Category Archives: Americana

Time To Kill

Free form sounds with time to kill from the past century. This week’s Deeper Roots show features soul, seventies rock, some gospel, country and rhythm & blues. We’ll be sharing an interesting blend of under-the-radar sounds from some greats: Ben E. King, Wanda Jackson, The Band, Mavis Staples, Neil Young, and beyond. Sonoma County Community radio is community radio at it’s best. Join Dave Stroud for a selection of classics from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa.  We enjoy sharing and we hope you enjoy listening on Friday mornings on KOWS Occidental (and Friday evenings on KRJF Santa Rosa).

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Band Time To Kill A Musical History [Disc 3] Amazon
2Amy Winehouse Back To Black Back To Black Amazon
3Shirley & Company Shame, Shame, Shame (Vocal Version) Shame Shame Shame Amazon
4Arthur Conley Sweet Soul Music Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967 Amazon
5LaVern Baker Saved Soul On Fire: Thes Best Of LaVerne Baker Amazon
6Mamie Bradley I Feel Like A Million The Sue Records Story: The Sound Of Soul [Disc 1] Amazon
7George Jackson I Got A Feeling Leavin' Your Homework Undone Amazon
8Clarence "Frogman" Henry Long Lost And Worried Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry Amazon
9Ben E. King Show Me The Way Poison Ivy – Gems from the Atco Vaults 1959-1962 Amazon
10Roy Orbison Let's Make a Memory Crying Amazon
11Leon Russell Delta Lady Leon Russell [Bonus Track] Amazon
12Gospel Supremes Sinner Man Local Customs: Downriver Revival Amazon
13Grandpa Jones Turn Your Radio On Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1] Amazon
14Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship The Baby Tree Blows Against The Empire Amazon
15Wanda Jackson Just A Queen For A Day Wanda Jackson Amazon
16Neil Young Union Man (2016 Remaster) Hawks & Doves Amazon
17Merle Haggard Roly Poly Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player Amazon
18Mavis Staples Your Good Fortune Your Good Fortune (EP) Amazon
19Candi Staton He Called Me Baby Evidence: The Complete Fame Records Masters [Disc 1] Amazon
20Arthur Alexander Call Me Honey The Monument Years Amazon
21Dan Hicks You Gotta Believe [Album Version] The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
22Lefty Frizzell She's Gone, Gone, Gone Look What Thoughts Will Do Amazon
23Simon & Garfunkel The Boxer The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2] Amazon
24Peter, Paul & Mary Blowin' In The Wind The Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary Amazon
25Bob Dylan Things Have Changed Lovesick Amazon
26J. J. Jackson But It's Alright But It's Alright Amazon
27Bill Kirchen It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry Seeds and Stems Amazon
28Jakob Dylan Something Good This Way Comes Seeing Things Amazon
29Lee Dorsey Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley Holy Cow The Very Best Of Lee Dorsey Amazon
30The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Twice Is Life (Single Version) The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Is Spreading Amazon
31Fleetwood Mac This Is the Rock Kiln House Amazon

