Category Archives: Americana

Cuppa Joe

April 13, 2024 Dave

The history of coffee consumption in 20th century America takes hold in the small cafes, truck stops and coffeehouses which became venues and social spaces for the community. Like music, they helped with the congregation of like minds and served as hubs for intellectual exchange, artistic expression and social activism. And it was all because of the caffeine. Instant and decaf coffees were just an aberration; much like disco. This week’s Deeper Roots drives the theme of coffee home with tracks that span the century including Emmett Miller, the King Cole Trio, The Bobs, Ella Mae Morse and Merle Travis (among others) to tell us a cuppa tale or two. It’s one more Friday show ahead of next week’s 420 observation…one more libation to celebrate.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Warren Barker	Caper At The Coffee House (From '77 Sunset Strip')	Jazz Noir
2	The Manhattan Transfer	Java Jive	Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1]
3	King Cole Trio	You're The Cream In My Coffee	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
4	Ella Mae Morse	Coffee Date	Singles 3
5	Patricia Kaas	Black Coffee	Jazz a Saint Germain
6	Jack Barlow	Hot Cup Of Coffee	I Live The Country Songs I Sing
7	Merle Travis	I Can't Afford The Coffee	The Guitar Picker CD4 (1954-56)
8	Tex Ritter	01 – Coffee Pot	(2000) High Noon (CD 4)
9	Claude Gray	I4ll Have an Other Cup of Coffee	Country & Western Nuggets
10	Lefty Frizzell	Make That One for the Road a Cup of Coffee	1962-1965 (Warped 6382)
11	Curtis Gordon	Caffeine And Nicotine	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
12	Jon Rauhouse	Corn & Coffee	Steel Guitar Rodeo
13	Frank Sinatra	The Coffee Song	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan
14	Enric Madriguera And His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra	Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee	American Dance Bands – Playing the Music of Irving Berlin
15	Pancho Cantaneo y los Cubaztecas	Moliendo Cafe	Cuba. Por La Musica
16	Terry Snyder / Earl Palmer	Binga Banga Bongo-Percolator	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 8: Cocktail Capers
17	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	Forty Cups of Coffee	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
18	The Modernaires	Coffee Five, Doughnuts Five	The Very Best of the Modernaires With Paula Kelly
19	The Ink Spots	Java Jive	The Great Entertainers
20	Atilla	Coffee, Coffee	Mo 33004
21	Greg Brown	Good Morning Coffee	If I Had Known
22	Kim Lenz	Percolate	Slowly Speeding
23	Julie London	Black Coffee	36 All-Time Greatest Hits Disc 1
24	Ruth Etting	You're The Cream In My Coffee	Love Me or Leave Me CD1
25	Brook Benton	Another Cup Of Coffee	Best Of Brook Benton
26	The Boswell Sisters	Coffee In The Morning And Kisses In The Night [Album Version]	That's How Rhythm Was Born
27	Emmett Miller	You're The Cream In My Coffee	Minstrel Man From Georgia
28	The Larks	Coffee, Cigarettes And Tears	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
29	Bellevue Cadillac	Cuppa Joe	Hipsters, Zoots & Wingtips, Vol. 3
30	Lefty Frizzell	Cigarettes and Coffee Blues	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 5)
31	Otis Redding	Cigarettes And Coffee	Oxford American Southern Music Issue Vol. 25
32	Neil Young + Promise of the Real	A Rock Star Bucks A Coffee Shop	The Monsanto Years

Americana, Blues, Country, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Theme Time

Don’t Wanna

March 30, 2024 Dave

Theme time and I’m going to break it to you slow…it’s all about the negative and those that refuse. If there’s something that’s more prevalent in our lives than saying that we ‘want to’…it’s when we don’t want to. The ‘desire not to’ seems to be winning over the ‘desire to’ in our show today. We’ve got a collection of songs that all begin with the phrase “I Don’t Want” in some form or another. We’ll bring you the early sounds of The Blue Sky Boys and some country sounds of Jimmy Wakely from the hayloft, blues and soul from Magic Sam and that firecracker Sugar Pie DeSanto, and plenty of Americana from The Blasters, Wanda Jackson and Doug Sahm in our show today. It’s going to be a romp because there’s a lot of fodder to choose from when stubbornness is the theme. Tune into community radio for Sonoma County to find out. I don’t want to spoil the theme…but not ‘wanting to’ isn’t always a bad thing…

