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When You Dance

November 29, 2021 Dave

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
1	The Cuff Links	Guided Missiles	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2
2	The Highway Q.C.'s	Pray	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
3	The Staple Singers	Hammer and Nails	Hammer and Nails
4	Patsy Cline	Life's Railway To Heaven	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
5	Paul Simon	Slip Slidin' Away	Sounds of the Seventies: 1977
6	Jakob Dylan & Jade Castrinos	Go Where You Wanna Go	Echo In The Canyon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
7	The Mamas & the Papas	Do You Wanna Dance	Greatest Hits
8	Bobby Freeman	Do You Wanna Dance	MaltShop Memories Save the Last Dance for M
9	The Drifters	Dance With Me	The 50's – A Decade to Remember: Do You Wanna Dance
10	Billy Bland	Let the Little Girl Dance	One Hit Wonders
11	Dash And Dot	Dance With Me Henry	Forgotten Duos of Rock Volume 1
12	The Diatones	Oh Baby, Come Dance With Me	Bandera Doo Wop
13	Billy Storm	When You Dance	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
14	Marvin Gaye	Stubborn Kind of Fellow	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1
15	The O'Jays	Back Stabbers	The O'Jays Greatest Hits
16	Ann Cole	Have Fun	Birth Of Soul: 1
17	James Brown	Lost Someone	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
18	Booker T. & the MG's; The MG's	Time Is Tight	Classic Rock: 1969 – The Beat Goes On
19	Redbone	Come And Get Your Love	Sounds of the Seventies Pop Nuggets: Early '70s
20	Phoebe Snow	Shakey Ground	The Best Of Phoebe Snow
21	Percy Sledge	True Love Travels On A Gravel Road	Cold Cold Heart – Where Country Meets Soul Volume 3
22	The Cookies	Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby)	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
23	Leon Russell	I Believe To My Soul	Best Of Hank Wilson
24	Ray Charles	Greenbacks	Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8)
25	Gene Pitney	Every Breath I Take	Anthology: 1961-1968
26	The Raindrops	The Kind Of Boy You Can't Forget	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
27	Jackie DeShannon	Needles And Pins	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
28	Nancy Sinatra	Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)	Kill Bill, Vol. 1
29	Amy Winehouse	Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?	Lioness: Hidden Treasures
30	Laura Nyro	165-Stoned Soul Picnic	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
31	The Mavericks	Dance the Night Away	Collection [2003]

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Sugar Moon

November 19, 2021 Dave

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
1	Willie Nelson	Sugar Moon	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
2	k.d. lang & the Reclines	Big Boned Gal	Absolute Torch and Twang
3	k.d. lang	Western Stars	Recollection CD 1
4	Charley Crockett	Over There That's Frank	10 for Slim: Charley Crockett Sings James Hand
5	Asleep At The Wheel	You're From Texas	Ride With Bob
6	Johnny Cash	I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar	Silver
7	Charley Crockett	Music City USA	Music City USA
8	Ferlin Husky	Detour	Vintage Collections Series
9	Carl Smith	(When You Feel Like Youre in Love) Dont Just Stand There	Golden Age of Country Volume 3: Crazy Arms [Disc 1]
10	Carl Smith	Hey Joe!	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
11	Ray Price	Invitation To The Blues	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
12	Buck Owens	Above And Beyond	Buck Owens
13	John Fogerty	I Don't Care (Just As Long As You Love Me)	The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again
14	Webb Pierce	I Ain't Never	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce
15	The Tractors	The Tractors-Pick Me Up On Your Way Down	Trade Union
16	Wynn Stewart	It's Such A Pretty World Today	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
17	George Strait	Big Ball's in Cowtown w/Asleep at the Wheel	Strait Out of the Box [Disc 4]
18	Asleep At The Wheel	Across The Alley From The Alamo	Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys
19	Don Edwards	Texas Plains	West of Yesterday
20	Willie Nelson	This Old House	Remember Me, Vol. 1
21	BR5-49	Cherokee Boogie	BR5-49
22	BR5-49	The Devil In Me	Dog Days
23	The Mavericks	One Step Away	Music for All Occasions
24	Little Jimmy Dickens	When They Get Too Rough (They're Just Right For Me)	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
25	Wynn Stewart	Big City	California Country
26	Dwight Yoakam	Train in Vain	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2
27	Waylon Jennings	Sweet Dream Woman	The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 1
28	Old Crow Medicine Show	Wagon Wheel	Americana
29	Marty Robbins	Devil Woman [Album Version]	Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound
30	Asleep At The Wheel	Bob Wills Is Still The King	Ride With Bob
31	Bob Wills	Goin' Away Party	For the Last Time
32	Charley Crockett	Skip A Rope	Music City USA

