Category Archives: Country

Tales of lonesome saddles, lost loves, broken hearts, and lonely rooms…a mood, a tone, and short vignettes so common among those themes of country music. We’ve got that and much more in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. Performances from Grandpa Jones, The Stanley Brothers, Lefty Frizzell, Mel Tillis, and many others, will take us on a ride on a country road, drinking new wine from an old jug. That will also include stories of highway mishaps, the bottom of the bottle, and a mystery of the Tallahatchie Bridge. Friday solemn sounds from the past century on Sonoma County community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Bobbie Gentry	Ode To Billie Joe	Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967
2	Elvis Presley	Don't Cry Daddy	Always on My Mind
3	Tammy Wynette	D-I-V-O-R-C-E	Country Legends
4	Hank Williams	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	24 Greatest
5	Bobby Bare	Jeannie4s Last Kiss (1963)	All American Boy – CD 2
6	Doc & Merle Watson	The Tragic Romance	Ballads From Deep Gap
7	David Grisman w/Alan O'Bryant	Tragic Romance	Life Of Sorrow
8	Grandpa Jones	Tragic Romance	Makes The Rafters Ring
9	The Stanley Brothers	Tragic Love	An Evening Long Ago: Live 1956
10	Lefty Frizzell	The Tragic Letter (& Wayne Raney) 1965	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 3)
11	Red Fox Chasers	Wreck On The Mountain Road	People Take Warning [Disc 1] – Man Vs. Machine
12	Esco Hankins	Wreck on the Highway	1947-1951 (Warped 4732)
13	Vernon Dalhart	The Wreck Of The Old '97	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1]
14	Lefty Frizzell	Long Black Veil	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
15	Mel Tillis	Life Turned Her That Way	36 All Time Greatest Hits
16	Mary Gauthier	Mercy Now	Mercy Now
17	Townes Van Zandt	Waiting Around to Die	Legend: The Very Best Of Townes Van Zandt
18	Vern Gosdin	Chiseled in Stone	Chiseled in Stone
19	Ray Charles & Willie Nelson	Seven Spanish Angels	The Many Sides Of Willie Nelson [Cd 3 "Duets"] (1992)
20	James King	He Stopped Loving Her Today	Three Chords & The Truth
21	Lucinda Williams	Sweet Old World	Sweet Old World
22	Dwight Yoakam	I Sang Dixie	Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
23	Willie Nelson	Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain	Artist's Choice: Sheryl Crow
24	Merle Haggard	Sing Me Back Home	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
25	Red Foley	Old Shep	Smoke on the Water / Hillbilly Fever
26	Walter Brennan	Old Rivers	Classic Country Great Story Songs [Disc 2]
27	Charlie Louvin	Wreck on the Highway	Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs
28	Doc & Merle Watson	The Wreck of The Old #9	Ballads From Deep Gap
29	Faron Young	Hello Walls	Hello Walls / The Young Approach
30	Merle Haggard	If We Make It Through December (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
31	Johnny Cash	Hurt	Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American