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Chuck Willis	Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes	I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
2	The Ravens	Honey, I Don't Want You	Rhythm 'N' Blues Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 4
3	The Blasters	I Don't Want To	American Music
4	Wanda Jackson	I Don't Wanta Go	Wonderful Wanda
5	Doc Williams	Don't Want To Work	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
6	Tom Waits	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
7	Hayes Carll	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	Trouble In Mind
8	Tex Williams	I Don't Want To Be Free	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2
9	Jimmy Wakely w/Margaret Whiting	I Don't Want to Be Free	The Collection 1940-53 CD3
10	Sir Douglas Quintet	I Don't Want To Go Home	Mono Singles '68-'72
11	The Blue Sky Boys	I Don't Want Your Greenback Dollar	Presenting The Blue Sky Boys
12	Iris DeMent	I Don't Want To Get Adjusted	Lifeline
13	Carrie Rodriguez	I Don't Want To Play House Anymore	Seven Angels on a Bicycle
14	Tammy Wynette	I Don't Wanna Play House	Super Hits
15	Dr. John	I Don't Wanna Know	The Best Of The Parlophone Years
16	Fernest Arceneaux & His Louisiana French Band	I Don't Want Nobody	Putumayo Presents: Blues Party
17	Leonard Carbo	I Don't Want To Lose Her	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
18	Slim Harpo	I Don't Want No One	The Scratch
19	Barbara Lynn	I Don't Want A Playboy	A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979
20	Magic Sam	I Don't Want No Woman	West Side Soul
21	Susan Tedeschi	I Don't Want Nobody	Better Days
22	Buddy & Ella Johnson	I Don't Want Nobody ( To Have My Love But You)	Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 2]
23	Sugar Pie DeSanto	I Don't Wanna Fuss	Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966)
24	Johnnie Taylor	I Don't Wanna Lose You	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 7]
25	Barbara & The Browns	I Don't Want To Have To Wait	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
26	The Drifters	I Don't Want To Go On Without You	All-Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965 [Disc 2]
27	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	I Don't Want To Cry	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
28	Pearlean Gray And The Passengers	I Don't Want To Cry	Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 2]
29	The Ink Spots	I Don't Want The Set The World On Fire	Your Hit Parade – 1941
30	Fats Domino	I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire	This Is Gold Disc 2
31	Billie Holiday	I Don't Want To Cry Anymore	Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years [Disc 1]
32	Big Maybelle	I Don't Want To Cry	Blues, Candy & Big Maybelle
33	Ted Fio Rito & His Orchestra	I Don't Want to Love You	Spotlighting the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Oldies, Theme Time

