The 40s and 50s post-war migration brought tough working conditions in Chicago which offered stability over the miserable sharecropper existence of the Delta. Both were fodder for the some of the very best in classic blues. The production lines of Detroit and other cities on the Eastern seaboard were models of a different kind of work that the Industrial Age had to offer. But the West Coast wasn’t the place you’d expect to find the blues: shipyards, agriculture, and urban sprawl would aggregate so many different styles that rhythm and blues was a fusion of the many different sensibilities that were brought with both performer and listener alike westward from east of the Mississippi. Having the hub of the world of entertainment in the Southland didn’t hurt either. We’ll be browsing the sounds of some of the greats: McCracklin, Fulson, Otis, Mayfield, and (of course) T-Bone Walker in the Deeper Roots morning show today. West Coast Blues led to blues-based rock in large part because of the exposure to the many different styles of the mid-century blues bands and solo rockers. West Coast Blues Roots is the name of our show this morning on KOWS-LP Occidental.
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Artist
Title
Album
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1
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Gangster Of Love
Living The Blues: 1957-1959 Blues Classics
2
Lowell Fulson
Blue Shadows
Chess Blues Disc 4
3
T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Shuffle
Living The Blues: Blues Greats
4
Ivory Joe Hunter
Boogin' In The Rain
The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter 1947
5
Amos Milburn
One, Two, Three, Everybody
Amos Milburn Rocks
6
Amos Milburn
One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
Amos Milburn Rocks
7
Floyd Dixon
Hey Bartender
Marshall Texas Is My Home
8
Big Jay McNeely
The Deacon's Hop
Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
9
Percy Mayfield
Please Send Me Someone To Love
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
10
Johnny Guitar Watson
Mortorhead Baby
So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1
11
Little Esther And Willie Littlefield
Turn the Lights Down Low
Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
12
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Gonna Send You Where I Got You From
Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1
13
Peppermint Harris
I Got Loaded
Loaded, Vol. 1
14
Jimmy McCracklin
The Walk
Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1]
15
Little Willie Littlefield
K. C. Loving
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 10]
16
T-Bone Walker
Stormy Monday
The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch]
17
Roy Milton
The Hucklebuck
Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton
18
Floyd Dixon
Call Operator 210
The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3]
19
Johnny Otis
Baby Baby Blues
Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars
20
Johnny Otis
Head Hunter
The Roots Of Frank Zappa
21
Etta James
Good Rockin Daddy
The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1
22
Pee Wee Crayton
Blues After Hours
ABC Of The Blues Vol 7
23
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
Driftin' Blues
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood
In the early 1950s, trade magazines were bemoaning the overabundance of vocal groups making it difficult for single artists to break through. It was just the beginning of a wave of adolescent boys finding that street corner singers were attracting the neighborhood girls. Well, that’s the story anyway. But it might not have been too far off the mark as the mid-to-late 1950s saw the charts exploding with groups with vocal prowess in both instrumental imitation and harmonies with inglorious sound effects. It would become an cultural art form born in the tradition of some of the vocal groups of the 30s and 40s. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll revisit doo wop’s golden age where the harmonies were tight and sweet and the ballads were recycled gems of the past or low-brow teen crooning of the present. Join us on Sonoma County Community Radio for some of the best examples of Doo Wop’s Golden Age.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
The El Dorados
At My Front Door
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
2
The Nutmegs
Story Untold
The Roots Of Frank Zappa
3
The Five Satins
In the Still of the Night
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
4
The Heartbeats
A Thousand Miles Away
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
5
The Rays
Silhouettes
Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits
6
The Willows
The Church Bells May Ring
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
7
The Cadillacs
Zoom
For Collectors Only (Disc 1)
8
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Why Do Fools Fall In Love
Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 1]
9
The Moonglows
See Saw (mono)
Blue Velvet: The Ultimate Collection
10
The Del Vikings
Come Go with Me
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
11
The Dubs
Could This Be Magic
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3
12
Mellokings
Tonight Tonight
Tonight-Tonight
13
The Monotones
Book Of Love
Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 1)
14
Norman Fox & The Rob Roys/The Rob Roys
Tell Me Why
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
15
The Silhouettes
Get A Job
Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 1)
16
The Diamonds
Little Darlin'
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
17
The Bobbettes
Mr. Lee
The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
18
The Cadillacs
Buzz Buzz Buzz
For Collectors Only (Disc 1)
19
The Solitaires
Walking Along
Doo Wop Love Songs
20
Lee Andrews & The Hearts
Long Lonely Nights
Doo Wop Love Songs
21
Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers
Goody Goody
Doo Wop Love Songs
22
The Chantels
Maybe
Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 2]
23
The Edsels
Rama Lama Ding Dong
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
24
The Aquatones
You
Early Girls: 1
25
The Marcels
Blue Moon
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
26
The Elegants
Little Star
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
27
Dion & The Belmonts
I Wonder Why
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
28
The Videos
Trickle, Trickle
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
29
The Coasters
Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart
Doo Wop Love Songs
30
The Flamingos
I Only Have Eyes for You
For Collectors Only – Disc 1
31
The Mystics
Hushabye
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
32
Dion & The Belmonts
A Teenager In Love
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
33
The Fiestas
So Fine
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
34
The Sheppards
Island Of Love
The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1]
We’ll be spending two hours on a century of hard work, little pay, striking it rich as well as failing to do so. Songs about working the mines, panning in the mother lode, welfare and pittance wages, as well as the country sounds of Merle’s Working Man Blues. Plenty to keep us reflecting on a lifetime of keeping afloat knowing full well that you can’t take it with you. Not necessarily money for nothing and kicks for free but we’ve also got songs about blowing it all on a Saturday night. Join us for music from Johnny Horton, Wynn Stewart, Tex Ritter, Merle, Hazel Dickens, Roy Orbison and a cast of the very best of performances from the past century here on Sonoma County Community Radio.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
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1
Tex Williams
Money
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
2
Howard Vokes
The Miner
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
3
Tex Ritter
A Working Man's Prayer
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
4
Doc Watson
Dream of the Miner's Child
1964-1965 (Warped 6411F)
5
Loretta Lynn
Coal Miner's Daughter
Coal Miner's Daughter
6
Merle Haggard And The Strangers
Workin' Man Blues (2006 Digital Remaster)
Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
7
Lyle Lovett
Working Too Hard
My Baby Don't Tolerate
8
Slaid Cleaves
Working Stiff
Unsung
9
Perry Tonightus And The Heart Burn
Living On The Welfare Check
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
10
Buck Owens
Waitin' In Your Welfare Line
The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
11
Johnny Paycheck
Take This Job And Shove It
Superstars Of Country: Easy Loving [Disc 1]
12
Roy Orbison
Working for the Man
The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
13
Brennen Leigh
North To Alaska
Too Thin To Plow
14
Mudcrutch
Six Days On the Road
Mudcrutch
15
Wynn Stewart
Another Day, Another Dollar
California Country
16
The Westport Kids
You Kaint Take It With You
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
17
Billy Parker
It Takes A Lot Of Money
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
18
Bobby Barnett
Workin' Man
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
19
Arlie Duff
Money Hungry
Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
20
Faron Young
I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night
1953-1956 (Warped 5455)
21
Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws
I Ain't Lazy Baby I'm Just Tired
The Best Of Western Swing
22
Jim Nesbitt
Working All My Life
Cash-A-Likes
23
Marty Stuart
Hard Working Man
Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions
24
Dick Curless
I've Been Working On the Railroad
A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD3 (1950-1969)
25
John Prine & Mac Wiseman
Saginaw Michigan
Standard Songs for Average People
26
Dolly Parton