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

Lies and Liars

August 26, 2018 Dave

A notorious theme in our world today. But it’s not like there is a thin line between truth and lies in the end. The line is clearly defined and yet people would rather imagine anything but what is clearly painted before them. Our show today looks at what the worst often looks like. Dirty lies, white lies, poison lies, and all of those falsehoods made in earnest or in self promotion. There are those who proudly wear the color of lies and hate to remind us that vigilance is more important now than ever. Call out the lies. This week, we look at it through the gospel lens with Sister Rosetta Tharpe, swim into the rock oldies pool with The Knickerbockers, swing soft and winsome country with Carl Smith and The Carters, and we’ll also bring in some contemporary sounds including tracks from Mavis Staples, David Olney, and Robert Ellis. I don’t know about you but I’m sick about what’s happening.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Mavis Staples	We Go High	If All I Was Was Black
2	Fats Domino	Telling Lies	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
3	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	No Room In the Church for Liars	Precious Memories
4	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Let That Liar Alone	ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
5	Reverend A. Johnson	Let That Liar Pass On By	1950s Gospel Classics
6	Radio Yesterday	Lights Out	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
7	Martha Fields	Southern White Lies	Southern White Lies
8	Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands	Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)	The Hazel and Alice Sessions
9	The Carter Family	You Better Let That Liar Alone	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
10	David Olney	No Lies	One Tough Town
11	Rosalie Allen	Hitler Lives	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
12	Carl Smith	Wicked Lies	Kisses Don't Lie
13	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	The Biggest Liars in Town	Home of the Blues
14	Flatt & Scruggs	Poison Lies	The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
15	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Lies	Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary
16	Cyndi Lauper	Lies	A Hat Full Of Stars
17	The Roosevelts	Tell Only Lies	The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn
18	Ian Gomm	Dirty Lies	Summer Holiday
19	The Castaways	Liar, Liar	Good Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack]
20	The Knickerbockers	Lies	Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
21	Tex Grande & His Range Riders	Hitler's Reply to Mussolini	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
22	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	Tellin' Lies	The Eyes of Texas
23	John Hartford	Politic	Hamilton Ironworks
24	Mimi & Richard Farina	House Un-American Blues Activity Dream	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
25	Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone Walk	All Men Are Liars	Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe
26	J.J. Cale	Lies	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
27	Frankie Boots And The County Line	Pack Of Lies	Frankie Boots And The County Line
28	Neko Case	Lonely Old Lies	The Virginian
29	Johnnie Taylor	Running Out Of Lies	Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3]

The Object of My Affection

August 11, 2018 Dave

It’s a free form episode that follows the American songbook stream of musical consciousness from the early twentieth century right up through some contemporary sounds. A river of rhythm and song…. doo wop shoo wops, the 88 key bounce of boogie woogie, master jelly roll bakers, and sweet confections for you on a warm summer Friday morning from the West County studios of KOWS radio. Performances will include Les Paul, Peggy Lee, Levon Helm, The Adderly Brothers, Jesse Winchester, and a couple dozen more of your favorites. Settle in for a free form collection of memories and musical gems from the past century with your host, Dave Stroud.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Mavis Staples	We Go High	If All I Was Was Black
2	Fats Domino	Telling Lies	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
3	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	No Room In the Church for Liars	Precious Memories
4	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Let That Liar Alone	ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
5	Reverend A. Johnson	Let That Liar Pass On By	1950s Gospel Classics
6	Radio Yesterday	Lights Out	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
7	Martha Fields	Southern White Lies	Southern White Lies
8	Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands	Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)	The Hazel and Alice Sessions
9	The Carter Family	You Better Let That Liar Alone	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
10	David Olney	No Lies	One Tough Town
11	Rosalie Allen	Hitler Lives	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
12	Carl Smith	Wicked Lies	Kisses Don't Lie
13	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	The Biggest Liars in Town	Home of the Blues
14	Flatt & Scruggs	Poison Lies	The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
15	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Lies	Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary
16	Cyndi Lauper	Lies	A Hat Full Of Stars
17	The Roosevelts	Tell Only Lies	The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn
18	Ian Gomm	Dirty Lies	Summer Holiday
19	The Castaways	Liar, Liar	Good Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack]
20	The Knickerbockers	Lies	Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
21	Tex Grande & His Range Riders	Hitler's Reply to Mussolini	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
22	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	Tellin' Lies	The Eyes of Texas
23	John Hartford	Politic	Hamilton Ironworks
24	Mimi & Richard Farina	House Un-American Blues Activity Dream	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
25	Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone Walk	All Men Are Liars	Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe
26	J.J. Cale	Lies	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
27	Frankie Boots And The County Line	Pack Of Lies	Frankie Boots And The County Line
28	Neko Case	Lonely Old Lies	The Virginian
29	Johnnie Taylor	Running Out Of Lies	Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3]