Brand New Day

That new car smell…applied to everything we can think of…all to celebrate this new 2022 thing…365 more rotations and one long trip around that giant luminous orb. What a long strange trip it was. So let’s celebrate all that’s new as we move into our second decade of celebrating the past century of America’s music. This week, we’re taking on the theme of ‘brand new’….new heartaches, new cars, new neighbors, new mornings, and new hopes…same as the old hopes no doubt, but with a different slant. We’ve got performances by Mel Tillis, Dion, Ruthie Foster, Fats Domino, Steve Earle and a couple dozen others to keep our dreams worth holding onto. Let’s put COVID in the rear view. Let’s send the truth-doubters back to their rat’s nests. And make good trouble. Welcome 2022 with a promise to hold those who led an insurrection and those who voted for the leaders accountable. Tune into the show. I promise we’ll keep it real.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Joe Liggins Brand New Deal In Mobile Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Amazon
2Fletcher Smith Brand New Neighborhood Stompin' 12 Amazon
3George Green Brand New Rockin' Chair The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5 Amazon
4Al Harrison Brand New Money Fool Mule Amazon
5Barrel House Blott & Lee Brand New Man Dapper Dan Amazon
6Fats Domino Brand New Baby Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1 Amazon
7Wayne Hancock Brand New Cadillac That's What Daddy Wants Amazon
8The Payments Brand New Automobile So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1 Amazon
9Lightnin' Hopkins Brand New Lock Po' Lightnin' Amazon
10Lead Belly I'm Going to Buy You a Brand New Ford Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection Amazon
11Ruthie Foster Brand New Day Promise of a Brand New Day Amazon
12Al Kooper Brand New Day (Bonus Track) You Never Know Who You Friends Are…Plus Amazon
13Dion Brand New Morning Recorded Live At The Bitter End, August 1971 Amazon
14Gary Stewart Brand New Whiskey An Empty Glass: A Collection of Drinkin' Songs Amazon
15Mel Tillis Brand New Mister Me 36 All Time Greatest Hits Amazon
16The Everly Brothers Brand New Heartache The Everly Brothers Amazon
17Dave Edmunds Worn Out Suits, Brand New Pockets Get It Amazon
18Gram Parsons Brand New Heartache [Bonus Track] Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 3] – Alternate Takes From GP & Grievous Angel Amazon
19Emmylou Harris Brand New Dance Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 2 Amazon
20Tex Ritter You're Always Brand New High Noon Amazon
21Don Henley The Brand New Tennessee Waltz Cass County (Deluxe) Amazon
22Steve Earle Brand New Companion Townes Amazon
23Dave Alvin Brand New Heart Blue Blvd Amazon
24Greg Brown Brand New '64 Dodge Poet Game Amazon
25Jesse Winchester Brand New Tennesse Waltz Jesse Winchester: Live From Mountain Stage Amazon
26Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters Brand New Start Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters (EP) Amazon
27Modern Hicks Brand New Tornado Alley Amazon
28Melanie Brand New Key 70s Music Explosion – Miracles Amazon
29Will Kimbrough Brand New Song Americanitis Amazon
30Leftover Salmon Brand New Good Old Days Brand New Good Old Days Amazon
31Elvis Presley There's a Brand New Day On the Horizon Elvis Double Features: Love in Las Vegas + Roustabout Amazon
32Esther Phillips With The Dixie Flyers Brand New Day (LP Version) Set Me Free Amazon
33James Brown Papa's Got A Brand New Bag 20 All Time Greatest Hits! Amazon
34Slim Harpo Little Queen Bee (Got a Brand New King) The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 1 Amazon

