Category Archives: Country

Hello Operator

March 3, 2019 Dave

Long before we were graced with the voices of SAM, Siri, or Alexa, and before we could carry our smart devices around like a wallet or clutch…there were the women and men who served us from behind the receiver: the telephone operator. Maybe they didn’t have the answer to everything but they could connect us to about anyone anywhere in the world. But it usually cost more than we were willing to admit. This week’s Deeper Roots show takes on the theme of the telephone operator, the long distance connector, and the person with a soul…and usually a quick hangup if there were not enough coins to drop in the pay phone. It was the penalty for human interaction I guess. We’ll let Jorma, Johnny Otis, Wanda Jackson, and Eddie Floyd take us on a trip back to rotary dials and party lines in this week’s episode, live from the Santa Rosa studios at KOWS.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Mary Wells	Operator	Looking Back 1961-1964
2	Dusty Owens	Hello Operator	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
3	Rusty McDonald	Call Operator 210	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
4	Hank Snow	I Just Telephoned Upstairs	The Chronogical Classics 1951-1952 (Warped 5244)
5	Bonnie Guitar	Hello, Hello, Please Answer The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
6	Wanda Jackson	Between The Window And The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
7	The Blue Sky Boys	The Royal Telephone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
8	Johnny Burnette	Operator	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 9
9	Howard Crockett	Please Answer The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
10	Jorma Kaukonen	Operator	River Of Time
11	The Band	Long Distance Operator	A Musical History [Disc 2]
12	The Golden Gate Quartet	I Just Telephone Upstairs	Vol. 6 (1949-1952)
13	The Jordaniares	I Telephoned Upstairs	The Jordaniares Gospel
14	Selah Jubilee Singers	Royal Telephone	Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
15	Sister Wynona Carr	Operator, Operator	Dragnet For Jesus
16	Spirit Of Memphis Quartet	The Atomic Telephone	The Best Of King Gospel
17	Sister Wynona Carr	Don't Miss That Train	Dragnet For Jesus
18	Johnny Otis	Call Operator 210	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
19	Tony & Tyrone	Please Operator	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
20	Gladys Knight & The Pips	Operator	Soul Grooves
21	The Marvelettes	Beechwood 4-5789	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes
22	Eddie Floyd	634-5789	Stax Profiles – Eddie Floyd
23	Ry Cooder	634-5789	Borderline
24	Tommy Tutone	867-5309/Jenny	Radio Hits of the '80s
25	Rosanne Cash	Radio Operator	Black Cadillac
26	Jim Croce	Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)	Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits
27	The Manhattan Transfer	Operator	Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1]
28	The Grateful Dead	Operator	American Beauty
29	Bob Gaddy	Operator	The Classic Old Town Records
30	Effie Smith	Dial That Telephone (07-27-51)	1945-1953
31	Floyd Dixon	Call Operator 210	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2)

