Category Archives: American Popular

Imperial Rhythm & Rockabilly

The Imperial label will be the subject of this week’s Deeper Roots show. Founded in 1947 by Lew Chudd, it’s early years featured some of the very best rhythm and blues and early rock you could find. Their lineup included some of the big names of early rock, not least of which was Roy Brown, Fats Domino, Frankie Ford and Ricky Nelson. They would dabble in country and jazz but also looked to strike while the iron was hot when Elvis hit with a blend of country and rhythm and blues in the mid-50s. They did so by looking for new names with ducktails and driving combos in the rockabilly era. This episode focuses primarily on the 1950s with a future episode taking us further into the label’s sale to Liberty Records in 1963 but not before Lew Chudd purchased Aladdin and Minit Records, bringing over even more of the R&B talent that they would be known for. It’s another Deeper Roots Friday morning on KOWS.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Fats Domino The Fat Man Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood Amazon
2Smiley Lewis Tee-Nah-Nah I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 1 Amazon
3Guitar Slim and His Band Bad Luck Is On Me [Woman Troubles] Louisiana Swamp Blues Amazon
4Big Jay McNeely All That Wine Is Gone Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1] Amazon
5T-Bone Walker Cold Cold Feeling Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years Amazon
6Fat Man Matthews & the Four Kittens Later Baby Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 3 Amazon
7Fats Domino Goin' Home Rock And Rollin Amazon
8Lil' Son Jackson Get High Everybody Vol. 2 1950-1952 Amazon
9Smiley Lewis Big Mamou I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 2 Amazon
10Hawks I-Yi Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53 Amazon
11Pee Wee Crayton Win-O Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings Amazon
12Joe Houston Orchestra All Night Long Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 Amazon
13The Pelicans Ain't Gonna Do It Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2 Amazon
14The Spiders I Didn't Want To Do It Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1 Amazon
15Dave Bartholomew Another Mule 1952-1955 Amazon
16James "Sugar Boy" Crawford She Gotta Wobble (When She Walks) (Imperial 5424) R&B Humdingers Volume 12 Amazon
17Bobby Mitchell with Dave Bartholomew's Orch.' Try Rock And Roll Blowing The Fuse: 1956 Amazon
18Lew Williams Cat Talk Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks Amazon
19Lew Williams Gone Ape Man Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
20Merle Kilgore Ernie Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
21The Strikes Baby I'm Sorry Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
22Bob Luman Red Hot Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
23Ricky Nelson Stood Up Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
24Ricky Nelson Boppin' The Blues Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
25Ricky Nelson Waitin' In School Legacy [Disc 1] Amazon
26Dennis Herrold Hip Hip Baby Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
27Weldon Rogers So Long, Good Luck & Goodbye Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
28Dorsey & Johnny Burnette My Honey Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
29Dorsey & Johnny Burnette Warm Love Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
30Slick Slavin Speed Crazy Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
31Bill Allen Please Give Me Something Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
32Jackie Walker Only Teenagers Allowed Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
33Billy Eldridge Let's Go Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
34Faye Adams Keeper Of My Heart Crescent City Soul Amazon
35Roy Brown Let the Four Winds Blow The Complete Imperial Recordings Amazon
36Ricky Nelson My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Legacy [Disc 1] Amazon

Covers Time

Another morning of covers, from country to soul and a little bit of rhythm and roll in store. This week’s show celebrates the songwriters and performers who found themselves honored with tributes and covers that honor the sense of a piece. We’ll hear covers of Tom T. Hall, Arthur Alexander, Robert Hunter, Derek Martin, Hank Snow and JJ Cale in the show today. The idea is to find a cover worth noting and put it up alongside the original. Just over a dozen songs to pick from in our two hours this morning featuring covers by Shannon McNally, Charley Crockett, Amy Black and Teddy Thompson. Join Dave Stroud for another episode from those dusty digital bins and turn up the volume for straight interpretations and a few wild takes in another covers show on a Friday morning from the KOWS studio in downtown Santa Rosa, California. 