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

Answer Songs

August 4, 2018 Dave

Answer songs. A novelty of the music business that has always had a place but it truly exploded, becoming habit-forming with the advent of Top 30 radio in the fifties and sixties. Seldom was there an answer song that responded to a question that was not a big success. This week on Deeper Roots, it will be a ’round robin’ of ‘question followed by answer’ songs including the obscure (which about 99% of the so-called answer songs were). You’ll be treated to the sounds of Tennessee Ernie Ford, Muddy Waters, Rufus Thomas, Dodie Stevens, and Elvis (of course) on a summer Friday in West Sonoma County.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Ernest Tubb	Rainbow At Midnight	The Texas Troubadour ([Disc 1] – Walking The Floor Over You (The Hits Vol.1)
2	Slim Bryant and his Wildcats/Lost John Miller	Answer to Rainbow At Midnight	Answer to Rainbow At Midnight
3	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	The Wild Side Of Life	Vintage Collections
4	Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	The Complete Country Hits
5	Hank Locklin	Please Help Me, I'm Falling	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
6	Skeeter Davis	(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too	The Essential Skeeter Davis
7	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	Vintage Collections
8	Patsy Montana	16 Pounds	Best of Answer Songs vol 2
9	Merle Haggard	Okie From Muskogee	Capitol Collector's Series
10	Lowell Levinger	Hippie From Olema	Get Together- Youngblood Classics
11	Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
12	Rufus Thomas	Bear Cat	Living The Blues – 1953-1954 Blues Classics
13	Elvis Presley	Little Sister	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
14	Lavern Baker	Hey Memphis	Best of Answer Songs vol 2
15	Elvis Presley	Are You Lonesome Tonight	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
16	Dodie Stevens	Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight	Ultimate Collection
17	Claude King	Wolverton Mountain	Classic Country
18	Jo Ann Campbell	(I'm the Girl From) Wolverton Mountain	Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 2
19	Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchell	Yes Mr. Peters	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
20	Justin Tubb & Lorene Mann	Hurry Mr. Peters	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
21	Muddy Waters	(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
22	Bo Diddley	I'm A Man	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley
23	Muddy Waters	Mannish Boy	The Definitive Collection
24	The Dominoes	Sixty Minute Man	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'
25	Billy Ward & the Dominoes	Can't Do Sixty No More	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
26	The Bobbettes	Mr. Lee	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
27	The Bobbettes	I Shot Mr. Lee	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
28	Neil Sedaka	Oh! Carol	All Time Greatest Hits
29	Carole King	Oh Neil	Best of Answer Songs vol 1
30	Sam Cooke	Bring It on Home to Me	Greatest Hits
31	Carla Thomas	I'll Bring It Home To You	Gee Whiz & Other Hits
32	Ben E. King	Stand By Me	Heatin' Up
33	Damita Jo	I'll Be There	Best of Answer Songs vol 1
34	Ernie K-Doe	Mother-In-Law	Absolutely the Best
35	Paul Peek	Brother-In-Law	Best of Answer Songs vol 2

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

Political Science

July 28, 2018 Dave

The winds of social change become the storm from every direction when authoritarianism, tyranny, and facism begin to take shape. And music has always played a part when speaking truth to power. The most important role of an American citizen is to vote. There is no greater enemy than apathy. The songs we share on Deeper Roots today focus on Civil Rights, war for the cause of oil, voting as voice, and the fight for power in the New World Order. Tune in for performances from Phil Ochs, Ben Harper, Drive-By Truckers, Roy Zimmerman, and Iris DeMent on a show that explores some political science in harmony, vocals, and melodies to make a stand.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Roy Zimmerman	Real America	Real American
2	Jackson Browne	The Dreamer	The Dreamer
3	Steve Earle with Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark	16 Immigrant Eyes	Together at The Bluebird Cafe
4	Steve Earle	City Of Immigrants (With Forro In The Dark)	Washington Square Serenade
5	Roy Zimmerman	My Vote My Voice My Right	The Faucet's On Fire
6	Phil Ochs	I Ain't Marching Anymore	There But for Fortune
7	The Byrds	Draft Morning	The Notorious Byrd Brothers
8	Barry McGuire	Eve of Destruction	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1965
9	Bruce Cockburn	If I Had A Rocket Launcher	Waiting For A Miracle: Singles 1970-1987
10	Randy Newman	Political Science	The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1
11	Joan Baez	The President Sang Amazing Grace	Whistle Down the Wind
12	Drive-By Truckers	What It Means	American Band
13	Drive-By Truckers	Guns Of Umpqua	American Band
14	Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals	Call It What It Is	Call It What It Is
15	Mavis Staples	We Go High	If All I Was Was Black
16	Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
17	C.O.R.E. Freedom Singers	Get Your Rights, Jack	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
18	Nina Simone	To Be Young, Gifted And Black	Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit
19	The Staple Singers	Freedom Highway	Freedom Highway
20	The Almanac Singers	Dear Mr. President	Woody Guthrie And American Folk Giants
21	Woody Guthrie	This Land Is Your Land	American Roots Music [Disc 3]
22	Joan Baez	I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 4]
23	Marvin Gaye	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 2
24	Randy Newman	Every Man a King	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
25	Randy Newman	Rednecks	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
26	The Blind Boys of Alabama	Pray for Peace	Almost Home
27	Public Enemy	Fight The Power	Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Free Form, Gospel, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Soul

