Category Archives: Americana

Loretta & Jerry

This past October, we lost a couple of very important ties to two whose stars shone bright in both the Golden Age of Country and the Golden Age of Rock ‘n Roll. We’ll take on a dual tribute to the passing of Loretta Lynn and Jerry Lee Lewis. The torch has surely passed but their fire burned white hot as their stars rose, both sharing controversy and almost overnight fame. They also continued to perform into their later years, teaming up with songwriters and performers who were relevant to new generations, but true to their core calling. Our first hour take time to visit Loretta Lynn’s humble but no-nonsense storytelling and the second hour will take us into the whirlwind of unapologetic badassness that was Jerry Lee Lewis.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Loretta Lynn You Ain't Woman Enough Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
2Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter (Recitation) Still Woman Enough Amazon
3Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1] Amazon
4Loretta Lynn,Margo Price One's On the Way (feat. Margo Price) One's On the Way (feat. Margo Price) Amazon
5Loretta Lynn & Jack White Portland Oregon Van Lear Rose Amazon
6Loretta Lynn The Pill Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer Amazon
7Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty After the Fire Is Gone Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 Amazon
8Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn Answer The Phone (w/ Loretta Lynn) A Tribute To A Legend Amazon
9Ernest Tubb/Loretta Lynn Thanks a Lot Legendary: It's Been So Long, Darling Amazon
10Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
11Loretta Lynn She's Got You Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer Amazon
12Loretta Lynn Success I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 1] Amazon
13Loretta Lynn This Old House Van Lear Rose Amazon
14Loretta Lynn First City Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer Amazon
15Loretta Lynn Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
16Loretta Lynn In the Sweet Bye and Bye All Time Gospel Favorites [Disc 1] Amazon
17Jerry Lee Lewis/Jimmy Page Rock and Roll Last Man Standing Amazon
18Jerry Lee Lewis Crazy Arms All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1) Amazon
19Jerry Lee Lewis End Of The Road Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 4] Amazon
20Jerry Lee Lewis Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
21Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of Fire Red, White & Rock Disc 1 Amazon
22Jerry Lee Lewis High School Confidential Sun Recordings Greatest Hits Amazon
23Jerry Lee Lewis Breathless All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1) Amazon
24Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins I Saw The Light (With Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins) The Survivors Amazon
25Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On (With Jerry Lee Lewis) The Survivors Amazon
26The Million Dollar Quartet You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition Amazon
27Jerry Lee Lewis What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me) The Definitive Collection Amazon
28Jerry Lee Lewis Somewhere Over the Rainbow The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999 Amazon
29Jerry Lee Lewis Milkshake Mademoiselle Good Old Summertime Amazon
30Jerry Lee Lewis Bad Moon Rising Mean Old Man Amazon
31Jerry Lee Lewis Wild One 18 Original Sun Greatest Hits Amazon
32Bruce Springsteen/Jerry Lee Lewis Pink Cadillac Last Man Standing Amazon
33Jerry Lee Lewis Big Blue Diamond Southern Roots Amazon

Travelin’ Shoes

We’re reaching deep into those roots Americana archives this morning for a free form blend of country, gospel, folk, and blues. Buckets of music planned for your Friday morning: whether you’re here in the warm October folds of Sonoma County or on the other side of the planet, we’re here to soothe the fray of what’s occurring at every corner. The music we have in store includes new tracks from Dr. John and Sweet Megg, Neko Case, the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Haden, Randy Newman and more than a dozen others. Songs about the long road, six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline, and sunrise and sunset couplets. It’s a Friday morning here on the West Coast and our community is always willing to share with you on KOWS-LP Community Radio. Join us, why don’t you.