8 Songwriters 3 Hours

February 25, 2019 Dave

A special three hour show has Dave filling in for KC and I Hear You Rockin’ on KOWS Community Radio, live from the KOWS studios in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa. Dave will walk through some of performances of songwriters who were influential in the rise of Americana sounds including blues, rock, rhythm & blues, pop, folk, and country in the late half of the 20th century. Who you might ask? In addition to the pairings of Carole King and Gerry Goffin as well as Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, we’ll also be sharing songs written by Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, and Tom Waits.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Peter Green Splinter Group	If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day	Me & the Devil Disc 2
2	Eric Clapton	32-20 Blues	Me & Mr. Johnson
3	Keb' Mo'	Love in Vain	Slow Down
4	Leon Russell	Come On In My Kitchen	Life Journey
5	Otis Spann	Dust My Broom	The Blues Never Die
6	Huey Lewis & The News	Blue Monday	Four Chords & Several Years Ago
7	Mitch Woods	I Hear You Knockin	Gumbo Blues
8	Los Lobos	I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday	El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
9	Robert Gordon	All by Myself [*]	Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials
10	Brenda Lee	Let the Four Winds Blow	Queen of Rock 'N' Roll
11	Doug Kershaw	I'm Walkin'	The Best Of Doug Kershaw
12	John Lennon	Ain't That A Shame	Rock 'n' Roll
13	George Thorogood & The Destroyers	Hello Josephine	The Hard Stuff
14	Bonnie Raitt & Jon Cleary	I'm In Love Again/All By Myself	Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 1]
15	Ray Charles	Move It On Over	Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
16	Sleepy LaBeef	The Blues Come Around	Tomorrow Never Comes
17	Raul Malo	Weary Blues from Waitin'	The Nashville Acoustic Sessions
18	The Secret Sisters	Why Don't You Love Me	The Secret Sisters
19	Tompall And The Glasier Brothers	A Mansion On The Hill	American Legends – Hank Williams
20	Emmylou Harris & Mark Knopfler	Lost On The River	Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
21	Taj Mahal	Mind Your Own Business	Sekno Blues
22	Willie Nelson	Mr. Record Man	A Horse Called Music
23	The Little Willies	Night Life	The Little Willies
24	Johnny Burnette	Hello Walls	The Ballads Of
25	Jamey Johnson	Everything But You (featuring Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill)	Living For A Song- A Tribute To Hank Cochran
26	Bryan Ferry	If Not For You	Dylanesque
27	Madeleine Peyroux	You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go	Careless Love
28	Mason Jennings	The Times They Are A-Changin'	I'm Not There [Disc 2]
29	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Way Down In The Hole	Spirit Of The Century
30	Los Lobos	Jockey Full Of Bourbon	Ride This: The Covers [EP]
31	The Devil Makes Three	Come On Up to the House	Redemption & Ruin
32	John Hammond, Jr.	Clap Hands	Wicked Grin
33	The Eagles	Ol' 55	On The Border
34	Dolly Parton	Jolene	Jolene
35	Linda Ronstadt	I Will Always Love You	Prisoner In Disguise
36	Alison Krauss/Shania Twain/Union Station	Coat of Many Colors	Just Because I'm a Woman: The Songs of Dolly Parton
37	Bill Philips	Put It Off Until Tomorrow	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973
38	The Drifters	Some Kind of Wonderful	Drifters' Golden Hits
39	The Cookies	Chains	The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3]
40	The Drifters	Up On The Roof	All-Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965 [Disc 2]
41	Maxine Brown	Oh No Not My Baby	Time-Life Classic Rock: 1964 – The Beat Goes On
42	Aretha Franklin	(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman	Smooth Grooves: The '60s, Vol. 2: Mid-'60s
43	Taj Mahal	Take A Giant Step	Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home
44	The Byrds	Goin' Back	The Notorious Byrd Brothers
45	Skeeter Davis	I Can't Stay Mad At You	Early Girls: 1
46	The Band	I Shall Be Released	Music From Big Pink
47	The Brothers and Sisters	All Along the Watchtower	When Gospel Sings Bob Dylan
48	Rick Nelson	She Belongs To Me	The Best Of 1964-1975

