Category Archives: Blues

Let’s Live – KOWS Nov 5, 2015

Let's Live
Let’s Live

We’ll be bringing another eclectic blend of music from the past for an evening set kicks off with sounds of New Orleans beginning with a medley from the Bayou Maharajah, James Booker and closing with Irma Thomas. In addition to our usual run of bluegrass, jazz, and blues…we’ll prepare some piping hot biscuits from the country shack with Alan Lomax, Flatt & Scruggs, Pappy O’Daniel and the Hillbilly Boys, and Kacey Musgraves. There will also be a rare piece of early blues piano work from Ollie Shepard and the early century jazz band sounds of Enric Madriguera, Jimmie Lunceford, and Fletcher Henderson. Two full hours of Deeper Roots on weekday evening…carrying us over the midweek hump so that it’s all downhill from there…

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Aaron NevilleLet's LiveTreacherous [Disc 1]Amazon
2James BookerMedley: Tico Tico / Papa Was A Rascal / So Swell When You're WellClassifiedAmazon
3Dr. JohnTraveling MoodThe Ultimate Dr. JohnAmazon
4Fats DominoThe Girl I Love [Version 2]This Is Gold Disc 1Amazon
5Aaron NevilleMy True StoryMy True StoryAmazon
6Irma ThomasWhile the City SleepsTime Is on My Side: The Best of Irma Thomas, Vol. 1Amazon
7Kansas Joe and Memphis MinnieI'm Wild About My StuffFlashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944Amazon
8Blind Boy FullerTrucking My Blues Away No. 2 (take 2)Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order – Volume 2 (29 April to 12 July 1937)Amazon
9Ollie ShepardKing Of All EvilVol. 2-1939-41Amazon
10Angelic Gospel Singers with the Dixie Humming BirdsOne DayWhen the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time: African-American Gospel, 1939-51Amazon
11Rory BlockLord, I Feel Just Like Goin' OnI Belong To The Band: A Tribute To Rev. Gary DavisAmazon
12Ethel Waters and Her Jazz BandEv'rybody Mess ArounTight Women and Loose Bands 1921-1931Amazon
13Cleo BrownBoogie WoogiePicking the Blues – Compiled By John Mayall – Boogie Woogie PioneersAmazon
14Benny Carter (With Lionel Hampton Orchestra)I'm in the Mood for SwingRCA Victor Jazz-The First Half-Century-The 30'sAmazon
15Coleman HawkinsBody and SoulRCA Victor Jazz-The First Half-Century-The 30'sAmazon
16Alan LomaxHow Many Biscuits Can You Eat?Ballad Operas-Martins & The CoAmazon
17W. Lee & His Hillbilly BoysPlease Pass The Biscuits PappyWestern Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938Amazon
18Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs'How Many Biscuits'1953-X6-XX Grand Old OpryAmazon
19NRBQHot Biscuits and Sweet MarieKick Me HardAmazon
20Kacey MusgravesBiscuitsPageant MaterialAmazon
21Kenny BakerMonroe's HornpipePlays Bill MonroeAmazon
22Jack GuthrieNo Need to Knock on My DoorOklahoma HillsAmazon
23Merle TravisMissouriThe History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 11Amazon
24KentuckiansJourney's EndKeep on Going: The Rebel & Melodeon RecordingsAmazon
25Doyle Lawson & QuicksilverBetter Times A' Comin'Mark Twain: Words & Music [Disc 1]Amazon
26Mac WisemanIt's Mighty Dark To TravelGrassroots To BluegrassAmazon
27Johnny CashThanks a LotThe Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 1Amazon
28Jim SilverEach Season Changes YouCountry Boy's DreamAmazon
29Jimmy WakelyMoon Over MontanaVintage CollectionsAmazon
30Leon RedboneSweet LorraineAny TimeAmazon
31Dr. JohnI Love It at the Top20 DatesAmazon
32Jimmie Lunceford/Sy Oliver, VocalTime's A-Wastin'Jimmie LuncefordAmazon
33Sam CookeBring It on Home to MeGreatest HitsAmazon

Night Time – KOWS Oct 28, 2015

Night Time
Night Time

No more alternating Saturday mornings for Deeper Roots. We’re a weekly publication now…every Wednesday evening at 7 Pacific!. We’re going to settle into our new KOWS time-slot tonight with music that celebrates our new day of the week and we’ll also roam east, south, west and north in our pursuit of the best from the last 100 years of American music. Join us right after Robert Feuer’s Blues Up the River for some ‘down river’ sounds including Johnny Horton, Tom Rush, Riley Puckett, and some John Lee Hooker. Because the night time is the right time. 

