Cocaine is one of a few substances that have served as a muse, both in word and effect, in various forms of art throughout history, particularly in the 20th century. Its influence can be found repeatedly in the music industry, peaking in use during the 1980s when it was used by performer and listener as the disco and party-going atmosphere exploded, Contributing to this bacchanal were films depicting its use (and abuse) with plot themes embracing the white powder in storytelling. Cocaine’s impact is predominant in the genres of rock, jazz, and hip-hop and many performers have openly discussed their cocaine use, and its influence can be heard in lyrics, musical styles, and even album artwork. This week’s show looks at this muse with sounds from Margo Price, The Reverend Horton Heat, Lucille Bogan, Fred Neil and a host of others from 1929 to the present.
| No. | Artist |
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Album |
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| 1 | Roy Hogsed |
Cocaine Blues |
Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys |
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| 2 | Hank Williams III |
Cocaine Blues |
Risin' Outlaw |
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| 3 | Dick Justice |
Cocaine |
Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi |
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| 4 | Carl Martin |
That New Kind Of Stuff |
Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works |
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| 5 | Lucille Bogan |
Baking Powder Blues |
Cocaine Blues |
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| 6 | Johnny Cash |
Cocaine Blues |
Silver |
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| 7 | Billy Hughes |
Cocaine Blues |
Country & Western Hit Parade 1947 |
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| 8 | Son Volt |
Cocaine and Ashes |
American Central Dust |
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| 9 | The Reverend Horton Heat |
Bales of Cocaine |
Holy Roller |
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| 10 | Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys |
Cocaine Blues |
Dance Ranch |
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| 11 | Miss Marcy & Her Texas Sugardaddy's |
Whiskey And Cocaine |
Deep Ellum |
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| 12 | Grateful Dead |
Casey Jones |
Workingman's Dead |
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| 13 | The Byrds |
Take A Whiff On Me |
Untitled / Unissued [Disc 1] |
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| 14 | Fred Neil |
Sweet Cocaine |
The Many Sides Of Fred Neil [Disc 1] |
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| 15 | Woody Guthrie |
Take A Whiff On Me |
Muleskinner Blues (The Asch Recordings, Vol. 2) |
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| 16 | Woody Guthrie |
Bad Lee Brown (Cocaine Blues) (traditional, arr. Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston) |
Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection [Disc 2] |
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| 17 | Jackson Browne |
Cocaine |
Running On Empty |
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| 18 | Dave Van Ronk |
Cocaine |
Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk |
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| 19 | Eric Clapton |
Cocaine |
Slowhand |
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| 20 | Margo Price |
Cocaine Cowboys |
All American Made |
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| 21 | Doc & Merle Watson |
Let the Cocaine Be |
Live & Pickin' |
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| 22 | The Manhattan Transfer |
That Cat Is High |
Anthology – Down In Birdland (Disc 2) |
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| 23 | Chick Webb & His Orchestra |
Wacky Dust |
Cocaine Blues |
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| 24 | Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra |
Kickin' The Gong Around |
Cocaine Blues |
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| 25 | Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra |
Kickin' The Gong Around |
Chronological Cab Calloway (1932-1934) |
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| 26 | Mills Blue Rhythm Band |
Kokey Joe |
Cocaine Blues |
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| 27 | The Spirits of Rhythm |
Junk Man |
Cocaine Blues |
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| 28 | Curtis Mayfield |
Pusherman |
The Very Best Of Curtis Mayfield |
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| 29 | The Ink Spots |
That Cat Is High |
Cocaine Blues |
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| 30 | Memphis Jug Band |
Cocaine Habit Blues |
Cocaine Blues |
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It’s been a while since we went free form so today’s show takes our regular breather from genre-focused explorations, theme, retrospectives and artist-inspired shows. There will be all of that found in the mix this morning. Interspersed between some fresh sounds from the likes of Dylan LeBlanc, Charley Crockett, and a newly revealed Johnny Cash nugget, we’ll be sharing everything from Dave Brubeck to Los Indios Tabajaras, Marvin Rainwater, and Johnny Thunder in our show today. From a pair of Memphis Minnie covers, some country classics from Patsy Cline, swinging rhythm from Louis Jordan, and straight-ahead rock from The Doobie Brothers and The Georgia Satellites…it’s a Friday morning full of Duane Eddy tributes and we’ve even got Slim Whitman…just for you on Sonoma County Community Radio, broadcasting on the FM airwaves out of Occidental, California, and streaming to the whole wide world on kowsfm.com/listen. KOWS-LP 92.5 FM is “Free Speech. No Bull” Community Radio.