Who We Lost 2021

New Year’s Eve will bring a look back at those we’ve lost this past year. 2021 was another year of COVID-19 with a couple of variants slipping into and out of the world. We wait patiently, for the most part, for vaccines and adult behavior to work. Unfortunately, there is a selfishness about our species that cannot be denied. This year’s losses have no boundaries musically: everyone from Biz Markie to Stephen Sondheim, Vicente Fernandez to Nanci Griffith, Lloyd Price to Stonewall Jackson. Performers of our lifetime. We go into 2022 having hope. Join Dave Stroud for a musical look back.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Monkees Some of Shelly's Blues Listen to the Band Disc 4 Amazon
2The Marvelettes Don't Mess With Bill Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2) Amazon
3Teddy Bears To Know Him Is to Love Him Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1 Amazon
4The Everly Brothers So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad) Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1 Amazon
5Jimmie Rodgers Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again 40 All-Time Favorites [Disc 1] Amazon
6Gerry & The Pacemakers Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying The Classic 60's Collection: 1964 Amazon
7Lloyd Price Just Because Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
8B.J. Thomas Hooked On A Feeling 20 Greatest Hits Amazon
9Nanci Griffith Late Night Grande Hotel Late Night Grande Hotel Amazon
10Rusty Young Down Home Waitin' For The Sun Amazon
11Aretha Franklin Chain Of Fools (Roger Hawkins) Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 1] Amazon
12Maddox Brothers and Rose Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die 1950-1951 (Warped 5076F) Amazon
13Joe Maphis & Rose Lee Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music) Swing West 1: Bakersfield Amazon
14Dan Crary, Byron Berline & John Hickman Old Time Medley Chambergrass Amazon
15J.D. Crowe & The New South Old Home Place Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics Amazon
16The Osborne Brothers Rocky Top Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1] Amazon
17Tom T. Hall Ballad of Forty Dollars The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall Amazon
18Stonewall Jackson I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water (Columbia 1964) Singles Amazon
19Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys(Ed Bruce) RCA Country Legends [Disc 2] Amazon
20Taj Mahal Cakewalk Into Town (Howard Johnson on Tuba) Putumayo Presents: American Blues Amazon
21Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen Lost In The Ozone Lost In The Ozone Amazon
22Gram Parsons Ooh Las Vegas (DRUMMER – RONNIE TUTT) G.P. / Grievous Angel Amazon
23The Kingsmen Louie, Louie Louie Louie Amazon
24The Rolling Stones Honky Tonk Women Forty Licks [Disc 1] Amazon
25ZZ Top Gimme All Your Lovin' Greatest Hits Amazon
26Johnny Ventura Filete Presentando a.. Mi Nuevo Cosecha Amazon
27Vicente Fernandez Volver Volver The Rose & The Briar Amazon
28Johnny Pacheco El Esencia Del Guaguanco Ritmo Caliente – Salsa Greats Amazon
29The Gap Band Oops Upside Your Head (I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up An Pure Disco Amazon
30Dave Frishberg Van Lingle Mungo Baseball's Greatest Hits Amazon
31Jill Corey Love Me to Pieces Your Hit Parade – The '50s Amazon
32The McGuire Sisters Sincerely The Sisters Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
33Claude Bolling It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing Bolling Plays Ellington, Vol. 1 Amazon
34The Tokens The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) Wimoweh!!! – The Best Of The Tokens Amazon
35Jay & The Americans Cara Mia Come A Little Bit Closer – The Best of Jay and The Americans Amazon
36The Supremes When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through (Mary Wilson) Gold Disc 1 Amazon
37Lee "Scratch" Perry I Am the Upsetter Trojan Reggae Amazon
38Biz Markie Just a Friend Biz's Baddest Beats: The Best of Biz Markie Amazon
39Original Cast Tonight Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1] Amazon
40Chuck E. Weiss Anthem for Old Souls Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys Amazon
41Pat Martino Just Friends Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar [Disc 3] Amazon
42Peter, Paul and Mary Have You Been to Jail for Justice? In These Times Amazon
43Patrick Sky Many A Mile Best Of The Troubadours Amazon
44Chick Corea and Return to Forever Captain Marvel Light as a Feather (Disc 1) Amazon
45New York Dolls Puss 'n' Boots Sophisticated Boom Boom: The Shadow Morton Story Amazon
46The Ramones Baby, I Love You End of the Century Amazon

