Category Archives: Blues

Trains & Boats & Planes & Automobiles

April 21, 2016 Dave

Trains Planes Automobiles — Trains Boats Planes & Automobiles

Deeper Roots takes on a theme this week… one that has us on the road, the rails, the ocean deep, and soaring in the clouds. We speak, of course, of our modes and muse of transport in music. There’s a variety of styling to be had including blues from Snooks Eaglin and Lightnin’ Hopkins, 50s country from Cowboy Copas and Bonnie Guitar, pop sounds from Jo Stafford and the Modernaires, and a host of others that all support the theme of the day. Tune in for another roots-infused Wednesday evening on KOWS, the heart and voice of West Sonoma County, California.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Modernaires	The Stanley Steamer	The Complete Modernaires On Columbia Vol 2 (1946-1947)
2	Kevin Russell	Cadillacin' Model A	You Don't Know Me
3	Snooks Eaglin	Model T And The Train	Country Boy Down In New Orleans
4	Rosco Gordon	T Model Boogie	Let's Get High (B)
5	Lightnin' Hopkins	Automobile Blues	Lightnin'
6	Ry Cooder	Crazy 'Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know)	Borderline (Remaster 2013)
7	John Sebastian	Got No Automobiles	Chasin' Gus' Ghost
8	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Christian's Automobile	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
9	Mink Deville	Lilly's Daddy's Cadillac	Coup De Grace Plus Where Angels Fear To Tread
10	Roger Miller	(The Day I Jumped) From Uncle Harvey's Plane	The Best Of : Vol 2
11	Peter, Paul & Mary	Leaving On A Jet Plane	Album 1700
12	Mother McCollum	Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane	Goodbye, Babylon – Salvation [Disc 4]
13	Peter Case	Waiting On A Plane	HWY 62
14	Cowboy Copas	Night Plane to Memphis	Settin' Flat On Ready
15	Dwight Yoakam	07 Trains and Boats and Planes	Population: Me
16	Doc Watson	Blue Railroad Train	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
17	J. H. Howell	Howell's Railroad	Classic Field Recordings
18	Hank Williams	California Zephyr	Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949
19	Chuck Berry	Down Bound Train	Lonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad Song
20	Jimmie Driftwood	Sailing Away On The Ocean	Americana, Vol. 3
21	Earl Scruggs	My Ship Will Sail	The Earl Scruggs Revue: Anniversary Special, Volumes One & Two
22	The Boxmasters	Goin' Home	Modbilly Disc 1
23	Jake Xerxes Fussell	Boat's up the River	Jake Xerxes Fussell
24	Jo Stafford	Shrimp Boats	You Belong To Me
25	Al Hendrickson	On A Slow Boat To China	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53
26	Nick Lowe	Christmas At The Airport	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
27	Emmylou Harris & Willie Nelson	Gulf Coast Highway	Duets
28	Patsy Cline	Life's Railway To Heaven	Mystery Train; Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 2
29	Tony Rice Unit	Old Train	Mystery Train; Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 2
30	Jimmie Driftwood	I'm Leavin' On The Wagon Train	Americana, Vol. 2