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Nappy BrownJust a Little LoveNight Time Is the Right Time [Disc 1]Amazon
2John Lee HookerNight Time Is The Right TimeBoogie ChillunAmazon
3Ray CharlesNight Time Is the Right TimeGenius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1Amazon
4James BrownNight Train20 All Time Greatest Hits!Amazon
5Billy JonesWhen It's Night Time in Italy, It's Wednesday over HereThe Silly Songs (1922 to 1934)Amazon
6Riley PuckettWednesday Night WaltzCountry Music Pioneer vol 1Amazon
7Josh WhiteMonday, Tuesday, WednesdayVol. 3-(1935-40)Amazon
8Misisipi Mike WolfCalling the ShotsThe Cold Hard Facts of MikeAmazon
9Kevin RussellHead SouthTrouble In MindAmazon
10Asleep at the WheelSouth of the Border (with George Strait)Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas PlayboysAmazon
11Willie NelsonSouth (Featuring Paul Shaffer & Vince Gill)Willie and the WheelAmazon
12Cleo BrownI'll Take The South (You Take The East, Take The West, Take The North)Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935)Amazon
13Kinky FriedmanGirl From The North CountryThe Loneliest Man I Ever MetAmazon
14Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & QuicksilverThe Northern LightsSchool of Bluegrass Disc 1Amazon
15Anna Fermin's Trigger GospelNorthern LightsFreight Train BoogieAmazon
16Johnny HortonNorth to AlaskaMagic MomentsAmazon
17David LuningNorthern CaliforniaJust Drop On ByAmazon
18Bill Monroe And Doc WatsonEast Tennessee BluesLive Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record Volume 2Amazon
19June Carter CashEast Virginia BluesKeep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 2Amazon
20Grandpa JonesEast Bound Freight Train16 Greatest HitsAmazon
21Tom RushEast of EdenWhat I KnowAmazon
22Jerry ReedEast Bound And DownThe Essential Jerry ReedAmazon
23Geraint WatkinsGo WestDial 'W' for WatkinsAmazon
24Chris IsaakWestern StarsSilvertoneAmazon
25Les PaulEast of the Sun (And West of the Moon) (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)Amazon
26The Benny Goodman SextetEast Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)Benny Goodman SextetAmazon
27Whitt Denson "One Voice Quartette"New Morning Sun 436I Belong to This Band: Eight-Five Years of Sacred Harp RecordingsAmazon
28Ruthie FosterBrand New DayPromise of a Brand New DayAmazon
29Nappy BrownLittle By LittleNight Time Is the Right TimeAmazon
30Chris Hillman/Herb PedersenInvitation to the BluesWay Out WestAmazon
31Willie Nelson/Lukas NelsonMy Window Faces The SouthHeroesAmazon

Songs of the Dust Bowl

Songs of the Dust Bowl
Songs of the Dust Bowl

Our story is one that we’ve covered before, previously focusing on the Great Depression and the music of Woody Guthrie. This episode pulls in the theme of that tragic chapter of a drought that uprooted nearly 60 percent of the population from the affected region of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. With the soil lacking a firm root due to poor farm practices, the plains winds would pick up the loose topsoil and create the dust clouds that ravaged farm and city alike. The music we’ll hear tonight brings us the stories, including those of Woody and Arlo Guthrie, Bob Gibson, Lane Hardin, Vernon Dahlart, and The Morrison Two Brothers String Band.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Ramblin' Jack ElliottTalking Dust BowlHard Travelin'Amazon
2Ramblin' Jack ElliottDust Storm DisasterHard Travelin'Amazon
3Woody GuthrieGreat Dust Storm (Dust Storm Disaster)Dust Bowl Ballads [Rounder]Amazon
4Woody GuthrieBlowing Down That Old Dusty Road (Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad)Dust Bowl Ballads [Rounder]Amazon
5Alison KraussDust Bowl ChildrenPaper AirplaneAmazon
6Peter RowanTumbleweedDust Bowl ChildrenAmazon
7Bob GibsonPastures of PlentyJoy Joy! The Young and Wonderful Bob GibsonAmazon
8Arlo Guthrie with The DillardsPasture of PlentyThirty Two Cents Postage DueAmazon
9Arlo Guthrie with The DillardsSo Long It's Been Good to Know YouThirty Two Cents Postage DueAmazon
10The ByrdsPretty Boy FloydSweetheart of the RodeoAmazon
11Arlo Guthrie with The DillardsDo Re MiThirty Two Cents Postage DueAmazon
12Cisco HoustonThe Great American BumDust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2]Amazon
13Mac "Harry" McClintockHallelujah, I'm a Bum [Remastered 2003]Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down SeriesAmazon
14Billy BraggI Ain't Got No HomeTooth & NailAmazon
15Michelle ShockedWoody's RagArkansas TravelerAmazon
16Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut YankeesLife Is Just A Bowl Of Cherriesgimriper2u@yahoo.comAmazon
17Leo Reisman And His Orchestra;Milton DouglasBrother, Can You Spare a Dime (From The Musical Review "Americana") [Remastered 2003]Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down SeriesAmazon
18Woody GuthrieTalking Dust Bowl BluesDust Bowl Ballads [Rounder]Amazon
19Woody GuthrieDust Pneumonia BluesDust Bowl Ballads [Rounder]Amazon
20Lane HardinCalifornia Desert Blues [Remastered 2003]Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down SeriesAmazon
21Red AllenDeep Elem BluesThe Folkways Years 1964 – 1983Amazon
22Prairie RamblersDeep Elem BluesWhite Country Blues (1926-1938)Amazon
23Joe StoneIt's Hard TimePoor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down SeriesAmazon
24Vernon DalhartThe Farm Relief SongPoor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down SeriesAmazon
25The Morrison Twin Brothers String BandDry and DustyArkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair PullersAmazon
26Sonny Terry & Brownie McGheeDealing With The DevilDust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2]Amazon
27Jack GuthrieOklahoma HillsSwinging Hollywood Hillbilly CowboysAmazon
28Bruce SpringsteenI Ain't Got No HomeFolkways: A Vision Shared-A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And LeadbellyAmazon
29Ry CooderVigilante ManInto The Purple ValleyAmazon
30Arlo Guthrie with The DillardsTom JoadThirty Two Cents Postage DueAmazon
31Jimmy LafaveDust Bowl OkiesThe Night TribeAmazon