Old Devil Time

In an encore episode from 2015, we listen in as Dave explores the multi-generational sounds of not only bluegrass with Dillard and Clark and The Hackberry Ramblers, but we’ll also cross the genres (as we are wont to do) with Cowboy Copas, Clara Ward, Otis Spann, and Doris Day. There’s a couple of different threads that run through the show today, one being that of the ‘devil’ and the other being of ‘new mornings’. Tune in at a special time and see what’s in store on a late-fall morning in West County. And please, donate to community radio:  kwtf.net.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1BR5-49 The Devil In Me Dog Days Amazon
2Bob Dylan Talkin' Devil It Could Even Be A Myth Amazon
3Pete Seeger Old Devil Time (Live) Singalong Demonstration Concert (Live) Amazon
4Gillian Welch The Devil Had a Hold of Me Hell Among the Yearlings Amazon
5Sister Rosetta Tharpe The Devil Has Thrown Him Down The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3] Amazon
6Doris Day The Deevil, Devil, Divil Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2] Amazon
7Pokey LaFarge The Devil Ain't Lazy Pokey LaFarge Amazon
8Asleep at the Wheel/The Blind Boys of Alabama The Devil Ain't Lazy Reinventing the Wheel Amazon
9Hackberry Ramblers Old Pipeliner (Rodney Crowell-vocal) {1992-06 (org.1946) Flying Fish FF-70629 CD} Cajun Boogie (1992-06) Amazon
10Cowboy Copas Don't Shake Hands with the Devil Settin' Flat On Ready Amazon
11Little Jimmy Dickens I'm Little But I'm Loud The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens Amazon
12Spade Cooley & His Orchestra; Vocal By Tex Williams Hide Your Face Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley Amazon
13Dillard & Clark I Bowed My Head And Cried Holy The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark Amazon
14Rory Block I Am In the Heavenly Way Confessions of A Blues Singer Amazon
15Bukka White I Am the Heavenly Way The Sonet Blues Story Amazon
16Clara Ward In That Great Judgement Morning Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 1] Amazon
17The Dixie Hummingbirds In The Morning Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds Amazon
18Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers He's So Wonderful The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3] Amazon
19Slim & Slam Early In The Morning Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2) Amazon
20Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet Carolina In The Morning Vol. 1-(1937-38) Amazon
21Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson Where Dreams Come to Die Django and Jimmie Amazon
22John Lee Hooker I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive [Album Version] Warming By The Devils Fire – A Film By Charles Burnett Amazon
23Otis Spann Must Have Been The Devil The Blues Never Die Amazon
24Cleo Brown You're A Heavenly Thing Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935) Amazon
25Benny Goodman You're a Heavenly Thing Music Hall Rag Amazon
26Big Joe Turner Morning Noon And Nite Big Joe Turner: Rhythm & Blues Years Amazon
27Tampa Red Worried Devil Blues The Bluebird Recordings (1934-1936) Amazon
28Ralph Stanley John The Revelator A Mother's Prayer Amazon
29Sherman Tedder Untitled [Album Version] Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 Amazon
30Elvis Presley (You're The) Devil In Disguise Elvis 30 #1 Hits Amazon
31Ella Fitzgerald Ol' Devil Moon 75th Birthday Celebration [Disc 2] Amazon
32Ella Fitzgerald Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea 75th Birthday Celebration [Disc 2] Amazon

When You Dance

It’s Black Friday here in Sonoma County and we don’t really know what to expect. Worn out from the ongoing pandemic, we’re still moderating here but we very much need music to help us light the way. We like to make that possible on Friday mornings on KOWS  when we find another free form collection full of small themes and nuggets. With a sprinkling of classic Carole King, Sonny Bono and Brill Building sounds, we’ll move forward into the holidays with hand clapping gospel, soul stew from Booker T., some Leon Russell, Paul Simon, Gene Pitney, and The Cookies. The playlist this morning will circle back to celebrating all the things that matter in musical themes including true love, change, and (most of all) dance. Join us this week once again for some great sounds .



No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Cuff Links Guided Missiles The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
2The Highway Q.C.'s Pray Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
3The Staple Singers Hammer and Nails Hammer and Nails Amazon
4Patsy Cline Life's Railway To Heaven Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel Amazon
5Paul Simon Slip Slidin' Away Sounds of the Seventies: 1977 Amazon
6Jakob Dylan & Jade Castrinos Go Where You Wanna Go Echo In The Canyon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Amazon
7The Mamas & the Papas Do You Wanna Dance Greatest Hits Amazon
8Bobby Freeman Do You Wanna Dance MaltShop Memories Save the Last Dance for M Amazon
9The Drifters Dance With Me The 50's – A Decade to Remember: Do You Wanna Dance Amazon
10Billy Bland Let the Little Girl Dance One Hit Wonders Amazon
11Dash And Dot Dance With Me Henry Forgotten Duos of Rock Volume 1 Amazon
12The Diatones Oh Baby, Come Dance With Me Bandera Doo Wop Amazon
13Billy Storm When You Dance Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
14Marvin Gaye Stubborn Kind of Fellow 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1 Amazon
15The O'Jays Back Stabbers The O'Jays Greatest Hits Amazon
16Ann Cole Have Fun Birth Of Soul: 1 Amazon
17James Brown Lost Someone Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
18Booker T. & the MG's; The MG's Time Is Tight Classic Rock: 1969 – The Beat Goes On Amazon
19Redbone Come And Get Your Love Sounds of the Seventies Pop Nuggets: Early '70s Amazon
20Phoebe Snow Shakey Ground The Best Of Phoebe Snow Amazon
21Percy Sledge True Love Travels On A Gravel Road Cold Cold Heart – Where Country Meets Soul Volume 3 Amazon
22The Cookies Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby) The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
23Leon Russell I Believe To My Soul Best Of Hank Wilson Amazon
24Ray Charles Greenbacks Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8) Amazon
25Gene Pitney Every Breath I Take Anthology: 1961-1968 Amazon
26The Raindrops The Kind Of Boy You Can't Forget The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
27Jackie DeShannon Needles And Pins The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
28Nancy Sinatra Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) Kill Bill, Vol. 1 Amazon
29Amy Winehouse Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Lioness: Hidden Treasures Amazon
30Laura Nyro 165-Stoned Soul Picnic Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
31The Mavericks Dance the Night Away Collection [2003] Amazon