| No. | Artist |
Title |
Album |
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| 1 | Duane Eddy |
Forty Miles Of Bad Road |
Dance With The Guitar Man |
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| 2 | Dylan LeBlanc |
Sensitive Kind |
Pastimes |
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| 3 | Down Like Silver |
To the River |
Light That Match – Single |
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| 4 | Johnny Thunder |
Loop De Loop |
The Very Best Of Johnny Thunder |
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| 5 | The Georgia Satellites |
Almost Saturday Night / Rockin' All Over the World |
Rubaiyat Elektra's 40th Anniversary [Disc 2] (1990) |
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| 6 | The Doobie Brothers |
Long Train Runnin' |
The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers [Disc 1] |
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| 7 | Patsy Cline |
Got A Lot Of Rhythm In My Soul |
Volume 3 |
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| 8 | Linda Martell |
I Almost Called Your Name (Remastered 2022) |
Color Me Country (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022) |
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| 9 | Slim Whitman |
Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain |
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection 2013 |
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| 10 | Willie Nelson |
Made In Texas |
The Border |
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| 11 | Duane Eddy |
Dance With The Guitar Man |
Dance With The Guitar Man |
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| 12 | Johnny Cash |
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie |
Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 2] |
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| 13 | T Bone Burnett |
He Came Down |
The Other Side |
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| 14 | Charley Crockett |
Hard Luck & Circumstances |
$10 Cowboy |
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| 15 | Jorma Kaukonen |
Red River Blues |
Blue Country Heart |
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| 16 | Jefferson Airplane |
Embryonic Journey |
Surrealistic Pillow [Bonus Tracks] |
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| 17 | The Dave Brubeck Quartet |
Unsquare Dance |
Silver Linings Playbook: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack |
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| 18 | Los Indios Tabajaras |
Always In My Heart |
Maria Elena/Always In My Heart |
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| 19 | Ria Valk |
Santo Domingo (Fernando, Alfredo En Jose) |
The Wanda Jackson Connection (30 Roots And Covers Of Wanda Jackson) |
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| 20 | Eileen Barton |
Fujiyama Mama |
The Wanda Jackson Connection (30 Roots And Covers Of Wanda Jackson) |
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| 21 | Marvin Rainwater |
Baby, Don't Go |
Whole Lotta Woman |
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| 22 | Clifton Chenier |
Me And My Chauffeur |
King Of The Bayous |
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| 23 | Louis Jordan |
Caldonia |
Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie |
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| 24 | Jim McCracklin |
Think |
Living The Blues – 1965 – 1969 Blues Classics |
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| 25 | Howlin' Wolf |
300 Pounds Of Joy |
Legends of Guitar – Electric Blues (Vol. 1) |
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| 26 | Sonny Boy Williamson II |
One Way Out |
The Real Folk Blues |
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| 27 | Jimmy Reed |
Hush, Hush |
The Very Best of Jimmy Reed |
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| 28 | John Lee Hooker |
It Serves You Right To Suffer |
The Definitive Collection |
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| 29 | Johnny Cash |
Well Alright |
Songwriter |
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| 30 | Lydia & Her Melody Strings |
Just A Queen For A Day |
The Wanda Jackson Connection (30 Roots And Covers Of Wanda Jackson) |
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| 31 | Duane Eddy |
Rebel Rouser |
Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology [Disc 1] |
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| 32 | Duane Eddy |
Ramrod |
Twang Thang: The Duane Eddy Anthology [Disc 1] |
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There’s hardly a branch or root extension of American music that is not somehow connected the gospel. The themes of love, betrayal, birth, death, and the soul’s redemption have all long been played out repeatedly in the pulpit each and every Sunday. Thoughts and prayers are easily spent when the hard work isn’t as palpable to deal with. This week’s show blends the gospel of the Baptist, Pentacostal and Church of Christ as they were the big leader of the rafter shakers on the way to “Beulah Land” with a little bit of swing and country favorites. Tune in for music that runs the gospel gamut from the Soul Satisfiers of Philadelphia and the Gospel Songbirds to Sister Oda Mae Terrell and the country pairings of the Chuck Wagon Gang, Mac Wiseman, Kitty Wells, and of course, Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson. Deeper Roots revisits some gospel classics in another Friday morning blend of the past 100 years of America’s music. Here on KOWS Community Radio. Free Speech. No Bull.