Space Race Rock

March 29, 2024 Dave

What a time it was. The surprise of Sputnik in the early fifties led to a space race, a technological competition that had a profound impact on popular music (not to mention popular culture), providing musicians (and would-be musicians) a rich source of inspiration and contributed to some of the most iconic, as well as comic and out of this world, songs of the era. Themes of space travel, the moon and Mars, and even flying saucers were rampant on the airwaves. And one can only ascribe the fear of aliens to the number attempted novelty bits that reflected that trepidation. Laughter is, after all, a natural way for fear to be released in humankind. This week we’ll be sharing some of the classics, as well as the unknowns, including Jesse Belvin & His Space Riders, The Drivers, Merv Griffin, The Big Bopper, Dave & The Detomics and quite a few more that even if we were to share their names, you’d probably scratch your head anyway.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Mello-Tones	Flying Saucer	Vocal Groups
2	Jerry Engler	Sputnik (Satellite Girl)	That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 6 (Us Decca, Vol. 2)
3	Harmonica George	Sputnik Music	This Is The Blues Harmonica
4	Roosevelt Sykes	Sputnik Baby	Voodoo Lou
5	Astronaut Neil Armstrong	The Moon Landing	Great Speeches of The 20th Century – Volume 3 – the Dreams, Inspirations & Accomplishments
6	Gil Scott-Heron	Whitey On The Moon	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
7	Hightower, Dean (George Barnes)	Moon Rocket	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
8	Chris Kenner	Rocket To The Moon	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
9	The Drivers	My Astronaut	The King Records Story – Part 1
10	Johnny Greco	Rocket Ride	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
11	Vernon Green & The Medallions	Rocket Ship	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
12	Jesse Belvin & His Space Riders	My Satellite	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
13	The Larks	Rockin' In The Rocket Room	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
14	Educational	Duck and Cover	Educational
15	The Tornados	Telstar	Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
16	Jimmie Haskell & His Orchestra	Rockin' In The Orbit (Space Satellite)	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
17	Don Lang & His Frantic Five	Red Planet Rock	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
18	Speedy West	Space Man In Orbit	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
19	Joe Montgomery	Planetary Run	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
20	Galen Denny	Gonna Build A Rocket	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
21	Merv Griffin	The Screamin' Meemies From Planet 'X'	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
22	The Royal Guardsmen	Smallest Astronaut	The Best of the Royal Guardsmen
23	Sheb Wooley	The Purple People Eater	Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time [Disc 1]
24	The Big Bopper	The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor	The Greatest Novelty Songs, Disc 2
25	John Mauceri: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra	Herrmann: Outer Space [From "The Day the Earth Stood Still"]	Journey To The Stars: A Sci-fi Fantasy Adventure [John Mauceri The Sound of Hollywood Vol. 10]
26	Buddy Morrow & His Orchestra	Men Into Space	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
27	Billy Riley, The Little Green Men	Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
28	The Marketts	Out of Limits	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1964
29	Nervous Norvus	Kibble Kibble (The Flying Saucer Song)	Stone Age Woo
30	Freddy Sunder	Flying Saucers	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
31	Dave & The Detomics	Detomic Orbit	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
32	The Equadors	Sputnik Dance	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
33	Leonard Nimoy	A Visit To A Sad Planet	Spaced Out – The Best of Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner
34	Lightnin' Hopkins	Happy Blues For John Glenn	The Complete Prestige-Bluesville Recordings [Disc 3]
35	David Rose & His Orchestra	Forbidden Planet	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
36	David Bowie	Space Oddity	Singles: 1969-1993 Disc 1

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

Scenes Of Devastation

March 16, 2024 Dave

There’s going to be a free form mix of sounds this week with some ‘scenes of devastation’ as well as some blues and tradition. We’ll set the tone with a song that inspired the title lines from The Pine Hill Project and then head into some tradition and some covers that speak in the language of the sacred and secular…from Saturday night at the juke to Sunday morning in the pew. A great mix of sounds from some classic female blues gems from the 1940s like Wea Bea Booze and Ethel Waters. We’ll also go down to the crossroads and Deep Elem with the likes of Champion Jack Dupree and T-Bone Walker, some deeper/darker blues from Geeshie Wiley and Blind Lemon Jefferson as well. But we’ll also fill the air with the tops in great interpretations from Van Dyke Parks, Willie Watson and Bob Brozman. Join us for some ‘last kind words’ from the Rocky Road Blues to James Alley on a Friday morning in West County.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Pine Hill Project	Battlefield	Tomorrow You're Going (Featuring Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Schindell)
2	Son House	John the Revelator	Death Letter
3	Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers	John The Revelator	Songs Of Anarchy: Music From Sons Of Anarchy Seasons 1-4
4	Blu Lu Barker	Don't You Feel My Leg	Don't You Feel My Leg
5	Wea Bea Booze	These Young Men Blues	Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949)
6	Champion Jack Dupree	Dirty Woman	Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
7	T-Bone Walker	It's a Lowdown Dirty Deal	The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch]
8	Geeshie Wiley	Last Kind Words	Mississippi Masters
9	David Johansen	The Last Kind Words	Shaker
10	Woody Guthrie	When That Great Ship Went Down	This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1
11	Rory Block	Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down)	Confessions of A Blues Singer
12	The Million Dollar Quartet	Great Speckled Bird	The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
13	Willie Watson	James Alley Blues	Folk Singer Vol. 1
14	Doc Watson	Little Omie Wise	1964-1965 (Warped 6411F)
15	Blind Lemon Jefferson	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Black Swan Sampler
16	B.B. King	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	One Kind Favor
17	Van Dyke Parks/Mondrian	Sail Away Lady	The Harry Smith Project Live Vol. 2
18	Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers	Sail Away Ladies	The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
19	Bob Brozman	Rocky Road	Snapping the Strings
20	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Rocky Road Blues	The Essential Bill Monroe [Disc 1]
21	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Mule Skinner Blues	East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series)
22	Dolly Parton	Mule Skinner Blues	Country USA 1970
23	Rev. J. M. Gates	Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting	The Harry Smith B-Sides
24	The Persuasions	Dry Bones	Gospel Brunch Classics
25	Maria Muldaur	A Little Bird Told Me	Don't You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker)
26	Jim Kweskin	Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me	Vanguard Visionaries
27	Ethel Waters	Honey In The Honeycomb	On Stage And Screen 1925 – 1940
28	Baby Dee	Look What Baby's Got For You	Don't You Feel My Leg
29	Ames Brothers The	The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane	Your Hit Parade – 1955
30	Bill & The Belles	Finger Pointin' Mama	Dreamsongs, Etc.
31	Paul Thorn	Come On Let's Go	Don't Let The Devil Ride

