Category Archives: Country

Family Affair

We’ve got the family trees for you on Deeper Roots this week; proof positive that music can very well run in the family. Our show will share music from just a few of the families that have made their own way in a host of different genres. We’ll hear from the Nelsons (both of them), the family Marsalis, the Hiatts, the Wainwrights, the brothers Neville and a few others this week, spanning both the 20th and 21st centuries. Tune in to this week’s two hour mixed bag with some of the very best performances from some different lineages, here on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole Straighten Up And Fly Right Re: Generations Amazon
2Art Neville That Old Time Rock And Roll His Specialty Recordings Amazon
3Aaron Neville Let's Live Brother To Brother ([Disc 1]: Aaron) Amazon
4The Neville Brothers Run Joe Fiyo on the Bayou Amazon
5Hank Williams Sr. I Saw the Light Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century Amazon
6Hank Williams Jr. Mind Your Own Business Country Gold 1984-1986 Amazon
7Hank Williams III I'm A Long Gone Daddy Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute Amazon
8Wynton Marsalis Septet My Baby Don't Tolerate United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas Amazon
9Branford Marsalis Fool For You A Tribute To Curtis Mayfield Amazon
10Ozzie Nelson And His Orchestra About A Quarter To Nine Paper Moon Amazon
11Rick Nelson Poor Little Fool Malt Shop Memories: Top Down Convertible Sound (Disc 2) Amazon
12Dionne Warwick Anyone Who Had A Heart Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
13Dee Dee Warwick We're Doing Fine Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2 Amazon
14Whitney Houston I Will Always Love You The Bodyguard Amazon
15Willie Nelson Mr. Record Man One Hell Of A Ride Amazon
16Willie Nelson;Lukas Nelson;Micah Nelson Come On Back Jesus Heroes Amazon
17Bobbie Nelson The House of Blue Lights Audiobiography (iTunes Exclusive) Amazon
18Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real If I Didn't Love You Sticks and Stones Amazon
19Bob Dylan High Water (For Charley Patton) Love and Theft Amazon
20Jakob Dylan Oh, Mama, Come Home The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD] Amazon
21John Hiatt Crossing Muddy Waters Here To Stay – Best Of 2000-2012 Amazon
22Lilly Hiatt Walking Proof Walking Proof Amazon
23Loudon Wainwright III Dead Skunk Album III Amazon
24Rufus Wainwright Greek Song Poses [US Bonus Track] Amazon
25Martha Wainwright Prairie Lullaby Martha Wainwright Lullaby Record Amazon
26Johnny Cash with The Carter Sisters & The Statler Brothers Belshazzar (w/ The Carter Sisters & The Statler Brothers) The Johnny Cash TV Show (1969-1971) Amazon
27Johnny Cash I Can't Go On That Way Life Amazon
28Rosanne Cash Black Cadillac Black Cadillac Amazon
29June Carter Cash Keep On The Sunny Side Wildwood Flower Amazon
30The Carter Family Anchored In Love American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2] Amazon

