It’s a free form collection that knows no boundaries. Dynamic sounds from the past century of America’s music including tracks from Kinky Friedman, Hank Snow, Clara Ward, The Charioteers, and a host of others from every corner. We’ll be sharing The Old Spinning Wheel, a parlor song; songs about a baseball and silver screen legend; and gospel from the deeper wells. Join Dave Stroud for another Deeper Roots evening on KOWS Community Radio.
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Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Ella Fitzgerald
Beat Me, Daddy, Eight To The Bar
Get Happy
2
El Pauling & Royal Abbit
Send Me Somebody
The Complete Singles 1952-1962
3
Freddie King
Please Send Me Someone To Love
King Of The Blues
4
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Gonna Send You Where I Got You From
Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1
5
Nina Simone
Children Go Where I Send You
The Amazing Nina Simone/Nina Simone At Town Hall
6
The Charioteers
Walk Together Children
Good News, Vol. 2: Wade In The Water
7
The Original Gospel Harmonettes
Just To Behold His Face
Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
8
Clara Ward And The Ward Sisters
You Must Have Good Religion
Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 2]
9
Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue
Plastic Jesus
Set Two
10
Wanda Jackson
No Wedding Bells For Joe (2002 Digital Remaster)
Wanda Jackson
11
John Prine/Iris Dement
In Spite of Ourselves
In Spite of Ourselves
12
Laura Nyro
Wedding Bell Blues
Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro (1 of 2)
13
The Del-Vikings
I Hear Bells (Wedding Bells)
Hit The Road Jack- The ABC-Paramount Story
14
Kinky Friedman
Marilyn and Joe
Pearls in the Snow: The Songs of Kinky Friedman
15
Simon & Garfunkel
Mrs. Robinson
The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2]
16
Blackjack Wayne
Holding Hands For Joe
I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 1]
17
Hank Williams
No, No Joe
Beyond The Sunset
18
Ernie K-Doe
Popeye Joe
Absolutely the Best
19
The Howlin' Brothers
World Spinning Round
Trouble
20
Hank Snow
The Old Spinning Wheel (Chet Atkins)
The Singing Ranger Disc 1 of 4
21
The Beau Hunks
The Old Spinning Wheel
The Beau Hunks Play The Original Laurel & Hardy Music [Disc 2]
22
C.W. Stoneking
I'm The Jungle Man
Gon' Boogaloo
23
Duke Ellington
Jungle Jamboree
The Jungle Band – The Brunswick Era Vol 2 (1929-31)
24
Eddie Cantor
Hungry Women
grimriper2u@yahoo.com
25
Dwight Yoakam
Send Me the Pillow
Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
26
Fatso Bentley
June-teenth Jamboree
The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
27
Duke Ellington
Mood Indigo
The Jungle Band – The Brunswick Era Vol 2 (1929-31)
There are a handful of record labels that subscribe to the ‘deeper roots’ dogma. And our show tries to cover all of them. But East Bay’s own Arhoolie, whose catalog was recently acquired by Smithsonian Folkways is a very special example, maybe the premiere example, of what it means to dig deeper. Founded in 1960 by Chris Strachwitz, a German transplant who moved to the States in 1947, Arhoolie was founded on the principle that the best music could be found by traveling the backroads. And that is precisely how it got started, with a recording device in his trunk and an ear for the sublime. Join us this Friday evening as we explore just a hint of the music you’ll find on a landmark roots label.
We are remembering what happened here in Sonoma County last October when the firestorm hit, devastating communities and lives. Over 5000 homes and dozens of lives were lost. Disaster struck overnight and our music today reflects back with songs of disaster, songs of burning hell, and music that reminds us that Mother Nature will have its way. Blues from John Lee Hooker and Howlin’ Wolf, traditional country gospel from Bill Neely and Kitty Wells, and more in a Friday evening remembrance.