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Theme Time

Your Lucky Day

March 16, 2024 Dave

Mining the archives we find that bad luck and trouble are not a concern as Spring peeks around the corner. Luck is our watchword on this March morning and we’ll try to keep our superstitions in check. We’ll be taking our chances with a themed show today that blends some vocals from past and present and with this being an election year…we need all the luck we can get. Tune in for some Raul Malo, Charley Crockett, Howlin’ Wolf, Judy Garland and a couple dozen others following the theme of ‘Your Lucky Day’. Let us keep you entertained while the rest of the world goes by. Tune us in on your radio at 92.5 FM or, better yet, listen to us anywhere on planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. You can change your luck by adopting a cat, you know. And black cats have, despite longstanding superstitions, the best of personalities.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Jim Lauderdale	Lucky 13	Point of No Return: The Unreleased 1989 Album
2	Chris Isaak	Waiting for My Lucky Day	Baja Sessions
3	The Bobby Fuller Four	I'm A Lucky Guy	The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four
4	Frank Sinatra	Luck Be a Lady	Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
5	Judy Garland	Lucky Day	Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby!
6	Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody)	My Lucky Day	Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949
7	Jimmy Smith	I'm Just A Lucky So And So	Standards
8	Ray Charles	Lucky Old Sun	Hear Music Volume 1
9	Tommy Flanagan	Friday The 13th	For Monk-A Tribute To The Music Of Thelonious Monk
10	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	Bad Luck, Pt. 1	Greatest Hits
11	Howlin' Wolf	Hard Luck	The Chess Box [Disc 3]
12	Chris Thomas King	Superstitious Blues	Me, My Guitar and the Blues
13	Chance Halladay	Lucky Me	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
14	John Fogerty	Bad Moon Rising	The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
15	Stevie Wonder	Superstition	Hitsville USA, Vol. 2: The Motown Singles Collection 1972-1992 Disc 1
16	Howlin' Wolf	I Ain't Superstitious	The Chess Box
17	J.J. Cale	Lady Luck	Travel Log
18	Raul Malo	Lucky One	Lucky One
19	Charley Crockett	Lots of Luck	Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza
20	Johnny Cash	Thirteen	American Recordings
21	Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit	Lucky Dog	The Rose of England
22	Tommy Collins	Black Cat	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
23	The Band Of Heathens	Black Cat	Black Cat (Single)
24	Albert King	Born Under A Bad Sign	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
25	Dr. John	Witchy Red	Television
26	Eels	Your Lucky Day In Hell	Beautiful Freak
27	Joe "Papoose" Fritz	I'm Not Suspicious, But	Boogie Uproar – Gems From The Peacock Vaults