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

Western Sunsets

February 19, 2019 Dave

This week’s show has us revisiting the Old Chisholm Trail and prairie passages that resemble all things that follow those romantic icons whose life on the range was less than what their songs usually embellish. In the western sunsets where John Lomax first went out in search of the ‘cowboy song’, we’ll explore more enlightened performances from the silver screen to the deep folk traditions that have become so laminated with romance that it’s hard to see the images beneath. This week’s show will take us from Carl T. Sprague, the original cowboy crooner, to Johnny Horton, Fess Parker, Rex Allen, and Roy Rogers. The music is sometimes sappy (Rick Nelson’s My Rifle, My Pony, and Me), sometimes light (Roy Rogers’ My Chickashay Girl), and other times full of storytelling and history. So many performances to light up the evening sky…just before dusk…just before that ceiling of stars appears in the night sky. Join us for our first live show from our new KOWS studios in downtown Santa Rosa.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Rex Allen	The Covered Wagon	Riding All Day
2	Jimmie Rodgers	Prairie Lullaby	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
3	Carl T. Sprague	O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
4	The Carter Family	Cowboy Jack	On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 2
5	Rhubarb Red	Little Green Valley (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
6	The Riders Of The Purple Sage	Cool Water (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
7	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	The Strawberry Roan	Saturday Night Rag 1934-1936 Vol. 1
8	Hank Snow	I Traded My Saddle for a Rifle	1942-1943 (Warped 4206)
9	Rex Allen	Dreaming of the Western Plains	Riding All Day
10	Roy Rogers	My Chickashay Girl	1942-1947 (Warped 4561)
11	Roy Rogers	Don't Fence Me In	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
12	Sons of the Pioneers	Moonlight On the Prairie	Songs of the Prairie – CD1
13	Sons of the Pioneers	Cool Water	Cool Water & 17 Western Favorites
14	Charlie Haden	Oh Shenandoah	Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
15	Al Caiola & His Orchestra	Bonanza	TV Land presents Favorite TV Theme Songs
16	Various	The Virginian	Television's Greatest Hits Vol.II – 65 More TV Themes 50s and 60s
17	Johnny Western	The Ballad Of Paladin	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
18	Johnny Cash	The Rebel Johnny Yuma	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
19	Lee Marvin	Wand'rin Star	Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1
20	Dean Martin	Rio Bravo	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
21	Rick Nelson	My Rifle My Pony And Me (w/ Dean Martin)	Legacy [Disc 1]
22	Marty Robbins	Ballad Of The Alamo	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
23	Frankie Laine	Rawhide	The Cowboy Album
24	Johnny Horton	Sleepy-Eyed John	Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (2 of 2)
25	Patsy Montana	My Dear Old Arizona Home	The Best Of Patsy Montana
26	Roy Rogers	Rock Me to Sleep in My Saddle	1942-1947 (Warped 4561)
27	Fess Parker	The Ballad Of Davy Crockett	The Cowboy Album
28	Vaughn Monroe	(Ghost) Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)	The Cowboy Album
29	Johnny Cash	The Sons Of Katie Elder	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
30	Gene Autry	Red River Valley	The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946
31	Johnny Bond	Twilight On The Trail	Country Hits Vol. 6
32	The Sons Of The Pioneers	O Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie	Sons Of The Pioneers
33	The Cinema Sound Orchestra	High Noon	Western Film Themes
34	Willie Nelson	Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys [Album Version]	Willie Nelson's Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be)

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, New Orleans, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Theme Time

Bayou R&B

January 26, 2019 Dave

Back to the bayou once more. This time we keep our focus with laser precision on the rhythm and the blues swirling around in the stew that is Louisiana and the southern climes. You can look forward to some straight ahead blues from Katie Webster, B. B. King, and Lonesome Sundown as well as rhythm vocals from the likes of Art Neville, The Del-Chords, and Joe Richards. I’m telling you…you won’t be hearing anything like it anywhere on Sonoma County radio. It’s a down and dirty bayou collection including selections from the Ace UK archives, the Chess label, and includes some special treats from Little Richard, The Spiders, and King Karl.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	James Booker	Junco Partner	Junco Partner
2	Little Richard	Directly from My Heart	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2]
3	Joe Richards	You'd Better Change	Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin'
4	Tabby Thomas	I'd Love To Tell	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
5	Johnnie Allan	Lonely Days & Lonely Nights	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
6	Cookie & His Cupcakes	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
7	The Velvetiers	Feelin' Right On Saturday Night	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
8	The Del-Chords	Help Me	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
9	The Hi-Fi's	I'm So Lonely	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
10	The Spiders	I Didn't Want to Do It	Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 3
11	Art Neville	House On The Hill	Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art)
12	Art Neville	What's Going On	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
13	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Ain't Got No Home	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
14	Earl King	Feeling My Way Around	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
15	Sugar Boy Crawford	What's Wrong	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
16	Chris Kenner	Something You Got	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
17	Katie Webster	Hoo Wee, Sweet Daddy	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
18	Jimmy Dotson	I Need Your Love	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
19	Lionel Torrance	Rooty Tooty	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
20	King Karl	Walking Through The Park	Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin'
21	B.B. King	Bad Case of Love	Blues on the Bayou
22	Lonesome Sundown	California Blues	Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin'
23	Huey "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
24	Fats Domino	Whole Lotta Loving	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2)
25	Bobby Mitchell	I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
26	Clifton Chenier	The Big Wheel (Squeeze Box Shuffle)	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
27	Smiley Lewis	Shame, Shame, Shame	I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3
28	John Fred	Shirley	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
29	Ernie K-Doe	Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta	Absolutely the Best
30	Big Boy Myles	New Orleans	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
31	Frankie Ford	Roberta	Very Best Of Frankie Ford
32	Charles Brown & Amos Milburn	Educated Fool	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4]
33	Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow	Jumping At The Zadacoe	Louisiana Swamp Blues
34	Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns	Don't You Know Yockomo	Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1
35	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	It Won't Be Long	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
36	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Modern Americana