American Novelties

March 25, 2016 Dave

It’s popular in just about every form…well, not so with gospel…but it’s tradition goes back to minstrelsy: the song that has a humorous hook or a running joke to share or maybe a bandleader who takes us into new a ridiculous territories. We’ve got a lot of novelty tunes of this nature to bring you this week on Deeper Roots… a bit of a departure from our normal fare but it’s all for the fun. We’ll hear country sounds from Johnny Cash and Roger Miller, tearjerkers and rock therapy from Mabel Scott, The Chips, and Tiny Hill, and some classic novelty sounds from Danny Kaye, Spike Jones (of course), and Fats Waller.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Cab Calloway	The Scat Song	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
2	Slim & Slam	Groove Juice Special	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 3)
3	Slim & Slam	Sploghm	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)
4	The Ink Spots	Mama Don't Allow	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
5	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Dad Gum Ya Hide Boy	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1)
6	Ella Mae Morse	Milkman Keep Those Bottles Quiet	The Morse Code [Disc 1]
7	Danny Kaye	Tchaikowsky (And Other Russians)	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
8	Stan Laurel & Oliver Hardy	Bed Strings	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
9	Jimmy Durante	Inka Dinka Doo	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
10	The Chips	Rubber Biscuit	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
11	Lonnie Johnson	Wipe It Off	Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops
12	Tiny Hill and His Orchestra (Vocal Tiny Hill)	Hot Rod Race (1951)	Your Hit Parade..Golden Goofers [Time-Life]
13	Ross & Sargent	Nellie the Nudist Queen	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
14	Spike Jones	Ta-Hu-Wa-Hu-Wai (Hawaiian War Chant)	Flashbacks, Vol. 2: Novelty Songs 1914-1946 Crazy & Obscure
15	Spike Jones	Der Fuhrer's Face	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
16	Loudon Wainwright III	Dead Skunk	Dr. Demento 30th Anniversary Collection: Dementia 2000: Disc 2
17	John Prine With Melba Montgomery	We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds	In Spite Of Ourselves
18	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves
19	Roger Miller	Chug A Lug	20 Hits
20	Johnny Cash	A Boy Named Sue	At Madison Square Garden
21	Red Ingle and the Natural Seven (Vocal 'Cinderella G. Stump' (Jo Stafford) & Red Ingle)	Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) (1947)	Your Hit Parade..Golden Goofers [Time-Life]
22	Roy Newman	I Can't Dance (I've Got Ants In My Pants)	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
23	Freddie Jenkins' Harlem Seven	I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants)	Sounds Of Harlem Vol. 1 (Hep)
24	Fats Waller	Your Feet's Too Big	The Joint Is Jumpin'
25	Leon Redbone	Your Feets Too Big	Any Time
26	Mabel Scott	Catch Em Young Treat Em Rough Tell Em Nothing	Blues Women
27	Hank Penny	Catch 'Em Young, Treat 'Em Rough, And Tell 'Em Nothin'	Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions
28	Hank Penny	The Freckle Song	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
29	The Light Crust Doughboys	Pussy Pussy Pussy	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
30	Eddie Cantor	Hungry Women	grimriper2u@yahoo.com
31	Arthur Godfrey\The Too Fat Trio	Too Fat Polka	Mairzy Doats-44 Wacky Hits [Disc 1]
32	Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut Yankees	When Yuba Plays The Rhumba on The Tuba	gimriper2u@yahoo.com
33	Cliff Edwards	I'm No Fool	The Collection
34	Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty	You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly	20 Greatest Hits

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Deeper Blind Willie Johnson

March 17, 2016 Dave

Blind Willie Johnson’s music seems to resurface through discovery with each generation and understandably so. Because tied to the meager catalog of thirty songs that he recorded over some four sessions between December, 1927 and April, 1930, is a dark and foreboding voice in the night. Its glow is that of a solitary candle in a room of shadows in a house whose bones have fallen to derelict and decay. Willie is telling us to take notice.

The story of Blind Willie Johnson was best transcribed in Sam Charters’ introduction and liner notes for Columbia’s Roots & Blues Series’ “The Complete Works of Blind Willie Johnson”. We’ll go a bit deeper, dedicating our two hours to Blind Willie Johnson featuring tracks from the new tribute album “God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson”, some classic recordings of Blind Willie, as well as covers of every stripe and style.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Reverend Lewis Jackson & Charlotte Rucell	Dark Was The Night	Classic Sounds of New Orleans
2	Blind Willie Johnson	Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
3	Derek Trucks And Susan Tedeschi	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
4	Hot Tuna	Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning [Live]	Live In Japan
5	Bruce Cockburn	Soul of a Man	Nothing But a Burning Light
6	Ry Cooder	Dark Was The Night	Paris, Texas
7	Maria Muldaur	Oh, the Rain	Any Woman's Blues
8	Sinead O'Connor	Trouble Will Soon Be Over	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
9	Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams, and Richard Williams	Motherless Children	Drop On Down in Florida [Disc 2]
10	John Hammond, Jr.	Motherless Willie Johnson	Country Blues
11	Odetta	Motherless Children	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
12	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Nobody's Fault	Diamond Jubilation: 75th Anniversary
13	Arizona Dranes	Bye & Bye We're Going To See The King	He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes
14	Blind Willie Johnson	Trouble Will Soon Be Over	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
15	Blind Willie Johnson	Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version]	The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
16	Rev. Pearly Brown	God Don't Never Change	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
17	The Staple Singers	Samson And Delilah	Freedom Highway
18	Lee Roy Parnell/The Fairfield Four	John the Revelator	Peace in the Valley [Arista]
19	The Venice Four with Rose Stone and The Abbot Kinney Lighthouse Choir	Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version]	The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
20	Blind Willie Johnson	Church, I'm Fully Saved To-Day	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
21	The Levon Helm Band	God Don't Never Change	The Midnight Ramble Sessions Vol 3
22	David Bromberg Band	Nobody's Fault But Mine	Only Slightly Mad
23	The Blasters	Samson and Delilah	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)
24	Blind Willie Johnson	If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down	ABC Of The Blues Vol 20
25	Johnny Shines	It Ain't Nobody's Fault But Mine	Traditional Delta Blues
26	Irma Thomas	Soul of a Man	After the Rain
27	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
28	Taj Mahal	You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond	The Real Thing
29	Rev. Gary Davis	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs

Free Form – March 2016

March 10, 2016 Dave

We return to a free form collection of American music, featuring blues from Markus James, Blind Willie Johnson, and Dinah Washington; country from Porter Wagoner, Kitty Wells, and Leroy Van Dyke; pop memories from Frank Sinatra, Cliff Edwards, and Rusty Draper. The show will feature an expanded eclectic blend of bluegrass, gospel, rockabilly, and gospel and, in addition to Markus James, we’ll also feature a other local musical luminaries to ensure we’re reminded that our Sonoma County musical talent is a rich aquifer.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Robert Gordon and Chris Spedding	Drivin' Wheel	Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
2	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	One More Cowboy (w/Willie Nelson)	Selected Shorts
3	Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris	Donkey Town	All The Roadrunning
4	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2]
5	Cliff "Ukulele Ike" Edwards	Somebody Loves Me	With My Little Ukulele in My Hand (Disc 2)
6	Sophie Tucker	He Hadn't Up Till Yesterday	Flashbacks #3 CopulationBlues 1926-1940
7	BR5-49	The Devil In Me	Dog Days
8	Laurie London	The Gospel Train	Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
9	Rusty Draper	The Train With The Rhumba Beat	Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
10	Leon Redbone	Ain't Gonna Give You None of My Jelly Roll	Any Time
11	Mississippi John Hurt	The Chicken	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]]
12	Elizabeth Cotten And Brenda Evans	Shake Sugaree	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
13	Kitty Wells	The Other Cheek	I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 3]
14	Leroy Van Dyke	Walk On By	Golden Age of Country Volume 1: Waltz Across Texas [Disc 1]
15	Porter Wagoner	The Cold Hard Facts Of Life	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]]
16	Slim Gaillard	How High The Moon	Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
17	Ray Noble and the New Mayfair Orchestra	Repeal The Blues	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
18	Erwin Lehn	Sentimental Journey	Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
19	Frank Sinatra	Day In – Day Out	Come Dance with Me!
20	Jimmy Elledge	Funny How Time Slips Away	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
21	The Rhythm Rangers	I've Got a New Road Under My Wheels	Not Out of the Woods Yet
22	Kevin Russell	Solid Wrong	Plain Dirt Fashion
23	Wendy DeWitt	29 Ways	Getaway
24	Markus James	Head For The Hills	Head For The Hills
25	Markus James	On a Mississippi Porch	Head For The Hills
26	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
27	Blind Willie Johnson	Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
28	Lucinda Williams	God Don't Never Change	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
29	Ralph Stanley	John The Revelator	A Mother's Prayer