Heart of Saturday Night

Where else but the heart of Saturday night? We’ve got an eclectic collection of performances that take you ‘there and back’ this Friday morning on Deeper Roots. No theme. No tribute. No genre sweep. Just a collection of some great sounds from the past (and present). Little themes that reach deep and a few awesome covers that you may not be familiar with. We’re making our way to the outskirts of the bayou with Cookie & The Cupcakes and Jo-el Sonnier, then into some gritty blues from Muddy Waters and RL Burnside, and we’ll also have some rollicking country and soul from Big Maybelle, Buck Owens, Mickey Baker, and The Ink Spots. Add a dose of Billie Holiday, LaVern Baker, and Tow Waits…and there you have it. Some surprises and some favorites all rolled up on this Friday morning blue plate special.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Tom Waits (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night Used Songs 1973-1980 Amazon
2The Ink Spots The Gypsy Your Hit Parade 1946 Amazon
3The Impressions Gypsy Woman American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
4Joe Ely The Gypsy Lady Flatland Lullaby Amazon
5Jo-el Sonnier Say You Love Me The Complete Mercury Sessions Amazon
6Cookie & the Cupcakes Mathilda Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
7Bill Hayes Poor White Trash Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5 Amazon
8George Jones Just One More The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967 Amazon
9Patsy Cline A Poor Man's Roses (Or A Rich Man's Gold) 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Classic Patsy Cline Amazon
10Buck Owens Hot Dog (with Danny Dedmon) The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West' Amazon
11Big Maybelle Don't Leave Poor Me Roll Your Moneymaker Amazon
12Eilen Jewell Don't Leave Poor Me Down Hearted Blues Amazon
13Jessie Mae Hamphill Lord Help The Poor And Needy Goin' Down South Blues Sampler Vol. 2 Amazon
14Shemekia Copeland Lord Help the Poor and Needy Outskirts of Love Amazon
15Robert Belfour Old Black Mattie Goin' Down South Blues Sampler Vol. 2 Amazon
16Samantha Fish Poor Black Mattie Belle of the West Amazon
17Leon Russell It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry Leon Russell And The Shelter People [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
18Bob Dylan Down Along The Cove John Wesley Harding Amazon
19Bob Dylan Alberta #1 Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 Deluxe-Edition 4 (Self Portrait. Original Edition; Rem. 2013) Amazon
20The Cactus Blossoms If Not For You If Not For You (Bob Dylan Songs Vol. 1) Amazon
21Sarah Jarosz Ring Them Bells Follow Me Down Amazon
22Jubilaires Casey Jones Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
23Mickey Baker Gloomy Sunday The Wildest Guitar Amazon
24Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra Gloomy Sunday Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 10] Amazon
25LaVern Baker Soul on Fire (Japan 2012 Remaster) Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
26The Browns Shenandoah Classics 1960 (Warped 6062) Amazon
27Elvis Presley I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine Date with Elvis Amazon
28Elvis Presley Poor Boy For LP Fans Only Amazon
29Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels Jenny Take a Ride! Let There Be Drums Vol 2: The 60's Amazon
30Little Richard Jenny Jenny The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
31Muddy Waters Young Fashioned Ways The Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
32Shakey Jake Roll Your Moneymaker Roll Your Moneymaker Amazon

Back To Schooldays

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 Buy
1The Beach Boys School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes the Bell) Ten Years of Harmony Disc 1 Amazon
2Chuck Berry School Days The Chess Box Disc 1 Amazon
3Mickey & Sylvia Love Will Make You Fail in School Love Is Strange and It Will Make You Fail in School Amazon
4The 5 Royales School Girl The Complete Singles 1952-1962 Amazon
5Smiley Lewis School Days Are Back Again I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 4 Amazon
6Jerry Lee Lewis High School Confidential 36 All-Time Greatest Hits [Disc 2] Amazon
7Johnny & The Jammers School Day Blues Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins Amazon
8Johnny Burnette Skippin' School The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 6 Amazon
9Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Waitin' In School (Live at the Fillmore 1997) Live at the Fillmore, 1997 (Deluxe) Amazon
10Rick Nelson Back to Schooldays The Last Time Around [1970-1982][CD1] Amazon
11Dave Edmunds Back to School Days Single Trax 1970-1981 Amazon
12Dave Edmunds High School Nights Porky's Revenge! [Expanded] Amazon
13Billy Harlan School House Rock That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 6 (Us Decca, Vol. 2) Amazon
14Wynn Stewart School Bus Love Affair Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack Amazon
15Toni Rossini (Meet Me) After School Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
16Nicky & The Nobles School Bells War Paint – The Gone Records Story Amazon
17Bobby Rydell Swingin' School Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits Amazon
18The Beach Boys Be True to Your School 20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits Amazon
19Jan & Dean The New Girl In School Greatest Hits Amazon
20Gary (U.S.) Bonds School Is Out American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
21Herbie Alpert & His Sextet Summer School Another Banana Split, please Amazon
22Betty Grable Don't Carry Tales Out Of School The Pin-Up Girl (Disc 2) Amazon
23Austin McCoy & Frankie Ervin High School Baby Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 5]: West Coast Blues V1 Amazon
24Nat King Cole Trio You Don't Learn That In School The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1] Amazon
25Paul Simon Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard Paul Simon Amazon
26Taj Mahal Good Morning Little School Girl Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home Amazon
27Junior Wells' Chicago Blues Band Good Morning Schoolgirl Blues Masters, Vol. 7: Blues Revival Amazon
28NRBQ Still In School Peek-A-Boo: The Best Of NRBQ, 1969-1989 [Disc 1] Amazon
29James Intveld High School Hellcats Cry-Baby Amazon
30The Ramones Rock 'N' Roll High School End of the Century Amazon
31Wee Willie Harris Back To School Again Their Greatest Misses Amazon
32Ricky Nelson Waitin' In School Legacy [Disc 1] Amazon
33Alex Chilton The New Girl in School A Man Called Destruction Amazon
34Louis Jordan School Days Jivin' With Jordan Amazon
35Tom Paxton What Did You Learn In School Today? Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound Amazon