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Guitar Routes

October 4, 2021 Dave

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
1	Truett & George	Ghost Dance	Diabolical Hoodoo: Vintage Songs Of Devilry, Doom & Hellfire 1920-1952
2	Lonnie Johnson	Swing Out Rhythm	Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1
3	Blind Lemon Jefferson	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Black Swan Sampler
4	Blind Blake	Southern Rag	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey
5	Robert Johnson	Stop Breakin' Down Blues	The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2
6	Robert Lockwood, Jr.	Little Queen Of Spades	Blues Routes: Heroes And Tricksters
7	Les Paul Trio	Guitar Boogie	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
8	Roy Smeck and His Paradise Serenaders	Indiana March	Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics
9	Slim Gaillard	Minuet In Vout	Hittin' On All Six: New Guitar Concepts
10	Leon McAuliffe & His Western Swing Band	Blue Guitar Stomp	Hillibilly Boogie!
11	Merle Travis	Guitar Rag	The Guitar Picker CD2 (1947-51)
12	Les Paul	Hip Billy Boogie (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
13	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Railroadin'	Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2
14	Chet Atkins	Carolina Shout	Guitar Legend – RCA Years (Disc 2)
15	Richard Thompson	New-Fangled Flogging Reel/Kerry Reel	Strict Tempo!
16	Richard Thompson	Rockin' in Rhythm	Strict Tempo!
17	John Fahey	I'm Gonna Do All I Can for My Lord	The Legend of Blind Joe Death
18	John Fahey	Requiem for John Hurt	Essential John Fahey
19	Bert Jansch	On The Edge Of A Dream [Rock Baby Rock Remix]	Running From Home – An Introduction to Bert Jansch
20	Leo Kottke	Little Martha	Instrumentals: Best of the Chrysalis Years
21	Roy Clark	Riders in the Sky	The Roy Clark Anthology
22	Doc Watson	Dill Pickle Rag	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
23	Doc Watson	Black Mountain Rag	American Roots Music (Disc One-Country)
24	Jorma Kaukonen	There's A Table Sitting In Heaven	Stars In My Crown
25	Red Foley	Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
26	Marty Robbins	El Paso	All-Time Greatest Hits
27	Loretta Lynn	Coal Miner's Daughter	Coal Miner's Daughter
28	Marty Robbins	Devil Woman	All-Time Greatest Hits
29	Elvis Presley	(You're The) Devil in Disguise	Artist of the Century Disc 2
30	Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio	Honey Hush	Tear It Up
31	Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble	Texas Flood	Texas Flood
32	Gary Moore	Parisienne Walkways	While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Disc 2]