Tell Old Bill

July 14, 2018 Dave

We’ve got another free form collection of sounds for a Friday in Sonoma County. The July heat has us moving a little slower as everything around us appears to move at breakneck speed. So the idea is to help us find our center and we do that with sounds from the islands with Joe Keawe and Arthur Lyman, soul from the heart by Solomon Burke and Betty Everett, and some tradition with a mix of Johnny Cash, Ry Cooder, and Bob Wills. We find our muse throughout with David Lindley and El Rayo-X. Join us.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Dave Van Ronk	Tell Old Bill	Down In Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
2	K.C. Douglas	Mercury Blues	Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
3	Jackson Browne & David Lindley	Mercury Blues	Love Is Strange [Disc 1]
4	Warren Zevon	Gorilla, You're A Desperado	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) [Disc 1]
5	Billy Butler & The Enchanters	I Can't Work No Longer	Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
6	The Temptations	Papa Was A Rollin' Stone	Anthology, Vol. 2 [Disc 2]
7	Chris Barber's Jazz Band	Petite Fleur (Little FLower)	Your Hit Parade -1959
8	Joanie Sommers	Johnny Get Angry	Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)
9	Arthur Lyman Group	Maui Chimes	The Best of the Arthur Lyman Group
10	Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians	Tomi Tomi	Vintage Hawaiian Music: The Great Singers 1928 – 1934
11	Joe Keawe	My Little Grass Shack	Hapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics – Vintage Hawaiian Treasures: Vol. I
12	Dave Van Ronk	My Little Grass Shack (In Kealakekua, Hawaii)	A Chrestomathy [Disc 2]
13	Ry Cooder	Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)	Jazz (Remaster 2013)
14	Rhiannon Giddens	Up Above My Head	Tomorrow Is My Turn
15	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Singing in My Soul	The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]
16	Etta James	Something's Got a Hold on Me	Chess Blues Disc 4
17	Betty Everett	You're No Good	Something's Got A Hold On Me
18	Solomon Burke	If You Need Me	Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis)
19	The Impressions	Gypsy Woman	Hit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount Story
20	Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns	Tu-Ber-Cu-Lucas And The Sinus Blues	Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1
21	Wild Tchoupitoulas	Brother John	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]]
22	Nappy Brown	Goody Goody Gum Drop	Night Time Is the Right Time [Disc 1]
23	Johnny Cash	Understand Your Man	16 Biggest Hits
24	Johnny Cash	Cindy[w. Nick Cave]	Unearthed Vol 3 – Redemption Songs
25	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Get Along Home, Cindy	Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 8
26	The Louvin Brothers	I Wonder Where You Are Tonight	Close Harmony [Disc 3]
27	Jimmy Dean	Big Bad John (Uncensored Version)	Best of Answer Songs vol 3
28	Big Brother & the Holding Company/Janis Joplin	Bye Bye Baby	Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits
29	Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers	Get Along Home, Miss Cindy	Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers
30	David Lindley & El Rayo-X	Texas Tango	Very Greasy
31	David Lindley	Mercury Blues	El Rayo-X