Sugar Moon

We’ll be settling into some classic country sounds from the golden age alongside some contemporary sounds that stay steadfast in a sound that rings true and authentic. We’ll hear some classics from Wynn Stewart, Buck Owens, Waylon Jennings, Webb Pierce and others. There will be plenty of original sounds from BR5-49 and Chuck Mead, k.d. lang, Don Edwards, and The Mavericks to remind us of the clear line between authentic and what’s attempting to pass for country these days. Tune in for a mix of swing, story songs, love songs, and foot-tappin’ treasures on Deeper Roots this week on Sonoma County Community radio where the music will always take you somewhere other than the main stream. We seldom venture there. 

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Willie Nelson Sugar Moon You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker Amazon
2k.d. lang & the Reclines Big Boned Gal Absolute Torch and Twang Amazon
3k.d. lang Western Stars Recollection CD 1 Amazon
4Charley Crockett Over There That's Frank 10 for Slim: Charley Crockett Sings James Hand Amazon
5Asleep At The Wheel You're From Texas Ride With Bob Amazon
6Johnny Cash I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar Silver Amazon
7Charley Crockett Music City USA Music City USA Amazon
8Ferlin Husky Detour Vintage Collections Series Amazon
9Carl Smith (When You Feel Like Youre in Love) Dont Just Stand There Golden Age of Country Volume 3: Crazy Arms [Disc 1] Amazon
10Carl Smith Hey Joe! Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes Amazon
11Ray Price Invitation To The Blues Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes Amazon
12Buck Owens Above And Beyond Buck Owens Amazon
13John Fogerty I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me) The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again Amazon
14Webb Pierce I Ain't Never 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce Amazon
15The Tractors The Tractors-Pick Me Up On Your Way Down Trade Union Amazon
16Wynn Stewart It's Such A Pretty World Today Swing West 1: Bakersfield Amazon
17George Strait Big Ball's in Cowtown w/Asleep at the Wheel Strait Out of the Box [Disc 4] Amazon
18Asleep At The Wheel Across The Alley From The Alamo Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys Amazon
19Don Edwards Texas Plains West of Yesterday Amazon
20Willie Nelson This Old House Remember Me, Vol. 1 Amazon
21BR5-49 Cherokee Boogie BR5-49 Amazon
22BR5-49 The Devil In Me Dog Days Amazon
23The Mavericks One Step Away Music for All Occasions Amazon
24Little Jimmy Dickens When They Get Too Rough (They're Just Right For Me) Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962 Amazon
25Wynn Stewart Big City California Country Amazon
26Dwight Yoakam Train in Vain Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2 Amazon
27Waylon Jennings Sweet Dream Woman The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 1 Amazon
28Old Crow Medicine Show Wagon Wheel Americana Amazon
29Marty Robbins Devil Woman [Album Version] Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound Amazon
30Asleep At The Wheel Bob Wills Is Still The King Ride With Bob Amazon
31Bob Wills Goin' Away Party For the Last Time Amazon
32Charley Crockett Skip A Rope Music City USA Amazon

Guitar Routes

It’s a deep dive we’re taking today into the digital dustbin of the past century with the focus being on fretwork, string bending, bottlenecks and tripping the lap steel fantastic.  That’s right…a collection of fascinating tonal embellishments that cross the genres of country, jazz, blues, folk and pop. Our show this morning will feature some Lonnie Johnson, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, John Fahey, Grady Martin and a few others. It’s a trip with a few well knowns but more not so much  and you’ll just have to make room in your day because the sounds can’t be ignored. We’ll hear standards like Guitar Rag, Riders in the Sky, Black Mountain Rag, Indiana March, and a special playlist highlighting the work of Grady Martin in both country and rock.  We’re once again hoping for the best as October and November approach. 

