No particular destination this week, although we’ll begin on an Island of Dreams. Deeper Roots is going free form once again, rummaging around in the dusty digital archives and following the music wherever it happens to lead us. We’ll start things off with a decidedly British flavor, with Nick Lowe, Martin Belmont & Geraint Watkins, Mickey Jupp and Dave Edmunds before crossing a few oceans, decades and musical boundaries. Along the way we’ll hear vintage country from Johnnie & Jack, Ernest Tubb and Faron Young and some newer music from Charley Crockett and Brandon Flowers. And because the blues are never very far from the heart of Deeper Roots, we’ll spend some time a roster of some of the greats as well as vocal sounds from the likes of the Donays and Cookie & The Cupcakes. It’s another musical road trip with no map and no particular reason to hurry. Join Dave Stroud for Island of Dreams, Friday morning at 9 Pacific on KOWS 92.5 FM in West Sonoma County—and streaming everywhere else on the planet.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Year | Start At |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Lowe | Jet Pac Boomerang | Indoor Safari | 2024 | 00:00 |
| 2 | Martin Belmont & Geraint Watkins | Island of Dreams | The Guest List | 2009 | 05:43 |
| 3 | The Springfields | Island Of Dreams | Simply ? Dusty [Disc 1] | 1962 | 09:33 |
| 4 | Geraint Watkins | It's a Wonderful Life | Watkins Bold as Love | 1997 | 12:07 |
| 5 | Mickey Jupp | You'll Never Get Me Up In One of Those | The Stiff Singles (Vol.1) | 2005 | 15:04 |
| 6 | Dave Edmunds | Worn Out Suits Brand New Pockets | Get It | 1977 | 18:13 |
| 7 | The Andrews Sisters | Money is The Root of All Evil | Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2] | 1945 | 20:32 |
| 8 | Johnnie and Jack | Love in the First Degree | 1947-1950 (Warped 4720) | 2010 | 29:37 |
| 9 | Leon Redbone | Desert Blues (Big Chief Buffalo Nickel) | On The Track | 1975 | 32:16 |
| 10 | Ernest Tubb | Sad Songs and Waltzes | Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2 | 1999 | 35:57 |
| 11 | k.d. lang & the Reclines | Three Days | Absolute Torch and Twang | 1989 | 38:34 |
| 12 | Charley Crockett | Bad Company | Can't Get Enough: A Tribute To Bad Company | 2025 | 41:42 |
| 13 | Jack Clement | The Spell Of The Freight Train | For Once And For All | 2014 | 45:11 |
| 14 | Merle Haggard | Sin City Blues | 1996 | 1996 | 53:31 |
| 15 | Doug Sahm | Home At Last | The Last Real Texas Blues Band Feat. Doug Sahm | 1994 | 55:58 |
| 16 | Faron Young | Country Girl | 30 Years Of No. 1 Country Hits 2/4 | 0 | 1:00:22 |
| 17 | George Morgan | Country Boy – City Girl | Warped 6365 – George Morgan – 1963 – 1964 | 2010 | 1:02:53 |
| 18 | Brandon Flowers | Tiger's Blood | Thrasher | 2026 | 1:05:46 |
| 19 | Joe Liggins | Freight Train Blues | Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers | 1952 | 1:14:39 |
| 20 | The Treniers | Long Distance Blues | Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues R&B And Gospel | 1951 | 1:17:22 |
| 21 | Muddy Waters | Young Fashioned Ways | The Anthology [Disc 1] | 1955 | 1:20:30 |
| 22 | B.B. King | Walkin' Dr Bill (ala Gotta Find My Baby) | Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]] | 1960 | 1:23:27 |
| 23 | Lightnin' Hopkins | Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes | The Complete Prestige-Bluesville Recordings [Disc 2] | 1961 | 1:27:04 |
| 24 | The Donays | Devil In His Heart | Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1] | 1962 | 1:33:24 |
| 25 | Marc Benno | Speak Your Mind | Minnows (Vinyl) | 1971 | 1:35:54 |
| 26 | Berna Dean | I Walk In My Sleep | Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2] | 1961 | 1:40:35 |
| 27 | Cookie & The Cupcakes | I Cried | Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio Theme Time Radio Hour | 1954 | 1:43:46 |
| 28 | The Prisonaires | Just Walking In The Rain | The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 | 1953 | 1:46:07 |
| 29 | Billy Bunn & His Buddies | That's When Your Heartaches Begin | Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio Theme Time Radio Hour Vol. 1 | 1952 | 1:52:06 |
| 30 | Alphabetical Four | When the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time | Complete Recorded Works 1938-1943 | 1938 | 1:54:36 |
| 31 | Dean Martin | Night Train To Memphis | The Capitol Years | 1951 | 1:57:07 |