Country Songwriters

January 19, 2019 Dave

This week’s Deeper Roots pays tribute to a collection of country songwriters who made an impact on the American musical art form, defining the tone and story that was told. We’ll walk through nearly a hundred years of performances by the familiars: Emmylou Harris, Jim Reeves, Johnny Cash, and Ray Charles, all taking on the songs of A.P. Carter, Jimmie Rodgers, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, and Cindy Walker. We’ll also hear from Dolly, Willie, and Elvis on a cold and wet January Friday in West Sonoma County. Join Dave Stroud as he enters his seventh year hosting our two hour show live from the Sebastopol studios of KOWS Community Radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Emmylou Harris	Gold Watch and Chain	Roses in the Snow
2	Rosanne Cash	Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow	The List
3	Jorma Kaukonen	You & My Old Guitar	Blue Country Heart
4	Ricky Skaggs	I Don't Care	The Essential Ricky Skaggs
5	The Louvin Brothers	The Precious Jewel	Sing The Great Roy Acuff Songs
6	Leon Russell	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
7	Jerry Lee Lewis	You Win Again	A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
8	Dwight Yoakam	Always Late (With Your Kisses)	Hillbilly Deluxe
9	Ray Charles	Busted	Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
10	Buck Owens	Together Again	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
11	Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen	Take Me Back Again	Running Wild
12	Cyndi Lauper	Night Life (Featuring Willie Nelson)	Detour
13	Willie Nelson	Crazy	One Hell Of A Ride
14	Hank Snow/Willie Nelson	Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On	In the Jailhouse Now/Brand on My Heart
15	Patsy Cline	I Fall To Pieces	The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2]
16	Burl Ives	A Little Bitty Tear (Single Version)	20th Century Masters :The Millennium Collection: Best of Burl Ives
17	Les Paul	I'm Movin' On	Legend and Legacy [Disc 3]
18	Elvis Presley	Guitar Man	Artist of the Century Disc 2
19	John Cowan	Devil Woman (feat. John McFee)	Sixty
20	Jim Reeves	Home	Essential Jim Reeves
21	Roger Miller	Husbands And Wives	Country Legends
22	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Branded Man (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
23	Dave Alvin	Kern River	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
24	Tom T. Hall	A Week In A Country Jail	Classic Country: Great Story Songs [Disc 1]
25	Johnny Cash	I'll Go Somewhere And Sing My Songs Again	The Mystery Of Life
26	Dolly Parton	Jolene	Jolene
27	Alison Krauss/Shania Twain/Union Station	Coat of Many Colors	Just Because I'm a Woman: The Songs of Dolly Parton
28	Willie Nelson	Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down ["Naked" version]	Naked Willie
29	Bobby Bare	Miller's Cave	The Best Of Bobby Bare
30	Steve Earle	Tecumseh Valley	Train a Comin'