Back To Schooldays

January 29, 2024 Dave

Good times, bad times…let’s take a theme trip to schooldays past in music this week. Whether you were a product of the fifties, sixties or beyond, you remember your favorite music. We’ll be zooming in on sounds from that era in the show today as we explore the high school theme with topics like ‘lettered sweaters’…what ever happened to those? Or maybe the reminder of the bell or buzzer in the hallways. Or maybe that favorite after school rendezvous spot. We’ll be sharing music that celebrated school and affairs of the young at heart with tracks from The 5 Royals, Johnny Burnette, Gary US Bonds and some other favorites as well as some unknowns from some dusty 45s buried deep in the archives. Namely Nicky & The Nobles, Johnny & The Jammers, and Herbie Alpert & His Sextet. Quite the fun today so drop by.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Beach Boys	School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell)	Ten Years of Harmony Disc 1
2	Chuck Berry	School Days	The Chess Box Disc 1
3	Mickey & Sylvia	Love Will Make You Fail in School	Love Is Strange and It Will Make You Fail in School
4	The 5 Royales	School Girl	The Complete Singles 1952-1962
5	Smiley Lewis	School Days Are Back Again	I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 4
6	Jerry Lee Lewis	High School Confidential	36 All-Time Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
7	Johnny & The Jammers	School Day Blues	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
8	Johnny Burnette	Skippin' School	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 6
9	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	Waitin' In School (Live at the Fillmore 1997)	Live at the Fillmore, 1997 (Deluxe)
10	Rick Nelson	Back to Schooldays	The Last Time Around [1970-1982][CD1]
11	Dave Edmunds	Back to School Days	Single Trax 1970-1981
12	Dave Edmunds	High School Nights	Porky's Revenge! [Expanded]
13	Billy Harlan	School House Rock	That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 6 (Us Decca, Vol. 2)
14	Wynn Stewart	School Bus Love Affair	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
15	Toni Rossini	(Meet Me) After School	Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era
16	Nicky & The Nobles	School Bells	War Paint – The Gone Records Story
17	Bobby Rydell	Swingin' School	Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits
18	The Beach Boys	Be True to Your School	20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits
19	Jan & Dean	The New Girl In School	Greatest Hits
20	Gary (U.S.) Bonds	School Is Out	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
21	Herbie Alpert & His Sextet	Summer School	Another Banana Split, please
22	Betty Grable	Don't Carry Tales Out Of School	The Pin-Up Girl (Disc 2)
23	Austin McCoy & Frankie Ervin	High School Baby	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 5]: West Coast Blues V1
24	Nat King Cole Trio	You Don't Learn That In School	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
25	Paul Simon	Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard	Paul Simon
26	Taj Mahal	Good Morning Little School Girl	Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home
27	Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band	Good Morning Schoolgirl	Blues Masters, Vol. 7: Blues Revival
28	NRBQ	Still In School	Peek-A-Boo: The Best Of NRBQ, 1969-1989 [Disc 1]
29	James Intveld	High School Hellcats	Cry-Baby
30	The Ramones	Rock 'N' Roll High School	End of the Century
31	Wee Willie Harris	Back To School Again	Their Greatest Misses
32	Ricky Nelson	Waitin' In School	Legacy [Disc 1]
33	Alex Chilton	The New Girl in School	A Man Called Destruction
34	Louis Jordan	School Days	Jivin' With Jordan
35	Tom Paxton	What Did You Learn In School Today?	Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition, Theme Time