Let’s Duet

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 Buy
1John Prine/Iris Dement In Spite of Ourselves In Spite of Ourselves Amazon
2John Prine With Melba Montgomery Milwaukee Here I Come In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
3Johnny Cash & June Carter Cash Jackson Classic Country Great Duets [Disc 1] Amazon
4Johnny Cash & June Carter It Ain't Me, Babe Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter Amazon
5Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash Girl From The North Country Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2] Amazon
6Buck Owens & Rose Maddox Loose Talk Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2] Amazon
7Buck Owens Under Your Spell Again (Duet With Dwight Yoakam) Hot Dog Amazon
8Buck Owens/Dwight Yoakam Streets of Bakersfield Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 1 Amazon
9Dwight Yoakam/Sheryl Crow Baby Don't Go Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2 Amazon
10Emmylou Harris & The Band Evangeline Duets Amazon
11Linda Ronstadt I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You) (w/Emmylou Harris) Duets Amazon
12Emmylou Harris & Gram Parsons Love Hurts Duets Amazon
13k.d. lang (with Roy Orbison) Crying Recollection CD 2 Amazon
14Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr. There's A Tear In My Beer Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10 Amazon
15Patsy Cline & Jim Reeves I Fall To Pieces [Album Version (Manufactured Duet)] Remembering Amazon
16Alison Krauss/Gillian Welch I'll Fly Away O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
17Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Please Read The Letter Raising Sand Amazon
18Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys RCA Country Legends [Disc 2] Amazon
19Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter Suspicious Minds Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2] Amazon
20George Jones & Tammy Wynette We're Gonna Hold On Classic Country: Great Duets [Disc 2] Amazon
21Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton The Last Thing On My Mind Dolly [Disc 1] Amazon
22Ashley Monroe You Ain't Dolly (And You Ain't Porter) [Duet with Blake Shelton] Like A Rose Amazon
23Ray Charles & Willie Nelson Seven Spanish Angels The Many Sides Of Willie Nelson [Cd 3 "Duets"] (1992) Amazon
24Marty Stuart This One's Gonna Hurt You (For A Long, Long Time) 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of Marty Stuart Amazon
25George Jones/Merle Haggard Yesterday's Wine [Duet] The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years Amazon
26John C. Reilly & Angela Correa Let's Duet Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Deluxe Edition] Amazon
27Dottie West Duet with Don Gibson There's A Story (Goin' Round) The Essential Dottie West Amazon
28Randy Travis Happy Trails (Duet With Roy Rogers) Heroes & Friends Amazon

