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Doug Sahm Retrospective

April 9, 2022 Dave

This week we’re taking a look back at a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, musician, and performer who helped to enlighten a younger set to Tex Mex music, even making inroads into the sixties San Francisco ‘summer of love’ with a top 20 hit in 1965. Considered a child prodigy, he would appear on the Louisiana Hayride by the age of eight and would find his influences in blues, country, r&b, and conjunto sounds from across the border. Our retrospective will feature contemporaries and music from his close-knit cadre of compadres that would go on to form a sort-of supergroup called The Texas Tornados. Tune in on a Spring morning in April for a collection of pure Americana treats from Texas as we overlook (for a brief two hours) its abhorrent decline into a state of hate and anti-democratic principles.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Doug Sahm	(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone	Best of Sir Douglas 68-75
2	Doug Sahm & The Knights	Crazy Daisy	Wild Streak, Vol. 1
3	Sir Douglas Quintet	She's About A Mover	Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet
4	Sir Douglas Quintet	The Rains Came	Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet
5	Sir Douglas Quintet	Mendocino	Best of Sir Douglas 68-75
6	Freddie Fender	Before the Next Teardrop Falls	Classic Country 1975 – 1979
7	Doug Sahm	It's Gonna Be Easy	Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1
8	Doug Sahm	Faded Love	Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1
9	Frank Black	Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day	Honeycomb
10	The Texas Tornados	Little Bit Is Better Than Nada	4 Aces
11	The Texas Tornados	Who Were You Thinkin' Of	The Best Of Texas Tornados
12	The Texas Tornados	Wasted Days And Wasted Nights	The Best Of Texas Tornados
13	Jerry Lee Lewis	The Revolutionary Man	Southern Roots
14	Townes Van Zandt	Pancho & Lefty (with Freddy Fender, Rubin Ramos & The Texas Revolution, Doug Sahm & Augie Meyer)	Texas Rain
15	Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm & Gene Taylor	Big Mamou	The Return of the Formerly Brothers
16	Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm & Gene Taylor	Smack Dab in the Middle	The Return of the Formerly Brothers
17	The Mavericks	Nitty Gritty (Bonus Track)	Mono
18	Uncle Tupelo	Give Back The Key To My Heart (feat. Doug Sahm)	Anodyne
19	Dwight Yoakam/Flaco Jimenez	Carmelita	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2
20	Flaco Jiminez	The Girls From Texas featuring Ry Cooder (Album Version)	Partners
21	Flaco Jiminez	Las Golondrinas (Album Version)	Partners
22	Augie Meyers	Matilda	Trippin Out On Triplets
23	Dave Alvin	Dynamite Woman	Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm
24	Los Lobos	It Didn't Even Bring Me Down	Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm
25	Delbert McClinton	Texas Me	Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm
26	The Gourds	Nuevo Laredo	Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm
27	Freda and the Firedogs	Be Real	Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm
28	Doug Sahm	Crazy Crazy Baby	The San Antonio Hipster
29	Doug Sahm	Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day	Best of Sir Douglas 68-75
30	The Texas Tornados	Soy De San Luis	Texas Tornados