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Soul

Goodnight Irene

January 12, 2019 Dave

Free form this week. We’re pulling out the stops with a mix of gospel from the King’s Sacred Quartette, Band memories from Steve Forbert and Rick Danko, some sixties garage band, classic R&B from Shirley & Lee and Lloyd Price, and the Motown sounds of Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, and Stevie Wonder. The mix includes country, blues classics, and an After Hours mash-up…all for you…all for community radio on a Friday morning in West County. Join in the revelry.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Dr. John	Good Night, Irene	Goin' Back To New Orleans
2	Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos	After Hours	The Hotel Child
3	Willie Dixon And Friends	After Hours	Willie Dixon And Friends, Vol. 9
4	Ivory Joe Hunter	I Almost Lost My Mind	The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter : 1947 – 1950
5	Fats Domino	The Girl I Love [Version 2]	This Is Gold Disc 1
6	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Beams of Heaven	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
7	The Soul Stirrers	Slow Train	Tribute to Sam Cooke
8	King's Sacred Quartette	Turn Your Radio On	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
9	Rick Danko	When I Get My Just Rewards	Cryin' Heart Blues
10	Steve Forbert	Wild as the Wind	Just Like There's Nothin' to It
11	Bob Dylan & The Band	The Shape I'm In	Before The Flood [Live] [Disc 2]
12	The Byrds	You Ain't Going Nowhere	Sweetheart of the Rodeo
13	Maria Muldaur	Sweetheart	Waitress In a Donut Shop
14	Sam Cooke	Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (2 of 4)
15	Kermit Ruffins	When It's Sleepy Time Down South	We Partyin' Traditional Style
16	The Fabulous Thunderbirds	Stagger Lee	Porky's Revenge! [Expanded]
17	Cannibal & the Headhunters	Land of 1000 Dances	Classic Rock: 1965 – Shakin' All Over
18	Lloyd Price	Rock 'n' Roll Dance	Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants [Disc 3]
19	Shirley & Lee	I Want To Dance	Shirley & Lee Rock
20	Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels	Mitch Ryder Radio Promo	Detroit Breakout! 1
21	Booker T. & the MG's	Time Is Tight	The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's
22	The Four Tops	It's the Same Old Song	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
23	Marvin Gaye	Stubborn Kind of Fellow	The Soul of Detroit – Disc 1
24	Little Stevie Wonder	Contract On Love	The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta!
25	Richard Lanham	On Your Radio	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
26	Johnnie & Joe	Over the Mountain, Across the Sea, Pt. 2	The Very Best of Johnnie & Joe – Over the Mountain, Across the Sea
27	Blu Lu Barker	That Made Him Mad	Don't You Feel My Leg
28	Wanda Jackson	Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad	Queen Of Rockabilly
29	Levon Helm	False Hearted Lover Blues	Dirt Farmer
30	Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur	Diamond Joe	Penny's Farm
31	The Louvin Brothers	There's A Higher Power	Long Play Collection
32	Warren Zevon	Excitable Boy	A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon
33	Dale Evans	My Heart Is Down Texas Way (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1

