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Soothe Me – KOWS 12/9/15

Soothe Me
Soothe Me

In this episode, Deeper Roots will feature a wide range of sounds from a host of performers. There will be the topical sounds of courtroom drama featuring R&B from Johnny Otis, classic country Ernest Tubb, and country blues from Carl Martin. We’ll also feature a set that looks at “My Bucket’s Got a Hole In It” from a cross-section of talents and genres…and we’ll be soothed with some deep gospel, folk, and soul. Dave will also share a new track from singer/songwriter Steve Forbert’s latest album “Compromised” as well as some contemporary tracks from Marty Stuart, Jorma Kaukonen, and Joe Ely.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Bob DylanI Want You (Take 4, Alternate Take)The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Sampler)Amazon
2Marie KnightSatisfied With JesusHallelujah What A Song!Amazon
3Eugene Smith And The Roberta Martin SingersSatisfiedHow Sweet it WasAmazon
4Spiritual FiveSatisfied With HimI Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3]Amazon
5Johnnie Taylor/The Soul StirrersWalk With Me20 Gospel GreatsAmazon
6Sam Cooke And The Soul StirrersI Have A Friend Above All OthersThe Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2]Amazon
7Sam CookeTrouble In MindThe Rhythm And The BluesAmazon
8Steve ForbertDevil (Here She Comes Now)CompromisedAmazon
9Shorty LongDevil With a Blue Dress OnHitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1Amazon
10Julia LeeTrouble In MindKansas City Star [Disc 1]Amazon
11Julia LeeLotus BlossomKansas City Star [Disc 1]Amazon
12Wynonie HarrisGood Morning JudgeAll She Wants To Do Is RockAmazon
13Chuck BerryHave Mercy JudgeThe Chess Box Disc 3Amazon
14Carl MartinGood Morning, JudgeCarl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded WorksAmazon
15Sonny Boy WilliamsonYour Funeral And My TrialHis Best: Sonny Boy Williamson – The Chess 50th Anniversary CollectionAmazon
16Hugh LaurieSend Me To The 'Lectric ChairDidn't It Rain (Deluxe)Amazon
17Dinah WashingtonSend Me To The 'Lectric ChairThe Bessie Smith SongbookAmazon
18Johnny OtisCourt Room BluesVarious Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1]Amazon
19Jorma KaukonenJudge, I'm Not SorryThe Land Of HeroesAmazon
20The Country GentlemenThe SentenceThe Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 2]Amazon
21Ernest TubbDear JudgeLast Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2Amazon
22Patsy ClineA Church, a Courtroom, and Then GoodbyeLive at the OpryAmazon
23Washboard SamBucket's Got a Hole in It [Remastered 2002]That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series)Amazon
24Hank WilliamsMy Bucket's Got A Hole In ItThe History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18Amazon
25Louis Armstrong & All His StarsMy Bucket's Got A Hole In ItThe Ultimate Collection [Disc 2]Amazon
26Page & PlantMy Bucket's Got A Hole In ItGood Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy Of Sun RecordsAmazon
27Joe ElyRock Me My BabyMusta Notta Gotta Lotta [rem] (1981)Amazon
28Marty StuartA Satisfied MindCountry MusicAmazon
29Tennessee Ernie FordCool, Cool KissesMasters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]Amazon
30Charles BrownSoothe MeThe Classic Earliest Recordings [Disc 3]Amazon
31Stan Kenton & His Orchestra With June ChristySoothe MeCapitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 4 – Love Letters – 1944-53Amazon
32James & Bobby PurifySoothe MeThe Best OfAmazon

Main Street – KOWS December 2, 2015

Main Street
Main Street

A bit of a celebration is in order. We will be broadcasting live from the new KOWS studios located in downtown Sebastopol with a playlist that scours the last century of America’s music for relevant sounds and themes that relate:  songs of settling into home, saying goodbye,  moving on, going west (or east, that is), and ‘getting gone’. We’ll feature The Cats & The Fiddle, local favorites Markus James and Doug Blumer & The Bohemian Highway, “Little” Jimmy Dickens, and a host of others who welcome us into our new home on Gravenstein Highway…or, as it is formally known hereabouts, Main Street.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Muddy WatersGone To Main StreetMad LoveAmazon
2Chet Atkins & His Guitar PickersMain Street BreakdownChet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA YearsAmazon
3David BrombergThe Main Street MoanThe Player: A RetrospectiveAmazon
4Los LobosOn Main StreetTin Can TrustAmazon
5Loudon Wainwright IIIMoving DayHigh Wide & Handsome – The Charlie Poole ProjectAmazon
6Leon RedboneThere's No Place Like Home For The HolidaysChristmas IslandAmazon
7Little Jimmy DickensNo Place Like Home On ChristmasCountry Boy [Disc 5]Amazon
8Leon SelphNow That You Have GoneYou Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942Amazon
9The Leake County RevelersBeen to the East, Been to the WestLead Kindly LightAmazon
10Doug Blumer And The Bohemian HighwayMoving DayDoug Blumer And The Bohemian HighwayAmazon
11JL StilesMovinJl Stiles Presents House of MurmursAmazon
12Howlin' WolfMovingThe Back Door WolfAmazon
13Markus JamesGoin' Down SouthHead For The HillsAmazon
14Les PaulI'm Movin' OnLegend and Legacy [Disc 3]Amazon
15Peter, Paul & MarySettle Down (Goin' Down That Highway)MovingAmazon
16Florence LoweryMoving Day BluesFemale Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 11Amazon
17Bertha IdahoMove It On Out Of HereFemale Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 10Amazon
18Monroe Moe JacksonMove It On OverRural Blues Vol. 1 1934-1956Amazon
19Hank Williams & The Drifting CowboysMove It On Over26 All-Time Country ClassicsAmazon
20Milton Brown & His Musical BrowniesIn the Shade of the Old Apple TreeWestern Swing Chronicles Vol. 1: Milton Brown & His Musical BrowniesAmazon
21The Dixie HummingbirdsMoving OnLooking BackAmazon
22Mahalia JacksonI Will Move On Up A Little HigherFolk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be UnbrokenAmazon
23The Staple SingersMove Along TrainFreedom HighwayAmazon
24Robert Plant & Alison KraussGone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)Raising SandAmazon
25Jerry Lee LewisMove on Down the LineThe London Sessions 1973Amazon
26Charline ArthurWelcome To The ClubWelcome To The ClubAmazon
27Bob Wills & His Texas PlayboysPlease Don't Talk About Me When I'm GoneTiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 3Amazon
28John HiattGoneCrossing Muddy WatersAmazon
29Irma ThomasGoneSoul Queen of New OrleansAmazon
30The Cats & The FiddleGoneThe Very Best OfAmazon
31Mr. ScruffGet a Move OnElectro Swing Vol. 1Amazon
32Paul SimonGone at Last1964-1993 Disc 2Amazon
33Eddy "The Chief" ClearwaterGotta Move OnWest Side StrutAmazon