In The Gloaming – KOWS Oct 24, 2015

In The Gloaming
In The Gloaming

Our Saturday morning show opens with some caffeine-driven music…literally… songs about the magic bean, that morning beverage that starts the day for some of us. We’ve got swamp pop from Randy & The Rockets, some jumpin’ jive from Cab Calloway, twilight reflections from Jonatha Brooke and The Sons of The Pioneers, and some Chet Atkins, David Lindley, and Eilen Jewell. KOWS community radio studios will be moving before the end of the year to a very central West County location that will bring us in closer contact with our listeners…and our Deeper Roots. And some exciting news! Deeper Roots moves to weekly broadcasts on KOWS.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Randy & the RocketsLets Do the Cajun TwistSwamp Gold, Volume 1Amazon
2Curtis GordonCaffeine And NicotineBob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]Amazon
3Speedy West & Jimmy BryantCaffeine PatrolSwingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2Amazon
4Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His OrchestraForty Cups of CoffeeBarrell House Boogie and the BluesAmazon
5Frank SinatraThe Coffee SongRadio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob DylanAmazon
6Carmen McRae/Previn TrioCoffee TimeHollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2]Amazon
7Annette HanshawYou're the Cream in My CoffeeThe Personality Girl, Vol. 4: 1928Amazon
8The Manhattan TransferJava JiveSwingAmazon
9Pokey LaFarge & the South City ThreeCoffee Pot BluesMiddle of EverywhereAmazon
10Cab CallowayThe Jumpin' JiveBest Of The Big BandsAmazon
11Tiny Davis & Her OrchestraHow About That JiveJumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD)Amazon
12Johnny MercerG.I. JiveCapitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 1 – The Birth Of A Label – 1942-43Amazon
13Ella FitzgeraldFive O'Clock WhistleChronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41Amazon
14Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain BoysThe Prettiest Flowers Will Be BloomingRalph Stanley 1971-1973 Disc OneAmazon
15Sons of the PioneersIn the GloamingSongs of the Prairie – CD4Amazon
16Jonatha BrookeIn the GloamingLiveAmazon
17John Prine With Emmylou HarrisI Know OneIn Spite Of OurselvesAmazon
18Porter WagonerFool Like MeWagonmasterAmazon
19Chet AtkinsLevee WalkingMy Favorite Guitars – It's A Guitar WorldAmazon
20The Scottsville Squirrel BarkersHand Me Down My Walking CaneBlue Grass FavoritesAmazon
21Eilen JewellThat's Why I'm WalkinSignature Sounds 20th Anniversary Collection: Rarities From the Second DecadesAmazon
22Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet LickersWalk Right In, Walk Right Out (The Walking Blues)One Hour MamaAmazon
23Eddie JeffersonStart Walkin' Stop Talkin'The BeBop SingersAmazon
24Dinah WashingtonWalkin' And Talkin'GoldAmazon
25Peggy LeeTalkin' To Myself About YouThe Capitol Collector's SeriesAmazon
26David LindleyTalk to the LawyerWin This RecordAmazon
27David Lindley & El Rayo-XTalkin' to the Wino TooVery GreasyAmazon
28David Lindley and Wally IngramOh DeathTwango Bango IIAmazon
29Pepe AhlqistMoonshine BabeRaw BluesAmazon
30Perline EllisonRazor Totin' MamaDocument Shortcuts Vol. 1 "God Don't Like It"Amazon
31Jackson Browne & David LindleyEl Rayo X (Intro)Love Is Strange [Disc 1]Amazon
32Jackson Browne & David LindleyEl Rayo XLove Is Strange [Disc 1]Amazon
33Mark KnopflerWho's Your Baby NowSailing to PhiladelphiaAmazon