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Everly Brothers Bowling Green Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 3] Amazon
2Neko Case Bowling Green The Virginian Amazon
3Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly Red, White & Rock Disc 3 Amazon
4Bill Kirchen Devil With The Blue Dress (Album Version) Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods Amazon
5Willie Nelson Busted I Don't Know A Thing About Love Amazon
6Ray Charles Busted Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3 Amazon
7Red Foley Midnight Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] Amazon
8Kevin Russell Midnight Plain Dirt Fashion Amazon
9Elvis Presley It's Now Or Never Elvis 30 #1 Hits Amazon
10Chris Isaak It's Now or Never Beyond the Sun (Deluxe Version) Amazon
11Elvis Presley Don't Be Cruel Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 1) Amazon
12The Mavericks Don't Be Cruel Play the Hits Amazon
13Derek Martin Daddy Rollin' Stone Birth Of Soul: 1 Amazon
14The Blasters Daddy Rollin' Stone 4-11-44 Amazon
15Wilson Pickett In the Midnight Hour Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
16James Taylor In The Midnight Hour Other Covers Amazon
17Bob Luman Let's Think About Living Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1) Amazon
18Teddy Thompson Let's Think About Living Up Front And Down Low Amazon
19Tom T. Hall I Hope It Rains At My Funeral Tom T. Hall – Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher Amazon
20Charley Crockett I Hope It Rains At My Funeral Lil G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley Amazon
21The Impressions Gypsy Woman Birth Of Soul: 1 Amazon
22Aaron Neville Gypsy Woman My True Story Amazon
23Arthur Alexander You Better Move On The Greatest Hits Amazon
24Amy Black You Better Move On The Muscle Shoals Sessions Amazon
25Hank Snow I'm Moving On The Essential Hank Snow Amazon
26Willie Nelson I'm Movin' On Remember Me, Vol. 1 Amazon
27John Martyn Don't Want to Know Solid Air Amazon
28Dr. John I Don't Wanna Know Anutha Zone Amazon
29Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Sugar Moon Legends of Country Music Disc 4 Amazon
30k.d. lang Sugar Moon Shadowland Amazon

Lonesome Train

Free form! That’s right. No theme, no genre exploration, no tribute or topical show today. Only topical playlists embellishing the show today including New Orleans memories from Bobby Mitchell, Fats Domino and Dr. John, country nuggets from Merle, Buck and Elvis as well as some fancy shmancy crooning from a Perry, Blue Eyes and Dino. We’ll also be digging into some classic rockabilly tunes and some canciones de Flaco and Los Lobos. Here in Sonoma County we’re going from three years of drought, wildfires and the Santa Ana winds to preparing for levee breaches and floods with the snow melts. We also get to behave like adults in the face of biased and inhumane Supreme Court decisions and moronic Texas politicians. Because we know who they are and what they represent: book burners and religious zealots with white hoods. While nobody is without sin, we’ll go with Newsom’s ability to employ the right critical thinking at the right time. I told you it would be a free form morning.