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Artist
Title
Album
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1
The David Thom Band
California's Burning
That Old Familiar
2
Under The Radar
Ride These Flames
Beyond The Niche
3
Kitty Wells
He Will Set Your Fields on Fire
Dust on the Bible (1959)
4
Kilby Snow, Mike Seeger
He Will Set Your Fields On Fire
Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967
5
Clyde Moody
06 – Where There's Smoke (There's Bound to Be Fire)
The Hillbilly Waltz King
6
Bill Neely
Satan's Burning Hell
Texas Law & Justice
7
Howlin' Wolf
The Natchez Burning
Blues From Hell
8
John Lee Hooker
Burning Hell
The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 2]
9
John Lee Hooker
The Motor City Is Burning
The Definitive Collection
10
Otis Spann
Burning Fire
The Great Blues Men
11
Bob Brozman
American House Fire Blues
Fire in the Mind
12
Dave Alvin
Barn Burning
King Of California
13
Dave Alvin
California's Burning
Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women
14
John Mellencamp
Eden Is Burning
John Mellencamp
15
Dixon Brothers
The School House Fire
Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937
A few years back we celebrated the record, the radio, and disc jockeys on a couple of themed shows. We’re going to rev that theme up once again, but with a bit of a twist. This morning’s show pays tribute to that nickel, dime, and quarter evaporator known as the jukebox. We’ll also extend the music selections to include sounds of record hops, soda fountains, and the healthiest way to partake in any or all of the festivities. Tune in for new and old, including country sounds from Kitty Wells, Buck Owens, and Bill Walker; R&B from Shirley & Lee, Charles Bronw, and The Marigolds; and pop straightaways from Gale Storm, Dodie Stevens, and Brook Benton. All this on a Friday evening on KWTF community radio.
This morning’s show finds a festive free form summer set featuring the usual suspects and a whole lot of fine sounds from the deeper wells. We’ll be sharing country classics from George Jones, Floyd Tillman, and Pee Wee King as well as some sweet upbeat R&B from Clyde McPhatter, Big Maybelle, and Ivory Joe. Taj Mahal, some doo wop pioneers, and the great Ella Fitzgerald will round things out in a free form fest on Sonoma County Community Radio. Tune in at 9am Pacific at www.kows.fm/listen.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
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1
Taj Mahal
Diddy Wah Diddy
Maestro
2
Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends
Oh Chuck It (In a Bucket)
Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
3
Hank Williams
My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18
4
Hank Williams
I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Living
The History Of Country & Western Music (Disc 19)
5
Johnny Cash
The Night Hank Williams Came To Town
Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town & Water From The Wells Of Home
A notorious theme in our world today. But it’s not like there is a thin line between truth and lies in the end. The line is clearly defined and yet people would rather imagine anything but what is clearly painted before them. Our show today looks at what the worst often looks like. Dirty lies, white lies, poison lies, and all of those falsehoods made in earnest or in self promotion. There are those who proudly wear the color of lies and hate to remind us that vigilance is more important now than ever. Call out the lies. This week, we look at it through the gospel lens with Sister Rosetta Tharpe, swim into the rock oldies pool with The Knickerbockers, swing soft and winsome country with Carl Smith and The Carters, and we’ll also bring in some contemporary sounds including tracks from Mavis Staples, David Olney, and Robert Ellis. I don’t know about you but I’m sick about what’s happening.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
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1
Mavis Staples
We Go High
If All I Was Was Black
2
Fats Domino
Telling Lies
Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
3
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
No Room In the Church for Liars
Precious Memories
4
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Let That Liar Alone
ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
5
Reverend A. Johnson
Let That Liar Pass On By
1950s Gospel Classics
6
Radio Yesterday
Lights Out
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
7
Martha Fields
Southern White Lies
Southern White Lies
8
Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands
Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)
The Hazel and Alice Sessions
9
The Carter Family
You Better Let That Liar Alone
Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
10
David Olney
No Lies
One Tough Town
11
Rosalie Allen
Hitler Lives
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
12
Carl Smith
Wicked Lies
Kisses Don't Lie
13
The Nashville Bluegrass Band
The Biggest Liars in Town
Home of the Blues
14
Flatt & Scruggs
Poison Lies
The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
15
Les Paul & Mary Ford
Lies
Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary
16
Cyndi Lauper
Lies
A Hat Full Of Stars
17
The Roosevelts
Tell Only Lies
The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn
18
Ian Gomm
Dirty Lies
Summer Holiday
19
The Castaways
Liar, Liar
Good Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack]
20
The Knickerbockers
