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Rain Theme

September 28, 2024 Dave

Seven years after our community was ravaged by three different wildfires, we’re going to focus on the theme of rain in our show today. Call it a rain dance if you must but we’re hoping that not only will the weather give us one more year of respite from the flaming torrent of climate change-induced wildfires but also make it two years in a row with reservoir replenishment. So why not a theme that promotes rainy weather? We’ll go to every genre corner in the show today: gospel, jazz, country, rock ‘n roll, soul and rhythm & blues. Tune in for a themed collection this morning that includes the likes of Glenn Yarbrough, Percy Sledge, Leon Russell, Lonnie Johnson and Billy “The Kid” Emerson. There’s a whole lot more so join in and find out. A sunny September morning leads us to our rain dance…or whatever you call it.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Sons of the Pioneers	Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (Remastered)	Anthology: The Definitive Collection (Remastered)
2	Buddy Guy	Feels Like Rain	Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy
3	Hugh Laurie	Didn't It Rain	Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
4	Sons Of South	Didn't It Rain Children	The Best Of Nashboro Gospel
5	Lew Childre	It Don't Do Nothing but Rain	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
6	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Buy for Me the Rain	Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 1
7	Sir Douglas Quintet	The Rains Came	Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet
8	Eddie Rabbitt	I Love A Rainy Night	Superstars Of Country
9	Albert Lee	Rainbows All Over Your Blues	The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons
10	Buddy Holly	Raining in My Heart	The Definitive Collection
11	The Cascades	Rhythm of the Rain	Teen Ballads Disc 2
12	Lonnie Johnson	Pouring Down Rain	Complete Folkways Recordings
13	John Hammond, Jr.	Little Rain Falling	Country Blues
14	Billy "The Kid" Emerson	When It Rains, It Pours	Living The Blues: Blues Classics 1955-1956
15	Big Maybelle	Rain Down Rain	The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55
16	Leon Russell	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall	Leon Russell And The Shelter People [Bonus Tracks]
17	Irma Thomas	It's Raining	Time Is on My Side: The Best of Irma Thomas, Vol. 1
18	Irma Thomas	I Think It's Going to Rain Today	Simply Grand
19	Madeleine Peyroux	California Rain	Half The Perfect World
20	Billie Holiday	Come Rain Or Come Shine	Billie's Best
21	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Have You Ever Seen The Rain	Rock Steady 1971: Celebrating Starbucks 35th Anniversary
22	The Mavericks	Here Comes the Rain	Music for All Occasions
23	The Serendipity Singers	Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)	My Music Original Masters Folk Rewind [Disc 2]
24	Glenn Yarbrough	Baby the Rain Must Fall	Pop Memories of the 60s: Vol. 4- Blue Velvet [Disc 1]
25	Roy Orbison	Leaving Makes The Rain Come Down	One of the Lonely Ones
26	The Everly Brothers	Crying in the Rain	Singles / EP's /Radio / Live
27	Merle Travis	Rainy Day Feeling	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
28	Grandpa Jones	It's Raining Here This Morning (Remake)	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56
29	The Birmingham Sunlights	It's Gonna Rain	Folk Masters
30	Simon & Garfunkel	Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall	Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
31	Percy Sledge	I Wish It Would Rain	Blue Night
32	Nick Lowe	Raining Raining	Nick's Knack

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Fifties Country, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues

Also Rans 1956

September 21, 2024 Dave

The charts for the year 1956 were overtaken by Elvis. No question. There were a few others that illuminated the jukebox namely Fats Domino, Webb Pierce, Little Richard, and The Platters. Rock ‘n roll’s impact swept the floor with most burying some fairly incredible performances in it’s wake. Call it an avalanche. Call it a mudslide. Call it what you like. As I began to assemble a show looking at the top of the charts for the year, I found that starting at the bottom and working my way up was a revelation. Whether it was country, rhythm & blues, rock ‘n roll or pop…there were some delicious also-rans that I could not ignore so chose to ignore the Top 30 and focused today’s show on the so-called losers below the waterline of the Top 40. And what a joy it was! We’ll hear from some of them including Big Joe Turner, The Dells, LaVern Baker, Clyde McPhatter, Carl Smith and Kitty Wells in today’s show. I hope you’ll find some time, morning, noon or night, to listen in.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Ernie Freeman Combo	Jivin' Around, Part 1	Blowing The Fuse: 1956
2	Bo Diddley	Pretty Thing	Blowing The Fuse: 1956
3	Chuck Berry	Too Much Monkey Business	Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
4	Big Joe Turner	The Chicken and the Hawk	Big Joe Rocks
5	LaVern Baker	I Can't Love You Enough	Rock & Roll
6	Clyde McPhatter	Seven Days	Rock & Roll
7	Chuck Willis	Juanita	I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
8	Chuck Willis	It's Too Late	Blowing The Fuse: 1956
9	The Clovers	Devil or Angel	Doo Wop Box Disc 2
10	The Dells	Oh What A Nite	The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 1]
11	The Moonglows	See Saw	Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1]
12	Little Willie John	Home At Last	Fever: The Best Of Little Willie John
13	Ray Charles	Lonely Avenue	Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks
14	Otis Williams & His Charms	Ivory Tower	Rhythm & Blues 1952-1959 – Music Sampler, Vol. 2
15	The Five Keys	Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind	Doo Wop Vocal Group Greats
16	The G-Clefs	Ka-Ding Dong	Gems from the Columbia Vaults, Pt. 1
17	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Ain't Got No Home	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
18	Sil Austin	Slow Walk	Great Instrumental Hits Of The 50s-80s (10 Songs)
19	Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra With Eddie Heywood	Canadian Sunset	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
20	June Carter Cash	Juke Box Blues	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
21	Eddy Arnold	You Don't Know Me	Warped 5543 – Eddy Arnold – 1955
22	Webb Pierce	Teenage Boogie	All Hits! [Disc 2]
23	Johnny Horton	093-Honky Tonk Man	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
24	The Louvin Brothers	Cash On The Barrelhead	Capitol Country Music Classics
25	Kitty Wells	The Lonely Side of Town	The Complete Country Hits
26	Sonny James	The Cat Came Back	Singles
27	Marty Robbins	I Can't Quit (I've Gone Too Far)	The Essential Marty Robbins: 1951-1982
28	Porter Wagoner	Tryin' to Forget the Blues	The Essential Porter Wagoner
29	Tennessee Ernie Ford	That's All	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
30	Hank Thompson	I'm Not Mad, Just Hurt	Most Of All
31	Sanford Clark	The Fool	Chills & Fever: The Dot Records Story 1955-1962
32	Choir / Faron Young / Hubert Long	Turn Her Down	The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (1 of 2)
33	Carl Smith	Wicked Lies	Kisses Don't Lie
34	Wanda Jackson	I Gotta Know	Rockin' With Wanda [US Bonus Tracks]
35	Frankie Lymon & the Teenagers/Jimmy Wright	The ABC's of Love	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
36	The Chordettes	Born To Be With You	Four By Four – Girl Groups

Summer of Broken Hearts

September 14, 2024 Dave

The debate is over; what’s say we have ourselves another. There’s certainly no debating democracy at work. Today’s Deeper Roots show will find us circulating through the connective tissue of song: themes that connect with one another. A little bit of eclectic free form fused with all the delightful sounds of country, pop, rock and tradition. Our guiding light will be the truth and the American way. Yes, there’s always bubble gum, apple pie, and Sunday church but then we also have the bats**t crazies who will blame all the good, the bad and the ugly on those who don’t resemble themselves or their own views. So take a break with us on this summer of broken hearts and we’ll share country from Don Gibson to Rosanne Cash, rock and roll from The Stray Cats to Fats Domino, and a little bit of sass and blues from Etta James and Charles Brown. Summer’s almost over and election day is fast approaching. So make sure you vote.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Sarah Vaughan	Broken Hearted Melody	Ultimate Sarah Vaughan (Selected by Dee Dee Bridgewater)
2	Chris Isaak	Lonely With A Broken Heart	San Francisco Days
3	k.d. lang & the Reclines	Trail of Broken Hearts	Absolute Torch and Twang
4	Rosanne Cash	The Way We Make A Broken Heart [Album Version]	King's Record Shop
5	Al Green	How Can You Mend A Broken Heart	The Virgin Suicides
6	Don Williams	Some Broken Hearts Will Never Mend	The Definitive Collection
7	Don Gibson	I Can Mend Your Broken Heart	The Complete Recordings 1952-1962
8	Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers	My Heart Is Mended	Sunny Road
9	Gram Parsons	Hearts On Fire	G.P. / Grievous Angel
10	Kelly Dalton	I'm On Fire	Home – EP
11	Nikki Lane	Love's On Fire	All or Nothin' (Deluxe)
12	Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys	Settin' The Woods On Fire	Back At The Quonset Hut
13	Fats Domino	I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire	This Is Gold Disc 2
14	Leon Redbone	Settin' By The Fire	Whistling In The Wind
15	Etta James	Let's Burn Down The Cornfield	Enduring Soul
16	Etta James	Jump Into My Fire	Seven Year Itch
17	The Brothers Four	Greenfields	Best Of The Folk Era
18	Peter Wolf	The Green Fields Of Summer [with Neko Case]	Midnight Souvenirs
19	Nanci Griffith	Fields Of Summer	Late Night Grande Hotel
20	Stray Cats	Lonely Summer Nights	Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92
21	The Four Preps	Lazy Summer Night	Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 3]
22	Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta	Summer Nights	Grease
23	Steve Forbert	Steve Forbert's Midsummer Night's Toast	The Best of Steve Forbert: What Kinda Guy?
24	The Beach Boys	Your Summer Dream	Surfer Girl
25	Link Wray & The Wraymen	Summer Dream	Destination Beach: 30 Tunes For Dancing In The Sand
26	Rodney Crowell	Voila, An American Dream	Collection
27	Hayes Carll	American Dream	What It Is
28	Elvis Presley	An American Trilogy	Fifty Years Of Hits
29	Willie Nelson	By the Rivers of Babylon	Gospel Favorites