Free Form – October 2015

Free Form - October 2015
Free Form – October 2015

Free form with just a dose of playlist themes…R&B and sugar from Chuck Willis, some sweeter country from Bob Wills, more of the same with a moonlight-based theme from Tommy Duncan, Dale Evans, and Elton Britt. We’ve also got a mix of early century jazz from Satchmo and blues from Tampa Red, Charley Patton, and Blind Blake. Tune into community radio locally on KWTF 88.1 on the FM dial or catch us streaming on TuneIn, RadioBox, or from our web site at kwtf.net/listen.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Seasick SteveDarkMan from Another Time (Bonus Version)Amazon
2Wild TchoupitoulasMeet De Boys On The BattlefrontTreacherous [Disc 1]Amazon
3The Neville BrothersYellow MoonYellow MoonAmazon
4Emmylou Harris; Rodney CrowellOld Yellow MoonOld Yellow MoonAmazon
5Bill NeelyBig Yellow Moon Over TexasTexas Law & JusticeAmazon
6Tommy DuncanTexas MoonTexas MoonAmazon
7Elton BrittBlue Texas MoonlightThe RCA YearsAmazon
8Dale EvansUnder a Texas MoonThe Rage of the SageAmazon
9Bob Wills & His Texas PlayboysSugar MoonTake Me Back to Tulsa 4 – The End Of The LineAmazon
10k.d. langSugar MoonShadowlandAmazon
11Merle TravisToo Much Sugar For A DimeHot Pickin' [Disc 2]Amazon
12Chuck WillisSugar SugarI Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The StrollAmazon
13Muddy WatersSugar SweetThe Anthology [Disc 2]Amazon
14The Mills BrothersSweeter Than SugarThe 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 3Amazon
15Earl BosticSweet LorraineEarl Bostic FlamingoAmazon
16Dave Van RonkSweet And LowdownSweet & LowdownAmazon
17Chuck BerrySweet Little SixteenThe Chess Box Disc 1Amazon
18Blind BlakeSweet Papa Low DownRagtime Guitar's Foremost FingerpickerAmazon
19Pokey LaFarge & the South City ThreeSweet Potato BluesRiverboat SoulAmazon
20Warner Williams With Jay SummerourDigging PotatoesBlues HighwayAmazon
21Nat King ColeSolid Potato SaladChronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1945Amazon
22Hunter & JenkinsMeat Cuttin' BluesRaunchy Business: Hot Nuts & LollypopsAmazon
23Louis Armstrong & His Hot SevenPotato Head BluesThe Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings [Disc 3]Amazon
24Fats Waller & His RhythmAll That Meat And No Potatoes100 Ans De JazzAmazon
25The SwallowsIt Ain't The MeatRisque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&BAmazon
26Memphis MinniePig Meat On The Line [Album Version]Queen Of The BluesAmazon
27Tampa Red;Georgia TomDead Cats On The LineTampa Red The Guitar WizardAmazon
28Bob BrozmanDead Cat On The LineBlues ReflexAmazon
29Charley PattonMean Black Cat BluesPrimeval Blues, Rags and Gospel SongsAmazon
30Harry ReserCat And DogBanjo Crackerjax 1922-1930Amazon
31Bob BrozmanDog and CatHello Central, Give Me Dr. Jazz!Amazon
32Joe Venuti's Blue FourBeatin' the DogWild CatsAmazon
33Dr. JohnHow Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round)Goin' Back To New OrleansAmazon
34Nat King ColeOpen Up The Doghouse (Two Cats Are Coming In) (1992 Digital Remaster)Nat King Cole [Disc 3]Amazon