Lies
Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
21
Tex Grande & His Range Riders
Hitler's Reply to Mussolini
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
22
Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers
Tellin' Lies
The Eyes of Texas
23
John Hartford
Politic
Hamilton Ironworks
24
Mimi & Richard Farina
House Un-American Blues Activity Dream
Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
25
Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone Walk
All Men Are Liars
Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe
26
J.J. Cale
Lies
The Very Best of J.J. Cale
27
Frankie Boots And The County Line
Pack Of Lies
Frankie Boots And The County Line
28
Neko Case
Lonely Old Lies
The Virginian
29
Johnnie Taylor
Running Out Of Lies
Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3]
It’s a free form episode that follows the American songbook stream of musical consciousness from the early twentieth century right up through some contemporary sounds. A river of rhythm and song…. doo wop shoo wops, the 88 key bounce of boogie woogie, master jelly roll bakers, and sweet confections for you on a warm summer Friday morning from the West County studios of KOWS radio. Performances will include Les Paul, Peggy Lee, Levon Helm, The Adderly Brothers, Jesse Winchester, and a couple dozen more of your favorites. Settle in for a free form collection of memories and musical gems from the past century with your host, Dave Stroud.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Mavis Staples
We Go High
If All I Was Was Black
2
Fats Domino
Telling Lies
Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
3
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
No Room In the Church for Liars
Precious Memories
4
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Let That Liar Alone
ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
5
Reverend A. Johnson
Let That Liar Pass On By
1950s Gospel Classics
6
Radio Yesterday
Lights Out
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
7
Martha Fields
Southern White Lies
Southern White Lies
8
Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands
Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)
The Hazel and Alice Sessions
9
The Carter Family
You Better Let That Liar Alone
Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
10
David Olney
No Lies
One Tough Town
11
Rosalie Allen
Hitler Lives
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
12
Carl Smith
Wicked Lies
Kisses Don't Lie
13
The Nashville Bluegrass Band
The Biggest Liars in Town
Home of the Blues
14
Flatt & Scruggs
Poison Lies
The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
15
Les Paul & Mary Ford
Lies
Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary
16
Cyndi Lauper
Lies
A Hat Full Of Stars
17
The Roosevelts
Tell Only Lies
The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn
18
Ian Gomm
Dirty Lies
Summer Holiday
19
The Castaways
Liar, Liar
Good Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack]
20
The Knickerbockers
Lies
Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
21
Tex Grande & His Range Riders
Hitler's Reply to Mussolini
Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
22
Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers
Tellin' Lies
The Eyes of Texas
23
John Hartford
Politic
Hamilton Ironworks
24
Mimi & Richard Farina
House Un-American Blues Activity Dream
Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
25
Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone Walk
All Men Are Liars
Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe
26
J.J. Cale
Lies
The Very Best of J.J. Cale
27
Frankie Boots And The County Line
Pack Of Lies
Frankie Boots And The County Line
28
Neko Case
Lonely Old Lies
The Virginian
29
Johnnie Taylor
Running Out Of Lies
Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3]
We’ve got another free form collection of sounds for a Friday in Sonoma County. The July heat has us moving a little slower as everything around us appears to move at breakneck speed. So the idea is to help us find our center and we do that with sounds from the islands with Joe Keawe and Arthur Lyman, soul from the heart by Solomon Burke and Betty Everett, and some tradition with a mix of Johnny Cash, Ry Cooder, and Bob Wills. We find our muse throughout with David Lindley and El Rayo-X. Join us.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
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1
Dave Van Ronk
Tell Old Bill
Down In Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
2
K.C. Douglas
Mercury Blues
Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
3
Jackson Browne & David Lindley
Mercury Blues
Love Is Strange [Disc 1]
4
Warren Zevon
Gorilla, You're A Desperado
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) [Disc 1]
5
Billy Butler & The Enchanters
I Can't Work No Longer
Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
6
The Temptations
Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
Anthology, Vol. 2 [Disc 2]
7
Chris Barber's Jazz Band
Petite Fleur (Little FLower)
Your Hit Parade -1959
8
Joanie Sommers
Johnny Get Angry
Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)
9
Arthur Lyman Group
Maui Chimes
The Best of the Arthur Lyman Group
10
Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians
Tomi Tomi
Vintage Hawaiian Music: The Great Singers 1928 – 1934
11
Joe Keawe
My Little Grass Shack
Hapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics – Vintage Hawaiian Treasures: Vol. I