| No. | Artist |
Title |
Album |
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| 1 | Rev.Willingham And The Swanee Quintet |
That's The Spirit |
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 |
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| 2 | Maria Muldaur with Tuba Skinny |
Swing You Sinners |
Let's Get Happy Together |
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| 3 | Tony Bennett |
Sing You Sinners [#] |
The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1 |
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| 4 | The Brothers Comatose |
Modern Day Sinners |
Respect The Van |
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| 5 | Billy Ward & The Dominoes |
Little Black Train |
Vol. 4-21 Hits |
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| 6 | The Robins |
That's What The Good Book Says |
Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52 |
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| 7 | Freddie & The Hitch Hikers |
Sinners |
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 |
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| 8 | Gospel Songbirds |
The Bible Is Right |
The Best Of Nashboro Gospel |
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| 9 | Sister O. M. Terrell |
The Bible's Right |
Country Gospel 1946-1953 |
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| 10 | Sister O.M. Terrell |
I'm Going To That City |
Preachin' The Gospel – Holy Blues |
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| 11 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
Look In The Good Book Brother |
Sister On Tour |
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| 12 | Soul Satisfiers Of Philadelphia |
Run On Home And Live With God |
Powerhouse Gospel Vol 1 |
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| 13 | The Swan Silvertones |
Sinner Man |
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) |
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| 14 | The Soul Stirrers |
Sinner Run To Jesus (Take 1) |
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) |
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| 15 | The Weavers |
Sinner Man |
Wasn't That A Time – Disc 2 – This Land Is Your Land |
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| 16 | Woody Guthrie |
Little Black Train |
Muleskinner Blues (The Asch Recordings, Vol. 2) |
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| 17 | Johnny Cash |
I Hung My Head |
American IV: Man Comes Around |
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| 18 | Johnny Cash |
Unclouded Day |
Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South |
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| 19 | Chuck Wagon Gang |
Sinner, You'll Miss Heaven |
1941-1948 (Warped 4128) |
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| 20 | Kitty Wells |
Dust on the Bible |
Dust on the Bible (1959) |
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| 21 | Willie Nelson |
Family Bible |
One Hell Of A Ride |
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| 22 | Mac Wiseman |
I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap |
Most Requested |
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| 23 | Cowboy Copas |
Four Books In The Bible |
Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel |
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| 24 | Elvis Presley |
Run On |
Artist of the Century Disc 2 |
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| 25 | The Kendalls |
Heaven's Just A Sin Away |
Country Gold-1 |
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| 26 | The Whitstein Brothers |
Sinner You'd Better Get Ready |
Old Time Duets |
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| 27 | Johnny Cash |
God's Gonna Cut You Down |
American V: A Hundred Highways |
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| 28 | Reverend Robert Ballinger And The Gospel Chimes |
John Saw |
How Sweet it Was |
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| 29 | Nina Simone |
Gin House Blues |
The Amazing |
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| 30 | Fern Jones |
I Am A Pilgrim And A Stranger |
The Glory Road |
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| 31 | Sister Rosetta Tharpe |
Lay Down Your Soul |
Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record |
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| 32 | Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys |
Rank Stranger |
Classic Bluegrass |
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| 33 | Eddy Arnold |
Sinner's Prayer |
Warped 5133 – Eddy Arnold – 1951 |
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| 34 | Buddy Miller |
There's A Higher Power |
Universal United House Of Prayer |
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| 35 | Johnny Cash |
The Old Rugged Cross |
Johnny Cash Sings Precious Memories |
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A Century of America's Music