Good times, bad times…let’s take a theme trip to schooldays past in music this week. Whether you were a product of the fifties, sixties or beyond, you remember your favorite music. We’ll be zooming in on sounds from that era in the show today as we explore the high school theme with topics like ‘lettered sweaters’…what ever happened to those? Or maybe the reminder of the bell or buzzer in the hallways. Or maybe that favorite after school rendezvous spot. We’ll be sharing music that celebrated school and affairs of the young at heart with tracks from The 5 Royals, Johnny Burnette, Gary US Bonds and some other favorites as well as some unknowns from some dusty 45s buried deep in the archives. Namely Nicky & The Nobles, Johnny & The Jammers, and Herbie Alpert & His Sextet. Quite the fun today so drop by.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
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| 1 | The Beach Boys | School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell) | Ten Years of Harmony Disc 1 |  |
| 2 | Chuck Berry | School Days | The Chess Box Disc 1 | |
| 3 | Mickey & Sylvia | Love Will Make You Fail in School | Love Is Strange and It Will Make You Fail in School | |
| 4 | The 5 Royales | School Girl | The Complete Singles 1952-1962 | |
| 5 | Smiley Lewis | School Days Are Back Again | I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 4 | |
| 6 | Jerry Lee Lewis | High School Confidential | 36 All-Time Greatest Hits [Disc 2] | |
| 7 | Johnny & The Jammers | School Day Blues | Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins | |
| 8 | Johnny Burnette | Skippin' School | The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 6 | |
| 9 | Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers | Waitin' In School (Live at the Fillmore 1997) | Live at the Fillmore, 1997 (Deluxe) | |
| 10 | Rick Nelson | Back to Schooldays | The Last Time Around [1970-1982][CD1] | |
| 11 | Dave Edmunds | Back to School Days | Single Trax 1970-1981 | |
| 12 | Dave Edmunds | High School Nights | Porky's Revenge! [Expanded] | |
| 13 | Billy Harlan | School House Rock | That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 6 (Us Decca, Vol. 2) | |
| 14 | Wynn Stewart | School Bus Love Affair | Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack | |
| 15 | Toni Rossini | (Meet Me) After School | Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era | |
| 16 | Nicky & The Nobles | School Bells | War Paint – The Gone Records Story | |
| 17 | Bobby Rydell | Swingin' School | Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits | |
| 18 | The Beach Boys | Be True to Your School | 20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits | |
| 19 | Jan & Dean | The New Girl In School | Greatest Hits | |
| 20 | Gary (U.S.) Bonds | School Is Out | American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 | |
| 21 | Herbie Alpert & His Sextet | Summer School | Another Banana Split, please | |
| 22 | Betty Grable | Don't Carry Tales Out Of School | The Pin-Up Girl (Disc 2) | |
| 23 | Austin McCoy & Frankie Ervin | High School Baby | Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 5]: West Coast Blues V1 | |
| 24 | Nat King Cole Trio | You Don't Learn That In School | The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1] | |
| 25 | Paul Simon | Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard | Paul Simon | |
| 26 | Taj Mahal | Good Morning Little School Girl | Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home | |
| 27 | Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band | Good Morning Schoolgirl | Blues Masters, Vol. 7: Blues Revival | |
| 28 | NRBQ | Still In School | Peek-A-Boo: The Best Of NRBQ, 1969-1989 [Disc 1] | |
| 29 | James Intveld | High School Hellcats | Cry-Baby | |
| 30 | The Ramones | Rock 'N' Roll High School | End of the Century | |
| 31 | Wee Willie Harris | Back To School Again | Their Greatest Misses | |
| 32 | Ricky Nelson | Waitin' In School | Legacy [Disc 1] | |
| 33 | Alex Chilton | The New Girl in School | A Man Called Destruction | |
| 34 | Louis Jordan | School Days | Jivin' With Jordan | |