Signs & Signifiers

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

Who We Lost 2023

We’ll look back to 2023 with the indelible sounds of those we lost this past year. There were some losses that cut deep and we intend to pay tribute to each and every one who contributed their artistry to the past century of America’s music. There is hardly room in the two hours we have to touch on all of those, no matter their contribution but we have a couple from across the pond that deserve mentioning among the musicians, songwriters and producers who made their mark. The past century of America’s music has brought talent, wit and wisdom, and the artists’ take on arrangement, delivery, and rhythm. This was another year of profound loss including the likes of the prolific Tony Bennett and Harry Belafonte, the boomer favorites like David Crosby, Jimmy Buffett and Jeff Beck, and the musical geniuses like Burt Bacharach, David Lindley, and Ahmad Jamal. Join us.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Pogues If I Should Fall from Grace With God Essential Pogues Amazon
2The Yardbirds The Nazz Are Blue Ultimate! Disc 2 Amazon
3BTO Takin' Care Of Business (Randy Bachman) Songs For The Open Road [Platinum Legends] Amazon
4David Crosby Music Is Love If I Could Only Remember My Name Amazon
5The Association Cherish Pop Memories of the '60s – Vol. 6, My Special Angel Amazon
6Gary Wright Dream Weaver Sounds Of The Seventies: 1976 Amazon
7Jackson Browne & David Lindley Mercury Blues (Intro) Love Is Strange [Disc 1] Amazon
8David Lindley El Rayo X El Rayo-X Amazon
9Jimmy Buffett Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes Meet Me in Margaritaville: The Ultimate Collection Disc 1 Amazon
10It's a Beautiful Day White Bird Walk on the Moon Amazon
11Ian & Sylvia Four Strong Winds The Time Life Treasury Of Folk Music [Disc 2] Amazon
12Gordon Lightfoot Early Morning Rain Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 12 The Heartland And Canada Amazon
13Harry Belafonte Jump in the Line All Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 Amazon
14The Serendipity Singers Beans In My Ears (LEN CHANDLER) Time Life – The Folk Years – Reason To Believe [Disc 2] Amazon
15Dixie Chicks The Thrill Is in the Chase Shouldn't a Told You That Amazon
16The Ames Brothers The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane Magic Moments Amazon
17April Stevens I Want A Lip Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
18The Righteous Brothers (You're My) Soul and Inspiration The Very Best of the Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody Amazon
19Tony Bennett Rags to Riches Your Hit Parade – 1953 Amazon
20Aretha Franklin I Say A Little Prayer Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 2] Amazon
21Paul & Paula Hey Paula Teen Ballads Disc 2 Amazon
22George Maharis (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 The Epic Story 1960 Amazon
23The Earls Remember Then Doo Wop Love Songs Amazon
24Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns Don't You Just Know It Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1 Amazon
25Barrett Strong Money (That's What I Want) Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1 Amazon
26The Drifters Sweets For My Sweet (CHARLIE THOMAS) The Definitive Soul Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
27Tina Turner The Best Simply The Best Amazon
28Parliament Up For The Down Stroke In Yo' Face!: The History Of Funk, Vol. 1 Amazon
29Jean Knight Mr. Big Stuff Pure Funk Amazon
30The Pointer Sisters KSAN Pointer Sisters Intro KSAN's Live Jive Amazon
31The Pointer Sisters Fire 70s Music Explosion – Miracles Disc 2 Amazon
32Dwight Twilley Band I'm on Fire Poptopia! 70's Power Pop Classics Amazon
33Kool & The Gang Ladies' Night Disco Fever [Disc 1] Amazon
34Walter "Wolfman" Washington Tailspin Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
35Ahmad Jamal The Surrey With The Fringe On Top Okeh Jazz Amazon
36Wayne Shorter Tenderfoot Jazz Essentials Volume 3 Amazon
37Eagles Take It to the Limit The Very Best of the Eagles [2003] Disc 1 Amazon
38Jim & Jesse Hard Hearted Hand-Picked: 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records [Disc 2] Amazon
39Mac Wiseman, Bobby Osborne & Jesse McReynolds Bluebirds Are Singing For Me Bluegrass Legands – Live At The Ryman Amazon
40Lord Creator Don't Stay Out Late The Real Jamaica Ska Amazon
41Robbie Robertson Somewhere Down The Crazy River Robbie Robertson [UK] Amazon