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Americana Covers 2022

April 1, 2022 Dave

We’re taking a bit of a break to pull the covers out. A lot of the covers we’ll be sharing today come from recent years and cut a broad swath through the past, with a special emphasis on ‘modern sounds’ including new wave, country and rock covered by some of the modern Americana performers that you hear on KOWS Community Radio’s Blue Moon Americana each week (and mornings at 5). Tune in for Jason Isbell, Bill Kirchen, Carrie Rodriguez, Sarah Jarosz, Nick Lowe, and a host of others. A fun run of sounds this morning as we kick off spring with fresh Americana covers.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Solid Air	Spirit In The Sky	Sonoma County Covers Project
2	Pete Yorn	They Don't Know	They Don't Know
3	The Teskey Brothers	Never Tear Us Apart	Never Tear Us Apart (Single)
4	Sarah Jarosz	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For	I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / my future
5	Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit	Driver 8 feat. John Paul White	Georgia Blue
6	Mo Kenney	Yer So Bad	Covers
7	Anna Elizabeth Laube	Time To Move On	Annamania
8	The Band of Heathens featuring Robert Ellis	Walls	Remote Transmissions Vol 1
9	Carsie Blanton	Party at the End of the World	Party At The End of the World (Single)
10	The Dead South	People Are Strange	Easy Listening For Jerks Part II
11	The WildRoots	01 634-5789	WildRoots Sessions Vol. 1
12	The Grand Southern	The Boys of Summer	Don't Say Anything
13	Clint Roberts	Just Like Heaven	Rose Songs
14	Puss N Boots	Joey	Sister
15	Tyler Ramsey	Back On The Chain Gang	Found a Picture of You
16	Vandoliers	I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)	I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (Single)
17	The Revenue Man	(What's So Funny About) Peace, Love and Understanding	25 Years Behind
18	Carrie Rodriguez	Big Love	Love and Circumstances
19	Nick Lowe	Here Comes That Feeling	Lay It On Me
20	Bill Kirchen	Shelly's Winter Love (feat. Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack)	The Proper Years
21	Dylan LeBlanc	Expecting to Fly	Pastimes
22	Britta Phillips	I Am a Child	Cinnamon Girl – Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity
23	Yonder Mountain String Band	Ever Fallen In Love	Black Sheep
24	Dwight Yoakam	Train in Vain	Under the Covers
25	The Dandy Warhols	Hells Bells	EMI Film & TV – Covers (Disc 2)
26	The Shootouts	I Wanna Dance With Somebody	Don't Bring Me Down (Single)

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Sagebrush Sweethearts

March 5, 2022 Dave

When we say roots, we mean roots. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll kick off Women’s History Month by paying tribute to the many female performers from early country, the Golden Age, and well into our latest century. Influential, talented, and more than many of the opposite sex, not afraid to make a political statement now and then. We’ll also be sharing some recent Americana ‘cowboy sweethearts’ with songs that are both winsome and traditional. Tune in to Community Radio for Sonoma County as we go back to the 30s with the Girls of The Golden West, Patsy Montana, and The Tune Wranglers. We’ve also got some favorites from Margo Smith, Dale Evans, Rose Maddox and Dolly Parton to share with you.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Margo Smith	Hand Clappin' Foot Stompin' Country Music	The Best Of The Tennessee Yodeler
2	Patsy Montana	My Poncho Pony	Flowers In The Wildwood
3	Patsy Montana	Old Nevada Moon	The Best Of Patsy Montana
4	Patsy Montana	Out on the Lone Prairie	Yodeling Mad! The Best of Country Yodel Vol. 1
5	Rickie Jones	'Neath The Blue Western Skies	I Love To Yodel! The Best Of Country Yodel Volume Two
6	Dale Evans	When the White Roses Bloom	The Rage of the Sage
7	Dale Evans	Don't Ever Fall in Love with a Cowboy	The Rage of the Sage
8	Margo Smith	I Want To Be Your Cowboy Sweetheart	The Best Of The Tennessee Yodeler
9	Margo Smith	Cowboy Yodel Song	The Best Of The Tennessee Yodeler
10	Teresa Tudury	Ride 'Em Cowboy	Such Fine Things
11	Kacey Musgraves	Whatever Happened To The Yodelin' Cowgirls	Movin On
12	Kacey Musgraves	Cherokee Maiden	Wanted: One Good Cowboy
13	Girls Of The Golden West	My Love Is A Rider (Bucking Bronco)	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
14	Girls Of The Golden West	Will There Be Any Yodelers In Heaven?	American Yodeling
15	Judy Canova	Along The Navajo Trail (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
16	Judy Canova	No Letter Today	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2
17	Maddox Brothers and Rose	Cowboy Bugle Boy	1950-1951 (Warped 5076F)
18	Rose Maddox & Her Brothers	I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
19	Wanda, Ruth Neal	Round Town Girls	Flowers In The Wildwood
20	Polly Jenkins W. Texas Rose	I'm Gonna Straddle My Saddle	Yodelling Mad! The Best Of Country Yodelling Vol 1
21	Rosalie Allen	I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart	Yodelling Mad! The Best Of Country Yodelling Vol 1
22	June Holms	Song Of Queensland	I Love To Yodel! The Best Of Country Yodel Volume Two
23	Dolly Parton	Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel – No. 8)	1970
24	Nora Jane Struthers	Cowgirl Yodel #3	Nora Jane Struthers
25	Shannon McNally	Mamas Don?t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys	The Waylon Sessions
26	Kacey Musgraves	Texas Yodeler	Wanted: One Good Cowboy
27	Sweetback Sisters	Cowboy Ham And Eggs	Looking For A Fight
28	Ramona Reed	If I Could Only Learn To Yodel (Live)	Big "D" Jamboree, Gals Of The
29	The DeZurik Sisters	The Arizona Yodeler	American Yodeling
30	Ann Jones	Baby Sitter's Blues	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
31	Hank Penny & Jaye P Morgan	Fan It	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
32	Sweethearts of the Rodeo	Get Rhythm	Rodeo Waltz
33	Judy Canova	Walkin' The Floor Over You	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2
34	Carolina Cotton	I Love To Yodel	I Love To Yodel! The Best Of Country Yodel Volume Two
35	Patti Page	I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart	Country Music On the Mercury Label