Watching The River Flow

September 24, 2021 Dave

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

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Country Boogie Woogie

September 12, 2021 Dave

While the origin of the term is in debate, there are numerous stories that almost make sense but cannot be verified. However, 20^th 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
1	Merrill Moore	Nola Boogie	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
2	Al Dexter & His Troopers	Saturday Night Boogie	Hillibilly Boogie!
3	Hardrock Gunter	Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
4	Vance Morris & His Alabama Playboys	Crazy About The Boogie	Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
5	Hank Snow	Rhumba Boogie	Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4]
6	Johnny Tyler	Oakie Boogie	Southern Belle [Disc 1]
7	Sheb Wooley	Mule Boogie	Country & Western Nuggets
8	Johnny Bond	Alabama Boogie Boy	Put Me To Bed
9	Bob Newman	Hangover Boogie	Crossroads In Cowtown
10	Skeets McDonald	The Southland Boogie	Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection
11	Dale Watson	Texas Boogie	Cheatin' Heart Attack
12	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Stratosphere Boogie	Stratosphere Boogie
13	Merle Travis	Merle's Boogie Woogie	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
14	Les Paul	Guitar Boogie	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
15	Kate Mackenzie	Pan American Boogie	Steel Rails: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 1
16	Doc Watson	Freight Train Boogie	Songs From Home
17	Red Foley	Hobo Boogie	The Essential Recordings
18	The Delmore Brothers	Peach Street Boogie	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 15
19	Sonny Burgess	We Wanna Boogie	Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009
20	Grady Martin & His Slewfoot Five	Wooly Boogie	The Very Best Of
21	Sleepy Labeef	Shot-Gun Boogie (Overdub)	Sleepy Rocks
22	Webb Pierce	Teenage Boogie	All Hits! [Disc 2]
23	Robert Gordon and Link Wray	Rock Billy Boogie	Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die
24	Asleep at the Wheel	08 Boogie Back to Texas	10
25	Tiny Hill	Milk Bucket Boogie	Country Music On the Mercury Label
26	Little Jimmy Dickens	You Better Not Do That	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
27	Little Jimmy Dickens	Buddy's Boogie	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
28	Porky Freeman	Boogie Woogie Boy	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
29	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Blackberry Boogie	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 1]
30	Tennessee Ernie Ford	False Hearted Girl	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
31	Asleep at the Wheel	Choo Choo Ch'Boogie	The Best of Asleep at the Wheel
32	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Shot-Gun Boogie	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]

Lefty Merle Willie Hank & Hank

August 13, 2021 Dave

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
1	John Prine	I Want to Be With You Always	The Missing Years
2	Red Foley & The Andrews Sisters	I Want To Be With You Always	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
3	Brennen Leigh	I Love You A Thousand Ways	Brennen Leigh Sings Lefty Frizzell
4	George Jones	If You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time)	Sings Country and Western Hits
5	Keith Whitley	I Never Go Around Mirrors	The Rounder Records Story
6	Merle Haggard	My Baby's Just Like Money	Roots, Vol. 1
7	Rosanne Cash Featuring Rufus Wainwright	Silver Wings (Feat. Rufus Wainwright)	The List
8	Bill Kirchen	Shelly's Winter Love (Album)	Word To The Wise
9	Iris DeMent	Big City	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
10	George Jones	I Always Get Lucky With You	The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country Disc 2
11	Dale Watson	Mama Tried	More Great Moments of Vinyl History
12	Ray Price	Night Life	Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound
13	Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires & The Imperials Quartet	Funny How Time Slips Away	Elvis Country
14	k.d. lang & the Reclines	Three Days	Absolute Torch and Twang
15	The Little Willies	I Gotta Get Drunk	The Little Willies
16	The Secret Sisters	Why Don't You Love Me	The Secret Sisters
17	Bob Dylan	I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind	Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
18	Buckwheat Zydeco	Hey, Good Lookin'	Menagerie
19	Sleepy LaBeef	I Saw the Light	Sun Records Artists Perform the Hank Williams Songbook
20	Jerry Lee Lewis	You Win Again	The Definitive Collection
21	Taj Mahal	Mind Your Own Business	Senor Blues
22	Elvis Costello	He's Got You ('Lost Session' Version)	Almost Blue
23	Rhiannon Giddens	She's Got You	Tomorrow Is My Turn
24	Patsy Cline	Why Can't He Be You	The Patsy Cline Collection
25	Dottie West	Me Today And Her Tomorrow	The Essential Dottie West
26	Bobby Bare	I'd Fight The World	The Best Of Bobby Bare
27	Jamey Johnson	Everything But You (featuring Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill)	Living For A Song- A Tribute To Hank Cochran
28	Al Green & Lyle Lovett	Funny How Time Slips Away	Rhythm Country & Blues