Americana, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music, Theme Time

Carl Sandburg’s Songbag

July 7, 2018 Dave

Published in 1927, populist poet Carl Sandburg’s anthology of American folksongs was in print for over 70 years. It influenced generations of musicians and is a cornerstone in the foundation of American folk and tradition. Sandburg himself described it as a “ragbag of stripes and streaks of color from nearly all ends of the earth…rich with the diversity of the United States.” Today’s show pulls samples from the book featuring performances by Dan Zanes, Bob Dylan, The Weavers, The Blue Sky Boys, and David Rawlings. True Americana from the deeper wells of America’s music.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Zora Layman & The Hometowners	When The Curtains Of The Night Are Pinned Back By The Stars	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
2	Johnny Cash	The Streets of Laredo	Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 2]
3	Sons of the Pioneers	Lone Star Trail	Songs of the Prairie – CD2
4	Tex Ritter	Whoopee Ti Yi Yo (Git Along Little Dogies)	Have I Stayed Away Too Long
5	The Weavers	Get Along Little Dogies	The Weavers Almanac
6	Woody Guthrie	Buffalo Skinners (traditional, arr. Woody Guthrie)	Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection [Disc 2]
7	Oscar Brand	The Tenderfoot	Pie In The Sky
8	The Blue Sky Boys	Trail To Mexico	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1]
9	Marc Williams	The Little Old Sod Shanty On My Claim	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
10	Mac Wiseman	Turkey In The Straw	Sings Old Time Country Favorites
11	The Blue Sky Boys	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet	Presenting The Blue Sky Boys
12	Dan Zanes	I Was Born Almost Ten Thousand Years Ago	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
13	Dan Zanes	California	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
14	Hylo Brown	Sweet Betsy From Pike	Legends & Tall Tales
15	BR5-49	Sweet Betsy from Pike	Song of America
16	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Who Will Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot	This Lusty Land
17	Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers	The Old Gray Mare	And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 2
18	David Rawlings	Money Is the Meat in the Coconut	Poor David's Almanack
19	Kilby Snow	Chicken Reel (Folk)	Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
20	The Everly Brothers	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
21	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Sourwood Mountain	Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind
22	Molly Mason & Jay Ungar	The Lover's Lament	The Lovers' Waltz
23	Marty Robbins	Red River Valley	All-Time Greatest Hits
24	Dick Curless	Red River Valley	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD2 (1950-1969)
25	The Doc Watson Family	One Morning In May	Tradition
26	Dave Van Ronk	Kentucky Moonshiner	Inside Dave Van Ronk
27	Otis Redding	Down In The Valley	Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1]
28	Slim Whitman	Down In The Valley	Country Greats #2
29	Bob Dylan	Froggie Went A-Courtin'	Good As I Been To You
30	Tex Ritter	Froggie Went A-Courtin'	Singing In The Saddle
31	Dan Zanes	The Monkey's Wedding	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
32	Doc Watson	The Ship That Never Returned	My Dear Old Southern Home
33	Hank Penny	It Ain't Gonna Rain No More	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1]

African American Gospel, Bluegrass, Country Gospel, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition

Highway to Heaven

June 10, 2018 Dave

The first of two gospel Friday mornings coming up on Deeper Roots in June. This week, we’ll follow a ‘heavenly’ theme. The Christian vision of afterlife’s reward is expressed in music on a Friday morning in West County (of all places). There will be country and black gospel sounds emanating from the UMC in downtown Sebastopol on KOWS radio as we share performances about heaven including the electric voices of Marion Williams and Marie Knight; the rocking celebration of the good book from Sister Rosetta and Brother Claude Ely; and country gospel enlightenment from Willie and Bobbie Nelson. This one is worth the wait and worth it’s weight in heavenly gold. Tune in!