Higher and Higher

February 26, 2022 Dave

A carefully curated concoction of sounds on a Friday morning will keep you on your toes going into the weekend here in Sonoma County. We’ll pay tribute to Beverly “Ruby” Ross, a songwriter and musician who co-wrote some early rock n’ roll classics who passed away last week. And there’s no stopping the classics from rolling in with some country from the Golden Age including The Browns and Johnny Horton, an eclectic run of blues with Jimmy Reed and BB King, and some of the sweeter sounds from Patti Page, Jo Stafford, and Linda Ronstadt. Jackie Wilson will open our show this morning and we’ll be sure to feed your soul with some Geraint Watkins from across the pond. Join us on the stream at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Jackie Wilson	(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher	Something to Believe In
2	Cissy Houston	Deep River/Campground	Testify! The Gospel Box
3	The Fairfield Four	Roll Jordan	Revival
4	Bob Dylan	Someday Baby	Modern Times
5	Geraint Watkins	I'm Just Crazy About You	Dial 'W' for Watkins
6	The Chordettes	Lollipop	Red, White & Rock Disc 1
7	The Earls	Remember Then	The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2]
8	Roy Orbison	Candy Man	The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 2]
9	Bill Haley & His Comets	Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) (Single Version)	Rock Around The Clock
10	Lesley Gore	Judy's Turn to Cry (Single)	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lesley Gore
11	Elvis Presley	The Girl Of My Best Friend	The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1]
12	The Browns	Cool Water	1959-1960 (Warped 5995)
13	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Wagon Wheels	Tumbling Tumbleweeds
14	Patti Page	I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart	Country Music On the Mercury Label
15	Jo Stafford	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Capitol Collectors Series
16	Johnny Horton	North To Alaska	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
17	Gene Pitney	(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance	The Look Of Love [Disc 1]
18	Dinah Washington	Somebody Loves Me (from "The Swingin' Miss D")	Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums
19	Linda Ronstadt	Perfidia	Mambo Kings
20	Carla Thomas	B-a-b-y	Something to Believe In
21	Brenda Lee	Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar)	Grady Martin
22	Brenda Lee	That's All You Gotta Do	36 All-Time G.H. V2
23	Dave Edmunds	Deep in the Heart of Texas	D.E. 7th
24	Geraint Watkins	Oobee Doobee Eyes	Watkins Bold as Love
25	Jimmy Reed	Take Out Some Insurance	Blues Masters: The Very Best Of Jimmy Reed
26	Henry Spaulding	Cairo Blues	American Primitive: Pre-War Revenants 1897-1939, Vol. 2 [Disc 2]
27	B.B. King * Eric Clapton	Rollin' & Tumblin'	Riding With The King
28	Chubby Checker	Hey Bobba Needle	The Best Jukeboxhits 3
29	Sir Douglas Quintet	Nuevo Laredo	Mono Singles '68-'72
30	Johnny Restivo	The Shape I'm In	Lost Male Hits Of The 50's
31	Rockin' Sidney	My Toot-Toot	Alligator Stomp: Cajun Zydeco Classics
32	Los Super Seven	My Window Faces The South (ft. Lyle Lovett)	Heard It On The X
33	Nora Jane Struthers	Cowgirl Yodel #3	Nora Jane Struthers
34	Shirley & Lee	Let The Good Times Roll	Shirley & Lee Rock
35	Sam Cooke	Good Times	Ain't That Good News