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Free Form, Oldies, Rock

Ride Away

September 9, 2024 Dave

It’s a mellow, laid back collection of sounds from the past century for you this morning. The “ember” months have arrived and we’re winding our way through the last sunsets of summer. So lay down your burdens and join us on another Deeper Roots Friday morning as we share some sweet sounds from near and far, all anchored in an American landscape of dreams and waning nights of warmth. And warmth is what we’ll focus on…from JJ Cale and Leon Russell to Leo Reisman’s Orchestra, Sam Cooke, Randy Newman and Levon Helm. All of this and more, as they say, as we approach the final two months of election promises. I’m hoping that everyone’s placed a high value on truth and goodness because the hate, the lies, the gutter talk all need to be evaporated at long last. Send the vermin back into their holes of hate and let’s get on with the business of making our lives better. Because it’s not politicians that can do that. It’s us.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	John Prine	Speed of the Sound of Loneliness	German Afternoons
2	Roy Orbison	Ride Away	Classic "MGM" Roy Orbison 1965 – 68
3	Dire Straits	Ticket To Heaven	On Every Street
4	Eddie Lang	Blue Guitars	Jazz Guitar Virtuoso
5	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Stormy Monday Blues	Legends of Guitar – Electric Blues (Vol. 1)
6	Ray Charles with Norah Jones	Here We Go Again	…Featuring Norah Jones
7	Ray Charles	Crying Time	Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
8	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars	You Got Me	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
9	Leon Russell	Lady Blue	Retrospective
10	J.J. Cale	Magnolia	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
11	Louis Armstrong	When It's Sleepy Time Down South	The Ultimate Collection [Disc 3]
12	Hoagy Carmichael	Lazy Bones	Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody
13	Leo Reisman & His Orchestra	Lazy Lullaby	Society Swing
14	Santo & Johnny	Lazy Day	Santo & Johnny: Collection [Disc 2]
15	Charlie McCoy	Walkin' After Midnight	Classic Country
16	Randy Newman	Baltimore	The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2
17	Sam Cooke	Bring It on Home to Me	Greatest Hits
18	Etta James	I'd Rather Go Blind	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
19	The Arthur Lyman Group	Yellow Bird	Music For a Bachelor's Den More Of The Best Of The Arthur Lyman Group: 6
20	Willie Nelson	Blue Hawaii	Honeymoon in Vegas
21	Chet Atkins/Mark Knopfler	Tahitian Skies	Neck and Neck
22	Jason Wilber	Your Destiny	Lazy Afternoon
23	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Old Cape Cod	Standard Songs for Average People
24	Bill Frisell	Poem For Eva	Good Dog, Happy Man
25	Kevin Russell	Lay Down Your Burden	You Don't Know Me
26	Mississippi John Hurt	Since I've Laid My Burden Down	Immortal
27	Irma Thomas	River Is Waiting	Simply Grand
28	Willie Nelson	House Of Gold	Country Music
29	Calvin Cooke	Since I Laid My Burden Down	The Best Of Sacred Steel
30	Emmylou Harris	Mister Sandman	Profile II: The Best Of Emmylou Harris

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Summer of Broken Hearts

Ride Away

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