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The River In Music

July 10, 2021 Dave

There are no more essential metaphors to be had in the American story than that of the river. The river is nature’s alliance with mankind and its muse in prose, poetry and song. It is the stuff of dreams, the movement of the clock in Her terms, the news of the day when the banks are breached, and the symbol of biblical ventures of time and home. So we’ll be taking to the river on a Friday in July to feel the warmth of the surface knowing full well that the undercurrent is treacherous and cold beneath the hull. Music this week includes the stories of the Great Flood of 1927 with Barbecue Bob, the baptismal elements from Alison Krauss and Irma Thomas, Central Valley memories from Dave Alvin by way of Merle Haggard, and the poetry of river sounding chants and Paul Robeson’s muscle. Tune in as we drift our way down the Mississippi and beyond on Friday morning on Deeper Roots.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Marilyn Monroe	River Of No Return	The Essential Marilyn Monroe
2	Charles Colman & William Eaton	River Sounding Chant	5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
3	Paul Robeson	Ol' Man River	American Songbook Series: Jerome Kern
4	Marian Anderson	Deep River	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1]
5	Mavis Staples	In The Mississippi River (Cd)	We'll Never Turn Back
6	Johnny Cash	Big River	Original Greatest Hits
7	The Carter Family	River Of Jordan	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 1]
8	Alison Krauss	Down to the River to Pray	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
9	Delmore Brothers	Happy on the Mississippi Shores	Brown's Ferry Blues
10	Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Billy May	River Of No Return	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55
11	Louis Armstrong & All His Stars	Lazy River	The Complete Decca Studio Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars [Disc 3]
12	Snooks Eaglin	Going to the River	Complete Imperial Recordings
13	Fats Domino	Going to the River	This Is Gold Disc 1
14	Dr. John	Back By The River	Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 2]
15	Robert Hicks	Mississippi Heavy Water Blues	People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
16	Slocan Ramblers	Mississippi Heavy Water Blues	Queen City Jubilee
17	Joe Shores	Mississippi Sounding Calls [A-1]	Field Recordings, Vol. 3: Mississippi (1936-1942)
18	Jimmie Rodgers	Miss The Mississippi And You	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
19	Leon Redbone	Mississippi River Blues	Double Time
20	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	Swanee River	Swingsation: Jimmie Lunceford
21	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	One More River	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2]
22	Irma Thomas With Henry Butler	River Is Waiting	Putumayo Presents Rhythm & Blues
23	John Fogerty	River Is Waiting	Revival
24	Dave Alvin	Kern River	West of the West
25	Doc Watson	Moody River	Memories
26	Doc & Merle Watson	Deep River Blues	Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues
27	Jorma Kaukonen	Red River Blues	Blue Country Heart
28	Johnny Rivers	Big River	The Memphis Sun Recordings
29	The New Christy Minstrels	Mighty Mississippi	Ramblin'
30	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	Red River Valley	16 Great Songs Of The Old West