| 35 | Tom Paxton | What Did You Learn In School Today? | Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound | |
Country duets have been a hallmark of the genre and this week we’ll spend a couple of hours sampling some old, some new, some sappy and some without peer. From Rose and Buck to George and Tammy, we’ll be spending time with some real down home pairings singing songs of loose talk, booze, suspicion, holding on to what you’ve got and a whole lot more. There’s a range of topics beyond that and most involve cheatin’, lovin’ and fightin’…just what you’d expect from the base. The pairings are not necessarily all husband and wife as we’ve got a few that go beyond that rail like Dwight and Buck, the Hanks, and Waylon and Willie. Tune in Friday morning for a countrified, if not rarified, journey with some classic country duets.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
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| 1 | John Prine/Iris Dement | In Spite of Ourselves | In Spite of Ourselves | |
| 2 | John Prine With Melba Montgomery | Milwaukee Here I Come | In Spite Of Ourselves | |
| 3 | Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash | Jackson | Classic Country Great Duets [Disc 1] | |
| 4 | Johnny Cash & June Carter | It Ain't Me, Babe | Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter | |
| 5 | Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash | Girl From The North Country | Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2] | |
| 6 | Buck Owens & Rose Maddox | Loose Talk | Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2] | |
| 7 | Buck Owens | Under Your Spell Again (Duet With Dwight Yoakam) | Hot Dog | |
| 8 | Buck Owens/Dwight Yoakam | Streets of Bakersfield | Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 1 | |
| 9 | Dwight Yoakam/Sheryl Crow | Baby Don't Go | Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2 | |
| 10 | Emmylou Harris & The Band | Evangeline | Duets | |
| 11 | Linda Ronstadt | I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) (w/Emmylou Harris) | Duets | |
| 12 | Emmylou Harris & Gram Parsons | Love Hurts | Duets | |
| 13 | k.d. lang (with Roy Orbison) | Crying | Recollection CD 2 | |
| 14 | Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr. | There's A Tear In My Beer | Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10 | |
| 15 | Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves | I Fall To Pieces [Album Version (Manufactured Duet)] | Remembering | |
| 16 | Alison Krauss/Gillian Welch | I'll Fly Away | O Brother, Where Art Thou? | |
| 17 | Robert Plant & Alison Krauss | Please Read The Letter | Raising Sand | |
| 18 | Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson | Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys | RCA Country Legends [Disc 2] | |
| 19 | Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter | Suspicious Minds | Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2] | |
| 20 | George Jones & Tammy Wynette | We're Gonna Hold On | Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2] | |
| 21 | Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton | The Last Thing On My Mind | Dolly [Disc 1] | |
| 22 | Ashley Monroe | You Ain't Dolly (And You Ain't Porter) [Duet with Blake Shelton] | Like A Rose | |
| 23 | Ray Charles & Willie Nelson | Seven Spanish Angels | The Many Sides Of Willie Nelson [Cd 3 "Duets"] (1992) | |
| 24 | Marty Stuart | This One's Gonna Hurt You (For A Long, Long Time) | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of Marty Stuart | |
| 25 | George Jones/Merle Haggard | Yesterday's Wine [Duet] | The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years | |
| 26 | John C. Reilly & Angela Correa | Let's Duet | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition] | |
| 27 | Dottie West Duet with Don Gibson | There's A Story (Goin' Round) | The Essential Dottie West | |
| 28 | Randy Travis | Happy Trails (Duet With Roy Rogers) | Heroes & Friends | |