Wild Men and Wild Women

Wild Men and Wild Women
Wild Men and Wild Women

It’s theme time once again and we’re going to find ourselves among the wild and crazy men as well as the wild, woolly women. Round town girls celebrate, burning that candle, and Keely Smith will jump, jive, and wail with Louis Prima. Red Ingle and His Natural Seven will join the Sons of the Pioneers in spreading the word about ‘cigareets, whuskey, and wild, wild women”. Mae West, Julia Lee, Ernie Ford, and Jerry Lee Lewis will keep the party going and Deeper Roots will keep the lights on ’till 11pm sharp (that’s Pacific Time, of course). Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of a century of America’s music on KWTF, 88.1 FM, community radio for Bodega Bay.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Mary FordRunning Wild100 Jazz Guitar FavoritesAmazon
2Garland JeffreysWild in the StreetsGhost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]Amazon
3The Jive BombersBad BoyCry-BabyAmazon
4Donnie ElbertWild Child (Deluxe 6156)R&B Humdingers Volume 11Amazon
5Johnny CarrollWild Wild WomenClassic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot ChicksAmazon
6Jerry Lee LewisReal Wild Child (Wild One)A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]Amazon
7Carl MannBorn To Be BadMidnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll EraAmazon
8Charline ArthurBurn That CandleWelcome To The ClubAmazon
9Wanda JacksonHard Headed WomanThere's A Party Goin' OnAmazon
10Wanda JacksonLet's Have A PartyQueen Of RockabillyAmazon
11Tennessee Ernie FordI'm A Bad ManMasters 1949-1976 [Disc 2]Amazon
12The Dave & Deke ComboWild WomanHollywood BarndanceAmazon
13Freda & the FiredogsYour Good Girl's Gonna Go BadFreda & The FiredogsAmazon
14The Sons Of The PioneersCigareetes, Whusky And Wild, Wild WomenCountry LegendsAmazon
15Red Ingle & His Natural SevenCigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking)Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3Amazon
16Wanda, Ruth NealRound Town GirlsFlowers In The WildwoodAmazon
17King JamesWild Wooly WomanStompin' 25Amazon
18Julia LeeDo You Want It?Burlesque – 100 ClassicsAmazon
19Eunice DavisLet's Have A PartyStompin' 25Amazon
20Little RichardThe Girl Can't Help ItLoud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2Amazon
21Keely Smith/Louis Prima/Sam Butera & the WitnessesJump, Jive, An' WailLoud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1Amazon
22Carmen MacRaeWhatever Lola WantsBurlesque – 100 ClassicsAmazon
23Mae WestI'm No AngelThe Mae West CollectionAmazon
24Billy Jones With The Little RamblersDon't Bring LuluThe Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2Amazon
25Cecil GantLittle Baby You're Running WildThe Cecil Gant CollectionAmazon
26Wynonie HarrisYoung And WildPlayful BabyAmazon
27Rudy GreeneWild LifeVarious Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1]Amazon
28Memphis NighthawksWild Man StompDocument Shortcuts Vol. 3 – My BabeAmazon
29Memphis MinnieI'm A Bad Luck WomanQueen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)Amazon
30Champion Jack DupreeBad Whiskey And Wild WomenTwo Classic Albums Plus SinglesAmazon
31JB Hutto & The HawksWild Wild WomanMasters Of Modern BluesAmazon
32Albert KingWild WomenDoor To DoorAmazon
33Little Jimmy KingWild WomanLittle Jimmy King and the Memphis Soul SurvivorsAmazon
34Amy HelmWild GirlDidn't It RainAmazon
35John HammondWild Man On The LooseTrouble No MoreAmazon
36Louis Armstrong & The Hot 7Wild Man BluesThe Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings [Disc 3]Amazon