Who We Lost 2018

January 5, 2019 Dave

We’ll circle back to the past twelve months on Deeper Roots’ Friday evening with a little bit of reverence and a whole lot of thanks. While this past year struck what could be a mortal blow to democracy as we know it, a number of greats (both high profile and ‘under the radar’) were lost along the way. The names may not be so easy to collate with only two hours to share but we’ll do our best. Remembering Clarence Fountain, Eddy Clearwater, Otis Rush, Eugene Pitt, Marty Balin, Lorrie Collins, Tony Joe White, Roy Clark, and so many others on a Friday evening on Sonoma County community radio. Tune into our last show of the year and help us remember what these performers brought us.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Buddy Holly	Peggy Sue	From the Original Master Tapes
2	Tony Joe White	Polk Salad Annie	Classic Rock: 1969 – The Beat Goes On
3	Roy Clark	Yesterday When I Was Young	Superstars Of Country Hello Darlin' [Disc 2]
4	Freddie Hart	Easy Loving	Superstars Of Country: Easy Loving [Disc 1]
5	Don Cherry	Band Of Gold	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
6	Lorrie Collins	Another Man Done Gone	Hop, Skip And Jump [Disc 2]
7	Jefferson Airplane	It's No Secret	Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 Disc 1
8	The Edwin Hawkins Singers	Oh Happy Day	Oh Happy Day: The Best Of The Edwin Hawkins Singers
9	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Stand By Me	Higher Ground
10	Neville Brothers	Brother Blood	Uptown Rulin' / The Best Of The Neville Brothers
11	Hugh Masekela	Grazing In The Grass	Easy Listening Gold 1968-1969 [Disc 2]
12	Nancy Wilson	You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To	Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes
13	Bob Dorough	Your The Dangerous Type	Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour – Best Of The Second Series
14	Roy Hargrove	Afrodisia	Habana
15	Aretha Franklin	Think	Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 2]
16	The Temptations	Cloud Nine	Anthology, Vol. 2 [Disc 2]
17	Denise Lasalle	You Shoulda Kept It in the Bedroom	On the Chitlin Circuit
18	Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater	Back Down to Earth	Rock 'n' Roll City
19	Otis Rush & His Band	Violent Love	The Cobra Records Story (Disc 1) Chicago Rock and Blues 1956-1958
20	Lazy Lester	I Hear You Knockin'	The Best Of Excello Records
21	Big Jay McNeely & His Blue Jays	Deacon's Hop	Jump, Jive & Swing
22	Irma Thomas With Henry Butler	River Is Waiting	Putumayo Presents Rhythm & Blues
23	Tab Hunter	I'm A Runaway	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
24	Cyril Pahinui & Bob Brozman	Hilo E/E Lili'u E	Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar: Masters Collection, v2
25	Jack Costanzo	Peter Gunn Mambo	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever
26	Joe Rene & Orchestra/The Jive Five	My True Story	Doo Wop Box Disc 4
27	The Crystals	Uptown	The Best Of The Crystals
28	Chairmen of the Board	Give Me Just A Little More Time	70s Music Explosion – Sunshine Disc 2
29	The Ventures	Walk, Don't Run	61* [Box Set] Disc 1
30	Lynyrd Skynyrd	Sweet Home Alabama	Pure 70's

Americana, Country, Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country

Stay a Little Longer

December 26, 2018 Dave

Country swing is the thing this morning on Deeper Roots. We won’t be spending time on the ancestral roots as much as we’ll be exploring the small local bands of the Southwest. We’ll use Jean A. Boyd’s excellent reference “Dance All Night : Those Other Southwestern Swing Bands Past and Present” as our rudder and guidebook in the show. The heartbeat of any American genre is usually the local band and during the later years of the Great Depression and throughout the Second World War people were looking for something uplifting to dance to. In Texas (and really all across the Southwest) the sound was country swing: a mix of jazz, blues, polka, latin and hillbilly fiddle. We’ll be featuring the small time big names like The Tune Wranglers, Cliff Bruner, Leon Selph, Floyd Tillman, and Adolph Hofner and so many more in our show this morning, direct from our studios in downtown Sebastopol.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Adolph Hofner	Let's Count The Stars	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
2	The Tune Wranglers	Red's Tight Like That	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1]
3	The Tune Wranglers	Up Jumped The Devil	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
4	The Tune Wranglers	El Rancho Grande	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1]
5	Jimmy Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys	Dirty Dog	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
6	Jimmie Revard & The Oklahoma Playboys	Lose Your Blues and Laugh At Life	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2]
7	Adolph Hofner & His Texans	I'll Keep My Old Guitar (1938)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
8	Bar X Cowboys	Underneath The Sun	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
9	Bar X Cowboys	When Mama Goes Out	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 3]
10	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers	Bring It On Home To Grandma	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
11	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers	I Was A Gambler In Texas	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 4] Saturday Night Rag)
12	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers	When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)	Hillbilly Fever! Vol. 1: Legends Of Western Swing
13	Shelly Lee Alley & His Alley Cats	Women Women Women	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
14	Shelly Lee Alley & The Alley Cats	Try It Once Again	King Of Western Swing Volume One
15	Leon Selph	When You Smile	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
16	Leon Selph	In My Dreams	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
17	Leon Selph's Blue Ridge Playboys, feat. Floyd Tillman	Why Do I Love You	Country Music Hall Of Fame
18	Floyd Tillman & The Village Boys	Daisy May	Country Music Hall Of Fame
19	Village Boys	Boogie Woogie In the Village	Boogie Man Boogie
20	Village Boys	Old Joe Is At It Again	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 8
21	Modern Mountaineers	Getting That Lowdown Swing	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
22	Smokey Wood & The Woodchips	Keep On Truckin'	King Of Western Swing Volume One
23	Ocie Stockard & His Wanderers	Bass Man Jive	Western Swing: Hot Hillbilly Jazz & Blues – 1935-1947
24	Ocie Stockard	Twin Guiter Polka	Country Hits Vol. 6
25	Ocie Stockard	There'll Be Some Changes Made	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
26	Bill & Boyd	Drink The Barrel Dry	Western Swing 40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1]
27	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	(When I Had) My Pony On the Range	Swing With Bill Boyd's Cowboy Rambers
28	Bill & Boyd	Jitterbug Jive	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 4]
29	The Hi-Flyers	Watcha Gonna Do	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
30	The Hi-Flyers	I'm Doing It Too	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
31	Adolph Hofner	South Texas Swing	South Texas Swing