It’s a brand new year! Turn off the TV and tune into community radio for your best time. This year’s news will be one of politics, war, and overall bad behavior from the middling underbelly and radio will at least bring you a brief respite from what ails us. This week’s Deeper Roots will be another free form romp of genre-bending fun with a mix of soul, blues, country, rock and gospel. Tune in for some Norah Jones, Chris Isaak, Tom Petty, and Donna The Buffalo as we take our first steps into 2024. We’ll have a set that features signs and signifiers alongside the encouragement of Sister Mahalia as we keep our hand on the plow, the story telling of Luther’s picking from Johnny Cash, and we’ll also be ‘watching the signals’ with Bullmoose Jackson and Brenton Wood. Join Dave Stroud on another Friday morning featuring a century of America’s music on Sonoma County Community Radio, KOWS-LP 92.5 Occidental. Streaming all across the world on kowsfm.com/listen.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
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| 1 | Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra | Shorty's Got to Go | Greatest R&B Hits of 1946, Vol. 4 | |
| 2 | Living Sisters | Good Ole Wagon | Love To Live | |
| 3 | Ella Mae Morse | Rockin' And Rollin' | Best Of The Rockabilly Rockin' Years | |
| 4 | Elvis Presley | I Gotta Know | Elvis #1 Singles | |
| 5 | Chris Isaak | It's Now or Never | Beyond the Sun (Deluxe Version) | |
| 6 | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers | California | Songs and Music From "She's the One" | |
| 7 | Donna The Buffalo | Locket And Key | Silverlined | |
| 8 | Johnny Cash | Luther Played The Boogie | Get Rhythm [Sun] | |
| 9 | Tennessee Ernie Ford | I Ain't A-Gonna Let It Happen No More | Vintage Collections | |
| 10 | Robert Gordon | Drivin' Wheel [*] | Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials | |
| 11 | She & Him | Gonna Get Along Without You Now | Volume Two | |
| 12 | The Fleetwoods | Mr. Blue | Red, White & Rock Disc 1 | |
| 13 | Norah Jones featuring Dolly Parton | Creepin' In (feat. Dolly Parton) | …Featuring Norah Jones | |
| 14 | Judy Collins | Someday Soon | Colors Of The Day: The Best Of Judy Collins | |
| 15 | JD McPherson | Signs & Signifiers | Signs & Signifiers | |
| 16 | Albert King | Born Under A Bad Sign | Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] | |
| 17 | Brenton Wood | Gimme Little Sign | Brenton Wood's 18 Best | |
| 18 | Bull Moose Jackson | Watch My Signals | The Rough and Rowdy Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1 | |
| 19 | Ralph Stanley | God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign [Album Version] | A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family | |
| 20 | Bob Dylan | Everything Is Broken | The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs [Disc 1] | |
| 21 | Tom Sullivan | Homeward Bound – The Old Slipper Shoe [instrumental] | Classic Maritime Music | |
| 22 | Mahalia Jackson | Keep Your Hand on the Plow | The World's Greatest Gospel Singer | |
| 23 | Robert Plant | Central Two-O-Nine | Band Of Joy | |
| 24 | The Temptations | Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) | Classic Soul Ballads: Sweet Thing [Disc 1] | |
| 25 | Dionne Warwick | Don't Make Me Over | Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits | |
| 26 | Gene McDaniels with The Johnny Mann Singers | Point Of No Return | On The Soul Side | |
| 27 | The Lovin' Spoonful | You Didn't Have to Be So Nice | Daydream [Original LP] | |
| 28 | Rick Nelson | Travelin' Man | The Best of Rick Nelson, Vol. 2 | |
| 29 | The Cookies | Chains | The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] | |
| 30 | The Isley Brothers | Shout, Pts. 1-2 | Red, White & Rock Disc 1 | |
| 31 | V V Brown | Crazy Amazing | Travelling Like The Light | |
We’ll look back to 2023 with the indelible sounds of those we lost this past year. There were some losses that cut deep and we intend to pay tribute to each and every one who contributed their artistry to the past century of America’s music. There is hardly room in the two hours we have to touch on all of those, no matter their contribution but we have a couple from across the pond that deserve mentioning among the musicians, songwriters and producers who made their mark. The past century of America’s music has brought talent, wit and wisdom, and the artists’ take on arrangement, delivery, and rhythm. This was another year of profound loss including the likes of the prolific Tony Bennett and Harry Belafonte, the boomer favorites like David Crosby, Jimmy Buffett and Jeff Beck, and the musical geniuses like Burt Bacharach, David Lindley, and Ahmad Jamal. Join us.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Buy |