9 To 5
Dolly [Disc 4]
27
Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands
Working Girl Blues (Featuring Andrew Conklin, Alice Gerrard, Tom Rozum & Patrick Sauber)
The Hazel and Alice Sessions
28
Tom Waits
Heigh Ho
Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards [Disc 3]
29
Lee Dorsey
Working In A Coal Mine
Soul Mine
30
Johnny Horton
North To Alaska
Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
31
The Dwarf Chorus
Heigh-Ho
Classic Disney, Vol. II: 60 Years Of Music Magical
32
Adriana Caselotti
Whistle While You Work
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
Welcome to a common theme we share on Deeper Roots: an eclectic blend of stories featuring grifters, the gallows, the law and prison time. Today we’ll be mixing current events with the rule of law and the focus takes on historic anthems of good versus evil. Playlists will feature topics of blind justice, the fate of liars and thieves, and stories of false prophets and demagogues. We’ll welcome them in their own words with pearls of justice that even the January 6th looters, traitors and thieves cannot escape. It’s a cult…and neither democracy nor faith abide much by the cult of personality that’s soiling our Constitution. We’ve got tracks from Dr. John, Three Dog Night, Hugh Laurie, Booker T and Ted Hawkins this week. Join us here on Deeper Roots for an expose about “Fear and Loathing at Mar-a-Lago”.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Booker T. & The MG's
Hang 'Em High
The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 1]
2
The Fabulous Thunderbirds
Can't Tear It Up Enuff
T-Bird Rhythm
3
Ted Hawkins
The Constitution
Happy Hour
4
Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands
Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)
The Hazel and Alice Sessions
5
The Louvin Brothers
Cash On The Barrelhead
Close Harmony [Disc 3]
6
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
Call The Police
Jumpin' With the Big Swing Bands
7
Ray Lum
A Trader Is
Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris
8
Bill Phillips
The Yankee Trader
Bill Phillips 1958-1961
9
Dr. John
Trader John
The Blues Biography
10
Three Dog Night
Liar
The Complete Hit Singles
11
Julia Lee
Lies
Kansas City Star [Disc 2]
12
JD McPherson
Mother Of Lies
Let The Good Times Roll
13
Julie London
Little White Lies
36 All-Time Greatest Hits Disc 1
14
Jackie Greene
About Cell Block #9
Sweet Somewhere Bound
15
Bill Carter with The Cooper Brothers
Jailer Man
The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
16
Buck Owens
In the Jailhouse Now
Honky Tonk Man: Buck Sings Country Classics
17
Hugh Laurie
Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
18
Elton Britt
Uranium Fever
Atomic Platters
19
Sam Hinton
Old Man Atom
Atomic Platters
20
Dan Reeder
2016 Election Song
Every Which Way (Deluxe Edition)
21
Fay Simmons
You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb
Atomic Platters
22
Fred Kirby
When That Hell Bomb Falls
Atomic Platters
23
George Kent
I Always Did Like Leavenworth
The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
“Gather ‘round everybody, gonna tell you a story, about a little fella, he’s really very mella’, sells the daily papers on Main Street USA. ” That’s how we’ll open this week’s show, with a story told by Bill Haley and the Comets from 1955. It’s a free form throwback road trip from Main Street to the deep South with some blues, country, and roots sounds from the past 100 years. Got some blues from Bertha Idaho, classic country from Hank Williams, some fresh southland sounds from Los Lobos, locally fresh sounds from Doug Blumer and JL Stiles…and so much more as we venture in and around all of the corners, north, south, east and west in today’s show. Friday morning breakfasts have never been so entertaining. Tune us in on 92.5 FM in West County or stream us on your listening device at kowsfm.com/listen.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Bill Haley
The Paper Boy (On Main Street USA)
From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (3): Rock Around the Clock
2
Chet Atkins & His Guitar Pickers
Main Street Breakdown
Chet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA Years
3
David Bromberg
The Main Street Moan
The Player: A Retrospective
4
Los Lobos
On Main Street
Tin Can Trust
5
Loudon Wainwright III
Moving Day
High Wide & Handsome – The Charlie Poole Project
6
Willie Nelson
Still Is Still Moving To Me
Across The Borderline
7
Si Kahn and The Looping Brothers
Gone, Gonna Rise.Again
Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions
8
Leon Selph
Now That You Have Gone
You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
9
The Leake County Revelers
Been to the East, Been to the West
Lead Kindly Light
10
Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway
Moving Day
Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway
11
JL Stiles
Movin
Jl Stiles Presents House of Murmurs
12
Florence Lowery