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Gospel Firebrands

January 30, 2022 Dave

Classic pairings with some rocking gospel from Elvis, country and bluegrass classics, some sacred steel, tradition, and some of the richest black gospel performances from the past century, with the focus being on those performers who put the passion into the ‘word’. The roots of rock, jazz, blues, and country are closer to the surface than you’d imagine and we’re here to share it with you: The Golden Gate Quartet, Willie and Bobbie Nelson, The Jordanaires, Nina Simone, and a couple dozen others here to celebrate and evangelize through great music. Deeper Roots heads back through the church and barn doors from the past century where the power of music tells a story in all it’s glory. Join us!

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Big Mama Thornton	Wade in the Water	This Ain't No Mouse Music [Disc 1]
2	Apostles Of Music	Wade In the Water	Local Customs: Downriver Revival
3	Josh White	Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (mono)	The Elektra Years – disc 1
4	The Jordaniares	Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho	The Jordaniares Gospel
5	Elvis Presley	By and By	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
6	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	In The Sweet By And By	Farther Along
7	Selah Jubilee Singers	I'll Fly Away	Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
8	Bonnie Owens	I'll Fly Away	1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
9	The Haden Triplets	I'll Fly Away	The Family Songbook
10	Marie Knight	Milky White Way	Hallelujah What A Song!
11	Elvis Presley	Milky White Way	His Hand In Mine
12	Lonnie Johnson	The Old Rugged Cross	Stompin' At The Penny
13	George Jones	The Old Rugged Cross	24 Greatest Gospel Hits
14	Ray Price	Rock of Ages	K-Tel Presents Country Gospel Classics
15	The Jordanaires	Rock Of Ages	Will The Circle Be Unbroken
16	The Byrds	Farther Along	The Byrds [Box Set] Disc 4
17	Connie Smith	08. Farther Along	Connie Smith 1965-1966
18	Aubrey Ghent	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	The Best Of Sacred Steel
19	Willie Nelson And Patsy Cline	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	The Essential Guide To Gospel
20	Bruce Cockburn	Go Tell It On The Mountain	Christmas
21	Mahalia Jackson	Go Tell It on the Mountain	Gospels & Spirituals: The Gold Collection
22	The Golden Gate Quartet	Golden Gate Gospel Train	CD 1 the Old Days
23	The Staple Singers	This Train	Freedom Highway
24	Peter, Paul & Mary	This Train	Peter, Paul & Mary
25	Nina Simone	Trouble in Mind	Hear Music Volume 8
26	Jorma Kaukonen	Trouble In Mind	River Of Time
27	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Bedside of a Neighbor	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
28	The Cox Family	Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor	Everybody's Reaching out for Someone
29	Johnny Cash	Life's Railway To Heaven	Life Unheard
30	Patsy Cline	Life's Railway To Heaven	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
31	Reverend Robert Ballinger	How I Got Over	1950s Gospel Classics
32	The Williams Family	How I Got Over	Great Gospel – Maybe the Last Time
33	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson