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Truett & George Ghost Dance Diabolical Hoodoo: Vintage Songs Of Devilry, Doom & Hellfire 1920-1952 Amazon
2Lonnie Johnson Swing Out Rhythm Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1 Amazon
3Blind Lemon Jefferson See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Black Swan Sampler Amazon
4Blind Blake Southern Rag Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey Amazon
5Robert Johnson Stop Breakin' Down Blues The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2 Amazon
6Robert Lockwood, Jr. Little Queen Of Spades Blues Routes: Heroes And Tricksters Amazon
7Les Paul Trio Guitar Boogie Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2] Amazon
8Roy Smeck and His Paradise Serenaders Indiana March Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics Amazon
9Slim Gaillard Minuet In Vout Hittin' On All Six: New Guitar Concepts Amazon
10Leon McAuliffe & His Western Swing Band Blue Guitar Stomp Hillibilly Boogie! Amazon
11Merle Travis Guitar Rag The Guitar Picker CD2 (1947-51) Amazon
12Les Paul Hip Billy Boogie (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered] 100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered) Amazon
13Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Railroadin' Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2 Amazon
14Chet Atkins Carolina Shout Guitar Legend – RCA Years (Disc 2) Amazon
15Richard Thompson New-Fangled Flogging Reel/Kerry Reel Strict Tempo! Amazon
16Richard Thompson Rockin' in Rhythm Strict Tempo! Amazon
17John Fahey I'm Gonna Do All I Can for My Lord The Legend of Blind Joe Death Amazon
18John Fahey Requiem for John Hurt Essential John Fahey Amazon
19Bert Jansch On The Edge Of A Dream [Rock Baby Rock Remix] Running From Home – An Introduction to Bert Jansch Amazon
20Leo Kottke Little Martha Instrumentals: Best of the Chrysalis Years Amazon
21Roy Clark Riders in the Sky The Roy Clark Anthology Amazon
22Doc Watson Dill Pickle Rag The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 Amazon
23Doc Watson Black Mountain Rag American Roots Music (Disc One-Country) Amazon
24Jorma Kaukonen There's A Table Sitting In Heaven Stars In My Crown Amazon
25Red Foley Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] Amazon
26Marty Robbins El Paso All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
27Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter Coal Miner's Daughter Amazon
28Marty Robbins Devil Woman All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
29Elvis Presley (You're The) Devil in Disguise Artist of the Century Disc 2 Amazon
30Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio Honey Hush Tear It Up Amazon
31Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Texas Flood Texas Flood Amazon
32Gary Moore Parisienne Walkways While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Disc 2] Amazon