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Music From The Band

June 25, 2021 Dave

Americana fusion from the Canadian border to the rolling hills of Arkansas: roots music from a musical collective built on a foundation made up of many different legs: blues, rock, folk, Civil War stories, burnished antiques found alongside the two-lane highways of mid-century and tradition from the kitchen. Their songs were anchored by deeper roots. There are few that could speak musically to all of these and all of their connecting tissue, but The Band (Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson) made it seem easy. From their early years as The Hawks backing Ronnie Hawkins to being the electric behind Bob Dylan’s Judas performance in the UK, and then The Last Waltz. There were tragedies both light and heavy that foretold a demise as predictable as the appearance of Halley’s Comet. Join us in a reflection of their music on a Friday morning in Sonoma County on KOWS Community Radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Robbie Robertson	When The Night Was Young	How To Become Clairvoyant
2	The Band	Will The Circle Be Unbroken (non-lp track)	A Musical History [Disc 1]
3	The Levon Helm Band	Anna Lee	Newport Folk Festival 8/3/2008
4	Rick Danko	When I Get My Just Rewards	Cryin' Heart Blues
5	Bob Dylan & The Band	The Weight	Before The Flood [Live] [Disc 2]
6	Joan Baez	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	Hits: Greatest & Others
7	The Band	Acadian Driftwood	Northern Lights-Southern Cross
8	Bob Dylan & The Band	Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood)	The Basement Tapes [Disc 2]
9	Bob Dylan & The Band	Million Dollar Bash	The Basement Tapes [Disc 1]
10	Rick Danko	It Makes No Difference	Live Anthology
11	Emmylou Harris & The Band	Evangeline	Duets
12	The Band	Stage Fright	The Last Waltz [Rhino Box Set] Disc 1
13	Ronnie Hawkins/The Band	Who Do You Love?	The Last Waltz [Rhino Box Set] Disc 1
14	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars	Havana Moon	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
15	Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks	Hey Boba Lou	The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks
16	The Band	Stand Up	High On The Hog
17	Levon Helm	False Hearted Lover Blues	Dirt Farmer
18	Warren Haynes With The All Star Band And Rami Jaffee	The Shape I'm In (with The All Star Band & Rami Jaffee)	(2013) Love For Levon
19	The Band,Bob Clearmountain	Time to Kill – Remix / 2020	Stage Fright (Deluxe Remix 2020)
20	The Band	Life Is a Carnival	Cahoots
21	Levon Helm	Tennessee Jed	Electric Dirt
22	The Band	Twilight (Single Version)	Islands [Remastered]
23	Bob Dylan	I Shall Be Released	Before The Flood [Disc 1]
24	Levon Helm	Money	Levon Helm

Bob at 80

May 28, 2021 Dave

Bob Dylan’s turning the big eight-ohhh my God! Born on May 24, 1941 “with a name that means nothing and an age that means less”, he’s being honored in Minnesota (given his boyhood home of Hibbing) with a year long celebration. But it won’t be just the state whose motto from the French translates to “The star of the North”, but a good part of world will also be taking part. While prickly and, at times, difficult to translate, his words have formed images from the metrics of gospel, protest, and a cynic’s wrath to sonnet-like love songs and dirges that would bend even the ears of T. S. Eliot or Auden. He is the bard of a generation whose metal art and endeavors in the art of whiskey underscore eight decades that spell a true renaissance man. We’ll touch on two hours of Dylan’s music this week on Deeper Roots.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Bob Dylan	Song To Woody	No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7) [Disc 1]
2	Bob Dylan	Mississippi	The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs [Disc 1]
3	Ian & Sylvia	Tomorrow Is A Long Time	Four Strong Winds
4	Earl Scruggs & Bob Dylan	Nashville Skyline Rag	Dylan Country
5	Bob Dylan	New Morning [With Horn Section Overdubs]	Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 [Disc 2]
6	Bob Dylan	Talkin' New York	Bob Dylan
7	Joan Baez	It's All Over Now, Baby Blue	From The Coffeehouse
8	Peter, Paul & Mary	Blowin' In The Wind	The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary
9	The Byrds	Mr. Tambourine Man	20 Number Ones
10	Johnny Cash	It Ain't Me Babe	Dylan Country
11	Bob Dylan	If Dogs Run Free	New Morning
12	Bob Dylan	Po' Boy	Love and Theft
13	Bob Dylan	Rainy Day Women #12 & 35	MTV Unplugged
14	Bob Dylan	You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go	Blood on the Tracks
15	Bob Dylan	Shelter from the Storm [Take 2]	More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14
16	Bob Dylan	Everything Is Broken	Oh Mercy
17	Bob Dylan	Things Have Changed	Lovesick
18	The Band	When I Paint My Masterpiece	A Musical History [Disc 4]
19	Bob Dylan	Man in the Long Black Coat	Chronicles, Vol. 1
20	Bob Dylan	Duquesne Whistle	Tempest
21	Bob Dylan	Goodbye Jimmy Reed	Rough And Rowdy Ways [Disc 1]
22	Bob Dylan	My Blue Eyed Jane	The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute
23	Bob Dylan Feat. Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison	My Back Pages	Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration [Disc 2]
24	Bob Dylan	Man Gave Names To All The Animals	Slow Train Coming