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Dallas Frazier Tribute

January 23, 2022 Dave

We lost one of the great country songwriters last week. You know his songs, no doubt, but it’s not likely you know his name. Dallas Frazier grew up with songsmithing in his blood. And he got around: the Bakersfield scene, penning a bit hit for The Hollywood Argyles and The Oak Ridge Boys, Portland, Los Angeles, Capitol Records and, of course, Nashville. He penned music for the likes of Elvis, Ferlin Husky, Connie Smith, George Jones, Charley Pride and dozens of others with a blending and re-imagining the kind of music he’d always been fond of: music of the early 20th century. Join us as we share the songs of Dallas Frazier and tell you a little bit about him in our next show here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Dallas Frazier	California Cotton Fields	Singing My Songs
2	The Hollywood Argyles	Alley Oop	Oldies but Goodies, Volume 5
3	The Oak Ridge Boys	Elvira	The Best Of Classic Country 80's
4	Charlie Rich	Mohair Sam	Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich
5	Bill Kirchen	She's a Yum Yum	Big Hat
6	Percy Sledge	True Love Travels On A Gravel Road	It Tears Me Up: The Best Of Percy Sledge
7	Various Artists	O. C. Smith – Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 9
8	Brenda Lee	Johnny One Time	The Brenda Lee Story: Her Greatest Hits
9	Willie Nelson	Johnny One Time	One Hell Of A Ride [Box Set] [Disc 2]
10	Charley Pride	All I Have To Offer You Is Me	Fifty Years Of Hits
11	Charley Pride	I Can't Believe That You've Stopped Loving Me	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol. 4
12	Jack Greene	There Goes My Everything	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973
13	Charlie Louvin	Will You Visit Me On Sundays?	Greatest Hits
14	Connie Smith	Ain't Had No Lovin'	The Essential Connie Smith
15	George Jones	I'm A People	The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
16	Roy Clark	Shoulder to Shoulder (Arm and Arm)	The Roy Clark Anthology
17	Ferlin Husky	Timber I'm Falling	Ferlin Husky Singles
18	Mel Street	Walk Softly On The Bridges	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10
19	Jerry Lee Lewis	Touching Home	All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 2)
20	Elvis Presley	There Goes My Everything	Worldwide Gold Award Hits Vol. 2
21	Teddy Thompson	Touching Home	Up Front And Down Low
22	Keith Richards	Say It's Not You	Bradley Barn Sessions
23	Southside Johnny	Beneath Still Waters	Songs From the Barn
24	Connie Smith	If It Ain't Love (Let's Leave It Alone)	The Essential Connie Smith
25	Connie Smith	Just a Little Bit of You	1971-1972 (Warped 7293F)
26	Loretta Lynn/Marty Stuart	Will You Visit Me on Sunday [#]	Compadres: An Anthology of Duets
27	Bonnie Owens	How Can Our Cheatin' Be Wrong	1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
28	Osborne Brothers	Long Lanky Woman	1968-1974 Disc 3
29	Elvis Presley	True Love Travels On A Gravel Road	From Elvis in Memphis
30	Slim Harpo	Mohair Sam	The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 2
31	Dallas Frazier	I Can't Go On	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
32	Dallas Frazier	Will You Visit Me On Sunday	Singing My Songs
33	Connie Smith	27. A Touch of Yesterday	Connie Smith 1965-1966