100:00 Bruce Springsteen Nightshift Amazon
208:05 Maria Muldaur Sweetheart Amazon
311:00 Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet Travelin' Shoes Amazon
412:50 Maria Muldaur Travelin' Shoes Amazon
515:11 Don Elliot Long, Black Automobile Amazon
617:38 Lightnin' Hopkins Automobile Blues Amazon
728:45 Weeping Willows When The Sun Came Down Amazon
830:51 Anita Carter Ring Of Fire Amazon
932:44 Charlie Haden Is This America? (Katrina 2005) Amazon
1036:20 Tony Rice Pride of Man Amazon
1138:35 Dr. John End Of The Line feat. Aaron Neville Amazon
1249:02 Aaron Neville Down Into Muddy Water Amazon
1352:34 Neko Case Buckets Of Rain Amazon
1455:16 Randy Newman & The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra With Members Of The New York Philharmonic Louisiana 1927 Amazon
1558:34 Chris Hillman Like A Hurricane Amazon
161:07:17 Sweet Megg Faded Love Amazon
171:10:57 The Boswell Sisters Was That the Human Thing to Do, #1 Amazon
181:14:10 Louis Armstrong Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans Amazon
191:17:07 Fats Domino Goin' Home Amazon
201:19:12 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers I'm Walkin' Amazon
211:25:30 Wanda Jackson Mean Mean Man Amazon
221:27:38 Junior Brown & The Beach Boys 409 Amazon
231:29:53 Bruce Springsteen; Dr. John Right Place Wrong Time Amazon
241:34:19 Bea Baker & Maurice King & His Wolverines I Want a Lavender Cadillac Amazon
251:37:08 Louis Prima Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) Amazon
261:39:41 Betty Hutton Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief Amazon
271:42:41 Hoagy Carmichael Ole Buttermilk Sky Amazon
281:44:42 Ella Mae Morse with Dick Walters & His Orchestra Shoo-Shoo Baby Amazon
291:51:28 Blue Lu Barker A Little Bird Told Me Amazon
301:53:39 Maria Muldaur It Ain't the Meat It's the Motion Amazon

Workin’ Man Blues

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 Buy
1Tex Williams Money Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
2Howard Vokes The Miner Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
3Tex Ritter A Working Man's Prayer Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
4Doc Watson Dream of the Miner's Child 1964-1965 (Warped 6411F) Amazon
5Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter Coal Miner's Daughter Amazon
6Merle Haggard And The Strangers Workin' Man Blues (2006 Digital Remaster) Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard Amazon
7Lyle Lovett Working Too Hard My Baby Don't Tolerate Amazon
8Slaid Cleaves Working Stiff Unsung Amazon
9Perry Tonightus And The Heart Burn Living On The Welfare Check Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
10Buck Owens Waitin' In Your Welfare Line The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1 Amazon
11Johnny Paycheck Take This Job And Shove It Superstars Of Country: Easy Loving [Disc 1] Amazon
12Roy Orbison Working for the Man The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument] Amazon
13Brennen Leigh North To Alaska Too Thin To Plow Amazon
14Mudcrutch Six Days On the Road Mudcrutch Amazon
15Wynn Stewart Another Day, Another Dollar California Country Amazon
16The Westport Kids You Kaint Take It With You Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
17Billy Parker It Takes A Lot Of Money Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
18Bobby Barnett Workin' Man Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
19Arlie Duff Money Hungry Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
20Faron Young I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night 1953-1956 (Warped 5455) Amazon
21Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws I Ain't Lazy Baby I'm Just Tired The Best Of Western Swing Amazon
22Jim Nesbitt Working All My Life Cash-A-Likes Amazon
23Marty Stuart Hard Working Man Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions Amazon
24Dick Curless I've Been Working On the Railroad A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD3 (1950-1969) Amazon
25John Prine & Mac Wiseman Saginaw Michigan Standard Songs for Average People Amazon
26Dolly Parton 9 To 5 Dolly [Disc 4] Amazon
27Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands Working Girl Blues (Featuring Andrew Conklin, Alice Gerrard, Tom Rozum & Patrick Sauber) The Hazel and Alice Sessions Amazon
28Tom Waits Heigh Ho Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards [Disc 3] Amazon
29Lee Dorsey Working In A Coal Mine Soul Mine Amazon
30Johnny Horton North To Alaska Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
31The Dwarf Chorus Heigh-Ho Classic Disney, Vol. II: 60 Years Of Music Magical Amazon
32Adriana Caselotti Whistle While You Work Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2] Amazon