Roots of R&B

Roots of R&B
Roots of R&B

“Rhythm n’ Blues” and “Rock n’ Roll” were both born of a raw sound that was an amalgam of lyrical call-and-response, the upbeat bounce of barrelhouse and juke joint piano, traditional rhyme, and an abundance of musical brilliance from the many itinerant performers who plied their trade. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll go find the “Roots of R&B” and find a stage that we often visit, spending time with the performers that we seem to always find in its lights. Big Bill Broonzy, Roosevelt Sykes, Leroy Carr, Memphis Minnie, and Lonnie Johnson are just a sampling of the music we’ll bring you on our show produced especially for KWTF 88.1 FM, listener-supported community radio for Sonoma County.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Mamie SmithCrazy BluesFolk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be UnbrokenAmazon
2Tampa RedIt Hurts Me TooCountry Blues [Disc 1]Amazon
3Tampa RedAnna Lou BluesThe Guitar Wizard (The Blues Collection Vol.51)Amazon
4Leroy CarrHow Long-How Long BluesWhiskey Is My Habit, Women Is All I Crave: The Best of Leroy Carr Disc 1Amazon
5Little Brother MontgomeryVicksburg Blues (Pm 13006, L-502-1)The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)Amazon
6Little Brother MontgomeryNo Special Rider Blues (Pm 13006, L-501-1)The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)Amazon
7Roosevelt Sykes44 BluesThe Honey DripperAmazon
8Roosevelt SykesNight Time Is The Right TimeAs Good As It Gets: Country Blues [Disc 2]Amazon
9Georgia TomThe Duck Yas-Yas-YasBill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]Amazon
10Georgia TomHear Me Beefin' at YouComplete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1928-1930)Amazon
11Tampa Red;Georgia TomDead Cats On The LineTampa Red The Guitar WizardAmazon
12Blind Boy FullerTruckin' My Blues AwayCountry Blues [Disc 1]Amazon
13Bill "Jazz" GillumKey To the Highway [Remastered 2002]That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series)Amazon
14Bill 'Jazz' GillumGo Back to the CountryHeartbreakers Blue & LonelyAmazon
15Lonnie Johnson6 / 88 GlideSteppin' On The BluesAmazon
16Lonnie JohnsonFurniture Man Blues Pt. 1 (w/Victoria Spivey)Complete Recordings Vol. 4Amazon
17Memphis MinnieBumble BeeQueen Of Country BluesAmazon
18Memphis MinnieMe And My Chauffeur BluesBlues Was Her BusinessAmazon
19Roosevelt SykesDrivin' WheelChicago BoogieAmazon
20Bill "Jazz" Gillum W/ Big Bill BroonzyJockey BluesBroke, Black & Blue [Disc 3] : Good Whiskey BluesAmazon
21Bill "Jazz" GillumSarah JaneVintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & CigarettesAmazon
22Washboard SamBucket's Got a Hole in It [Remastered 2002]That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series)Amazon
23Washboard SamLet Me Play Your VendorVol. 6 1941 – 1942Amazon
24Big Bill BroonzyHow You Want It DoneBlues From The Vocalion VaultsAmazon
25Big Bill BroonzyKey to the HighwayColumbia Records' 125th Anniv.Amazon
26Big Bill BroonzyI Can't Be SatisfiedABC Of The Blues Vol 5Amazon
27Speckled RedThe Dirty DozenBill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]Amazon
28Speckled RedThe Dirty Dozen Pt 2Rude DudesAmazon
29Speckled RedYou Got to Fix It [Remastered 2002]That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series)Amazon
30Speckled RedPinetop's Boogie WoogieClassic Piano BluesAmazon
31Sunnyland SlimIllinois Central [Remastered 2002]That's All Right (When the Sun Goes Down series)Amazon
32Arthur CrudupMean Old Frisco BluesLonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad SongAmazon
33Arthur CrudupThat's All Right MamaBob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The OriginalsAmazon