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Time To Kill

January 15, 2022 Dave

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

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Brand New Day

January 8, 2022 Dave

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
1	Joe Liggins	Brand New Deal In Mobile	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
2	Fletcher Smith	Brand New Neighborhood	Stompin' 12
3	George Green	Brand New Rockin' Chair	The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5
4	Al Harrison	Brand New Money	Fool Mule
5	Barrel House Blott & Lee	Brand New Man	Dapper Dan
6	Fats Domino	Brand New Baby	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1
7	Wayne Hancock	Brand New Cadillac	That's What Daddy Wants
8	The Payments	Brand New Automobile	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1
9	Lightnin' Hopkins	Brand New Lock	Po' Lightnin'
10	Lead Belly	I'm Going to Buy You a Brand New Ford	Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
11	Ruthie Foster	Brand New Day	Promise of a Brand New Day
12	Al Kooper	Brand New Day (Bonus Track)	You Never Know Who You Friends Are…Plus
13	Dion	Brand New Morning	Recorded Live At The Bitter End, August 1971
14	Gary Stewart	Brand New Whiskey	An Empty Glass: A Collection of Drinkin' Songs
15	Mel Tillis	Brand New Mister Me	36 All Time Greatest Hits
16	The Everly Brothers	Brand New Heartache	The Everly Brothers
17	Dave Edmunds	Worn Out Suits, Brand New Pockets	Get It
18	Gram Parsons	Brand New Heartache [Bonus Track]	Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 3] – Alternate Takes From GP & Grievous Angel
19	Emmylou Harris	Brand New Dance	Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 2
20	Tex Ritter	You're Always Brand New	High Noon
21	Don Henley	The Brand New Tennessee Waltz	Cass County (Deluxe)
22	Steve Earle	Brand New Companion	Townes
23	Dave Alvin	Brand New Heart	Blue Blvd
24	Greg Brown	Brand New '64 Dodge	Poet Game
25	Jesse Winchester	Brand New Tennesse Waltz	Jesse Winchester: Live From Mountain Stage
26	Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters	Brand New Start	Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters (EP)
27	Modern Hicks	Brand New	Tornado Alley
28	Melanie	Brand New Key	70s Music Explosion – Miracles
29	Will Kimbrough	Brand New Song	Americanitis
30	Leftover Salmon	Brand New Good Old Days	Brand New Good Old Days
31	Elvis Presley	There's a Brand New Day On the Horizon	Elvis Double Features: Love in Las Vegas + Roustabout
32	Esther Phillips With The Dixie Flyers	Brand New Day (LP Version)	Set Me Free
33	James Brown	Papa's Got A Brand New Bag	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
34	Slim Harpo	Little Queen Bee (Got a Brand New King)	The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 1

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Who We Lost 2021

January 1, 2022 Dave

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
1	The Monkees	Some of Shelly's Blues	Listen to the Band Disc 4
2	The Marvelettes	Don't Mess With Bill	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
3	Teddy Bears	To Know Him Is to Love Him	Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1
4	The Everly Brothers	So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
5	Jimmie Rodgers	Oh-Oh, I'm Falling In Love Again	40 All-Time Favorites [Disc 1]
6	Gerry & The Pacemakers	Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying	The Classic 60's Collection: 1964
7	Lloyd Price	Just Because	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
8	B.J. Thomas	Hooked On A Feeling	20 Greatest Hits
9	Nanci Griffith	Late Night Grande Hotel	Late Night Grande Hotel
10	Rusty Young	Down Home	Waitin' For The Sun
11	Aretha Franklin	Chain Of Fools (Roger Hawkins)	Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 1]
12	Maddox Brothers and Rose	Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die	1950-1951 (Warped 5076F)
13	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
14	Dan Crary, Byron Berline & John Hickman	Old Time Medley	Chambergrass
15	J.D. Crowe & The New South	Old Home Place	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
16	The Osborne Brothers	Rocky Top	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
17	Tom T. Hall	Ballad of Forty Dollars	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
18	Stonewall Jackson	I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water (Columbia 1964)	Singles
19	Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson	Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys(Ed Bruce)	RCA Country Legends [Disc 2]
20	Taj Mahal	Cakewalk Into Town (Howard Johnson on Tuba)	Putumayo Presents: American Blues
21	Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen	Lost In The Ozone	Lost In The Ozone
22	Gram Parsons	Ooh Las Vegas (DRUMMER – RONNIE TUTT)	G.P. / Grievous Angel
23	The Kingsmen	Louie, Louie	Louie Louie
24	The Rolling Stones	Honky Tonk Women	Forty Licks [Disc 1]
25	ZZ Top	Gimme All Your Lovin'	Greatest Hits
26	Johnny Ventura	Filete	Presentando a.. Mi Nuevo Cosecha
27	Vicente Fernandez	Volver Volver	The Rose & The Briar
28	Johnny Pacheco	El Esencia Del Guaguanco	Ritmo Caliente – Salsa Greats
29	The Gap Band	Oops Upside Your Head (I Don't Believe You Want To Get Up An	Pure Disco
30	Dave Frishberg	Van Lingle Mungo	Baseball's Greatest Hits
31	Jill Corey	Love Me to Pieces	Your Hit Parade – The '50s
32	The McGuire Sisters	Sincerely	The Sisters Anthology [Disc 2]
33	Claude Bolling	It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing	Bolling Plays Ellington, Vol. 1
34	The Tokens	The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh)	Wimoweh!!! – The Best Of The Tokens
35	Jay & The Americans	Cara Mia	Come A Little Bit Closer – The Best of Jay and The Americans
36	The Supremes	When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through (Mary Wilson)	Gold Disc 1
37	Lee "Scratch" Perry	I Am the Upsetter	Trojan Reggae
38	Biz Markie	Just a Friend	Biz's Baddest Beats: The Best of Biz Markie
39	Original Cast	Tonight	Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1]
40	Chuck E. Weiss	Anthem for Old Souls	Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
41	Pat Martino	Just Friends	Progressions: 100 Years Of Jazz Guitar [Disc 3]
42	Peter, Paul and Mary	Have You Been to Jail for Justice?	In These Times
43	Patrick Sky	Many A Mile	Best Of The Troubadours
44	Chick Corea and Return to Forever	Captain Marvel	Light as a Feather (Disc 1)
45	New York Dolls	Puss 'n' Boots	Sophisticated Boom Boom: The Shadow Morton Story
46	The Ramones	Baby, I Love You	End of the Century