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Country Christmas 2018

December 21, 2018 Dave

It’s a holly, jolly, country Christmas on a Friday morning in West County. We’ll put our political blinders on this morning in search of the merriment that ’tis the season on Deeper Roots. This year’s Christmas special is a collection of country sounds, both new and old, that takes us down a path that mixes contemporary Americana, bluegrass, rockabilly, and classic country into a finely tuned blend of holiday cheer. We’ll be cooking from the Texas panhandle with Dale Watson, taking the high lonesome yule train with Jimmy Martin, spinning yarns with Johnny and Tommy Cash, and dropping by the Waffle House with Bill Anderson. Tune in knowing full well that the dinner’s in the oven and the stockings are all hung by the chimney with care. Merry Christmas to you and yours!

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Gretchen Wilson	I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas	I Want a Hippopotamus For Christmas
2	Ernest Tubb	I'll Be Walking the Floor This Christmas	Christmas On the Country Side
3	Pee Wee King	Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus	Pee Wee King's Country Hoedown (1 of 2)
4	Buck Owens	Santa Looked A Lot Like Daddy (Original Mono Single Version)	Buck 'Em: The Music Of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
5	Jimmy Martin	Daddy Will Santa Claus Ever Have to Die	To Mother At Christmas
6	Jimmy Martin	Old Fashioned Christmas	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
7	The Country Gentlemen	Christmas Time Back Home	The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 1]
8	Ralph Stanley	I'm Going Home, It's Christmas Time	Christmas Time with Ralph Stanley
9	The Louvin Brothers	Santa's Big Parade	Christmas On the Country Side
10	Bill Anderson	Waffle House Christmas	Anderson
11	Mary Gauthier	Christmas In Paradise	Filth & Fire
12	Lyle Lovett	Christmas Morning	The Road To Ensenada
13	John Prine	Christmas In Prison	Souvenirs
14	Dale Watson	You Can Call Me Nick	Christmas Time in Texas
15	Eddy Arnold	Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town	Christmas On the Country Side
16	Sonny James	I Forgot to Remember Santa Claus	Singles
17	Tennessee Ernie Ford	A Rootin' Tootin' Santa Claus	Christmas On the Country Side
18	Loretta Lynn	To Heck With Ole Santa Claus	White Christmas Blue
19	Johnny Cash/Tommy Cash	That Christmasy Feeling	The Classic Christmas Album
20	George Jones	Lonely Christmas Call	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
21	Chip Taylor	Merry F'n Christmas	The Little Prayers Trilogy (disc 1)
22	Billy Joe Shaver	Merry Christmas To You	Freedom's Child
23	Antsy McClain	Mary Lou's Christmas List	Merry Christmas from the Trailer Park
24	Ernest Tubb	Blue Christmas	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
25	John Prine	I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus	A John Prine Christmas
26	Dale Watson	Santa Bring Her Back	Christmas Time in Texas
27	Little Jimmy Dickens	No Place Like Home On Christmas	Country Boy [Disc 5]
28	Eddy Arnold	I'm Your Private Santa Claus	Christmas On the Country Side
29	Asleep at the Wheel	Here Comes Santa Claus	Merry Texas Christmas, Y'All
30	Kacey Musgraves	Let It Snow	A Very Kacey Christmas
31	Leon Redbone Feat. Dr. John	Frosty The Snowman (With Dr. John)	Christmas Island
32	John Anderson	Here Comes Santa Claus	Boots To Big to Fill