Let’s Duet

January 23, 2024 Dave

Country duets have been a hallmark of the genre and this week we’ll spend a couple of hours sampling some old, some new, some sappy and some without peer. From Rose and Buck to George and Tammy, we’ll be spending time with some real down home pairings singing songs of loose talk, booze, suspicion, holding on to what you’ve got and a whole lot more. There’s a range of topics beyond that and most involve cheatin’, lovin’ and fightin’…just what you’d expect from the base. The pairings are not necessarily all husband and wife as we’ve got a few that go beyond that rail like Dwight and Buck, the Hanks, and Waylon and Willie. Tune in Friday morning for a countrified, if not rarified, journey with some classic country duets.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves
2	John Prine With Melba Montgomery	Milwaukee Here I Come	In Spite Of Ourselves
3	Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash	Jackson	Classic Country Great Duets [Disc 1]
4	Johnny Cash & June Carter	It Ain't Me, Babe	Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter
5	Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash	Girl From The North Country	Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2]
6	Buck Owens & Rose Maddox	Loose Talk	Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2]
7	Buck Owens	Under Your Spell Again (Duet With Dwight Yoakam)	Hot Dog
8	Buck Owens/Dwight Yoakam	Streets of Bakersfield	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 1
9	Dwight Yoakam/Sheryl Crow	Baby Don't Go	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2
10	Emmylou Harris & The Band	Evangeline	Duets
11	Linda Ronstadt	I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) (w/Emmylou Harris)	Duets
12	Emmylou Harris & Gram Parsons	Love Hurts	Duets
13	k.d. lang (with Roy Orbison)	Crying	Recollection CD 2
14	Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr.	There's A Tear In My Beer	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10
15	Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves	I Fall To Pieces [Album Version (Manufactured Duet)]	Remembering
16	Alison Krauss/Gillian Welch	I'll Fly Away	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
17	Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	Please Read The Letter	Raising Sand
18	Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson	Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys	RCA Country Legends [Disc 2]
19	Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter	Suspicious Minds	Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2]
20	George Jones & Tammy Wynette	We're Gonna Hold On	Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2]
21	Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton	The Last Thing On My Mind	Dolly [Disc 1]
22	Ashley Monroe	You Ain't Dolly (And You Ain't Porter) [Duet with Blake Shelton]	Like A Rose
23	Ray Charles & Willie Nelson	Seven Spanish Angels	The Many Sides Of Willie Nelson [Cd 3 "Duets"] (1992)
24	Marty Stuart	This One's Gonna Hurt You (For A Long, Long Time)	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of Marty Stuart
25	George Jones/Merle Haggard	Yesterday's Wine [Duet]	The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years
26	John C. Reilly & Angela Correa	Let's Duet	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition]
27	Dottie West Duet with Don Gibson	There's A Story (Goin' Round)	The Essential Dottie West
28	Randy Travis	Happy Trails (Duet With Roy Rogers)	Heroes & Friends

Signs & Signifiers

January 6, 2024 Dave

It’s a brand new year! Turn off the TV and tune into community radio for your best time. This year’s news will be one of politics, war, and overall bad behavior from the middling underbelly and radio will at least bring you a brief respite from what ails us. This week’s Deeper Roots will be another free form romp of genre-bending fun with a mix of soul, blues, country, rock and gospel. Tune in for some Norah Jones, Chris Isaak, Tom Petty, and Donna The Buffalo as we take our first steps into 2024. We’ll have a set that features signs and signifiers alongside the encouragement of Sister Mahalia as we keep our hand on the plow, the story telling of Luther’s picking from Johnny Cash, and we’ll also be ‘watching the signals’ with Bullmoose Jackson and Brenton Wood. Join Dave Stroud on another Friday morning featuring a century of America’s music on Sonoma County Community Radio, KOWS-LP 92.5 Occidental. Streaming all across the world on kowsfm.com/listen.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra	Shorty's Got to Go	Greatest R&B Hits of 1946, Vol. 4
2	Living Sisters	Good Ole Wagon	Love To Live
3	Ella Mae Morse	Rockin' And Rollin'	Best Of The Rockabilly Rockin' Years
4	Elvis Presley	I Gotta Know	Elvis #1 Singles
5	Chris Isaak	It's Now or Never	Beyond the Sun (Deluxe Version)
6	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	California	Songs and Music From "She's the One"
7	Donna The Buffalo	Locket And Key	Silverlined
8	Johnny Cash	Luther Played The Boogie	Get Rhythm [Sun]
9	Tennessee Ernie Ford	I Ain't A-Gonna Let It Happen No More	Vintage Collections
10	Robert Gordon	Drivin' Wheel [*]	Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials
11	She & Him	Gonna Get Along Without You Now	Volume Two
12	The Fleetwoods	Mr. Blue	Red, White & Rock Disc 1
13	Norah Jones featuring Dolly Parton	Creepin' In (feat. Dolly Parton)	…Featuring Norah Jones
14	Judy Collins	Someday Soon	Colors Of The Day: The Best Of Judy Collins
15	JD McPherson	Signs & Signifiers	Signs & Signifiers
16	Albert King	Born Under A Bad Sign	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
17	Brenton Wood	Gimme Little Sign	Brenton Wood's 18 Best
18	Bull Moose Jackson	Watch My Signals	The Rough and Rowdy Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1
19	Ralph Stanley	God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign [Album Version]	A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter Family
20	Bob Dylan	Everything Is Broken	The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs [Disc 1]
21	Tom Sullivan	Homeward Bound – The Old Slipper Shoe [instrumental]	Classic Maritime Music
22	Mahalia Jackson	Keep Your Hand on the Plow	The World's Greatest Gospel Singer
23	Robert Plant	Central Two-O-Nine	Band Of Joy
24	The Temptations	Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)	Classic Soul Ballads: Sweet Thing [Disc 1]
25	Dionne Warwick	Don't Make Me Over	Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits
26	Gene McDaniels with The Johnny Mann Singers	Point Of No Return	On The Soul Side
27	The Lovin' Spoonful	You Didn't Have to Be So Nice	Daydream [Original LP]
28	Rick Nelson	Travelin' Man	The Best of Rick Nelson, Vol. 2
29	The Cookies	Chains	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
30	The Isley Brothers	Shout, Pts. 1-2	Red, White & Rock Disc 1
31	V V Brown	Crazy Amazing	Travelling Like The Light