Moving Day Blues
Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 11
13
Bertha Idaho
Move It On Out Of Here
Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 10
14
Howlin' Wolf
Moving
The Back Door Wolf
15
Monroe Moe Jackson
Move It On Over
Rural Blues Vol. 1 1934-1956
16
Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys
Move It On Over
26 All-Time Country Classics
17
Mahalia Jackson
I Will Move On Up A Little Higher
Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
18
The Staple Singers
Move Along Train
Freedom Highway
19
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)
Raising Sand
20
Tom Petty
Time to Move On
Wildflowers
21
Jerry Lee Lewis
Move on Down the Line
The London Sessions 1973
22
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 3
23
Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
When I'm Gone Don't You Grieve
Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
24
John Hiatt
Gone
Crossing Muddy Waters
25
Irma Thomas
Gone
Soul Queen of New Orleans
26
The Cats & The Fiddle
Gone
The Very Best Of
27
Paul Simon
Gone at Last
1964-1993 Disc 2
28
Bobby "Blue" Bland
This Time I'm Gone For Good
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The ABC-Dunhill / MCA Recordings
A mix of just about everything your ears might need on a Friday morning with the focus being on preparing you for the weekend here in Sonoma County. Wake up sounds with themes that sport the connective tissue of a variety of genres and performers. We’ll hear some Bo Diddley, Chris Montez, Steve Earle, Del Reeves, and more than two dozen others. We’ll be highlighting small themes of trains, boogie Woogie daddies, sad and happy songs, weed and invitations to the party here on KOWS Community radio where free speech is coupled with a promise of no bull. We stream all over the planet on kowsfm.com/listen and will be celebrating the return of our antenna and the FM signal sooner rather than later. Join us.
What a decade. The Sixties. There was, of course, the mainlining of rock that took place, The Beatles, The Stones, Dylan, folk-rock, a rediscovery of tradition and the blues…and then there was something that had been bubbling underneath the pop, gospel, jazz, and rock elements. It would come to be called ‘soul’ and the sixties urban explosion out of a post-war northern cities like Chicago and (especially) Detroit, gave us something uniquely American. And the sixties charts were brimming with Motown, funk, cold sweat, and brassy ballads with a back beat and synchronicity of voice that established itself for good. The Isley Brothers, The Four Tops, The Supremes, Chuck Jackson, Mary Wells, The Temptations, The Impressions…the list goes on…all of these acts and hundreds of others staked their claim to the charts, easily competing (if not comfortably sharing) with the British wave and psychedlic sounds that had stormed the gates. Join Dave Stroud for a taste of 60s soul.
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Artist
Title
Album
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1
The Miracles
Shop Around [National Hit Version]
The 35th Anniversary Collection
2
Ike & Tina Turner
It's Gonna Work Out Fine
Birth Of Soul: 3
3
Sugar Pie DeSanto
A Little Taste of Soul
A Little Bit of Soul (1957-1962)
4
Chuck Jackson
Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)
Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 2]
5
Sam Cooke
Send Me Some Lovin'
The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4)
6
Mary Wells
Bye Bye Baby
Looking Back 1961-1964
7
The Impressions
I'm So Proud
Glory of Love: Sweet & Soulful Love Songs-'60s
8
The Supremes
Come See About Me
Gold Disc 1
9
Mary Wells
My Guy
Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
10
Brenda Holloway
Every Little Bit Hurts
Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
11
The Tams
What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think I Am)
Classic Rock: 1964 A Go Go
12
Jimmy Hughes
Steal Away
The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
13
King Curtis
Soul Serenade
Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis
14
The Funk Brothers
Too Many Fish in the Sea
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Funk Brothers
The archivists went back to the well for the core of a show first broadcast seven years ago, polished it up some by adding some fresh musical paints to the themes, but left the vintage drapes and findings alone. And this week’s Deeper Roots show is all the better for it. Tune in on Friday morning for songs about the ‘love bug’, private property and trespassers, biblical tales from about fellows named John, and some musical musings about dog houses and ramblers. We’ve the likes of Ry Cooder, Moses Mason, Arthur Smith, The Drifters, and Sharon Jones to help you get your head straight for a weekend to kick off a long summer of our discontent. Your rights. Our rights. When they come for some today, who says they won’t come for you tomorrow.
