It’s Black Friday here in Sonoma County and we don’t really know what to expect. Worn out from the ongoing pandemic, we’re still moderating here but we very much need music to help us light the way. We like to make that possible on Friday mornings on KOWS when we find another free form collection full of small themes and nuggets. With a sprinkling of classic Carole King, Sonny Bono and Brill Building sounds, we’ll move forward into the holidays with hand clapping gospel, soul stew from Booker T., some Leon Russell, Paul Simon, Gene Pitney, and The Cookies. The playlist this morning will circle back to celebrating all the things that matter in musical themes including true love, change, and (most of all) dance. Join us this week once again for some great sounds .
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
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| 1 | The Cuff Links | Guided Missiles | The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 |  |
| 2 | The Highway Q.C.'s | Pray | Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) | |
| 3 | The Staple Singers | Hammer and Nails | Hammer and Nails | |
| 4 | Patsy Cline | Life's Railway To Heaven | Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel | |
| 5 | Paul Simon | Slip Slidin' Away | Sounds of the Seventies: 1977 | |
| 6 | Jakob Dylan & Jade Castrinos | Go Where You Wanna Go | Echo In The Canyon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
| 7 | The Mamas & the Papas | Do You Wanna Dance | Greatest Hits | |
| 8 | Bobby Freeman | Do You Wanna Dance | MaltShop Memories Save the Last Dance for M | |
| 9 | The Drifters | Dance With Me | The 50's – A Decade to Remember: Do You Wanna Dance | |
| 10 | Billy Bland | Let the Little Girl Dance | One Hit Wonders | |
| 11 | Dash And Dot | Dance With Me Henry | Forgotten Duos of Rock Volume 1 | |
| 12 | The Diatones | Oh Baby, Come Dance With Me | Bandera Doo Wop | |
| 13 | Billy Storm | When You Dance | Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival | |
| 14 | Marvin Gaye | Stubborn Kind of Fellow | 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1 | |
| 15 | The O'Jays | Back Stabbers | The O'Jays Greatest Hits | |
| 16 | Ann Cole | Have Fun | Birth Of Soul: 1 | |
| 17 | James Brown | Lost Someone | Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 | |
| 18 | Booker T. & the MG's; The MG's | Time Is Tight | Classic Rock: 1969 – The Beat Goes On | |
| 19 | Redbone | Come And Get Your Love | Sounds of the Seventies Pop Nuggets: Early '70s | |
| 20 | Phoebe Snow | Shakey Ground | The Best Of Phoebe Snow | |
| 21 | Percy Sledge | True Love Travels On A Gravel Road | Cold Cold Heart – Where Country Meets Soul Volume 3 | |
| 22 | The Cookies | Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby) | The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] | |
| 23 | Leon Russell | I Believe To My Soul | Best Of Hank Wilson | |
| 24 | Ray Charles | Greenbacks | Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8) | |
| 25 | Gene Pitney | Every Breath I Take | Anthology: 1961-1968 | |
| 26 | The Raindrops | The Kind Of Boy You Can't Forget | The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] | |
| 27 | Jackie DeShannon | Needles And Pins | The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] | |
| 28 | Nancy Sinatra | Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) | Kill Bill, Vol. 1 | |
| 29 | Amy Winehouse | Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? | Lioness: Hidden Treasures | |
| 30 | Laura Nyro | 165-Stoned Soul Picnic | Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. | |
| 31 | The Mavericks | Dance the Night Away | Collection [2003] | |
We’ll be settling into some classic country sounds from the golden age alongside some contemporary sounds that stay steadfast in a sound that rings true and authentic. We’ll hear some classics from Wynn Stewart, Buck Owens, Waylon Jennings, Webb Pierce and others. There will be plenty of original sounds from BR5-49 and Chuck Mead, k.d. lang, Don Edwards, and The Mavericks to remind us of the clear line between authentic and what’s attempting to pass for country these days. Tune in for a mix of swing, story songs, love songs, and foot-tappin’ treasures on Deeper Roots this week on Sonoma County Community radio where the music will always take you somewhere other than the main stream. We seldom venture there.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
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| 1 | Willie Nelson | Sugar Moon | You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker | |
| 2 | k.d. lang & the Reclines | Big Boned Gal | Absolute Torch and Twang | |
| 3 | k.d. lang | Western Stars | Recollection CD 1 | |
| 4 | Charley Crockett | Over There That's Frank | 10 for Slim: Charley Crockett Sings James Hand | |
| 5 | Asleep At The Wheel | You're From Texas | Ride With Bob | |