Country Christmas Redux

December 24, 2023 Dave

We revisit the country genre for some down home Christmas cooking…of sleigh bells, holly, ham, and mistletoe. Songs from mid-century to just a year ago or so featuring some of your favorite country and Americana artists in our final show before Christmas Day 2023. Tune in for some classics and also-rans from Gene Autry, Eddy Arnold, Red Foley, The Louvin Brothers and John Prine as we share some roasted, toasted chestnuts from the yule log. We’ve also got some George Jones, Ernest Tubb and Willie Nelson right up alongside Kacey Musgraves and Raul Malo. We’re saluting the season and telling stories from childhood’s past, all for you wrapped up with pretty paper and holiday ribbons of gold on this year’s Christmas show on community radio for Sonoma County, KOWS-LP, 92.5 FM, Occidental. Streaming your way across planet Earth on kowsfm.com. Now…let’s say it once again…’war is over’.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	John Prine	Everything Is Cool	A John Prine Christmas
2	Eddy Arnold	Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town	Christmas On the Country Side
3	Prairie Ramblers	Cowboy Santa Claus	Blues Blues Christmas Vol 4 – Disc 2
4	Tennessee Ernie Ford	A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus	Christmas On the Country Side
5	Red Foley	Here Comes Santa Claus	Christmas On the Country Side
6	Bernie Nee	Country Music Holiday	Country & Western Nuggets
7	Sonny James	Christmas in My Hometown	Christmas On the Country Side
8	Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford	Christmas Roses	Christmas On the Country Side
9	Marty Robbins	Footprints in the Snow	Christmas On the Country Side
10	Ernest Tubb	I'll Be Walking the Floor This Christmas	Christmas On the Country Side
11	Faron Young	I'm Gonna Tell Santa Claus On You	Christmas On the Country Side
12	Hank Thompson	It's Christmas Every Day in Alaska	Christmas On the Country Side
13	Homer and Jethro	Randolph the Flat Nosed Reindeer	Christmas On the Country Side
14	Eddy Arnold	I'm Your Private Santa Claus	Christmas On the Country Side
15	The Louvin Brothers	Santa's Big Parade	Christmas On the Country Side
16	Raul Malo	Blue Christmas	Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites
17	Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters	Pretty Paper	Christmas On A Greyhound Bus
18	George Jones	Lonely Christmas Call	Complete Collection 1960-1962 [Disc 4] individual albums
19	Bill Anderson	Waffle House Christmas	Anderson
20	Asleep at the Wheel	Swingin' Silent Nite	Merry Texas Christmas, Y'All
21	Loretta Lynn	Country Christmas	White Christmas Blue
22	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	Holiday Pickin'	American Beauty
23	Ralph Stanley	I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time	Christmas Time with Ralph Stanley
24	Hank Snow	Blue Christmas	Christmas On the Country Side
25	Hank Snow	The Reindeer Boogie	Christmas On the Country Side
26	Ernest Tubb	Merry Texas Christmas, You All!	Ernest Tubb – The Texas Troubadour – Writers Galore [Disc 4]
27	Raul Malo	Winter Wonderland	Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites
28	Raul Malo	Feliz Navidad	Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites
29	The Davis Sisters	The Christmas Boogie	Christmas On the Country Side
30	Kacey Musgraves	A Willie Nice Christmas	A Very Kacey Christmas
31	Willie Nelson	We Wish You a Merry Christmas	Christmas with Willie Nelson
32	John Prine	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus	A John Prine Christmas
33	Gene Autry and the Pinafores	Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer	Christmas On the Country Side
34	Billy Joe Shaver	Merry Christmas To You	Freedom's Child
35	Willie Nelson	Pretty Paper	Christmas with Willie Nelson
36	The Alarm	Happy Christmas (War Is Over)	Standards