No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Geraint Watkins Deep in the Heart of Texas Aide Memoire Amazon
2Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra Big Mamou Barrell House Boogie and the Blues Amazon
3Wanda Jackson Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
4Matchbox Rockabilly Rebel Rockabilly Rebel Amazon
5Johnny Burnette Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track) The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1 Amazon
6Sonny Burgess Tomorrow Never Comes We Wanna Boogie Amazon
7Warren Smith Got Love If You Want It The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2 Amazon
8Bobby Mitchell I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2] Amazon
9Fats Domino I Want To Walk You Home Heatin' Up Amazon
10Dr. John Back By The River Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
11Tommy McLain Before I Grow Too Old The Essential Collection Amazon
12Buck Owens Made In Japan Country USA 1972 Amazon
13Merle Haggard & the Strangers Please Mr. D.J. Swing West 1: Bakersfield Amazon
14Merle Haggard I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me Country USA 1972 Amazon
15Elvis Presley After Loving You Artist of the Century Disc 3 Amazon
16The Devil and Bunny Show Crossing Muddy Waters The I-10 Chronicles 2 – One More For The Road Amazon
17Los Lobos Set Me Free (Rosa Lee) El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4) Amazon
18Flaco Jiminez Margarita Los Super Seven Amazon
19The Band Ophelia To Kingdom Come [Disc 2] Amazon
20Linda Ronstadt Hurt So Bad Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt Amazon
21April Stevens I Want A Lip Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
22Nino Tempo & April Stevens Deep Purple Teach Me Tiger Amazon
23April Stevens Teach Me Tiger Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
24April Stevens Do It Again Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 6: Rhapsodesia Amazon
25Wayne Newton Danke Schoen Jackpot! The Las Vegas Story Amazon
26Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra/Perry Como/Ray Charles Singers Round and Round The Very Best of Perry Como Amazon
27Tony Bennett In the Middle of an Island Your Hit Parade – 1957 Amazon
28Thomas A. Dorsey with Alex Bradford It's A Highway To Heaven Precious Lord Recordings Of The Great Gospel Songs Of Thomas A. Dorsey Amazon
29Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe Singing in My Soul The Gospel of Blues Amazon
30Michelle Lanchester/Sweet Honey in the Rock I Was Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor ( If You See My Saviour) Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection Amazon
31Aretha Franklin Don't Play That Song Spirit in the Dark Amazon
32Aretha Franklin Try Matty's Spirit in the Dark Amazon
33The Band The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Best of the Band Amazon

Cool Daddy

Welcome to the club. We’ve got some cool sounds from the jazz lounges and clubs blended with some beat generation salutations for you this morning. Beatniks, boppers, lounge chanteuse performances, saxophones, and some cool fifties sounds. Tune in for Patsy Raye and The Beatniks, Earl Bostic, Mose Allison, Charlie Parker’s Quintet, and a BeBop blend of out-of-this-world swing and percussion. From the Gaslight Café to Slim Gallaird’s Yep Roc sounds…we’ll have your foot tappin’ and your fingers snappin’ on a magical blend of cool ultra-lounge and café sounds from mid-century. Tune in on the web or grab our free app out on the Apple Store or Google Play. You can find them by searching for KOWS.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra Salt Peanuts Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3] Amazon
2Gerry Mulligan Quartet Swinghouse The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
3Charles Kuralt The Greenwich Village Poets The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
4King Pleasure Don't Get Scared The BeBop Singers Amazon
5Mose Allison Your Mind Is On Vacation Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
6Earl Bostic Up There In The Orbit Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space Amazon
7J. J. Johnson Beboppers Coppin' The Bop J. J. Johnson: Bone-O-Logy (Proper Introduction) Amazon
8Peggy Lee The Boy from Ipanema Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 15: Wild Cool & Swingin' Too Amazon
9Richard Marino & His Orchestra Fever Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 6: Rhapsodesia Amazon
10Martin Denny Cool Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood Amazon
11Patsy Raye And The Beatniks Beatnik's Wish The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
12Carl Sandburg On Beatniks The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
13Three Bips, A Bop Professor Bop The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
14Charlie Parker Quartet Cosmic Rays The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
15Charlie Parker Quintet Scrapple From The Apple Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3] Amazon
16Charlie Ventura & His Orchestra Ha The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
17Kenny Clarke & His 52nd Street Boys Oop-Bop Sh-Bam The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
18Elmer Bernstein Like Having Fun The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
19Del Close & John Brent Cool The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
20Slim Gaillard, The Middle Europeans Yip Roc Heresy The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
21Oscar Brown Jr. But I Was Cool The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
22The Playboys Charge It Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
23Joe Carroll Got A Penny Benny The BeBop Singers Amazon
24Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Twisted The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
25Ken Nordine Hunger Is From The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
26Eddie Jefferson Old Shoes The BeBop Singers Amazon
27Serge Chaloff Gabardine And Serge Birth of Bebop Amazon
28Julie London Daddy Wild Cool and Swingin' Amazon
29Edd Kookie Byrnes Kookie's Mad Pad The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
30Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes And Connie Stevens Kookie Kookie [Lend Me Your Comb] The Greatest Novelty Songs, Disc 2 Amazon
31Mabel Scott Yes Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A. Amazon
32Julie London Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast Wild Cool and Swingin' Amazon
33Cooltrane Quartet Some Like It Hot Vintage Cafi Vol.3 Amazon

