Amen!

We’re taking a slow walk back to the gospel well this morning, exploring a particularly expansive landscape of classic hymns, choir harmonies, and new-fangled secular reflections from the likes of Elizabeth King, Ben Harper and Amy Helm. There are also the traditional pulpit pounders like Elder Charles Beck, jubilee and country groups including The Jordanaires (with and without Elvis) and The Golden Gate Quintet, as well as a sampling old favorites from Johnny Cash, The Blue Sky Boys and the Neville Brothers. It’s a morning dish of reflection and exploration once again as we take that deep dive into the gospel classics once more. Hope you can climb aboard that gospel train and redeem your ticket to the great beyond.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Elizabeth King & The Gospel Souls Testify Living in the Last Days Amazon
2Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue Plastic Jesus Set Two Amazon
3The Amazing Rhythm Aces Amazing Grace (Used to Be Her Favorite Song) Stacked Deck Amazon
4The Staple Singers He's Got the Whole World In His Hands Amen/Why Amazon
5The Jordaniares Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho The Jordaniares Gospel Amazon
6Washboard Rhythm Kings, Washboard Rhythm Band Shoutin' in the Amen Corner All Time Jazz: Washboard Rhythm Kings Amazon
7Abraham Alexander Amen SEA/SONS Amazon
8Colleen Kattau Amen to the Freedom Rides Besos Kisses Amazon
9Johnny Cash Amen [Album Version] Orange Blossom Special Amazon
10Drive-By Truckers Thoughts and Prayers (Radio Edit) The Unraveling Amazon
11Judy Collins Amazing Grace Forever: [Disc 2] Amazon
12Sonny Treadway Amazing Grace Sacred Steel Guitar Amazon
13The Zion Travelers Milky White Way This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982 Amazon
14Elvis Presley Milky White Way His Hand in Mine Amazon
15Elvis Presley Working on the Building He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1 Amazon
16The Blue Sky Boys The Lord Be With Us, Amen Classic Country Remastered CD E Amazon
17Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite When I Go No Mercy In This Land Amazon
18Elder Charles Beck Didn't It Rain Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats Amazon
19Mahalia Jackson Didn't It Rain 16 Most Requested Songs Amazon
20Fern Jones I Do Believe The Glory Road Amazon
21Amy Helm Ain't That Good News Didn't It Rain Amazon
22Rounders Power In The Blood Around With The Gospel Amazon
23Paul Newman Plastic Jesus Cool Hand Luke Amazon
24Tia Blake Plastic Jesus Folksongs & Ballads Amazon
25Paul Thorn Soon I Will Be Done Don't Let The Devil Ride Amazon
26Tom Waits The Soul Of A Man God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
27Harrod's Jubilee Singers Joshua Fought The Battle Of Jericho (Pm 12116, 12116B) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
28Josh White Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (mono) The Elektra Years – disc 1 Amazon
29The Golden Gate Quartet Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho Vol. 5 (1945-1949) Amazon
30Angelic Gospel Singers and Dixie Hummingbirds One Day Gospel Music Amazon
31The Zion Harmonizers Old Time Religion Ultimate Gospel Fest Amazon
32The Soul Stirrers Wade In The Water Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story: 1959 – 1965 [Disc 1] Amazon