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Carl Sandburg’s Songbag Pt 2

December 1, 2018 Dave

We had so much fun with our first installment a few months back that we thought it was worth a second installment…well, that and the depth and breadth of the American Songbag certainly lends itself to doing so. It doesn’t hurt either that it fits our deeper roots sensibilities so well. This installment finds us meandering about those classic songs whose topics include mellow blues ballads, hobo songs, Mexican border songs (how appropriate), tarnished love tales, and the ‘road to heaven’. Helping us through our sets we’ll be featuring an interesting collection of performers: Dave Van Ronk, Dock Boggs, Rosanne Cash, and Peter Case. A host of others will join in the fun on Community Radio for Sonoma County.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Dave Van Ronk	Willie The Weeper	Down In Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
2	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Willie the Weeper	Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 1
3	Dan Zanes	Roll The Chariot	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
4	Josh White	Barbara Allen	Best Of Josh White
5	Delmore Brothers	Frozen Girl	Brown's Ferry Blues
6	Dock Boggs	Pretty Polly	Country Blues
7	The Carter Family	My Sweetheart Is a Poor Working Girl/Waves of the Sea (Instrumental)	On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1
8	Tony Rice	House Carpenter	Church Street Blues
9	Hylo Brown	Pretty Fair Maiden	Legends & Tall Tales
10	Ola Belle Reed, John Miller, Burl Kilby	The Orphan Girl	Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line
11	David Rawlings	Midnight Train	Poor David's Almanack
12	Arlo Guthrie	Gypsy Davy	Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys (Remastered 2004)
13	Peter Case	Roving Gambler	Sings Like Hell
14	Rosanne Cash	Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow	The List
15	Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra & William Warfield	Old American Songs (Set One): Zion's Walls	Copland Conducts Copland (Expanded Edition)
16	Louis Armstrong	Ezekiel Saw De Wheel	Louis And The Good Book
17	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Things That I used to do (and I Don't Do No More)	The Gospel Truth
18	The Robinson Children	I Ain't Gwine Study About War No More	Swinging Gospel Sounds (1935-1942)
19	The Bronzemen	Dese Bones Gwine Rise Again	The Bronzemen – Radio Transcriptions (1939)
20	Septeto Habanero	Cielito Lindo	Cuba. Por La Musica
21	Los Panchos	La Cucaracha – La Adelita	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
22	Dan Zanes	Lo Que Digo	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
23	Kathy Reid-Naiman	Pretty Betty Martin	Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
24	Laurie Lewis	Weevily Wheat	Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals
25	Dan Zanes	Cuckoo Waltz	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
26	Tom Paxton	Times A-Getting Hard, Boys	Seeds – The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3 (Disc 2 Of 2 – Friends Of Pete)
27	Bobby Bare	Times Are Gettin' Hard	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
28	Ronnie Gilbert	Lincoln And Liberty	Songs Of The Civil War
29	Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur	The Boll Weevil	Penny's Farm
30	Dave Van Ronk	Gamblers Blues	Dust Bowl Blues Essential American Folk

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