Georgia Peaches

This week’s show takes us across the landscape of the state of Georgia and then reminisces about ladies that share her name. No genre is off limits and no era too far in the past is excluded in this latest Deeper Roots show that takes on a theme. We’re also hoping that the will of the people is not interfered with in a state that’s struggling to awaken; a lumbering giant of democracy still haunted (and celebrated at the highest levels) by plantation politics. Our music this week will feature some tradition from Georgia’s own Jake Xerxes Fussell, country tunes from Lefty Frizzell and Charley Crockett, jazz from Nina Simone and Joe Venuti, and we’ll visit a Georgia Camp Meeting and One More Sunday in Savannah. Tune in for a collection of tunes about a state of mind and some fine women who share the name of a southern state where peaches and a darker past prosper. Tune in on Friday morning here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Swe-Danes Georgia Camp Meeting New Discgems From Warner Brothers Amazon
2The Mills Brothers That's Georgia The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2 Amazon
3The Boswell Sisters The Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia The Boswell Sisters Volume 2 Amazon
4The Andrews Sisters Atlanta G.A. Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 3] Amazon
5Kacey Musgraves When It's Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia Wanted: One Good Cowboy Amazon
6Waylon Jennings Cedartown, Georgia The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 1 Amazon
7Charley Crockett All the Way from Atlanta The Man from Waco Amazon
8Ryan Bingham Long Way from Georgia Mescalito Amazon
9Tony Joe White Rainy Night in Georgia Collected [CD1] Amazon
10Joan Osborne Midnight Train to Georgia Breakfast In Bed Amazon
11Art Kahn's Orchestra v. Chick Bullock Two Tickets To Georgia Victor Young & Brunswick Studio Orchestra (1932-1934) Amazon
12Nina Simone One More Sunday In Savannah The Tomato Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
13Little Feat Oh, Atlanta Feats Don't Fail Me Now Amazon
14Alison Krauss Oh, Atlanta Now That I've Found You Amazon
15Dirty Cello The Devil Went Down To Georgia By Request Amazon
16Tennessee Ernie Ford I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 1] Amazon
17Jake Xerxes Fussell Georgia Buck Jake Xerxes Fussell Amazon
18Johnny Gimble Sweet Georgia Brown (Featuring Merle Haggard) Celebrating With Friends Amazon
19Mac Wiseman The Georgia Mail Sings Old Time Country Favorites Amazon
20Boz Scaggs Georgia Silk Degrees Amazon
21Charley Crockett Help Me Georgia Lonesome As A Shadow Amazon
22Duke Robillard Sweet Georgia Brown After Hours Swing Sessions Amazon
23Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang Georgia On My Mind The Best Of Joe Venuti And Eddie Lang Amazon
24Justin Townes Earle South Georgia Sugar Babe The Good Life Amazon
25Robbie Fulks Georgia Hard Georgia Hard Amazon
26Iris DeMent Waycross Georgia Workin' On A World Amazon
27Hank Penny Tell Me All About Georgia King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2] Amazon
28Eartha Kitt Atlanta Blues The RCA Recordings 1953-1958 Amazon
29Five Red Caps Atlanta G.A. Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 4 (1926-1947) Amazon