Watching The River Flow

September is waning as we share our last show of the month. Join Dave Stroud live at 9 Pacific from the KOWS studios in downtown Santa Rosa for a free form stream of sounds as we make our way across to visit an eclectic collection of sounds. This week we’ll share a little bit of soul with Sugar Pie DeSanto and The Four Tops, some throwback sixties sounds from The Marvelettes and Sam The Sham, seventies deep cuts from Steve Miller, Jesse Colin Young and John Prine, and a host of your favorites from under that great Americana sideshow tent including Ry Cooder, Willie Nelson, and Los Lobos. Yes, it’s a free form show once again as we celebrate recent improvements to our streaming presence as we have signed on for Live365 hosting. Big things come in little, community bound packages. Tune in, unwrap and unwind on a Friday morning.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Marty Robbins Running Gun Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Amazon
2Sugar Pie DeSanto Here You Come Running Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966) Amazon
3The Four Tops You Keep Running Away The Ultimate Collection Amazon
4Sam Cooke I'll Come Running Back To You Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 Amazon
5Roy Orbison Running Scared Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S Amazon
6Juke Boy Bonner Running Shoes Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8] Amazon
7Aretha Franklin Spanish Harlem 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2] Amazon
8Jesse Colin Young Morning Sun Jesse Colin Young Classics Volume 1 Amazon
9Marshall Crenshaw Starless Summer Sky Miracle of Science Amazon
10Marie Knight His Eye Is On The Sparrow Hallelujah What A Song! Amazon
11Taj Mahal Let the Four Winds Blow Phantom Blues Amazon
12Los Lobos I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4) Amazon
13Fats Domino My Girl Josephine Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1) Amazon
14Chris Kenner I Like It Like That Part 1 Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky 2-2 1957- Amazon
15Solomon Burke Everybody Needs Somebody To Love Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis) Amazon
16Leon Russell Watching The River Flow Tangled Up In Blues Amazon
17Bob Dylan Knockin' On Heaven's Door Greatest Hits Volume 3 Amazon
18Warren Zevon Keep Me in Your Heart The Wind Amazon
19Steve Miller Band Living In The U.S.A. Sailor Amazon
20Steve Miller Band Quicksilver Girl Sailor Amazon
21John Prine There She Goes Bruised Orange Amazon
22John Prine Please Don't Bury Me Souvenirs Amazon
23Willie Nelson Bring Me Sunshine ("Naked" Version) Naked Willie Amazon
24Ry Cooder w/Sam Samudio No Quiero The Border/Alamo Bay Amazon
25Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs Wooly Bully Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
26The Marvelettes Don't Mess With Bill Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
27Alive 'N Kickin' Tighter, Tighter Alive 'N Kickin' Amazon
28Bo Diddley Say Man Go Bo Diddley Amazon
29Joe Ely Fingernails Live Shots Amazon
30Duane Eddy Rebel Rouser Rebel Rouser Amazon
31Jackson Browne & David Lindley Mercury Blues (Intro) Love Is Strange [Disc 1] Amazon
32Jackson Browne & David Lindley Mercury Blues Love Is Strange [Disc 1] Amazon

Country Boogie Woogie

While the origin of the term is in debate, there are numerous stories that almost make sense but cannot be verified. However, 20th century blues, country and rock and roll were rife with the reference and it turned into a guitar lick, a piano run, and a salty reference on the standup. Deeper Roots will be spending time with the country versions, inherited (nee appropriated) from the rhythm and blues form … and a little bit of history as well. We’ve got the classic country sounds of Sheb Wooley, Johnny Tyler, and The Delmore Brothers paired up with higher octane country Americana from Dale Watson, Robert Gordon, and Asleep at the Wheel. Chuck Berry once said “It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm & blues…it’s called rock now”. You can quote me in enlightening that observation by calling it “one nascent stream that emptied into a swift river.” Tune in Friday evenings here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Merrill Moore Nola Boogie Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1] Amazon
2Al Dexter & His Troopers Saturday Night Boogie Hillibilly Boogie! Amazon
3Hardrock Gunter Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B Amazon
4Vance Morris & His Alabama Playboys Crazy About The Boogie Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4] Amazon
5Hank Snow Rhumba Boogie Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4] Amazon
6Johnny Tyler Oakie Boogie Southern Belle [Disc 1] Amazon
7Sheb Wooley Mule Boogie Country & Western Nuggets Amazon
8Johnny Bond Alabama Boogie Boy Put Me To Bed Amazon
9Bob Newman Hangover Boogie Crossroads In Cowtown Amazon
10Skeets McDonald The Southland Boogie Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection Amazon
11Dale Watson Texas Boogie Cheatin' Heart Attack Amazon
12Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Stratosphere Boogie Stratosphere Boogie Amazon
13Merle Travis Merle's Boogie Woogie Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] Amazon
14Les Paul Guitar Boogie Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2] Amazon
15Kate Mackenzie Pan American Boogie Steel Rails: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 1 Amazon
16Doc Watson Freight Train Boogie Songs From Home Amazon
17Red Foley Hobo Boogie The Essential Recordings Amazon
18The Delmore Brothers Peach Street Boogie The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 15 Amazon
19Sonny Burgess We Wanna Boogie Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009 Amazon
20Grady Martin & His Slewfoot Five Wooly Boogie The Very Best Of Amazon
21Sleepy Labeef Shot-Gun Boogie (Overdub) Sleepy Rocks Amazon
22Webb Pierce Teenage Boogie All Hits! [Disc 2] Amazon
23Robert Gordon and Link Wray Rock Billy Boogie Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die Amazon
24Asleep at the Wheel 08 Boogie Back to Texas 10 Amazon
25Tiny Hill Milk Bucket Boogie Country Music On the Mercury Label Amazon
26Little Jimmy Dickens You Better Not Do That Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962 Amazon
27Little Jimmy Dickens Buddy's Boogie Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962 Amazon
28Porky Freeman Boogie Woogie Boy Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies Amazon
29Tennessee Ernie Ford Blackberry Boogie Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 1] Amazon
30Tennessee Ernie Ford False Hearted Girl Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3] Amazon
31Asleep at the Wheel Choo Choo Ch'Boogie The Best of Asleep at the Wheel Amazon
32Tennessee Ernie Ford Shot-Gun Boogie Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3] Amazon