Revisiting Cindy Walker

We’ll take a step back and revisit the songwriting of Cindy Walker in today’s show…told in her own words and lyrics. The music of Bob Wills wouldn’t have been the same without her and neither would the 20th Century American songbook. Her ability to turn a phrase, tailoring songs for diverse styles would lead to country, rock and pop standards alike. Her music was as comfortable in the hands of Gene Autry and it was on a crooning binge with Dean Martin or as a passionate performance of Roy Orbison. We’ll hear from these performers and more, including Asleep at the Wheel, Les Paul, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and The Byrds in the show today as our antenna work at the KOWS is about to move forward. Exciting times. Tune into KOWS radio on kowsfm.com/listen or download the free app from the App Store or Google Play.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Asleep at the Wheel/Leon Rausch Sugar Moon It's A Good Day Amazon
2Willie Nelson Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Amazon
3Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Dusty Skies Take Me Back to Tulsa [Disc 2] (Cherokee Maiden) Amazon
4Bob Wills Cherokee Maiden Columbia Historic Edition Amazon
5Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Blue Bonnet Lane Legends of Country Music Disc 4 Amazon
6Eddy Arnold Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me The Essential Eddy Arnold Amazon
7George Morgan In the Misty Moonlight Room Full of Roses: The George Morgan Collection Amazon
8Dean Martin In The Misty Moonlight The Great Dean Martin Amazon
9Tennessee Ernie Ford Blue Canadian Rockies Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2] Amazon
10Jim Reeves Distant Drums Essential Jim Reeves Amazon
11Ray Charles You Don't Know Me Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3 Amazon
12Charlie Rich You Don't Know Me Pictures and Paintings Amazon
13Gene Autry Silver Spurs (On the Golden Stairs) Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1] Amazon
14Gene Autry I Was Just Walking Out the Door Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 3] Amazon
15Ernest Tubb Two Glasses Joe Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection Amazon
16The Del McCoury Band The Bluegrass Country Del And The Boys Amazon
17The Byrds Blue Canadian Rockies Sweetheart of the Rodeo Amazon
18Merle Haggard Goin' Away Party Unforgettable Amazon
19Ricky Skaggs I Don't Care The Essential Ricky Skaggs Amazon
20Webb Pierce I Don't Care Singles Amazon
21Roy Orbison Shahdaroba The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument] Amazon
22Roy Orbison Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument] Amazon
23Willie Nelson Not That I Care You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Amazon
24k.d. lang Sugar Moon Shadowland Amazon
25Henson Cargill Distant Drums Skip a Rope Amazon
26Les Paul Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me (Remastered) 100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered) Amazon
27Bob Wills Miss Molly For the Last Time Amazon
28Asleep at the Wheel It's All Your Fault (with Katie Shore) Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Amazon
29Cindy Walker Cindy Walker on being a woman songwriter Grammy Foundation Amazon
30Willie Nelson Dusty Skies You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Amazon
31Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Bubbles In My Beer Songs For Rounders Amazon
32Tommy Duncan I Was Just Walking Out the Door Beneath a Neon Star in a Honky Tonk Amazon

Carter Covers

We’ll revisit the Carter Family this week on Deeper Roots with a collection of covers by their family’s inheritors, classic country and bluegrass favorites, as well as contemporary Americana artists. Aside from being a key ingredient in the ‘big bang’ of country music that occurred at the Bristol, Tennessee recordings in 1927, they would establish a rich catalog of songs and a monument to what American country music would hold as a torch for generations to come. The gathering of the elements of prose, poetry, passages and melodies that A. P. Carter gathered over his years of wandering predates the Lomax era and crossed the threshold when the 1927 encounter with Ralph Peer made history. We’ll hear from The Carters, but also Johnny Cash, Ashley Monroe, Loretta Lynn, Red Allen, and Emmylou Harris (among others) in our show today. Tune in for some of the classics from the family Carter.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives Keep on the Firing Line Saturday Night / Sunday Morning Amazon
2Jorma Kaukonen Sweet Fern Ain't in No Hurry Amazon
3Sheryl Crow No Depression In Heaven The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage Of The Carter Family Amazon
4Emmylou Harris Hello Stranger (Remastered LP Version) Luxury Liner [Remaster] Amazon
5June Carter Cash The Road to Kaintuck Wildwood Flower Amazon
6June Carter Worried Man Blues At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 17) Amazon
7Johnny Cash 23 Worried Man Blues [Live at The Carousel Ballroom San Fancisco CA – April 1968] Live At The Carousel Ballroom Amazon
8Bobby Bare Worried Man Blues 1963 1962-1964 (Warped 6291) Amazon
9The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1] Amazon
10Johnny Cash The Winding Stream [#] Personal File Disc 1 Amazon
11Johnny Cash I Love You Sweetheart It's All in the Family Amazon
12June Carter Cash Ring of Fire Press On Amazon
13Ashley Monroe The Storms Are On The Ocean Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited Amazon
14Ralph Stanley Storms Are On The Ocean [Album Version] A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family Amazon
15Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter Fair and Tender Ladies Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 Amazon
16The Carter Family On the Sea of Galilee On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1 Amazon
17Emmylou Harris & The Peasall Sisters On The Sea Of Galilee The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage Of The Carter Family Amazon
18The Carter Family Wildwood Flower East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series) Amazon
19Loretta Lynn Wildwood Flower Anchored In Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash Amazon
20Johnny Cash/The Carter Family Keep on the Sunny Side Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 Amazon
21Frank & Allie Lee You Are My Flower Treat A Stranger Right Amazon
22Charlie Haden Single Girl, Married Girl Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy Amazon
23Hylo Brown Lulu Wall I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow: Songs of the Carter Family Amazon
24Antique Persuasion Lonesome for You Don't Forget Me Little Darling – Remembering the Carter Family Amazon
25Mac Wiseman Hold Fast To The Right Beside The Still Waters Amazon
26Red Allen I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow: Songs of the Carter Family Amazon
27June Carter Cash Anchored In Love ( featuring Janette Carter, Joe Carter, and Dale Jett) Church In The Wildwood Amazon
28The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Will the Circle Be Unbroken Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2 Amazon
29The Whites Keep on the Sunny Side O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon

Hooligans & Holy Rollers

There’s no telling where this week’s show could lead because we’ve got the musical evangelists, pentacostals, and Baptists right alongside those charming bluesmen and rock and rollers to turn up the heat. We’ve got a burning revival of rockabilly, rhythm and blues, and God-fearing country and hillbilly sounds to take us into the weekend. Hooligans and bible-thumping holy rollers are pushing their way through the doors today and we’re here to tell you that we’re not gonna take anyone telling he or she what they can do with their bodies. Today’s performers will feature Sister Rosetta, Brother Claude, The Louvins, Hank Jr., Moon Mullican, and Jerry Lee Lewis…and that’s just a taste. Join us on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Muddy Waters I've Got My Mojo Working, Pt. 2 At Newport 1960 [Live] [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
2Jerry Lee Lewis Don't Let Go A Half Century Of Hits: Rockin' My Life Away [Disc 3] Amazon
3Moon Mullican Well Oh Well Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B Amazon
4Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps Race with the Devil So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 2 Amazon
5Johnny David Race With The Devil Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
6The Million Dollar Quartet Old Time Religion The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition Amazon
7Brother Claude Ely Send Down The Rain Satan Get Back Amazon
8Brother Claude Ely Stop That Train Satan Get Back Amazon
9Eddie Noack Ain't The Reaping Ever Done Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
10Jack Leonard A Visit From The Devil Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
11Hank Williams Jr. Endless Sleep Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5 Amazon
12Ray Winfree Devil Hang Me High Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5 Amazon
13The Four Internes I'm Using My Bible For A Road Map The Best Of King Gospel Amazon
14Howlin' Wolf Killing Floor The Real Folk Blues Amazon
15John Lee Hooker Boogie Chillen' King Of The Boogie Amazon
16The Gospelaires Can I Get A Witness Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues Amazon
17The Midnighters Sexy Ways Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1 Amazon
18Louis Jordan Mop! Mop! (aka Mop-Mop) Number Ones Amazon
19Sister Rosetta Tharpe When I Move to the Sky Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of Amazon
20The Harmonizing Four Oh Sinner Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
21Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies Stay On the Right Side Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa Amazon
22The Louvin Brothers There's A Higher Power Satan Is Real Amazon
23Jimmy Walker High Geared Daddy Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies Amazon
24Dallas Wilson & His Western Troubadours Hi-Steppin' Daddy Hillbilly Bop Boogie And Honky Tonk Blues Volume 4 Amazon
25Bill Carlisle Bell Clappin' Mama Hillbilly Blues Amazon
26Ralph Hart And The Texas Musical Harts Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
27Hartman's Heartbreakers Give It To Me, Daddy Hillbilly Blues Amazon
28Eddie Cochran Somethin' Else Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 Amazon
29Carl Perkins Matchbox Original Sun Greatest Hits Amazon
30Sonny Burgess A Kiss Goodnite We Wanna Boogie Amazon
31Redd Stewart Brother Drop Dead (Boogie) Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56 Amazon
32Johnny Tyler God's Gonna Turn Us To Dust Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
33John Lee Hooker Boom Boom The Definitive Collection Amazon
34Wynonie Harris Adam Come And Get Your Rib Lovin' Machine Amazon
35Reverend Robert Ballinger So Glad 1950s Gospel Classics Amazon