Songs About Doctors

Songs About Doctors
Songs About Doctors

We go to the theme well once more on Deeper Roots, this time with music that explores the tincture of hadacol, the sick bed blues, the boogie woogie flu, measles, whooping cough, and snake oil…all in a show full of the very best of music about being sick in bed and sending for the doctor from the last century of big band, jazz, country, blues, and rock.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Betty HuttonDoctor, Lawyer, Indian ChiefHoagy Carmichael. Stardust – 51 Original Mono Recordings 1924-1957Amazon
2Doc PomusSend for the Doctor (Doctors)Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3Amazon
3Huey "Piano" Smith & His ClownsRockin' Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu (Part 1)Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1Amazon
4Huey "Piano" SmithWould You Believe it, I Have a Cold (Doctors)Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3Amazon
5Doctor RossCall The Doctor (Hi-Q 5033, 1963)Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2 [Disc 7]Amazon
6Doctor RossThe Boogie DiseasePlug It In! Turn It Up! – Teil 1: Die Anfdnge 1939 – 1954Amazon
7Roy Byrd & His Blues JumpersHadacol Bounce'Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 1]Amazon
8Jerry Lee LewisHadacol BoogieA Half Century Of Hits: Rockin' My Life Away [Disc 3]Amazon
9Ray CharlesI Don't Need No DoctorBMG Vol. 01 Disc 03 1966-1971Amazon
10Joan OsborneI Dont Need No DoctorBring It On HomeAmazon
11Artie ShawDr. Livingstone, I Presume?The Artie Shaw Story – Disc 3 – FrenesiAmazon
12Benny GoodmanDr. Heckle and Mr. JibeTexas Tea PartyAmazon
13Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi SarahThe SpasmGood For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937Amazon
14Walter SmithThe Cat's Got the Measles, the Dog's Got the Whooping CoughGood For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937Amazon
15Bert MaysSnake Doctor BluesBlues From The Vocalion VaultsAmazon
16Memphis MinnieDoctor, Doctor BluesMemphis Minnie – Queen of Country Blues, 1929 – 1937 [Disc 4]Amazon
17South Memphis Jug BandDoctor MedicineFolks, He Sure Do Pull Some Bow!Amazon
18Bill Nettles & His Dixie Blues BoysHadacol Boogie (Doctors)Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3Amazon
19Shorty GodwinJimbo Jambo LandGood For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937Amazon
20Rev. Johnny L. JonesI Don't Need A Doctor (Sermon Excerpt)The Hurricane That Hit AtlantaAmazon
21Boyd RiversYou Gonna Take Sick and DieLiving Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 1Amazon
22Skip JamesSick Bed Blues [Album Version]Hard Time Killing Floor BluesAmazon
23Casey Bill WeldonLady Doctor BluesBottleneck Guitar Trendsetters Of The 1930sAmazon
24Mance LipscombMother Had A Sick ChildAsh Grove 12/6/1964Amazon
25Mississippi SheiksWhen You're Sick With The BluesComplete Recorded Works Vol. 3Amazon
26Warren ZevonDon't Let Us Get SickLife'll Kill YaAmazon
27Willie NelsonToo Sick To PrayOne Hell Of A RideAmazon
28Dan Hicks & The Hot LicksI Asked My DoctorLast Train To Hicksville… The Home Of Happy FeetAmazon
29The Rolling StonesDear DoctorBeggars BanquetAmazon
30J.J. CaleCall The DoctorNaturallyAmazon
31Guada La Habrians/Phil AlvinOh, DoctorCounty Fair 2000Amazon
32Boz ScaggsSick And TiredCome On HomeAmazon
33Otis ReddingI'm Sick Y'AllComplete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of SoulAmazon
34Irma ThomasDoctor FeelgoodThe Story of My LifeAmazon

Dark Moon

Deeper Roots on KOWS
Deeper Roots on KOWS

We’re going to go pretty deep this coming Saturday morning here in Western Sonoma County. It’s a mix of old time and tradition with a few themed sets including social sciences, the labor blues, calypso rhythm, minstrelsy, and some special sounds from Ira and Charlie Louvin. Performers this week include Darby  & Tarlton, Riley Puckett, Fern Jones, Arizona Dranes, and a pair each from Ry Cooder and Harry Belafonte. It’s a “Great Dream From Heaven” for KOWS listeners on an August morning in Occidental. Broadcast on KOWS 107.3 FM on August 22, 2015.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Little Jimmy DickensMay The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your NoseColumbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: AmericanaAmazon
2Ry CooderGreat Dream From HeavenInto The Purple Valley (Remaster 2013)Amazon
3Del McCouryFireside Chat, Part 1 (feat. Franklin D. Roosevelt)MoneylandAmazon
4Bob MillerThe Rich Man And The Poor Man [Rematered 2003]Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down SeriesAmazon
5Frank CrumitA Tale of the Ticker [Remastered 2003]Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down SeriesAmazon
6Uncle Dave MaconAll In Down And Out Blues [2003 Remastered]Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down SeriesAmazon
7Ry CooderDenomination BluesInto The Purple ValleyAmazon
8Washington PhillipsDenomination BluesBob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1Amazon
9Arizona DranesGod's Got A CrownHe Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona DranesAmazon
10Elvis PresleySwing Down Sweet ChariotHis Hand In MineAmazon
11Fern JonesBy And ByThe Glory RoadAmazon
12Dave Van RonkThat'll Never Happen No MoreSunday StreetAmazon
13Ramblin' Jack ElliottDark As A DungeonBest Of The Vanguard YearsAmazon
14Emmett MillerThat's The Good Old Sunny SouthMinstrel Man From GeorgiaAmazon
15Emmett Miller & His Georgia CrackersLovesick BluesMinstrel Man From GeorgiaAmazon
16Hazel Dickens & Alice GerrardCoal Miner BluesClassic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian FolkwaysAmazon
17Riley Puckett And Ted HawkinsHawkins RagSerenade The Mountains: Early Old Time Music On Record, [Disc 3]Amazon
18Darby & TarltonLonesome Frisco LineLonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad SongAmazon
19Lead BellyBlack BettyLead Belly's Last SessionsAmazon
20OdettaShame And ScandalSings Ballads And BluesAmazon
21Harry BelafonteMama, Look at Boo BooHarry Belafonte: Greatest HitsAmazon
22Harley Allen & Dierks BentleyI Don't Believe You've Met My BabyLivin', Lovin', Losin': Songs Of The Louvin BrothersAmazon
23The Louvin BrothersGonna Lay Down My Old GuitarClose Harmony [Disc 5]Amazon
24The Louvin BrothersKeep Watching The SkyClose Harmony [Disc 8]Amazon
25Bonnie GuitarDark MoonHard to Find 45s On CD: Pop & Country ClassicsAmazon
26Skeeter DavisThe One You Slip Around WithThe Essential Skeeter DavisAmazon
27Wanda JacksonSavin' My LoveRockin' With Wanda [US Bonus Tracks]Amazon
28Webb PierceI Ain't Never20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb PierceAmazon
29The Allen BrothersSkipping and FlyingLead Kindly LightAmazon
30Bascom Lamar LunsfordKidder ColeThe Cornshucker's Frolic Vol. 1: Downhome Music And Entertainment From The American CountrysideAmazon
31The WeaversBring Me Li'l Water SylviaDust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2]Amazon
32Little Jimmy DickensI'm In Love Up To My EarsCountry Boy [Disc 1]Amazon
33Rosie Flores & The JordanairesI Ain't NeverCaught in the WebbAmazon
34Dale Watson & The JordanairesIn The Jailhouse NowCaught In the WebbAmazon
35Los Indios TabajarasMaria ElenaNipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's, Vol. 1Amazon