Drive In Music

Memories of summer nights where the aroma of popcorn, car exhaust and nature fused as the car windows steamed up and the tin can speaker sounds synchronized with the silver screen…at the drive in movie. For the decades of the fifties, sixties, and seventies you could bring a car load of friends and find your spot across the little hills that pointed you skyward towards the glow of a billboard of dreams. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll visit some performances that include on-screen legends as well as legends that tried to make music outside of their lane. Some that we’ll hear from succeeded and some…well…went back to their day job. Tune in for music from Robert Mitchum, Bette Davis, Jack Webb, Marilyn Monroe, and a couple dozen others on a fun little romp on another Friday episode of Deeper Roots on KOWS 92.5 FM.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Don Francks & Petula Clark Old Devil Moon – Finian's Rainbow Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3) Amazon
2Ray Davies Oklahoma U.S.A. Our Country: Americana Act II Amazon
3Shirley Jones, James Whitmore, Gordon MacRae Oklahoma Oklahoma (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Amazon
4Robert Preston & Company Ya Got Trouble – The Music Man Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3) Amazon
5Lucille Ball/Bea Arthur Bosom Buddies – Mame Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3) Amazon
6Kirk Douglas And The Moon Grew Brighter My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
7James Stewart The Legend Of Shenandoah My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
8Robert Mitchum Ballad of Thunder Road That Man, Robert Mitchum, Sings Amazon
9Lee Marvin Wand'rin' Star Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3) Amazon
10Bill Hayes Message from James Dean So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 3 Amazon
11Varetta Dillard I Miss You Jimmy (Tribute to James Dean) Got You On My Mind Amazon
12Eagles James Dean The Very Best of the Eagles [2003] Disc 1 Amazon
13Dooley Wilson As Time Goes By – from Casablanca Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2) Amazon
14Bette Davis They're Either Too Young Or Too Old -from Thank Your Lucky Stars Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2) Amazon
15Mae West I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love The Mae West Collection Amazon
16Jack Webb Try a Little Tenderness Golden Throats: The Great Celebrity Sing-Off! Amazon
17Clint Eastwood Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil Amazon
18Gene Pitney (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance Anthology: 1961-1968 Amazon
19Tony Perkins Moonlight Swim (Bonus Track) On a Rainy Afternoon Amazon
20Marilyn Monroe River Of No Return The Essential Marilyn Monroe Amazon
21Roy Rogers My Chickashay Gal Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
22Elvis Presley Wooden Heart G.I. Blues Amazon
23Dean Martin,John Wayne & Ricky Nelson My Rifle, My Pony And Me My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
24Ricky Nelson & Walter Brennan Get Along Home, Cindy Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3) Amazon
25Fess Parker Ballad Of Davy Crockett My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
26James Stewart You Can`t Get Far Without A Railroad Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3) Amazon
27Dean Martin Rio Bravo My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
28Dean Martin King Of The Five Card Stud Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3) Amazon
29Steve Martin & The Toot Uncommons King Tut Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time [Disc 2] Amazon
30Gene Kelly Singin' In The Rain Somewhere Over The Rainbow: The Golden Age Of Hollywood Musicals [Disc 1] Amazon
31Garland Jeffreys 35 Millimeter Dreams Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]] Amazon

