick Danko	It Makes No Difference	Live Anthology
11	Emmylou Harris & The Band	Evangeline	Duets
12	The Band	Stage Fright	The Last Waltz [Rhino Box Set] Disc 1
13	Ronnie Hawkins/The Band	Who Do You Love?	The Last Waltz [Rhino Box Set] Disc 1
14	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars	Havana Moon	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
15	Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks	Hey Boba Lou	The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks
16	The Band	Stand Up	High On The Hog
17	Levon Helm	False Hearted Lover Blues	Dirt Farmer
18	Warren Haynes With The All Star Band And Rami Jaffee	The Shape I'm In (with The All Star Band & Rami Jaffee)	(2013) Love For Levon
19	The Band,Bob Clearmountain	Time to Kill – Remix / 2020	Stage Fright (Deluxe Remix 2020)
20	The Band	Life Is a Carnival	Cahoots
21	Levon Helm	Tennessee Jed	Electric Dirt
22	The Band	Twilight (Single Version)	Islands [Remastered]
23	Bob Dylan	I Shall Be Released	Before The Flood [Disc 1]
24	Levon Helm	Money	Levon Helm

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