| 6 | Johnny Cash | I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar | Silver | |
| 7 | Charley Crockett | Music City USA | Music City USA | |
| 8 | Ferlin Husky | Detour | Vintage Collections Series | |
| 9 | Carl Smith | (When You Feel Like Youre in Love) Dont Just Stand There | Golden Age of Country Volume 3: Crazy Arms [Disc 1] | |
| 10 | Carl Smith | Hey Joe! | Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes | |
| 11 | Ray Price | Invitation To The Blues | Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes | |
| 12 | Buck Owens | Above And Beyond | Buck Owens | |
| 13 | John Fogerty | I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me) | The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again | |
| 14 | Webb Pierce | I Ain't Never | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce | |
| 15 | The Tractors | The Tractors-Pick Me Up On Your Way Down | Trade Union | |
| 16 | Wynn Stewart | It's Such A Pretty World Today | Swing West 1: Bakersfield | |
| 17 | George Strait | Big Ball's in Cowtown w/Asleep at the Wheel | Strait Out of the Box [Disc 4] | |
| 18 | Asleep At The Wheel | Across The Alley From The Alamo | Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys | |
| 19 | Don Edwards | Texas Plains | West of Yesterday | |
| 20 | Willie Nelson | This Old House | Remember Me, Vol. 1 | |
| 21 | BR5-49 | Cherokee Boogie | BR5-49 | |
| 22 | BR5-49 | The Devil In Me | Dog Days | |
| 23 | The Mavericks | One Step Away | Music for All Occasions | |
| 24 | Little Jimmy Dickens | When They Get Too Rough (They're Just Right For Me) | Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962 | |
| 25 | Wynn Stewart | Big City | California Country | |
| 26 | Dwight Yoakam | Train in Vain | Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2 | |
| 27 | Waylon Jennings | Sweet Dream Woman | The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 1 | |
| 28 | Old Crow Medicine Show | Wagon Wheel | Americana | |
| 29 | Marty Robbins | Devil Woman [Album Version] | Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound | |
| 30 | Asleep At The Wheel | Bob Wills Is Still The King | Ride With Bob | |
| 31 | Bob Wills | Goin' Away Party | For the Last Time | |
| 32 | Charley Crockett | Skip A Rope | Music City USA | |
Wild in the streets…well, we’re also wild in the bars, the dance halls, the backyards, and everywhere else for that matter. We’ll be revisiting the crazy ones…the excitable ones…the hot clubs where the bad boys and bad girls are burning the candle. Tune in for some fairly wild doin’s with Mabel Scott, The Louvins, Clarence Palmer and the Jive Bombers, Johnny Horton, and a couple dozen others as we take on that theme of wild men and wild women once more on Community Radio. Dave Stroud puts the metal to the pedal with jazz vocals, rockabilly romps, early century innuendos, and rhythm and blues on a Friday morning in Sonoma County. Oh…and don’t forget to visit kowsfm.com and click on that Donate Now button to support all volunteer Community Radio.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
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| 1 | Garland Jeffreys | Wild in the Streets | Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]] | |
| 2 | Billy Jones With The Little Ramblers | Don't Bring Lulu | The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2 | |
| 3 | Mae West | I'm No Angel | The Mae West Collection | |
| 4 | Mae West | My Daddy Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll) | Bombshells | |
| 5 | Mabel Scott | Yes | Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A. | |
| 6 | Lizabeth Scott | A Deep Dark Secret | Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence | |
| 7 | Monica Lewis | Do It Again | Bombshells | |
| 8 | Kenni Huskey | Wild Man Tamer | Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music CD [Disc 2, "Arkansas Masters"] | |
| 9 | Donnie Elbert | Wild Child (Deluxe 6156) | R&B Humdingers Volume 11 | |
| 10 | Red Ingle & His Natural Seven | Cigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking) | Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 | |
| 11 | Johnny Horton | The Wild One | Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1 of 2) | |
| 12 | Carl Mann | Born To Be Bad | Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era | |
| 13 | Jerry Lee Lewis | Real Wild Child (Wild One) | A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1] | |
| 14 | Tennessee Ernie Ford | I'm A Bad Man | Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2] | |
| 15 | The Dave & Deke Combo | Wild Woman | Hollywood Barndance | |
| 16 | Charline Arthur | Burn That Candle | Welcome To The Club | |
| 17 | The Louvin Brothers | You're Running Wild | Capitol Country Music Classics | |
| 18 | The Hot Club of Cowtown | I Can't Tame Wild Women | Tall Tales | |