Motown 60s Soul

The decade of the sixties saw top 40 radio get it’s cue from the sounds of the Motor City. The house that Berry Gordy built was overflowing with musical talent. And he knew how to use them. The Funk Brothers and other studio musicians coupled with the songwriting of Barrett Strong, Smokey Robinson, and the team of Holland-Dozier-Holland…were at the core of what was produced in Detroit’s Motown. There were also the performers that blossomed, some becoming household names: Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, and countless others. There is no question that this was the Motown Decade. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll be walking through the sixties Motown sound with just some of those performers…and more. Friday mornings at 9 Pacific on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Barrett Strong Money (That's What I Want) Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1 Amazon
2The Marvelettes Please Mr. Postman 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes Amazon
3Barrett Strong Misery Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2) Amazon
4The Marvelettes Beechwood 4-5789 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes Amazon
5Mary Wells You Beat Me To The Punch Looking Back 1961-1964 Amazon
6Miracles You've Really Got A Hold On Me Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2) Amazon
7The Contours Do You Love Me The Very Best of The Contours Amazon
8Mary Wells My Guy Looking Back 1961-1964 Amazon
9Mary Wells Two Lovers Looking Back 1961-1964 Amazon
10Marvin Gaye Pride and Joy 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1 Amazon
11Martha Reeves & The Vandellas (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave The Ultimate Collection Amazon
12The Temptations The Way You Do The Things You Do The Best Of The Temptations, Vol. 1: The 60s Amazon
13The Temptations My Girl The Best Of The Temptations, Vol. 1: The 60s Amazon
14The Supremes Come See About Me Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2) Amazon
15Diana Ross & The Supremes Where Did Our Love Go The Best Of Diana Ross & The Supremes [Disc 1] Amazon
16The Supremes Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart Gold Disc 1 Amazon
17Kim Weston Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While) Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
18Junior Walker & The All Stars Shotgun The Classic Sixties: 1965 Amazon
19Smokey Robinson & the Miracles Ooo Baby Baby The Boat That Rocked [Disc 1] Amazon
20The Isley Brothers This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
21The Four Tops Reach Out I'll Be There The Ultimate Collection Amazon
22The Elgins Heaven Must Have Sent You Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
23Martha and the Vandellas I'm Ready for Love The Motown Sound Vol. 4 Amazon
24Shorty Long Function at the Junction Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
25Jimmy Ruffin What Becomes of the Brokenhearted Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1 Amazon
26Martha Reeves & the Vandellas (We've Got) Honey Love I'm in a Different World – A Journey Through Motown's Unchartered Territories Amazon
27The Four Tops Bernadette The Ultimate Collection Amazon
28Marvin Gaye Ain't No Mountain High Enough Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
29The Temptations Cloud Nine The Best Of The Temptations, Vol. 1: The 60s Amazon
30Stevie Wonder For Once in My Life Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 3 Amazon
31The Jackson 5 I Want You Back Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 4 Amazon
32Stevie Wonder Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours Motown: The Classic Years Disc 2 Amazon
33The Supremes You Can't Hurry Love Gold Disc 1 Amazon

Trippin’ On The Instrumentals

We’re going silent today. Vocals-wise, anyway. Tune in Friday morning for the best rock instrumentals from the late fifties through the sixties as we journey through a slick set of the very best from Santo and Johnny to Mason Williams with our core focus being on the wild chart sounds of Duane Eddy, Sandy Nelson, The Tornados, Link Wray and more teen beat, pop and rock favorites from a particularly fertile time for rock n’ roll. Whether they were riffing on classic sounds of the past or blasting off into the outer stratosphere with sounds of space and surf, the instrumentals peppered the charts with themes for the time, owing more to roots than we appreciate. Join the fun on KOWS’ Friday mornings at 9 Pacific on Deeper Roots.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bill Justis Raunchy Teen Beat Volume 4 Amazon
2Chuck Berry Deep Feeling (Instrumental) Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings Amazon
3Perez Prado Orchestra Patricia Teen Beat 2 Amazon
4The Champs Tequila Teen Beat 1 Amazon
5The Champs El Rancho Rock Teen Beat 2 Amazon
6Link Wray & The Wraymen Rumble Rumble! The Best Of Link Wray Amazon
7Santo & Johnny Sleep Walk Rock Instrumental Classics vol. 1 – The '50S Amazon
8The Viscounts Harlem Nocturne Rock Instrumental Classics vol. 1 – The '50S Amazon
9Duane Eddy Rebel-'Rouser Rock Instrumental Classics vol. 1 – The '50S Amazon
10Bill Black's Combo Smokie Pt 1 Teen Beat Volume 4 Amazon
11Preston Epps Bongo Rock Teen Beat 1 Amazon
12Sandy Nelson Teen Beat Teen Beat 1 Amazon
13Chet Atkins Boo Boo Stick Beat Teen Beat 2 Amazon
14The Tornados Telstar Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
15The String-A-Longs Wheels Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
16Jorgen Ingmann Apache Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
17B. Bumble & the Stingers Bumble Boogie Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
18Dave "Baby" Cortez Rinky Dink Teen Beat Volume 4 Amazon
19King Curtis & The Noble Knights Soul Twist Teen Beat 2 Amazon
20The Rockin' Rebels Wild Weekend Teen Beat 1 Amazon
21Routers Let's Go (Pony) Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
22Sandy Nelson …And Then There Were Drums Their Greatest Misses Amazon
23Booker T. & The MG's Green Onions Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
24Mongo Santamarma Orchestra Watermelon Man Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
25The Centurians Bullwinkle Pt 2 Teen Beat Volume 4 Amazon
26Lonnie Mack Memphis Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
27King Curtis Soul Serenade Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis Amazon
28The T-Bones No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
29Ramsey Lewis Trio The "In" Crowd Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
30Herb Alpert The Work Song Definitive Hits Amazon
31Young-Holt Trio Wack Wack Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
32Booker T. & The MG's Hip Hug-Her Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
33Cannonball Adderley Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
34Young-Holt Unlimited Soulful Strut Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
35Hugh Masekela Grazing In The Grass Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
36Booker T. & The MG's Time Is Tight Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
37Mason Williams Classical Gas Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon

Elvis’ Influencers

Elvis Presley’s performances, in particular those from his first decade, were based in some very deep roots. Those roots tapped into almost anything that could be heard in the south on that cultural touchstone of radio. Blues, big band, jazz, hillbilly, pop, gospel and country all played an enormous role in molding the iconic performer he was to become. In our Deeper Roots show this week we’ll be exploring the ‘influencers’ of the day; songs that played on the radio, songs that Elvis personally revealed as his favorites, songs that he enjoyed with his family as a young boy. We’ve got Mahalia and Sister Rosetta tracks, Little Junior Parker and Jimmy Reed, Red Foley and Roy Acuff, and a host of others to share this week so we’re hoping that we can remember how radio’s lifeline to culture that spoke to Elvis in a very, very big way.

No.f Artist Title Album Buy Wynonie Harris Good Rockin' Tonight Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1] Amazon Jimmy Reed & His Trio You Don't Have To Go Plug It In! Turn It Up! – Teil 1: Die Anfdnge 1939 – 1954 Amazon Little Junior Parker Mystery Train Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon Little Junior Parker Feelin' Good Feelin4 Good. The 1952-1962 Recordings Amazon Big Joe Turner Honey Hush Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe Strange Things Happening Everyday The Gospel of Blues Amazon Mahalia Jackson Didn't It Rain 16 Most Requested Songs Amazon The Statesmen Quartet Somebody Bigger Close Harmony: A History of Southern Gospel Music Amazon Hovie Lister & The Statesmen Quartet His Hand Is Mine Country Gospel Classics [Disc 2] Amazon The Golden Gate Quartet Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (1946) Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949) Amazon Jimmie Rodgers Frankie And Johnnie Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 2] Amazon The Carter Family 042-Can the Circle Be Unbroken Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon Roy Acuff & His Crazy Tennesseans Great Speckled Bird [78rpm Version] Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age Amazon Red Foley Old Shep Tennessee Saturday Night Amazon Ivory Joe Hunter I Almost Lost My Mind Since I Met You Baby Amazon Jumpin' Gene Simmons I Done Told You So SUN Rockabilly Meltdown [[Disc 3]] Amazon Elvis Presley Milk Cow Blues The Sun Sessions Amazon Johnny Lee Wills And His Boys Milk Cow Blues Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1] Amazon Hank Williams Your Cheatin' Heart 24 Greatest Amazon Mississippi Slim Try Doin' Right The Sun Country Box CD6 I Was There When It Happened Amazon Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys Blue Moon of Kentucky The Best of Bill Monroe Amazon Elvis Presley Blue Moon of Kentucky The Tupelo Mississippi Flash CD 2 Amazon Dean Martin with Paul Weston & His Dixieland Eight I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon Billy Bunn & His Buddies That's When Your Heartaches Begin Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon Ella Fitzgerald My Happiness The Chronological Classics 1947-1948 Amazon B.B. King Everyday I Have The Blues BB King And Pee Wee Crayton Amazon Louis Jordan Caldonia Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1] Amazon Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats Rocket 88 Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1] Amazon Chuck Berry Maybellene Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 2] Amazon Billy Ward & The Dominoes Sixty Minute Man Eat to The Beat: The Dirtiest of Them Dirty Blues Amazon Big Joe Turner Shake, Rattle and Roll Big Joe Rocks Amazon Lloyd Price Lawdy Miss Clawdy Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1] Amazon Big Mama Thornton Hound Dog Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1] Amazon Little Richard Long Tall Sally Blowing The Fuse: 1956 Amazon