The Real Thing

November 25, 2023 Dave

A two hour collection of some of the very best from the past century is what the doctor ordered. Seems like it often is. Today’s Deeper Roots journey features an eclectic blend of genres, topics, and performances, all tuned to the discerning ear. We’ll be bringing you some subtle jazz vibes from Mose Allison, story songs about Caldonia, sweet soul duets from Marvin Gaye and Chuck Jackson, gospel from the Pilgrim Travelers, and plenty of boot heel country from BR5-49 and Little Jimmy Dickens. That’s not all…by far. We’ll hear a new light hearted cover from Luther Dickinson, a song about the Old Kelly Place from “The Real McCoy”, Don Covay, and Bobby “Blue” Bland. What better way to kick off your holiday season, right? There’s turkey in the fridge and the wreath will be going up on the door. Tune in why don’t you?

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Porter Wagoner	'Til the Right One Comes Along	The Best I've Ever Been
2	Nino Temple & April Stevens	Deep Purple	Your Hit Parade – The Early '60S
3	Buck Owens	Love's Gonna Live Here	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1]
4	Lou Rawls	(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue	Anthology [Disc 1]
5	The 5 Royales	The Real Thing	The Complete Singles 1952-1962
6	Marvin Gaye	Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing	Anthology [Disc 1]
7	Chuck Jackson And Maxine Brown	The Real Thing	Hold On, We're Coming '67
8	Mavis Staples	At The End Of The Day	Have A Little Faith
9	Pilgrim Travelers	After While (Take 8)	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
10	Don Covay	Mercy, Mercy	Rites Of Rhythm & Blues – Volume 2
11	Bobby Bland	Two Steps From the Blues	Two Steps From the Blues
12	k.d. lang/Roy Orbison	Crying	King of Hearts
13	Lissie	Games People Play	Covered Up With Flowers
14	Little Jimmy Dickens	When The Ship Hit The Sand	The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens
15	Walter Brennan	The Old Kelly Place	Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
16	Ricky Nelson & Walter Brennan	Get Along Home, Cindy	Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3)
17	BR5-49	Fool of the Century	This Is BR549
18	Chuck Mead	I'm Not the Man for the Job	Close to Home
19	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Smoke, Smoke, Smoke	Black Mountain Rag
20	Dave Van Ronk	Your Feet's Too Big	Sweet & Lowdown
21	Mose Allison	I'm Not Talking	Cocktail Mix, Vol. 2: Martini Madness
22	Elvis Presley	Paralyzed	Worldwide Gold Award Hits Vol. 2
23	The Five Stars	Where Did Caldonia Go	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
24	Louis Jordan	Caldonia	Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 2]
25	The Band	The Shape I'm in	Stage Fright
26	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	Something Big	Hard Promises (Remastered)
27	Roy Orbison	Ride Away	Classic "MGM" Roy Orbison 1965 – 68
28	Randy Newman	Dixie Flyer	Land of Dreams
29	John Prine	Some Humans Ain't Human	Fair & Square

A Century of America's Music