Connections II

Connections II
Connections II

We take another trip down the roots rabbit hole with the usual selections of blues, bluegrass, country, gospel, and tradition in a show that follows a thread that begins with The Del McCoury Band’s bluegrass cover of Mama’s Hungry Eyes and winds its way to conclusion down the endless black ribbon. In between we’ve got kind words and last words, chain gangs and jailers, and songs about bird dogs and mockingbirds. The show is a special ‘stream of musical roots consciousness’ called “Connections”.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Del McCouryMama's Hungry Eyes (feat. Emmylou Harris)MoneylandAmazon
2Merle HaggardMama TriedThe Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]Amazon
3Sugar Pie DeSantoMama Didn't Raise No FoolDown In The BasementAmazon
4Rodney CrowellFamous Last Words of a Fool in LoveTarpaper SkyAmazon
5David JohansenThe Last Kind WordsShakerAmazon
6Rhiannon GiddensLast Kind WordsTomorrow Is My TurnAmazon
7Geeshie WileyLast Kind WordsMississippi MastersAmazon
8Geeshie Wiley and Elvie ThomasPick Poor Robin CleanMississippi MastersAmazon
9Gennett Sound EffectsMocking Bird…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My TracesAmazon
10The Nitty Gritty Dirt BandListen To The MockingbirdStars And Stripes ForeverAmazon
11Doc WatsonBird DogDocabillyAmazon
12The Everly BrothersI'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of JailSongs Our Daddy Taught UsAmazon
13Steve Earle & The V-RoysIn The Jailhouse NowThe Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A TributeAmazon
14Johnny CashI'm Free from the Chain Gang NowAmerican V: A Hundred HighwaysAmazon
15Wynona SweetPlease Mr. JailerCry-BabyAmazon
16Johnny TillotsonJailer Bring Me WaterThe Tillotson TouchAmazon
17Doyle Lawson & QuicksilverJesus Gave Me WaterJubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country GospelAmazon
18Elvis PresleyBosom of AbrahamHe Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 2Amazon
19The Golden Gate QuartetRock My SoulRock My Soul & Other Gospel FavoritesAmazon
20Louis ArmstrongRock My SoulLouis And The Good BookAmazon
21Bob DylanHighway 61 RevisitedHighway 61 RevisitedAmazon
22Band Of RuhksLost HighwayBand Of RuhksAmazon
23Hank WilliamsLost HighwayBob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The OriginalsAmazon
24Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses)Down The Road Pt IIThe Low Highway [+digital booklet]Amazon
25Tiny HarrisEndless Black RibbonLonesome Highway SongsAmazon
26Nat King ColeA Little Yellow RibbonChronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949Amazon
27Sonny James & Taylor*KarlaTie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak TreeClassic Country DuetsAmazon
28Connie SmithRibbon Of DarknessThe Essential Connie SmithAmazon
29Willie NelsonScarlett RibbonsStardust [Bonus Tracks]Amazon
30Grateful DeadScarlet BegoniasGrateful Dead From the Mars HotelAmazon
31Gillian WelchScarlet TownThe Harrow & The HarvestAmazon
32David OlneyOne Tough TownOne Tough TownAmazon
33Fats WallerLulu's Back In TownHoneysuckle RoseAmazon
34Nathan Glantz & His Orchestra (v: Chick Straun)Don't Bring Lulu [1925]The Charleston EraAmazon