Country Christmas Redux

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 Buy
1John Prine Everything Is Cool A John Prine Christmas Amazon
2Eddy Arnold Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
3Prairie Ramblers Cowboy Santa Claus Blues Blues Christmas Vol 4 – Disc 2 Amazon
4Tennessee Ernie Ford A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
5Red Foley Here Comes Santa Claus Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
6Bernie Nee Country Music Holiday Country & Western Nuggets Amazon
7Sonny James Christmas in My Hometown Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
8Frankie Laine and Jo Stafford Christmas Roses Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
9Marty Robbins Footprints in the Snow Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
10Ernest Tubb I'll Be Walking the Floor This Christmas Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
11Faron Young I'm Gonna Tell Santa Claus On You Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
12Hank Thompson It's Christmas Every Day in Alaska Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
13Homer and Jethro Randolph the Flat Nosed Reindeer Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
14Eddy Arnold I'm Your Private Santa Claus Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
15The Louvin Brothers Santa's Big Parade Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
16Raul Malo Blue Christmas Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites Amazon
17Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters Pretty Paper Christmas On A Greyhound Bus Amazon
18George Jones Lonely Christmas Call Complete Collection 1960-1962 [Disc 4] individual albums Amazon
19Bill Anderson Waffle House Christmas Anderson Amazon
20Asleep at the Wheel Swingin' Silent Nite Merry Texas Christmas, Y'All Amazon
21Loretta Lynn Country Christmas White Christmas Blue Amazon
22The Nashville Bluegrass Band Holiday Pickin' American Beauty Amazon
23Ralph Stanley I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time Christmas Time with Ralph Stanley Amazon
24Hank Snow Blue Christmas Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
25Hank Snow The Reindeer Boogie Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
26Ernest Tubb Merry Texas Christmas, You All! Ernest Tubb – The Texas Troubadour – Writers Galore [Disc 4] Amazon
27Raul Malo Winter Wonderland Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites Amazon
28Raul Malo Feliz Navidad Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites Amazon
29The Davis Sisters The Christmas Boogie Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
30Kacey Musgraves A Willie Nice Christmas A Very Kacey Christmas Amazon
31Willie Nelson We Wish You a Merry Christmas Christmas with Willie Nelson Amazon
32John Prine I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus A John Prine Christmas Amazon
33Gene Autry and the Pinafores Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Christmas On the Country Side Amazon
34Billy Joe Shaver Merry Christmas To You Freedom's Child Amazon
35Willie Nelson Pretty Paper Christmas with Willie Nelson Amazon
36The Alarm Happy Christmas (War Is Over) Standards Amazon

The Year in Music 1959

Popular culture in 1959 was marked by a dynamic mix of artistic and societal shifts. The music scene was dominated by the rise of rock and roll shaping the sound of the era. It found itself rising above the simple adult contemporary and country sounds of the day. Iconic films such as “Some Like It Hot” and “Ben-Hur” showcased a diverse range of storytelling and cinematic styles and cultural narratives found a place in television, with shows like “The Twilight Zone” captivating audiences with thought-provoking and imaginative storytelling. The boomers were reaching their teen years, the space race was launched and a torch was about to be passed in Washington. Our show today spins the top tracks from each of the pop, country, R&B and rock charts reflecting a year of cultural transition, encapsulating the tension between traditional values and the evolving influences of a changing world. Everyone from Johnny Horton and Marty Robbins to Lloyd Price, The Fleetwoods, and Bobby Darin…all in one two hour show on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Marty Robbins El Paso Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Amazon
2Johnny Horton The Battle Of New Orleans Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
3Johnny Horton When It's Springtime In Alaska Classic Country: Great Story Songs [Disc 1] Amazon
4Bobby Darin Mack The Knife As Long As I'm Singing: The Bobby Darin Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
5Bobby Darin Dream Lover As Long As I'm Singing: The Bobby Darin Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
6Paul Anka Lonely Boy His All Time Greatest Hits – 30th Anniversary Collection Amazon
7Frankie Avalon Venus Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1959 Amazon
8The Spacemen The Clouds Teen Beat 1 Amazon
9Lloyd Price Stagger Lee Greatest Hits: The Original ABC-Paramount Recordings Amazon
10Lloyd Price Personality Hit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount Story Amazon
11Elvis Presley (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I Elvis 30 #1 Hits Amazon
12Bo Diddley Say Man 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley Amazon
13Ray Charles What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1 Amazon
14James Brown Try Me 20 All Time Greatest Hits! Amazon
15Wilbert Harrison Kansas City Red, White & Rock Disc 1 Amazon
16The Drifters There Goes My Baby Definitive Collection: The Drifters [Disc 1] Amazon
17Brook Benton Its Just A Matter Of Time The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD2) Amazon
18Lenny Martin & the Orchestra/The Skyliners Since I Don't Have You Doo Wop Box Disc 3 Amazon
19Chuck Berry Back in the U.S.A. The Chess Box Disc 2 Amazon
20Chuck Berry Almost Grown The Chess Box Disc 2 Amazon
21Neil Sedaka Oh! Carol The Brill Building Sound Disc 1 Amazon
22Dion & The Belmonts A Teenager In Love Greatest Hits Amazon
23The Browns The Three Bells Classic Country Amazon
24The Platters Smoke Gets In Your Eyes All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
25The Fleetwoods Come Softly To Me Come Softly To Me: The Very Best Of The Fleetwoods Amazon
26Johnny Mathis Misty Your Hit Parade -1959 Amazon
27Della Reese Don't You Know Solid Gold Soul 1959 Amazon
28The Drifters Dance With Me The Definitive Drifters [Disc 1] Amazon
29Phil Phillips Sea Of Love Heatin' Up Amazon
30Jackie Wilson That's Why ( I Love You So ) Lonely Teardrops Amazon
31Johnny Cash I Got Stripes Songs Of Our Soil Amazon
32Stonewall Jackson Waterloo Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
33Brenda Lee Sweet Nothin4s Miss Dynamite Amazon
34Ronnie Hawkins Mary Lou The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks Amazon
35Jim Reeves Billy Bayou Country Roads – Ralph Emery Presents – For The Good Times Amazon