No Parking Here

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.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Rosie Flores I Push Right Over Speed of Sound Amazon
2Cliff Edwards Hang on to Me Ukulele Ike Amazon
3Emmett Miller (I Got A Woman Crazy For Me) She's Funny That Way Minstrel Man From Georgia Amazon
4Sons of the Pioneers Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown Songs of the Prairie – CD3 Amazon
5Arthur Smith Follow Me Boogie (Instrumental) The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands Amazon
6Johnny Cash Calilou (The Rambler) Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 4] Amazon
7Dr. John How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round) Goin' Back To New Orleans Amazon
8Bobby "Blue" Bland I Wouldn't Treat A Dog (The Way You Treated Me) Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The ABC-Dunhill / MCA Recordings Amazon
9The Drifters Don't Dog Me Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy Amazon
10Jim Jackson Old Dog Blue 25 Classic Blues Songs From the 1920s-1940s Vol 19 Amazon
11Ry Cooder Police Dog Blues Broadcast from the Plant: 1974 Record Plant, Sausalito, Ca Amazon
12Pee Wee King Dog House Blues Pee Wee King's Country Hoedown (1 of 2) Amazon
13Neko Case John Saw That Number Fox Confessor Brings The Flood Amazon
14Moses Mason John The Baptist Take Me To The Water Amazon
15John Mellencamp John The Revelator Trouble No More Amazon
16Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys Get Up John Bill Monroe: Anthology Amazon
17Elvis Presley I, John Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 2) Amazon
18The Golden Gate Quartet Frankie and Johnny CD 2 the Recent Years Amazon
19Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Private Property (No Tresspassing) One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions Amazon
20Jimmy Littlejohn No Parking Here The World Is A Monster Amazon
21Woody Guthrie Riding in My Car (Car Song) Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection Amazon
22Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings Trespasser Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Is In) Amazon
23Vince Gill Love Bug Bradley Barn Sessions Amazon
24Little Jimmy Dickens When That Love Bug Bites You Country Boy [Disc 2] Amazon
25Jimmy Edwards Love Bug Crawl At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 7) Amazon
26Jimmy Edwards Love Bug Crawl Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5 Amazon
27Red Foley & Minnie Pearl Love Bug Itch Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] Amazon
28The Mills Brothers The Love Bug Will Bite You Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats Amazon
29Vera Lynn The Love Bug Will Bite You A Tribute, Volume II: It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow Amazon
30Doc & Merle Watson Corrina, Corrina Then And Now/Two Days In November Amazon
31Gillian Welch I Want To Sing That Rock And Roll Time (The Revelator) Amazon
32John Prine With Lucinda Williams Wedding Bells / Let's Turn Back The Years In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
33Junior Brown & Red Simpson Nitro Express Rig Rock Deluxe Amazon
34Red Simpson Truck Drivin' Man The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer Amazon

Country Crossovers

Country music started genre-life out as something different. Searching for a term more palatable than simply ‘folk’ or, more so, ‘hillbilly’, or ‘western’ music, music industry marketing found the term ‘country’ or ‘country and western’ a much smoother alternative. It softened the fiddle and accordion sounds and, at the same time, tempered the fears of human de-evolution through cultural disappropriation. Although what passes for country music today is more a caricature of itself, the Golden Age of country, running through the decades of the fifties, sixties and the early seventies built a solid foundation with some of the great songwriters and performers that weren’t from the big east and west coast hubs. And their music would often be heard ‘peeking through’ the pop charts in a big way, reinforcing the notion that it was, and always had been, a common cultural denominator. Our show this week features some of the very greatest of the latter. Join us!