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Artist
Title
Album
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1
Rosie Flores
I Push Right Over
Speed of Sound
2
Cliff Edwards
Hang on to Me
Ukulele Ike
3
Emmett Miller
(I Got A Woman Crazy For Me) She's Funny That Way
Minstrel Man From Georgia
4
Sons of the Pioneers
Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown
Songs of the Prairie – CD3
5
Arthur Smith
Follow Me Boogie (Instrumental)
The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
6
Johnny Cash
Calilou (The Rambler)
Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 4]
7
Dr. John
How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round)
Goin' Back To New Orleans
8
Bobby "Blue" Bland
I Wouldn't Treat A Dog (The Way You Treated Me)
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The ABC-Dunhill / MCA Recordings
9
The Drifters
Don't Dog Me
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
10
Jim Jackson
Old Dog Blue
25 Classic Blues Songs From the 1920s-1940s Vol 19
11
Ry Cooder
Police Dog Blues
Broadcast from the Plant: 1974 Record Plant, Sausalito, Ca
12
Pee Wee King
Dog House Blues
Pee Wee King's Country Hoedown (1 of 2)
13
Neko Case
John Saw That Number
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
14
Moses Mason
John The Baptist
Take Me To The Water
15
John Mellencamp
John The Revelator
Trouble No More
16
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
Get Up John
Bill Monroe: Anthology
17
Elvis Presley
I, John
Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 2)
18
The Golden Gate Quartet
Frankie and Johnny
CD 2 the Recent Years
19
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Private Property (No Tresspassing)
One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions
20
Jimmy Littlejohn
No Parking Here
The World Is A Monster
21
Woody Guthrie
Riding in My Car (Car Song)
Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
22
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Trespasser
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Is In)
23
Vince Gill
Love Bug
Bradley Barn Sessions
24
Little Jimmy Dickens
When That Love Bug Bites You
Country Boy [Disc 2]
25
Jimmy Edwards
Love Bug Crawl
At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 7)
26
Jimmy Edwards
Love Bug Crawl
Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5
27
Red Foley & Minnie Pearl
Love Bug Itch
Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
28
The Mills Brothers
The Love Bug Will Bite You
Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats
29
Vera Lynn
The Love Bug Will Bite You
A Tribute, Volume II: It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow
30
Doc & Merle Watson
Corrina, Corrina
Then And Now/Two Days In November
31
Gillian Welch
I Want To Sing That Rock And Roll
Time (The Revelator)
32
John Prine With Lucinda Williams
Wedding Bells / Let's Turn Back The Years
In Spite Of Ourselves
33
Junior Brown & Red Simpson
Nitro Express
Rig Rock Deluxe
34
Red Simpson
Truck Drivin' Man
The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
Hot weather this week and we’ll be sweatin’ out the oldies in the KOWS Studio this coming Friday. Summer may be just around the corner but we’re running hot already here in Sonoma County. Today’s show features a ‘double play’ collection of traditions and covers, focusing primarily on gospel tradition and contemporary covers. Brook Benton, Josh White, Wilson Pickett, Neko Case, and Hank Williams are among the performers we’ll be featuring this week. Covers of the Gambler’s Blues, Stormy Weather, Denomination Blues, and more coming your way from the studios located in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California. Streaming at kowsfm.com/listen.