| 19 | Wanda Jackson | Let's Have A Party | Queen Of Rockabilly | |
| 20 | Carmen MacRae | Whatever Lola Wants | Burlesque – 100 Classics | |
| 21 | The Jive Bombers | Bad Boy | Cry-Baby | |
| 22 | The Trenier Twins | Hey! Sister Lucy (What Makes Your Lips So Juicy?) | Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence | |
| 23 | Rudy Greene | Wild Life | Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1] | |
| 24 | Wynonie Harris | Young And Wild | Playful Baby | |
| 25 | Champion Jack Dupree | Bad Whiskey And Wild Women | Two Classic Albums Plus Singles | |
| 26 | King James | Wild Wooly Woman | Stompin' 25 | |
| 27 | Eunice Davis | Let's Have A Party | Stompin' 25 | |
| 28 | Julia Lee | Do You Want It? | Burlesque – 100 Classics | |
| 29 | Little Richard | The Girl Can't Help It | Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 | |
| 30 | John Hammond | Wild Man On The Loose | Trouble No More | |
| 31 | Louis Prima & Keely Smith | Barnacle Bill The Sailor | Breaking It Up! | |
| 32 | Little Willie John | Fever | Burlesque – 100 Classics | |
| 33 | Albert King | Wild Women | Door To Door | |
| 34 | Wanda Jackson | Hard Headed Woman | Queen Of Rockabilly | |
| 35 | Iggy Pop | Real Wild Child | Blah Blah Blah | |
| 36 | Vince Taylor | Brand New Cadillac | Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 | |
November arrives which means winter is fast approaching with (we hope) a need to break out the umbrellas, clean the gutters, and let the cycle of renewal begin. Our show this week is a free form collection of sounds from the past century highlighted by a couple of topical sets, some somber, some hopeful, but all with a blending of Americana. We’ll visit with Tom Waits’ on the low side of the road, hear from Nina Simone and her brilliant delivery of Langston Hughes’ Backlash Blues, some songs about bluebirds, rainy nights, bright lights and big cities. This week’s episode on KOWS Community Radio gives room to breathe and reflect on what is important with country, gospel, blues, jazz and everything that falls in between, fresh from the digital ether…all coming your way, for today, on KOWS 92.5 FM Occidental.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
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| 1 | Irma Thomas | It's Raining | Soul Queen of New Orleans | |
| 2 | Tom Waits | Jersey Girl | Used Songs 1973-1980 | |
| 3 | Skeeter Davis | The End of the World | Red, White & Rock Disc 2 | |
| 4 | Dinah Washington | This Bitter Earth | The Essential Dinah Washington: The Great Songs | |
| 5 | Johnny Cash | Family Bible | Boom Chicka Boom | |
| 6 | Edwin Hawkins Singers | Oh Happy Day | Testify: The Gospel Box [Disc 2] | |
| 7 | Paul Simon | Gone at Last | 1964-1993 Disc 2 | |
| 8 | Nina Simone | Backlash Blues | Defiance Blues | |
| 9 | Jimmy Hughes | A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues | The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1 | |
| 10 | Art Freeman | Everybody's Got To Cry Sometime | The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1 | |
| 11 | Brook Benton | Rainy Night In Georgia | Today | |
| 12 | Roy Orbison | Blue Rain (Coming Down) | The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 3] | |
| 13 | Rosanne Cash | I Count The Tears | Retrospective | |
| 14 | Sir Douglas Quintet | The Rains Came | Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet | |
| 15 | Ritchie Valens | Bluebirds Over The Mountain | Ritchie Valens – Ritchie | |
| 16 | Joe Ely | If You Were A Bluebird | Joe Ely | |
| 17 | Billy Walker | Gonna Find Me A Bluebird | Whirlpool – Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight | |
| 18 | Mac Wiseman | The Bluebirds Are Singing for Me | Warped 6643 – Mac Wiseman – 1966 | |
| 19 | Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys | Hello Bluebird | Oh! | |
| 20 | Ry Cooder | Johnny Cash | I, Flathead | |
| 21 | Johnny Cash | 28 I Walk the Line [Live at The Carousel Ballroom San Fancisco CA – April 1968] | Live At The Carousel Ballroom | |
| 22 | Charley Crockett | Skip A Rope | Music City USA | |
| 23 | Wanda Jackson | You Drive Me Wild | Encore | |
| 24 | Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks | Bright Lights, Big City | Everybody's Rockin' | |
| 25 | Blind Willie Johnson | Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version] | The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture | |
| 26 | John Fogerty | Down On The Corner | The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection | |
| 27 | Tom Waits | Lowside Of The Road | Mule Variations | |
| 28 | John Oates | My Creole Belle | Arkansas | |
| 29 | Chris Hillman | Wildflowers | Bidin' My Time | |
| 30 | Charlie Musselwhite | Siboney | Continental Drifter | |
| 31 | Dave Alvin | Downey Girl | Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women | |
A Century of America's Music