Lefty Merle Willie Hank & Hank

It’s a songwriter’s showcase this morning on Deeper Roots. Country music songwriters Lefty Frizell, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Hank Cochran, and Hank Williams are highlighted in a show that features covers by their contemporaries (and a few from the recent past) including Iris DeMent, Ernest Tubb, Billy Walker, Bob Dylan, Rosanne Cash, and at least two dozen others. Our show pays tribute to some amazing stalwarts who literally defined the country ‘voice’ and story. Join Dave Stroud on another Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio, 92.5 FM Occidental, streaming to all of planet earth on all your favorite services including OpenRadio.app, TuneIn.com, RadioGarden.io and, our web site, kowsfm.com. Good morning!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1John Prine I Want to Be With You Always The Missing Years Amazon
2Red Foley & The Andrews Sisters I Want To Be With You Always Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] Amazon
3Brennen Leigh I Love You A Thousand Ways Brennen Leigh Sings Lefty Frizzell Amazon
4George Jones If You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time) Sings Country and Western Hits Amazon
5Keith Whitley I Never Go Around Mirrors The Rounder Records Story Amazon
6Merle Haggard My Baby's Just Like Money Roots, Vol. 1 Amazon
7Rosanne Cash Featuring Rufus Wainwright Silver Wings (Feat. Rufus Wainwright) The List Amazon
8Bill Kirchen Shelly's Winter Love (Album) Word To The Wise Amazon
9Iris DeMent Big City Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard Amazon
10George Jones I Always Get Lucky With You The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country Disc 2 Amazon
11Dale Watson Mama Tried More Great Moments of Vinyl History Amazon
12Ray Price Night Life Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound Amazon
13Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires & The Imperials Quartet Funny How Time Slips Away Elvis Country Amazon
14k.d. lang & the Reclines Three Days Absolute Torch and Twang Amazon
15The Little Willies I Gotta Get Drunk The Little Willies Amazon
16The Secret Sisters Why Don't You Love Me The Secret Sisters Amazon
17Bob Dylan I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute Amazon
18Buckwheat Zydeco Hey, Good Lookin' Menagerie Amazon
19Sleepy LaBeef I Saw the Light Sun Records Artists Perform the Hank Williams Songbook Amazon
20Jerry Lee Lewis You Win Again The Definitive Collection Amazon
21Taj Mahal Mind Your Own Business Senor Blues Amazon
22Elvis Costello He's Got You ('Lost Session' Version) Almost Blue Amazon
23Rhiannon Giddens She's Got You Tomorrow Is My Turn Amazon
24Patsy Cline Why Can't He Be You The Patsy Cline Collection Amazon
25Dottie West Me Today And Her Tomorrow The Essential Dottie West Amazon
26Bobby Bare I'd Fight The World The Best Of Bobby Bare Amazon
27Jamey Johnson Everything But You (featuring Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill) Living For A Song- A Tribute To Hank Cochran Amazon
28Al Green & Lyle Lovett Funny How Time Slips Away Rhythm Country & Blues Amazon