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Jazz, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Soul, Theme Time

Honey Don’t

May 6, 2021 Dave

Don’t tell me…it’s theme time but with the negative bent. No, no, no, honey don’t. This week’s show takes on songs of which there is no reduced supply chain: songs that ask us ‘not to’. A somewhat obscure theme, no question, but it’s all about the message after all. We’ll hear a variety of genres this week, all with their warnings prefaced with the contraction “don’t”. We’ll hear from Elvis (a favorite of the idiom), Blue Lu Barker, Julia Lee, Charles Brown, Buddy Emmons, and those representing doo wop, country, early rock, and Americana. All of this coming your way on our first show of May 2021, a rebroadcast of a KOWS show recorded live from the KOWS studios, located in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa. Don’t get defensive, it’s all in fun.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Carl Perkins	Honey Don't	American Roots of the British Invasion
2	Johnny Cash	Don't Go Near The Water	Ragged Old Flag
3	Elvis Presley	Don't Cry Daddy	2nd To None
4	Elvis Presley	Don't	Elvis Is Back!
5	Elvis Presley	Don't Be Cruel	Elvis Presley (8 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles)
6	Fats Domino	Don't Come Knockin'	They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
7	Billy Tate	Don't Call My Name (Peacock 1671)	R&B Humdingers Volume 11
8	Shirelles	Don't Go Home (My Little Darlin')	The Shirelles
9	Lowell Fulson	Don't Be So Evil	Juke Box Blues 1946-1948
10	Muddy Waters	Don't Go No Farther	The Definitive Collection
11	Blue Lu Barker	Don't You Make Me High	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
12	Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends	Don't Come Too Soon	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
13	Etta James	Don't Cry Baby	The Essential Etta James [Disc 1]
14	Bee Arnold	Don't Do It Daddy	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
15	Continentals	Don't Do It Baby	Talkin' Trash: Lookey Dookey
16	The Drifters	Don't Dog Me	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
17	The Penguins	Don't Do It	Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4
18	The Band	Don't Do It (Baby Don't You Do It)	To Kingdom Come [Disc 2]
19	Charles Brown	Don't Get Salty Sugar	The Classic Earliest Recordings [Disc 3]
20	Ella Fitzgerald	Don't Be That Way	First Lady of Song
21	June Christy	Don't Explain	Lady Sings the Blues [Disc 2]
22	Asleep At The Wheel	Don't Forget The Trains	Collision Course & The Wheel (1977, 78)
23	Grandpa Jones	Don't Bring Your Banjo Home	Grandpa Jones The Country Music Hall Of Fame
24	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Don't Fence Me In	Sons Of The Pioneers
25	Bobby Bare	Don't Do Like I Done Son	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
26	Bobby Bare Jr.	Don't Go to Chattanooga	A Storm – A Tree – My Mother's Head
27	Solomon Burke	Don't Give Up on Me	Don't Give Up on Me
28	Nina Simone	Don't You Pay Them No Mind	Wild Is The Wind/High Priestess Of Soul
29	The Handsome Family	Don't Be Scared	In the Air
30	J.J. Cale	Don't Go To Strangers	Naturally
31	Ramones	Don't Come Close (Remastered Version )	Road To Ruin: Expanded and Remastered
32	Johnny Burnette	Don't Do It	The Ballads Of
33	Conway Twitty	Don't Cry No More	The Rock 'N' Roll Years CD7
34	Buddy Holly	Don't Come Back Knockin' [Album Version]	Rave On: The Very Best Of &

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