12
Dave Van Ronk
My Little Grass Shack (In Kealakekua, Hawaii)
A Chrestomathy [Disc 2]
13
Ry Cooder
Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
Jazz (Remaster 2013)
14
Rhiannon Giddens
Up Above My Head
Tomorrow Is My Turn
15
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Singing in My Soul
The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]
16
Etta James
Something's Got a Hold on Me
Chess Blues Disc 4
17
Betty Everett
You're No Good
Something's Got A Hold On Me
18
Solomon Burke
If You Need Me
Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis)
19
The Impressions
Gypsy Woman
Hit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount Story
20
Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns
Tu-Ber-Cu-Lucas And The Sinus Blues
Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1
21
Wild Tchoupitoulas
Brother John
Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]]
22
Nappy Brown
Goody Goody Gum Drop
Night Time Is the Right Time [Disc 1]
23
Johnny Cash
Understand Your Man
16 Biggest Hits
24
Johnny Cash
Cindy[w. Nick Cave]
Unearthed Vol 3 – Redemption Songs
25
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Get Along Home, Cindy
Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 8
26
The Louvin Brothers
I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
Close Harmony [Disc 3]
27
Jimmy Dean
Big Bad John (Uncensored Version)
Best of Answer Songs vol 3
28
Big Brother & the Holding Company/Janis Joplin
Bye Bye Baby
Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits
29
Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers
Get Along Home, Miss Cindy
Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers
Published in 1927, populist poet Carl Sandburg’s anthology of American folksongs was in print for over 70 years. It influenced generations of musicians and is a cornerstone in the foundation of American folk and tradition. Sandburg himself described it as a “ragbag of stripes and streaks of color from nearly all ends of the earth…rich with the diversity of the United States.” Today’s show pulls samples from the book featuring performances by Dan Zanes, Bob Dylan, The Weavers, The Blue Sky Boys, and David Rawlings. True Americana from the deeper wells of America’s music.
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Artist
Title
Album
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1
Zora Layman & The Hometowners
When The Curtains Of The Night Are Pinned Back By The Stars
Blues from a lonely place. From blues to doo wop to southern soul…from behind prison walls to that singular window in that singular room looking out from a high-rise hotel onto a busy street in urban anywhere, America. Today’s music is all about being alone. Our show explores songs written with the lonesome muse on the shoulder. Ray Charles, Joe Liggins, Earl King, and Champion Jack Dupree join in as we ponder lonesome times from the heart of the solitary blues.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Booker T. & The MG's
Lonely Avenue
Green Onions
2
Ray Charles
Lonely Avenue
Doc Pomus: Singer And Songwriter [Disc 2]
3
Mel Walker
Feelin' Mighty Lonesome
Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
4
Johnny Ace
So Lonely
Memorial Album
5
Smiley Turner
Lonely Boy Blues
Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 5]: West Coast Blues V1
6
Julia Lee
Have You Ever Been Lonely
Kansas City Star [Disc 2]
7
Irma Thomas
Woman Left Lonely
My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn
8
Maxine Sullivan
Kind'a Lonesome
Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 1]
9
T-Bone Walker
Blue Mood
Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years
10
Shakey Jake
Gimme A Smile
The Bluesville Years Volume 10: Country Roads, Country Days
11
The Holmes Brothers
I'm So Lonely
Simple Truths
12
Joe Liggins
Blues For Tanya
Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
13
Sam Cooke
Lonely Island
The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (1 of 4)
14
Eddie Burns
Lonely Man Plea
Delmark: 50 Years Of Jazz & Blues: Blues [Disc 1]
15
James Winfield
Lonely, Lonely, Nights
Lonely Lonely Nights
16
Champion Jack Dupree
Lonely Road Blues
Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
17
Chris Kenner
I'm Lonely, Take Me
Land of 1000 Dances
18
Earl King
Those Lonely Lonely Nights
Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
19
Eddie Boyd
Got Lonesome Here
Third Degree (The Blues Collection Vol.58)
20
Johnny Bragg
Hurt & Lonely
The Johnny Bragg Story
21
Violet Hall
(All Alone) I Sit And Cry
The Mercury Blues Story (1945-1955) – Southwest Blues, Vol. 2
22
Fats Domino
I'm Alone Because I Love You
Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 8
23
Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Lonely Street
Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
24
Freddie King
Lonesome Whistle Blues
Ultimate Collection
25
Lowell Fulson
Everyday I Have The Blues
Trying to Find My Baby
26
Smiley Lewis
Lonesome Highway
ABC Of The Blues Vol 25
27
Nappy Brown
I'm Getting Lonesome
Down In The Alley – The Complete Savoy Singles A's & B's
28
Little Richard
Lonesome And Blue
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
29
Ray Charles & Betty Carter
Alone Together
Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated To You
30
Ella Fitzgerald
I'm the Lonesomest Gal in Town
Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41
31
Lillie Mae Kirkman
Lonesome
Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949)