No.Artist Title Album BuyEddy Arnold The Cattle Call (1) Eddy's Song: The Cattle Call AmazonHank Williams Why Don't You Love Me Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 11 AmazonHank Snow I'm Moving On The Essential Hank Snow AmazonHank Thompson The Wild Side Of Life 30 Years Of No.1 Country Hits 1/4 AmazonHank Williams Your Cheatin' Heart 24 Greatest AmazonTennessee Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons Classic Country AmazonJohnny Cash I Walk The Line Classic Country AmazonMarty Robbins Singing the Blues Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 8 AmazonJimmie Rodgers Kisses Sweeter Than Wine Heatin' Up AmazonMarty Robbins A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation) A Lifetime of Song (1951-1982) AmazonPatsy Cline Walkin' After Midnight Country Legends AmazonFerlin Husky Gone Ferlin Husky Singles AmazonDon Gibson Oh Lonesome Me A Legend In My Time AmazonJim Reeves He'll Have To Go Classic Country AmazonJohnny Horton The Battle Of New Orleans Classic Country AmazonMarty Robbins El Paso Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. AmazonPatsy Cline Crazy Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1] AmazonWanda Jackson Right or Wrong Golden Age of Country Volume 6: Hillbilly Heaven AmazonSkeeter Davis The End of the World Red, White & Rock Disc 2 AmazonJohnny Cash Ring Of Fire Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound AmazonRoger Miller King Of The Road Classic Country AmazonJeannie C. Riley Harper Valley P.T.A. Superstars of Country Easy Loving [Disc 2] AmazonJerry Reed Amos Moses The Essential Jerry Reed AmazonGlen Campbell Galveston Greatest Hits AmazonTammy Wynette Stand By Your Man Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound AmazonLoretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer AmazonJohn Denver Take Me Home, Country Roads 70s Music Explosion – Miracles AmazonJohn Denver Rocky Mountain High Singers And Songwriters 1972-1973 [Disc 1] AmazonCharlie Rich The Most Beautiful Girl Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich AmazonCharlie Rich Behind Closed Doors Country: The American Tradition [Disc 2] AmazonJohnny Cash One Piece at a Time 16 Biggest Hits AmazonWaylon Jennings Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) Classic Country 1975 – 1979 AmazonThe Oak Ridge Boys Elvira The Best Of Classic Country 80's AmazonWillie Nelson On The Road Again Superstars of Country Easy Loving [Disc 2] Amazon

Say Goodnight

We’re taking a free form route this week featuring an eclectic blend of some favorites from the not-so-distant past…but we’ll be sprinkling in a generous dose of tunage from the very distant past as well. It’s all in keeping with the standards we keep. Tune in for the likes of Etta Jones, Little Joe and the Thrillers, Bruce Springsteen, The Drifters, and some piano favorites from the Crescent City this Friday on Deeper Roots. Oldies? Yes. Instrumentals? Yes. Soul and vocal gems? Yes. Boring? No. Tune us in on your radio at 92.5 FM or, better yet, listen to us anywhere on planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. It’s going to be a hot day here in the North Bay so why not cool off with some cool sounds here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Dean & Britta Say Goodnight Back Numbers Amazon
2Mark Knopfler Daddy's Gone to Knoxville The Ragpicker's Dream Amazon
3Lonnie Donegan Rock Island Line Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando Amazon
4Mark Knopfler Donegan's Gone Shangri-La Amazon
5The Cookies Chains The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
6The Lovin' Spoonful Coconut Grove Greatest Hits [Buddha] Amazon
7Chris Isaak Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing Forever Blue Amazon
8Jackson Browne Doctor My Eyes The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne Amazon
9Etta Jones Just Friends The Best of Etta Jones The Prestige Singles Amazon
10Julie London My Heart Belongs to Daddy Wild Cool and Swingin' Amazon
11Mary Wells My Guy Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2) Amazon
12Four Aces Perfidia Your Hit Parade – '50S Generation Amazon
13Little Joe & the Thrillers Peanuts The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
14Fats Domino Please Don't Leave Me Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1) Amazon
15The Drifters Please Stay The Definitive Drifters [Disc 1] Amazon
16Luther Barnes & The Red Budd Gospel Choir My God Can Do Anything Big Noise: A Mambo Inn Compilation Amazon
17The Tornados Telstar Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
18Duane Eddy Peter Gunn Theme Rebel Rouser Amazon
19Nelson Riddle Theme from Route 66 Music for a Bachelor's Den Amazon
20Lou Busch The Wild Ones Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene Amazon
21Julia Lee And Her Boyfriends My Man Stands Out Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B Amazon
22Smiley Lewis I Hear You Knocking Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1 Amazon
23Bruce Springsteen You're Missing The Rising (Special Package) Amazon
24Robert Plant Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down Band Of Joy Amazon
25The Allman Brothers Band Revival Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
26Betty Everett The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2) Amazon
27Django Reinhardt/Stéphane Grappelli Sweet Georgia Brown Quintette du Hot Club de France: 25 Classics 1934-1940 Amazon
28Pixies Dig for Fire Bossanova Amazon
29Perry Como Kewpie Doll Your Hit Parade – '50S Generation Amazon
30The O'Jays Love Train Dead Presidents Amazon
31Stevie Wonder Please Don't Go Fulfillingness' First Finale Amazon