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Thomas A. Dorsey with Alex Bradford	It's A Highway To Heaven	Precious Lord Recordings Of The Great Gospel Songs Of Thomas A. Dorsey
2	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Shout All Over God's Heaven	Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920
3	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	Heaven Belongs To You	Shakin' The Rafters
4	The Staple Singers	What Are They Doing? (In Heaven Today)	Amen/Why
5	Washington Phillips	What Are They Doing In Heaven Today	Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
6	Mahalia Jackson	A City Called Heaven	Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns
7	Mahalia Jackson	Walk Over God's Heaven	16 Most Requested Songs
8	Clara Ward	When We All Get To Heaven	The Very Greatest
9	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Walk All Over To God's Heaven	Sister Rosetta Tharpe
10	Original Gospel Stars	I Want To Go To Heaven	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
11	Blind Gussie Nesbit	Canaan's Land	When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
12	Mother McCollum	When I Take My Vacation In Heaven	When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
13	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	When We All Get To Heaven	Farther Along
14	Patsy Cline	Life's Railway to Heaven	Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century
15	Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys	I'll Reap My Harvest In Heaven	King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail
16	Alison Krauss & The Cox Family	Walk Over God's Heaven	New Country December 1994
17	The Stanley Brothers	Angels Are Singing (In Heaven Tonight) [Album Version]	The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers
18	Jimmy Martin	Little Angels In Heaven	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
19	Ethel Davenport & Ehel Davenport Singers	Heavenly Express	Powerhouse Gospel
20	The Staple Singers	On My Way To Heaven	Four Classic Albums
21	Blind Gussie Nesbit	Pure Religion	When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
22	Sister Cally Fancy	Goin' On To Heaven In The Sanctified Way	Goodbye, Babylon – Deliverance Will Come [Disc 2]
23	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Heaven Is Not My Home	Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record
24	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Beams of Heaven	The Original Soul Sister: This Train [Disc 4]
25	Marie Knight	Seal Of Heaven	Hallelujah What A Song!
26	Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes	Heaven I Heard So Much About It	I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983
27	Dorothy Love Coates	When I Reach My Heavenly Home	The Best Of Dorothy Love Coates And The Original Gospel Harmonettes
28	Marion Williams	Sometimes I Ring Up Heaven	Packin' Up
29	The Davis Sisters	Too Close To Heaven	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 4]
30	The Swan Silvertones	Heavenly Light Shine On Me	Heavenly Light
31	The Golden Gate Quartet	No Restricted Signs (Up in Heaven)	Vol. 5 (1945-1949)
32	Brother Claude Ely	I Want To Go To Heaven	Satan Get Back
33	Bill Neely	Satan's Burning Hell	The Essential Guide To Gospel

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Springtime in Alaska

June 2, 2018 Dave

Winsome sounds from every corner, opening with Johnny Horton and closing somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon line with the soul of Barbara Lynn. Today’s show reaches into the jazz bins for something new and old…a Duke Ellington cover by Wynton Marsalis; gospel covers by Nick Lowe, tradition from Bill Monroe, and Johnny Cash along with a number of so-called Cash-a-likes. It’s a free form collection in our Friday morning show from West County. So what’s it all got to do with Alaska, you ask. Not much, only a great song name to suggest cool music and a Friday full of colorful music.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Johnny Horton	When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)	Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (2 of 2)
2	Bobby Bare	Delia's Gone (1965)	All American Boy – CD 4
3	Josh White, Jr.	Delia's Gone	Classic African-American Ballads (Smithsonian Folkways)
4	David Johansen & The Harry Smiths	Delia	David Johansen and the Harry Smiths
5	Waylon Jennings	Cedartown Georgia	Singles
6	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	In The Pines	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Best Of Bluegrass
7	Marty Robbins	Big Iron	All-Time Greatest Hits
8	John Prine	The Lonesome Friends Of Science	The Tree Of Forgiveness
9	Spuyten Duyvil	The Cruel War	Social Hour Music
10	Madam Edna Gallmon Cooke & The Mount Vernon Men's Choir	Angels, Angels, Angels	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
11	Nick Lowe	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
12	Sons Of South	Didn't It Rain Children	The Best Of Nashboro Gospel
13	Gospel Creators	I'm a Child of My God	This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982
14	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Atom Bomb	Atom Bomb
15	The Impressions with the Riley Hampton Orchestra	Shorty's Got To Go	Bandera Doo Wop
16	Ella Mae Morse	Smack Dab In The Middle	Best Of The Rockabilly Rockin' Years
17	Big Bill Broonzy	You've Changed	Four Classic Albums
18	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Junco Partner	Louis Jordan: Let the Good Times Roll – The Anthology 1938-1953
19	Dr. John	Somebody Changed The Lock	Definitive Pop Collection
20	Wynton Marsalis Septet	Creole Love Call	United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas
21	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Creole Love Call	Jazz in the Charts – Disc 7 – 1928
22	Carlos Zuleta Y Su Conjunto "El Abuelo"	Los Bomberos (Cha Cha Cha)	Vintage Cuba Selection from EPs Collectors
23	Johnny Cash	Waiting For A Train	Unearthed, Vol.1: Who's Gonna Cry
24	Johnny Doe	Devil Train	Cash-A-Likes
25	Bobby Wayne	Big Train	Cash-A-Likes
26	Dane Stinit	Muddy Ole River [Near Memphis Tennessee]	Original Sun Recordings
27	Fred Carter	(You'll Have To) Come And Get It	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
28	Elvis Presley	King Creole	2nd To None
29	Jean Wells	Your Lovin's Got The Best Of Me (John Morales Mix)	Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
30	Little Esther Phillips	Better Beware	Heart to Heart
31	The Chantels	Maybe	The Best of the Chantels
32	Barbara Lynn	Nice And Easy	A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979
33	Joan Baez	The President Sang Amazing Grace	Whistle Down the Wind