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Deeper Roots Ragtime

February 27, 2016 Dave

Our theme this evening is ragtime and it’s impact on the past century of America’s music. Join Dave Stroud for a themed collection of early and mid-century ragtime beginning with Cliff Edwards and running all the way through to some modern sounds out of Hamilton County, Tennessee. We’ll explore the Tiger Rag, the Maple Leaf Rag, the Black Mountain Rag, and then settle in for some of the sounds of Deep Elem. Music embellished with the stories of the performers, the theme, the songs, and the time…something you can’t get but on community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Cliff Edwards	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	grimriper2u@yahoo.com
2	The Hillbillies	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
3	Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Tangled Tales
4	Blind Blake	Diddie Wa Diddie	Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker
5	Sol Ho'opi'i	Twelfth Street Rag	Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1
6	Riley Puckett And Ted Hawkins	Hawkins Rag	Serenade The Mountains: Early Old Time Music On Record, [Disc 3]
7	Sons of the Pioneers	'A' Rag	Songs of the Prairie – CD5
8	Leon McAuliffe	Twin Fiddle Rag	Tulsa Straight Ahead
9	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Down Home Rag	Shame On You
10	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Tiger Rag	The Best of the Capitol Masters: Selections From "The Legend and the Legacy" Box Set
11	Pearl Bailey	Johnson Rag	Chronological Pearl Bailey (1947-1950)
12	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Beaumont Rag	Songs For Rounders
13	David Miller	Jailhouse Rag	Old-Time Mountain Guitar
14	The McCormick Brothers	Bugle Call Rag	Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3]
15	Merle Travis	Guitar Rag	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
16	David Grisman	Black Mountain Rag	Early Dawg
17	Doc Watson	Black Mountain Rag	Foundation: Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection, 1964-1998
18	Chet Atkins	Dill Pickle Rag	Reflections with Doc Watson
19	Duck Baker	Maple Leaf Rag	Advanced Fingerpicking Guitar Techniques
20	Scott Joplin	The Entertainer	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
21	Gram Parsons	Brass Buttons	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
22	Hamilton County Ramblers	Hard Times	Hamilton County Ramblers
23	Red Allen	Deep Elem Blues	The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983
24	Bill Neely	Deep Elm Blues	Texas Law & Justice
25	Buddy Jones	Rockin' Rollin' Mama (1940)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
26	Cliffie Stone	Jump Rope Boogie	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
27	Big Bill Broonzy	Down by the Riverside	Absolutely the Best
28	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Down by the Riverside	The Gospel of Blues
29	Mance Lipscomb	Darktown Strutters' Ball	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
30	Fats Domino	Darktown Strutters' Ball	They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
31	The Davis Sisters	Jesus Steps Right In	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 4]
32	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	You've Got To Bear The Consequence	Shakin' The Rafters
33	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Pure Religion	Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2
34	Duke Robillard	I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog (To Take The Place Of You)	The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard

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Back Country Blues

January 30, 2016 Dave

Our show features the sounds of the acoustic country blues. We’ll hear from early century greats like Jim Jackson, Luke Jordan, Geeshie Wiley, and Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers. There will also be a little help from some contemporaries who were their influence by this music. Get ready for some deeper sounds from Daddy Stovepipe, Papa Charlie Jackson, and Frank Stokes to round things out on a chilly evening in the North Bay on Sonoma County community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Taj Mahal	Fishin' Blues	The Best Of Taj Mahal
2	John Sebastian	Jug Band Music	Chasin' Gus' Ghost
3	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Bring it with You When You Come	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
4	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Going To Germany	The Rose Grew Round The Briar
5	Dick Justice	Little Lulie	Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi
6	Dick Justice	Brown Skin Blues	Hillbilly Blues
7	Geeshie Wiley	Last Kind Words	Mississippi Masters
8	Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas	Pick Poor Robin Clean	Mississippi Masters
9	Luke Jordan	Pick Poor Robin Clean (Eng 16 Aout 1927 Charlotte)	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
10	Tommie Bradley	Nobody's Business if I Do	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
11	Mississippi John Hurt	Praying On The Old Camp Ground	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
12	Mississippi John Hurt	Frankie	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
13	Mississippi John Hurt	Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me	The Library of Congress Recordings, Vol. 1 (Disc 1)
14	Frank Stokes	How Long	Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2)
15	Frank Stokes	I Got Mine	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
16	Henry Thomas	Bull Doze Blues	Roots of Rock
17	Luke Jordan	Church Bell Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
18	Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys	Original Stack O' Lee Blues (BP 8030, BP8030B)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
19	Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys	Mama You Don't Know How (BP 8030, BP8030A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
20	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	Burleskin' Blues	Blues From The Vocalion Vaults
21	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	The Spasm	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
22	Sweet Papa Stovepipe	All Birds Look Like Chicken To Me	Cluck Old Hen
23	Pink Anderson	He's In the Jailhouse Now	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs
24	Will Bennett	Railroad Bill	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
25	Henry Thomas " Ragtime Texas"	Railroadin' Some	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
26	Rory Block	Railroadin' Some	Gone Woman Blues: The Country Blues Collection
27	Papa Charlie Jackson	Drop That Sack	Papa Charlie Done Sung That Song – [Disc 2]
28	Papa Charlie Jackson	Skoodle-Um-Skoo	Papa Charlie Jackson Vol. 3 (1928 – 1934)
29	Jim Jackson	I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
30	Jim Jackson	Jim Jackson / Jim Jackson" Kansas City Blues, Pt. 1	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
31	Jim Jackson	Love Sick Blues	Jim Jackson Vol.2
32	Geeshie Wiley	Skinny Leg Blues	The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of [Disc 2]

