March | 2023 | Deeper Roots

Memories of summer nights where the aroma of popcorn, car exhaust and nature fused as the car windows steamed up and the tin can speaker sounds synchronized with the silver screen…at the drive in movie. For the decades of the fifties, sixties, and seventies you could bring a car load of friends and find your spot across the little hills that pointed you skyward towards the glow of a billboard of dreams. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll visit some performances that include on-screen legends as well as legends that tried to make music outside of their lane. Some that we’ll hear from succeeded and some…well…went back to their day job. Tune in for music from Robert Mitchum, Bette Davis, Jack Webb, Marilyn Monroe, and a couple dozen others on a fun little romp on another Friday episode of Deeper Roots on KOWS 92.5 FM.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Don Francks & Petula Clark	Old Devil Moon – Finian's Rainbow	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
2	Ray Davies	Oklahoma U.S.A.	Our Country: Americana Act II
3	Shirley Jones, James Whitmore, Gordon MacRae	Oklahoma	Oklahoma (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
4	Robert Preston & Company	Ya Got Trouble – The Music Man	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
5	Lucille Ball/Bea Arthur	Bosom Buddies – Mame	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
6	Kirk Douglas	And The Moon Grew Brighter	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
7	James Stewart	The Legend Of Shenandoah	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
8	Robert Mitchum	Ballad of Thunder Road	That Man, Robert Mitchum, Sings
9	Lee Marvin	Wand'rin' Star	Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3)
10	Bill Hayes	Message from James Dean	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 3
11	Varetta Dillard	I Miss You Jimmy (Tribute to James Dean)	Got You On My Mind
12	Eagles	James Dean	The Very Best of the Eagles [2003] Disc 1
13	Dooley Wilson	As Time Goes By – from Casablanca	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
14	Bette Davis	They're Either Too Young Or Too Old -from Thank Your Lucky Stars	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
15	Mae West	I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love	The Mae West Collection
16	Jack Webb	Try a Little Tenderness	Golden Throats: The Great Celebrity Sing-Off!
17	Clint Eastwood	Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive	Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
18	Gene Pitney	(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance	Anthology: 1961-1968
19	Tony Perkins	Moonlight Swim (Bonus Track)	On a Rainy Afternoon
20	Marilyn Monroe	River Of No Return	The Essential Marilyn Monroe
21	Roy Rogers	My Chickashay Gal	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
22	Elvis Presley	Wooden Heart	G.I. Blues
23	Dean Martin,John Wayne & Ricky Nelson	My Rifle, My Pony And Me	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
24	Ricky Nelson & Walter Brennan	Get Along Home, Cindy	Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3)
25	Fess Parker	Ballad Of Davy Crockett	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
26	James Stewart	You Can`t Get Far Without A Railroad	Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3)
27	Dean Martin	Rio Bravo	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
28	Dean Martin	King Of The Five Card Stud	Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3)
29	Steve Martin & The Toot Uncommons	King Tut	Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time [Disc 2]
30	Gene Kelly	Singin' In The Rain	Somewhere Over The Rainbow: The Golden Age Of Hollywood Musicals [Disc 1]
31	Garland Jeffreys	35 Millimeter Dreams	Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]

It was Nashville West but with a decidedly more amount of midwestern flavoring. Bakersfield was the terminus of most of the migrant traffic from the dust bowl where the hope for a better life was not always fulfilled. So many landed square on the Central Valley and for those who grew up it became a whirlwind post-war prosperity that was familiar: oil drilling, agriculture, almond orchards, cattle raising, and a transportation industry to support it. Those who were raised on country swing and the classic country sounds coming out of Nashville were lucky given Bakersfield’s proximity to the studios of Hollywood and Los Angeles. We’ll hear from many of them, digging into the early years of Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Tommy Collins, Wynn Stewart and a host of other performers who made that blend of rough country, trucking songs, and honky-tonk swing what it would become.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield	All-Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
2	Bill Woods & His Orange Blossom Playboys	Have I Got A Chance With You	Swingbillies
3	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
4	Jean Shepard with Ferlin Husky	A Dear John Letter	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
5	Bud Hobbs	Louisiana Swing	Defining Country Music – The Sounds of Bakersfield
6	Billy Mize	Who Will Buy the Wine	Billy Mize and the Bakersfield Sound (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
7	Rose & The Maddox Brothers	Why Don't You Haul Off & Love Me	Maddox Brothers & Rose
8	Alvadean Coker	We're Gonna Bop	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
9	Tommy Collins	What'cha Gonna Do Now?	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
10	Ferlin Husky	I Feel Better All Over	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
11	Bonnie Blue Bell & Leon Reach & Chic Adams Band	Let's Go	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
12	Billy Mize	Solid Sender	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
13	Bill Carter	I Wanna Feel Good	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
14	Johnny Bond	Three Or Four Nights	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
15	Herb Henson	Goodbye, Baby, Goodbye	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
16	Wynn Stewart	Playboy	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
17	Buck Owens	Hot Dog (with Danny Dedmon)	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
18	Buck Owens	The Key's In The Mailbox	Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard
19	Buck Owens	Love's Gonna Live Here	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
20	Buck Owens	Together Again	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
21	Ferlin Husky	Six Days on the Road	Defining Country Music – The Sounds of Bakersfield
22	Red Simpson	Truck Drivin' Man	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
23	Red Simpson	The Highway Patrol	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
24	Bonnie Owens	Just for the Children's Sake	Warped 6534 – Bonnie Owens – 1964 – 1966
25	Bobby Austin	Apartment #9	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
26	Merle Haggard	Okie From Muskogee	Capitol Collector's Series
27	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Mama Tried (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
28	Dallas Frazier	California Cotton Fields	Singing My Songs
29	Abe Mulkey	Packed Up And Shoved Off	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
30	Wynn Stewart	It's Such A Pretty World Today	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
31	Wynn Stewart	Donna On My Mind	California Country
32	Buck Owens	Act Naturally	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1]
33	Merle Haggard & the Strangers	Please Mr. D.J.	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
34	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield [With Dwight Yoakam]	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
35	Maddox Brothers & Rose	The Death of Rock 'n' Roll	Classic Rockabilly

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