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| 1 | The Pogues | If I Should Fall from Grace With God | Essential Pogues | |
| 2 | The Yardbirds | The Nazz Are Blue | Ultimate! Disc 2 | |
| 3 | BTO | Takin' Care Of Business (Randy Bachman) | Songs For The Open Road [Platinum Legends] | |
| 4 | David Crosby | Music Is Love | If I Could Only Remember My Name | |
| 5 | The Association | Cherish | Pop Memories of the '60s – Vol. 6, My Special Angel | |
| 6 | Gary Wright | Dream Weaver | Sounds Of The Seventies: 1976 | |
| 7 | Jackson Browne & David Lindley | Mercury Blues (Intro) | Love Is Strange [Disc 1] | |
| 8 | David Lindley | El Rayo X | El Rayo-X | |
| 9 | Jimmy Buffett | Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes | Meet Me in Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection Disc 1 | |
| 10 | It's a Beautiful Day | White Bird | Walk on the Moon | |
| 11 | Ian & Sylvia | Four Strong Winds | The Time Life Treasury Of Folk Music [Disc 2] | |
| 12 | Gordon Lightfoot | Early Morning Rain | Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 12 The Heartland And Canada | |
| 13 | Harry Belafonte | Jump in the Line | All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 | |
| 14 | The Serendipity Singers | Beans In My Ears (LEN CHANDLER) | Time Life – The Folk Years – Reason To Believe [Disc 2] | |
| 15 | Dixie Chicks | The Thrill Is in the Chase | Shouldn't a Told You That | |
| 16 | The Ames Brothers | The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane | Magic Moments | |
| 17 | April Stevens | I Want A Lip | Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence | |
| 18 | The Righteous Brothers | (You're My) Soul and Inspiration | The Very Best of the Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody | |
| 19 | Tony Bennett | Rags to Riches | Your Hit Parade – 1953 | |
| 20 | Aretha Franklin | I Say A Little Prayer | Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 2] | |
| 21 | Paul & Paula | Hey Paula | Teen Ballads Disc 2 | |
| 22 | George Maharis | (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 | The Epic Story 1960 | |
| 23 | The Earls | Remember Then | Doo Wop Love Songs | |
| 24 | Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns | Don't You Just Know It | Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1 | |
| 25 | Barrett Strong | Money (That's What I Want) | Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1 | |
| 26 | The Drifters | Sweets For My Sweet (CHARLIE THOMAS) | The Definitive Soul Collection [Disc 2] | |
| 27 | Tina Turner | The Best | Simply The Best | |
| 28 | Parliament | Up For The Down Stroke | In Yo' Face!: The History Of Funk, Vol. 1 | |
| 29 | Jean Knight | Mr. Big Stuff | Pure Funk | |
| 30 | The Pointer Sisters | KSAN Pointer Sisters Intro | KSAN's Live Jive | |
| 31 | The Pointer Sisters | Fire | 70s Music Explosion – Miracles Disc 2 | |
| 32 | Dwight Twilley Band | I'm on Fire | Poptopia! 70's Power Pop Classics | |
| 33 | Kool & The Gang | Ladies' Night | Disco Fever [Disc 1] | |
| 34 | Walter "Wolfman" Washington | Tailspin | Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans | |
| 35 | Ahmad Jamal | The Surrey With The Fringe On Top | Okeh Jazz | |
| 36 | Wayne Shorter | Tenderfoot | Jazz Essentials Volume 3 | |
| 37 | Eagles | Take It to the Limit | The Very Best of the Eagles [2003] Disc 1 | |
| 38 | Jim & Jesse | Hard Hearted | Hand-Picked: 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records [Disc 2] | |
| 39 | Mac Wiseman, Bobby Osborne & Jesse McReynolds | Bluebirds Are Singing For Me | Bluegrass Legands – Live At The Ryman | |
| 40 | Lord Creator | Don't Stay Out Late | The Real Jamaica Ska | |
| 41 | Robbie Robertson | Somewhere Down The Crazy River | Robbie Robertson [UK] | |
A Century of America's Music