Christmas Special 2015

December 26, 2015 Dave

We’ve got some holiday roots music featuring new and old. Join Dave Stroud for Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music for music from the outskirts of R&B, rock, blues, country, and pop. We’ll hear holiday cheer in the form of blues with Leroy Carr, Blind Blake, and Lloyd Glenn; contemporary pieces from Nick Lowe, Raul Malo, and The Boxmasters; confectionary pop from The Andrews Sisters, Eileen Barton, and The Beach Boys; and some of the very best R&B from Ray Charles, Betty Carter, and Amos Milburn. There’s a large helping of country pop and blues including Groovey Joe Poovey & The Big ‘D’ Boys, The Living Sisters, and (of course) Elvis. Two hours of Christmas cheer on a hump day Wednesday evening on the voice of West Sonoma County! You can follow it here: http://www.kows.fm/listen

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Nick Lowe	Rise Up Shepherd	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
2	Raul Malo	Feliz Navidad	Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites
3	The Boxmasters	My Dreams of Christmas	Christmas Cheer
4	The Living Sisters	Merry Happy Christmas	Harmony Is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday
5	She & Him	Blue Christmas	A Very She & Him Christmas
6	The Ronettes	Frosty the Snowman	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
7	The Beach Boys	Toy Drive Public Service Announcement	Ultimate Christmas
8	Darlene Love	Winter Wonderland	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
9	The Beach Boys	Dennis Wilson Christmas Message	Ultimate Christmas
10	Darlene Love	Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
11	The Beach Boys	Man With All the Toys, The	Beach Boys' Christmas Album, The
12	Leroy Carr	Christmas In Jail – Ain't That A Pain	Where Will You Be Christmas Day
13	Lloyd Glenn	Sleigh Ride	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
14	Amos Milburn	Christmas Comes But Once A Year	King single 45-5405
15	B.B. King	Christmas Celebration	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
16	Walter Davis	Santa Claus	Where Will You Be Christmas Day
17	Blind Blake	Lonesome Christmas Blues	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
18	Leon Redbone	Christmas Island	Christmas Island
19	The Andrews Sisters	Christmas Island	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2]
20	Eileen Barton	The Night Before Christmas Song	Coral single 9-60880
21	Fats Waller	Swingin' Them Jingle Bells	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
22	Groovey Joe Poovey & The Big "D" Boys	Santa's Helper	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
23	Coy McDaniel & Shorty Warren	Christmas Choo Choo Train	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
24	Elvis Presley	Winter Wonderland	Christmas Peace – Vol 1
25	Elvis Presley	If Every Day Was Like Christmas	Christmas Peace – Vol 1
26	The Living Sisters	Silver Bells	Harmony Is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday
27	Dean Martin	I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm	The Most Wonderful songs of the year sung by the best / holiday 2002
28	Betty Carter	Baby It's Cold Outside	The Spirit Of Christmas
29	Ray Charles	Winter Wonderland	The Spirit Of Christmas
30	Cajun Gold	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	Alligator Stomp 4: Cajun Christmas
31	Brenda Lee	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of Brenda Lee
32	Lou Rawls	Christmas Is	Ultra-Lounge Christmas Cocktails
33	The Louvin Brothers	It's Christmas Time	Close Harmony [Disc 5]
34	Charles Brown	Please Come Home For Christmas	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
35	James Brown	Please Come Home for Christmas	Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
36	The Crystals	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector

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Free Form – December 2015

December 19, 2015 Dave

Every couple of months, Deeper Roots shares a free form playlist with host Dave Stroud. This week we’ll share ‘contemporary roots’ infused music including the sounds of Howell Devine, Jason Isbell, and Ian Tyson as well as a broad selection of R&B (from The Blenders), early blues (from Blind Lemon Jefferson), and ‘ding dong daddy’ country swing (featuring Bob Wills). We’ll also wrap it up with a festive foodie theme.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Ink Spots	Street Of Dreams	Greatest Hits
2	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Scandalize My Name	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
3	The Cats & The Fiddle	I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water	Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
4	The Penguins	Ookey Ook	Great Googa Mooga [Ace]
5	The Roosevelts	Jitterbug Special	The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2
6	The Ravens	Gotta Find My Baby	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
7	The Blenders	Don't Play Around with Love	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
8	Robins	My Baby Done Told Me	Money Honey – Rise of the Black Bocal Group 51-53)
9	Esther Phillips	Your Love Is So Doggone Good [Album Version]	Jazz Moods – Hot
10	Hawkins, Coleman: The Bebop Years [Disc 2]: Cattin' at Keynote	Blue Moon	The Bebop Years [Disc 2] ~ Cattin' at Keynote
11	Justin Townes Earle	Workin' for the MTA	Harlem River Blues [Explicit]
12	Robert Plant	Central Two-O-Nine	Band Of Joy
13	Jason Isbell	Johnny Reb, That's Me	You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold
14	Howell Devine	Boat's Up the River	Delta Grooves
15	Billy Walker	Cross The Brazos At Waco	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
16	Chris Smither	No More Cane On The Brazos	Still On The Levee CD 1
17	Odetta	No More Cane On The Brazos	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
18	Red Foley & The Sunshine Boys	(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)	Johnny Cash: Artist's Choice – Music That Matters To Him
19	Ian Tyson	Ridin' Down the Canyon	Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry
20	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)	Legends of Country Music Disc 2
21	Asleep at the Wheel	Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas (with Robert Earl Keen and Ray Benson)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
22	Jerry Lee Lewis	Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee	A Half Century Of Hits ([Disc 2] of Box Set)
23	Jo-El Sonnier	Tear-Stained Letter	Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2]
24	Clifton Chenier	Accordion Boogie	Louisiana Blues and Zydeco
25	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Hot Dogs	The Complete Classic Sides Remastered: Atlanta & Chicago 1926 [Disc 2]
26	Lil Johnson	Sam The Hot Dog Man	Vintage Sex Songs
27	Rosie Flores	Hot Dog	Speed of Sound
28	Dale Hawkins	Hot Dog	Rock'n'roll Tornado
29	Bill Haley	Hot Dog Buddy Buddy	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (4): Don't Knock the Rock
30	Wanda Jackson	Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad	Queen Of Rockabilly
31	Buck Owens	Hot Dog	Buck Owens Four Classic Albums [Disc 1]
32	The Four Shells	Hot Dog	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9)
33	Shakin' Stevens	Hot Dog	Chronology – The Epic Hit Singles #1
34	John Hiatt	Adios To California	Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns

Blues, Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition, New Orleans, Rockabilly

There She Goes – KOWS 12/16/15

December 17, 2015 Dave

West County has seen it’s first consistent (and consecutive) days of rain and boy did we need it. El Nino looks to be making some waves. We’ll be making some waves this week on our Wednesday night foray into the past century of America’s music. We’ll hear new music from the Oxford American Georgia music issue, as well as a good share of early country, some Stephen Foster (by the Hamilton County Ramblers), and some Jelly Roll Morton. There will be a few local performers to sweeten the mix: Kevin Russell, Carl Hendel & Eddie Meisse, and an alumni of Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa…Dan Hicks. Tune in for music that keeps on giving.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Tommy Duncan	Who Drank My Beer (While I Was In The Rear)?	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
2	Oklahoma Wranglers (Willis Bros)	Invitation to the Blues	Hillbilly Rhythm
3	T. Texas Tyler	Red Light	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
4	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	My Galveston Gal	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin'
5	Carl Hendel & Eddie Meisse	Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age
6	Tut Taylor feat. Norman Blake	Sweet Picking Time in Toomsboro, Ga.	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
7	Precious Bryant	Georgia Buck	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
8	The Band & Emmylou Harris	Evangeline	A Musical History [Disc 5]
9	John Prine	There She Goes	Bruised Orange
10	Jerry Jeff Walker	Viva Luckenbach	Gypsy Songman: A Life In Song
11	Carl Smith	Are You Teasing Me	The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956)
12	The Louvin Brothers	Are You Teasing Me	Close Harmony [Disc 3]
13	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Hello Stranger	The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music
14	Maria Muldaur	Me And My Chauffeur Blues	Richland Woman Blues
15	Black Bottom McPhail	John	Jack Newman & Others
16	Jimmy Strange	Yas Yas Yas	Swingin' the Blues: 1931-1939
17	Lightnin' Hopkins	Speedin' Boogie	Po' Lightnin'
18	Pete Johnson	Boogie Woogie	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
19	Kate & Anna McGarrigle	Hard Times Come Again No More	Songs Of The Civil War
20	Robert Shaw Chorale	Nelly Bly	Stephen Foster Songbook
21	Grandpa Jones	Nelly Bly	An American Original
22	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	I Scare Myself	The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
23	Larry Jon Wilson	Ohoopee River Bottomland [from the film Heartworn Highways]	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
24	Carl Perkins	Don't Stop The Music	Go Cat Go
25	Jake Xerxes Fussell	Raggy Levy	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
26	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	Jelly Roll's Misgiving	Jelly (The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Plays Jelly Roll Morton
27	Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers	The Pearls	The Pearls
28	Ry Cooder	The Pearls/Tia Juana	Jazz
29	Dr. John	Wild Honey	City Lights
30	John Fred	Shirley	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
31	Red Saunders & His Orchestra	Honky Tonk Train Blues	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
32	Freddie Slack With The Will Bradley Trio	Down The Road A Piece	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration

African American Gospel, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Early Pop, Rhythm and Blues, Rock

Roots of Doo Wop

December 12, 2015 Dave

The early fifties brought the dawn of a musical form that became popular with a younger crowd although it was simply a version of a vocal harmony form born in the early century, if not long before. The street corner harmonies were a big hit as this new form of rhythm called ‘doo-wop’ saturated the top 40 R&B (and mainstream) airwaves. But the influences themselves had huge followings. We’ll hear from some of the early gospel inspirations like the Heavenly Gospel Singers as well as the vocal groups who were dominant in the form’s lineage: The Ink Spots, The Mills Brothers, and The Ravens. We’ll also hear from the groups who introduced ‘doo wop’ as we know it in the early fifties.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Turbans	When You Dance	Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 2]
2	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Golden Gate Gospel Train	Vol. 1-(1937-38)
3	Heavenly Gospel Singers	The Prodigal Son	Halleluja Gospel & Prayers
4	The Heavenly Gospel Singers	When Was Jesus Born?	Goodbye, Babylon – Salvation [Disc 4]
5	The Deep River Boys	Melody of Love	The Dark Ages: Our Music From The Beginning
6	The Charioteers	All God's Chillun Got Shoes	The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
7	The Mills Brothers	Paper Doll	Best of the Decca Years
8	The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & Orchestra	Diga, Diga, Do	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2
9	Lewis Bronzville Five	Low Down Gal Blues	Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3
10	The Ink Spots	We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)	40 Your Hit Parade
11	The Ink Spots	My Prayer	Greatest Hits
12	The Cats & The Fiddle	I Miss You So	The Very Best Of
13	The Cats & The Fiddle	We Cats Will Swing For You	The Very Best Of
14	The Cats & The Fiddle	Killin' Jive	The Very Best Of
15	The Delta Rhythm Boys	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
16	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Do You Care	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
17	Slim & Slam	The Flat Foot Floogie	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 1)
18	Five Red Caps	Mama Put Your Britches On (alt. Take)	Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 4 (1926-1947)
19	The Cap-Tans	I'm So Crazy For Love	Vocal Group Harmony Vol 8
20	The Ravens	Count Every Star	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
21	The Ravens	My Baby's Gone	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
22	The Ravens	Write Me A Letter	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
23	The Moonglows	Sincerely	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
24	The Toppers	If Money Grew on Trees	Stompin' at the Savoy: Harlem Nocturne, 1944 – 1947
25	The Five Keys	The Glory of Love	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1)
26	The Orioles	It's Too Soon to Know	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
27	The Orioles	You Belong to Me	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
28	The Cardinals	Wheel Of Fortune	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
29	The Crows	Gee	Feelin Fine
30	The Flamingos	Would I Be Crying	Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 3
31	The Flamingos	Golden Teardrops	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
32	The Five Satins	In The Still Of The Night	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
33	The Penguins	Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)	Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2)
34	The Cadillacs	Speedo (Cadillac)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
35	The Jewels	Hearts of Stone	Doo Wop Box Disc 1

A Century of America's Music