Songs About Morning

May 12, 2018 Dave 2 Comments

Morning is one of those times between. Break of day elicits many emotions as it’s always a new start. Those occurrences that affect the heart have always been prime fodder for words and music so we’ve reached into the song bin from the past century for a theme for this morning: morning. Tune in for some classics and some not-so-knowns. We’ve got Baez and Dylan, Dearie and Day, Bromberg and Kottke, McDowell and Leadbelly, all with a tune to spin about morning. And we’ll also take you into a pop-themed set featuring Frankie’s classic “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning”. Tune in.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Big Joe Turner	Morning, Noon And Night	Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
2	Billie Holiday	Good Morning Heartache	Ken Burns Jazz
3	Blossom Dearie	A Fine Spring Morning	Four Classic Albums Plus (Blossom Dearie / Plays For Dancing / Give Him The Ooh-La-La / Once Upon A Summertime) (Digitally Remastered)
4	Louis Jordan	Early In The Morning	Jivin' With Jordan
5	Dean Martin & Helen O'Connell	How D'ya Like Your Eggs In the Morning?	Make Love With
6	Doris Day	I Got The Sun In The Morning	Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2]
7	Gillian Welch	One Morning	Hell Among the Yearlings
8	Gram Parsons	We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning	G.P. / Grievous Angel
9	Bob Dylan	Meet Me in the Morning	Blood on the Tracks
10	Jesse Colin Young	Morning Sun	Jesse Colin Young Classics Volume 1
11	Ian & Sylvia	Early Morning Rain	Greatest Hits
12	Irma Thomas	Early In The Morning	Simply Grand
13	Joan Baez	One Too Many Mornings	Baez Sings Dylan
14	Joni Mitchell	Chelsea Morning	Hits
15	David Bromberg	I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning	The Player: A Retrospective
16	The South Street Trio	Cold Morning Shout	Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2)
17	Lead Belly	Good Morning Blues	Roots of the Blues, Vol. 2
18	K.C. Douglas	Woke Up This Morning	Mercury Blues
19	Julius Daniels	Can't Put A Bridle On That Mule This Morning	When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll
20	Mississippi Fred McDowell	Woke Up This Morning With My Mind on Jesus	The First Recordings
21	Rev. Anderson Johnson	Death in the Morning	Goodbye, Babylon – Judgment [Disc 3]
22	Frank Sinatra	In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning	Sinatra 80th: All the Best Disc 2
23	Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood	Some Velvet Morning	Nancy & Lee
24	Margaret Whiting	Good Morning Mister Echo	Complete Capitol Hits of Margaret Whiting
25	John Hartford	Morning Bugle	Morning Bugle
26	Hank Snow	Colorado Country Morning	I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 2]
27	Grandpa Jones	It's Raining Here This Morning (Remake)	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56
28	Shorty Long	Good Night Cincinnati, Good Morning Tennessee	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
29	Billy Fair	Boogie In The Morning	Stompin' 22 – Crazed Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders!
30	Muddy Waters	Good Morning School Girl	Folk Singer

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