Deeper Roots of Rock

Deeper Roots means just that…and this week we’re spinning some blues, gospel, r&b, and swing … all music that introduced the rhythm that would become known as rock ‘n roll. We’ll go as far back as the late 1930s with Joe Turner and Pete Johnson and make the picaresque journey across the alleys, juke joints, and house parties where tradition and urban electric blues became the foundation of a sound. We’ll share blues from Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker and a handful of others. Also on tap, Goree Carter, Sticks McGhee, Amos Milburn and Julia Lee with some rhythm and blues and jump whose beat and attitude would influence many a rock ‘n roll musician and songwriter. Also on board: Hadda Brooks, Ray Charles, Louis Jordan and Tiny Bradshaw. Don’t miss a wailin’, rockin’ morning here on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Big Joe Turner Roll 'em Pete Malcolm X: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Amazon
2Champion Jack Dupree Junker's Blues Junker's Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.59) Amazon
3Joe Liggins The Honeydripper Part 1 The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 3] Amazon
4Sister Rosetta Tharpe Strange Things Happening Every Day Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of Amazon
5Charles Brown Driftin' Blues Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him Amazon
6Hadda Brooks Swingin' The Boogie I've Got News For You [Disc 2] Amazon
7The Ravens Write Me A Letter Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
8T-Bone Walker Call It Stormy Monday Raw Blues Amazon
9Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends Snatch It And Grab It Kuties And Krooners Amazon
10Roy Brown Good Rockin' Tonight Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1 Amazon
11John Lee Hooker Boogie Chillen The Definitive Collection Amazon
12Amos Milburn Chicken Shack Boogie Devil in a Blue Dress Amazon
13Goree Carter & His Hepcats Rock Awhile Electric BluesPart 1: Beginnings 1939-1954 Amazon
14Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup My Baby Left Me [Remastered 2002] That's All Right (When the Sun Goes Down series) Amazon
15Percy Mayfield Please Send Me Someone To Love Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues Amazon
16Tiny Bradshaw The Train Kept a-Rollin' Breaking Up the House [Disc 2] Amazon
17Sticks McGhee Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-o-Dee The Atlantic Story [UK] Amazon
18Lloyd Price Lawdy Miss Clawdy Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1] Amazon
19Little Junior Parker Mystery Train MOJO: Rock! Rock! Rock! Amazon
20Jimmy Liggins And His Drops Of Joy Drunk Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
21Muddy Waters Got My Mojo Workin Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 1] Amazon
22Little Walter My Babe Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1] Amazon
23Sonny Boy Williamson II Don't Start Me Talkin' Blues Masters, Vol. 2: Postwar Chicago Blues Amazon
24Howlin' Wolf Smokestack Lightnin' Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 7] Amazon
25Louis Jordan Caldonia Number Ones Amazon
26John Lee Hooker Dimples The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 1] Amazon
27Slim Harpo I Got Love If You Want It Roll Your Moneymaker Amazon
28Lazy Lester I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
29Ray Charles Night Time Is the Right Time Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1 Amazon
30Bo Diddley Say Man 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley Amazon
31Billy Boy Arnold I Ain't Got You Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 2] Amazon
32Sonny Boy Williamson Good Morning Little Schoolgirl The History of Rhythm & Blues 1925-1942 Amazon

Twist & Shout

A little bit of twisting and a little bit of shouting…as well as some gospel rhythms, hand clapping, and some back beat rhythms from the gulf and whole lot more. This week’s show will be a free form extravaganza which means there’s a bright day ahead, as always. My springboard was an afternoon’s listen to the music of David Lindley who, in addition to being a fine musician, he had extraordinary taste in music. We’ll hear some gospel tracks from Sister Marie Knight and the Reverend James Cleveland, classic funk and soul from The Temptations, Billy Butler and The Isleys. We’ll also spinning up some Wild Tchoupitoulas, Otis Rush and be featuring some three-time track samples and a brand new track from the 30th anniversary release of John Prine’s Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings, slated for release in early September. There’s a whole lot more to share with everyone out there so it’s a good morning to drop in and here a Twist and Shout sample from Top Note going back to 1961…oh yes, as well as a couple David Lindley tracks.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Three Times Seven Dance Ranch Amazon
2Dave Edmunds Three Time Loser Twangin' Amazon
3Corey Glover Three Time Loser Back To The Streets – Celebrating The Music Of Don Covay Amazon
4Otis Rush Three Times a Fool Essential Collection: The Classic Cobra Recordings 1956-1958 Amazon
5Robert Gordon Three Alley Cats (feat. Dave Alvin ) Rockabilly for Life Amazon
6Chris Bouchillon I've Been Married Three Times 1925-1928 (Warped 2690F) Amazon
7David Lindley & El Rayo-X I Just Can't Work No Longer Very Greasy Amazon
8Billy Butler & The Enchanters I Can't Work No Longer Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2 Amazon
9Top Note Twist And Shout Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
10The Isley Brothers Twist And Shout Grandson Of Frat Rock! Vol. 3 Amazon
11The Temptations Don't Look Back The Temptations [Disc 1] Amazon
12John Lee Hooker Don't Look Back The Best Of Friends Amazon
13John Prine Hey Ah Nothin' Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Amazon
14John Prine Lake Marie Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings Amazon
15The Righteous Brothers Something's Got A Hold On Me The Moonglow Years Amazon
16Reverend James Cleveland Something Got A Hold On Me I Walk With God Amazon
17Johnny Cash Unclouded Day Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South Amazon
18Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Anita Kerr Singers There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
19Laurie London The Gospel Train Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando Amazon
20Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio Trouble In Mind Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
21David Lindley and Wally Ingram Oh Death Twango Bango II Amazon
22David Lindley and Wally Ingram Shame And Scandal In The Family Twango Bango III Amazon
23Odetta Shame And Scandal Sings Ballads And Blues Amazon
24Waylon Jennings Jole Blon Nashville Rebel (1958-1969) Amazon
25Gary U.S. Bonds Jole Blon The Best of Gary U.S. Bonds Amazon
26Wild Tchoupitoulas Brother John Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]] Amazon
27John Sebastian Minglewood Blues Chasin' Gus' Ghost Amazon
28Grateful Dead Dire Wolf Workingman's Dead Amazon
29Fats Domino Shurah A Lot Of Dominos Amazon