Who We Lost 2022

The river of time flows on as our sturdy yet terminal transport is like any raft, a fragile one as our bindings become untethered. Let’s tip our hats and remember those who, over the past century, have contributed to American culture. This morning’s show is about the performers, the songwriters, the session musicians, and those behind the scenes who made a lasting contribution. We thank them as 2022 comes to a close. Tune in for a comprehensive and reflective show, our final Deeper Roots show of 2022, as we look ahead to the new year that is filled with so much promise.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Robert Gordon The Way I Walk Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials Amazon
2Buddy Holly Peggy Sue Rave On: The Coral Story Amazon
3Little Richard Keep A Knockin' (ART RUPE) The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
4Ronnie Hawkins Wild Little Willy Ronnie Hawkins Amazon
5Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls Of Fire 30 Years Of No. 1 Country Hits 2/4 Amazon
6Sandy Nelson &And Then There Were Drums Their Greatest Misses Amazon
7Loretta Lynn The Pill Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer Amazon
8The Judds Why Not Me The Best Of Classic Country 80's Amazon
9Jody Miller Queen Of The House All-Time Country Hits 1 Amazon
10C.W. McCall Convoy Super Hits Of The '70s – Have A Nice Day, Vol. 15 Amazon
11Mickey Gilley Room Full Of Roses Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes Amazon
12Bill Staines Rompin' Rovin' Days Journey Home Amazon
13Bobbie Nelson Death Ray Boogie Audiobiography (iTunes Exclusive) Amazon
14The Ronettes Be My Baby The Best of the Ronettes Amazon
15Bobby Rydell Forget Him Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Amazon
16Adam Wade The Writing On The Wall American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
17The Five Satins In the Still of the Night Doo Wop Box Disc 2 Amazon
18The Ventures Perfidia Teen Beat, Volume 3 Amazon
19Brian Hyland Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini Another Banana Split, please Amazon
20Dwayne Hickman Don't Send a Rabbit Great Googly Moo: Silly Songs from the American Charts Amazon
21Robert Morse I Believe In You The Best of Broadway: The Early '60s Amazon
22The Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? (SUSAN JACKS) Sounds of the Seventies Pop Nuggets: Early '70s Amazon
23The Spinners I'll Be Around One of a Kind Love Affair Disc 1 Amazon
24The Seekers I'll Never Find Another You Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1] Amazon
25Mary McCaslin Last Cannonball Mystery Train; Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 2 Amazon
26Paul Siebel Louise Woodsmoke and Oranges Amazon
27Kelly Joe Phelps Lead Me On Lead Me On Amazon
28Judy Henske High Flying Bird Troubadours Of The Folk Era Volume Two (Rhino) Amazon
29The Green Fields of America Down By the Tanyard Side (SONG) The Green Fields of America Amazon
30The Young Rascals Good Lovin' (DINO DANELLI) Red, White & Rock Disc 3 Amazon
31Syl Johnson I Resign From Your Love Welcome To The Club Amazon
32The Isley Brothers This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
33Mable John Your Good Thing (Is About To End) Stax 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
34Betty Davis Shoo-b-doop And Cop Him Up South The Great Migration Of Southern Sound, Oxford American Southern Music Issue Volume 23 Amazon
35Ramsey Lewis Trio Wade In The Water The Greatest Hits Amazon
36The Blues Project Lost In The Shuffle Sophisticated Boom Boom: The Shadow Morton Story Amazon
37Janis Joplin & The Full Tilt Boogie Band Mercedes Benz Pearl Amazon
38Fleetwood Mac Everywhere Greatest Hits [Reprise] Amazon
39Olivia Newton-John Hopelessly Devoted To You Grease Amazon
40Irene Cara Fame Sounds Of The Eighties: 1980 Amazon
41Meat Loaf Paradise by the Dashboard Light Rock: Train Kept a Rollin' Disc 2 Amazon
42Procol Harum Whiter Shade of Pale The Big Chill Amazon
43Julee Cruise Floating Floating into the Night Amazon