The Real Thing

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

Goin’ Home

Our theme of ‘returning home’ explores not just the physical place but also a reflection of our identities, memories, and the tension between the past and the present. Returning to one’s roots is often fraught with challenges and our understanding of home is deeply intertwined with our personal growth and the changing world around us. This week we’ll be pouring through memories and nostalgia to try to find the meaning of home. Thomas Wolfe’s “You Can’t Go Home Again” introduces characters who yearn for their pasts and the comforts of home, but the reality often falls short of their memories and would serve as a guidepost for our theme today. We’ll share gospel from the Gospel Hummingbirds, classic Americana from John Prine, country tradition from Hank Williams and Woody Guthrie, and the likes of Howlin’ Wolf, Big Maybelle, and Bruce Springsteen. We’re heading down that road to home in today’s show.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1John Prine My Darlin' Hometown Fair & Square Amazon
2John Fogerty Goin' Back Home Eye Of The Zombie Amazon
3Gospel Hummingbirds I'm Going Home Taking Flight Amazon
4Bill Kirchen Somebody's Going Home Transatlanticana Amazon
5Big Maybelle Going Home Baby The Very Best Of Big Maybelle Amazon
6Howlin' Wolf Going Back Home Blues From Hell Amazon
7Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers I Want To Go Home Sunny Road Amazon
8Charles Brown Homesick Blues The Cocktail Combos [Disc 2] Amazon
9Mickey & Sylvia I'm Going Home The Best of King Curtis (1952-1961) (Disc 2) Amazon
10Mississippi John Hurt Avalon, My Home Town Best Of Mississippi John Hurt [Live] Amazon
11Jack Guthrie Oklahoma Hills American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music [Disc 3] Amazon
12Woody Guthrie I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3) Amazon
13Hank Williams I'm Going Home Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949 Amazon
14Hazel Dickens West Virginia, My Home Hand-Picked: 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records [Disc 1] Amazon
15Bruce Springsteen My Oklahoma Home We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
16Maria Muldaur My Tennessee Mountain Home Maria Muldaur Amazon
17John Prine My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight Beautiful Dreamer – The Songs of Stephen Foster Amazon
18Jimmy Martin Homesick Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 5] Amazon
19The Louvin Brothers I'm Ready To Go Home Satan Is Real Amazon
20Dolly Parton Tennessee Homesick Blues I Will Always Love You – The Essential Dolly Parton Vol. 1 Amazon
21Charlie Rich I Feel Like Going Home The Silver Fox Amazon
22Merle Haggard And The Strangers Sing Me Back Home (2006 Digital Remaster) Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard Amazon
23Randy Newman Going Home Bad Love Amazon
24The Charioteers & Frank Sinatra I've Got A Home In That Rock Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
25Leon Redbone I'm Going Home Up A Lazy River Amazon
26Bobby Bare Homesick Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969 Amazon
27Merle Haggard And The Strangers Down The Old Road To Home Same Train, A Different Time Amazon
28Steve Earle Hometown Blues Train a Comin' Amazon
29Ricky Skaggs Little Cabin Home On The Hills Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics Amazon