Dawn To Midnight

From sunrise to sunset and then back. This Friday morning we take a journey on the roller coaster of life on the big blue marble using music as our rails. We’ll rise and shine in the cold grey light before dawn and follow summer rain with the summer wind as sundown approaches. This week’s theme is a fusion of sunrise, sundown and a misty moonlight rhapsody featuring the music of Ray Charles, Norah Jones, Chet and Les, Bobby Bare, Mahalia Jackson and a couple dozen others. We’ll take you from dawn to midnight as we bring on the best of America’s music from digital, vinyl and ethereal dustbins of the past 100 years. Join us once more for music from long ago, today, and far away here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Browns The Three Bells 30 Years Of No. 1 Country Hits 2/4 Amazon
2Nick Lowe Cold Grey Light of Dawn Dig My Mood Amazon
3Emmylou Harris Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn Roses in the Snow Amazon
4Chet Atkins & Les Paul The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise Chester & Lester Amazon
5Luther Dickinson Hurry up Sunrise Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Volumes I & II [amazon asin=Rodney Crowell – Don't Get Me Started [Album Version] – 00:00&title=Buy From Amazon &thumb=http://deeperrootsradio.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/buy_small.gif]
6Norah Jones Sunrise Feels Like Home Amazon
7Bruce Cockburn Sunrise on the Mississippi Dart to the Heart Amazon
8Doris Day I Got The Sun In The Morning Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2] Amazon
9Geoff Muldaur Livin' In The Sunlight (Lovin' in the Moonlight) Is Having Wonderful Time Amazon
10Petra Haden Sunshine Life for Me (with Lenny Pickett) Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys Amazon
11Ray Charles You Are My Sunshine Ultimate Hits Collection [2 of 2] Amazon
12The Statler Brothers You're My Sunshine Country Roads – Ralph Emery Presents – For The Good Times Amazon
13Willie Nelson Bring Me Sunshine ("Naked" Version) Naked Willie Amazon
14Lyle Lovett Summer Wind Smile: Songs From The Movies Amazon
15Johnny Rivers Summer Rain Best Of Johnny Rivers Amazon
16Roger Miller In The Summertime (You Don't Want My Love) Super Hits Amazon
17Robbie Fulks Rose of the Summer Gone Away Backward Amazon
18The Mavericks Summertime (When I'm With You) Mono Amazon
19Dale Hawkins Summertime Down South Wildcat Tamer Amazon
20Slim Willett And His Hired Hands Come Sundown Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
21Bobby Bare Come Sundown 1970 Amazon
22Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Lonesome Sundown Echo Amazon
23J.J. Cale Long About Sundown Stay Around Amazon
24Cab Calloway Moonlight Rhapsody 1932-1934 Amazon
25Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra Let's Dream In The Moonlight Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 05] Amazon
26Dean Martin In The Misty Moonlight The Great Dean Martin Amazon
27Maria Muldaur Moonlight Love Wants to Dance Amazon
28Smokey Wood Moonlight in Oklahoma The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2] Amazon
29Frank Sinatra Moonlight in Vermont Come Fly with Me [Capitol] Amazon
30Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman New Moon Over My Shoulder Mac Doc Del Amazon
31Mahalia Jackson Dark Was The Night Moving On Up A Little Higher Amazon
32Blind Wille Johnson Dark Was The Night-Cold Was The Ground Desperate Man Blues Amazon