Americana, Bluegrass, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Gospel, Oldies

Old Devil Time

December 11, 2021 Dave

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
1	BR5-49	The Devil In Me	Dog Days
2	Bob Dylan	Talkin' Devil	It Could Even Be A Myth
3	Pete Seeger	Old Devil Time (Live)	Singalong Demonstration Concert (Live)
4	Gillian Welch	The Devil Had a Hold of Me	Hell Among the Yearlings
5	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	The Devil Has Thrown Him Down	The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]
6	Doris Day	The Deevil, Devil, Divil	Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2]
7	Pokey LaFarge	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Pokey LaFarge
8	Asleep at the Wheel/The Blind Boys of Alabama	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Reinventing the Wheel
9	Hackberry Ramblers	Old Pipeliner (Rodney Crowell-vocal) {1992-06 (org.1946) Flying Fish FF-70629 CD}	Cajun Boogie (1992-06)
10	Cowboy Copas	Don't Shake Hands with the Devil	Settin' Flat On Ready
11	Little Jimmy Dickens	I'm Little But I'm Loud	The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens
12	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra; Vocal By Tex Williams	Hide Your Face	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
13	Dillard & Clark	I Bowed My Head And Cried Holy	The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark
14	Rory Block	I Am In the Heavenly Way	Confessions of A Blues Singer
15	Bukka White	I Am the Heavenly Way	The Sonet Blues Story
16	Clara Ward	In That Great Judgement Morning	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 1]
17	The Dixie Hummingbirds	In The Morning	Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
18	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	He's So Wonderful	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
19	Slim & Slam	Early In The Morning	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)
20	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Carolina In The Morning	Vol. 1-(1937-38)
21	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Where Dreams Come to Die	Django and Jimmie
22	John Lee Hooker	I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive [Album Version]	Warming By The Devils Fire – A Film By Charles Burnett
23	Otis Spann	Must Have Been The Devil	The Blues Never Die
24	Cleo Brown	You're A Heavenly Thing	Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935)
25	Benny Goodman	You're a Heavenly Thing	Music Hall Rag
26	Big Joe Turner	Morning Noon And Nite	Big Joe Turner: Rhythm & Blues Years
27	Tampa Red	Worried Devil Blues	The Bluebird Recordings (1934-1936)
28	Ralph Stanley	John The Revelator	A Mother's Prayer
29	Sherman Tedder	Untitled [Album Version]	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
30	Elvis Presley	(You're The) Devil In Disguise	Elvis 30 #1 Hits
31	Ella Fitzgerald	Ol' Devil Moon	75th Birthday Celebration [Disc 2]
32	Ella Fitzgerald	Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea	75th Birthday Celebration [Disc 2]

A Century of America's Music