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Artist
Title
Album
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1
Freddie King
Trouble In Mind
King Of The Blues
2
Mavis Staples Levon Helm
Trouble In My Mind
Carry Me Home
3
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Trouble In My Mind
Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
4
Washington Phillips
Denomination Blues – Part 1
Manzarene Dreams
5
Rodney Crowell
Denomination Blues
Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
6
Josh White
St. James Infirmary
Mojo-2010-11-Journey to Love
7
Bobby "Blue" Bland
St. James Infirmary
Mississippi Blues
8
Blind Alfred Reed
You Must Unload
Complete Recorded Works 1927-29
9
Ry Cooder
You Must Unload
The Prodigal Son
10
Louis Armstrong
Shadrack
Louis And The Good Book
11
Brook Benton
Shadrack
Mercury 1962
12
CBS Trumpeteers
Milky White Way
I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983
13
Elvis Presley
Milky White Way
His Hand In Mine
14
Shades of Blue
Oh How Happy
Glory of Love: Sweet & Soulful Love Songs-'60s
15
Carlene Carter
Oh How Happy
Carlene Carter/Blue Nun
16
Jeff Lynne
Stormy Weather
Armchair Theatre
17
Ethel Waters
Stormy Weather
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
18
Aaron Neville
I Saw The Light
Gospel Roots
19
Hank Williams
I Saw The Light
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
20
Arizona Dranes
John Said He Saw A Number
He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes
21
Neko Case
John Saw That Number
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
22
Jimmy Reed
Big Boss Man
The Very Best of Jimmy Reed
23
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Big Boss Man
Playback Disc 5
24
Wilson Pickett
Three-Time Loser
A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1]
Bad luck and trouble are supposed to be common watchwords on a Friday the 13th but we’re not the superstitious kind. Those vintage holdovers from a Christian time gone long past are just reminders of the stinkin’ thinkin’ that got us to where we are today. We’ll be taking our chances with a themed show today that blends vocal nuggets from Frank Sinatra and Elvis with blues from Bobby “Blue” Bland, Ray Charles, and Chester Burnett. We’ve also got some Jimmy Smith, Raul Malo, Chance Halladay, and Nappy Brown to keep you entertained while the rest of the world goes by. Tune us in on your radio at 92.5 FM or, better yet, listen to us anywhere on planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. Adopt a black cat. Despite longstanding superstitions, they have the very best of personalities.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Jim Lauderdale
Lucky 13
Point of No Return: The Unreleased 1989 Album
2
Chris Isaak
Waiting for My Lucky Day
Baja Sessions
3
The Bobby Fuller Four
I'm A Lucky Guy
The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four
4
Frank Sinatra
Luck Be a Lady
Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
5
Judy Garland
Lucky Day
Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby!
6
Jimmy Smith
I'm Just A Lucky So And So
Standards
7
Ray Charles
Lucky Old Sun
Hear Music Volume 1
8
Tommy Flanagan
Friday The 13th
For Monk-A Tribute To The Music Of Thelonious Monk
9
Bobby "Blue" Bland
Friday The 13th Child
His California Album
10
Howlin' Wolf
Hard Luck
The Chess Box [Disc 3]
11
Chris Thomas King
Superstitious Blues
Me, My Guitar and the Blues
12
Albert King
Born Under A Bad Sign
Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
13
Stevie Wonder
Superstition
Hitsville USA, Vol. 2: The Motown Singles Collection 1972-1992 Disc 1
14
J.J. Cale
Lady Luck
Travel Log
15
Raul Malo
Lucky One
Lucky One
16
Mary-Chapin Carpenter
I Feel Lucky
Come On Come On
17
Elvis Presley
Suspicious Minds
Elvis Viva Las Vegas – official soundtrack
18
k.d. lang & the Reclines
Luck in My Eyes
Absolute Torch and Twang
19
Charley Crockett
Lots of Luck
Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza
20
Johnny Cash
Thirteen
American Recordings
21
Gale Storm
Lucky Lips
Dark Moon * The Best Of Gale Storm
22
Ruth Brown
Lucky Lips
Feelin Fine
23
Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody)
My Lucky Day
Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949
24
Howlin' Wolf
I Ain't Superstitious
The Chess Box
25
John Fogerty
Bad Moon Rising
The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