Country Strings

Country Strings
Country Strings

Our show this week revisits the great country guitar innovators and talents who contributed both session time to classic hits as well as original performances of their own. Whether they were pedal steel, Fender or Gibson electric magicians, or country pickers, we won’t discriminate. Tune in for Leon McAuliffe, Joe Maphis, James Burton, Albert Lee, Doc Watson and others on another Friday night on KWTF 88.1, Bodega Bay, listener-supported community radio for Sonoma County.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1The Lovin' SpoonfulNashville CatsGreatest Hits [Buddha]Amazon
2Leon McAuliffeTake It Away, LeonCountry Boy's DreamAmazon
3Bob WillsTwin Guitar BoogieFor the Last TimeAmazon
4Joe MaphisRandy Lynn Rag [Album Version]Fire On The StringsAmazon
5Joe Maphis – duet with Larry CollinsFlying Fingers [Album Version]Fire On The StringsAmazon
6James Burton And Ralph MooneySneaky StringsCorn Pickin' And Slick Slidin'Amazon
7James Burton & Ralph MooneyMoonshineJames Burton – The Early Years 1957-1969Amazon
8Little Jimmy DickensBuddy's Boogie (Instrumental)Country Boy [Disc 5]Amazon
9Buddy Emmons w. Nashville session menFour Wheel DriveAlmost To Tulsa: The InstrumentalsAmazon
10Hank Garland & His Sugar FootersSugarfoot Rag (feat. Red Foley)Guitar Magic 1949-1957Amazon
11Hank Garland & His Sugar FootersHillbilly ExpressGuitar Magic 1949-1957Amazon
12Red Foley, Grady MartinPinball BoogieHillbilly Fever [Disc 4]Amazon
13Red FoleyChattanoogie Shoe Shine BoyHillbilly Fever [Disc 3]Amazon
14Lefty FrizzellSaginaw, Michigan (Grady Martin)Classic CountryAmazon
15Marty RobbinsEl PasoGunfighter Ballads and Trail SongsAmazon
16Johnny HortonI'm Coming HomeHonky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1 of 2)Amazon
17Chet AtkinsTennesse Ray/Beaumont RagThe Essential Chet Atkins [RCA]Amazon
18Chet AtkinsI Know That You KnowMister Guitar – WorkshopAmazon
19Chet Atkins & Les PaulLover Come Back To MeChester & LesterAmazon
20Speedy West & Jimmy BryantBryant's BounceSwinging Hollywood Hillbilly CowboysAmazon
21Speedy West & Jimmy BryantFrettin' FingersSwingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2Amazon
22Speedy West & Jimmy BryantOld Joe ClarkStratosphere BoogieAmazon
23Jerry ReedGuitar ManThe Essential Jerry ReedAmazon
24Roy ClarkRiders in the SkyThe Roy Clark AnthologyAmazon
25Albert LeeRainbows All Over Your BluesThe Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy EmmonsAmazon
26Marty StuartHollywood BoogieNashville Vol. 1: Tear The Woodpile DownAmazon
27The HellecastersOrange Blossom SpecialThe Return Of The HellecastersAmazon
28Junior BrownWhere Has All the Money Gone?Down Home ChromeAmazon
29Doc Watson/Merle WatsonSmoke, Smoke, SmokeBlack Mountain RagAmazon
30Doc Watson/Merle WatsonDown YonderBlack Mountain RagAmazon
31Peter Rowan, Don Edwards, Tony Rice & Norman BlakeTrail to MexicoStrings And Things: The Best in Bluegrass Vol. 1Amazon
32Norman BlakeEastbound Freight TrainAmerica Roots Songbook – AmericanaAmazon
33Tony RiceStoney PointThe Bluegrass Guitar CollectionAmazon
34Tony RiceHe Rode All the Way to TexasNight Flyer: The Singer Songwriter CollectionAmazon
35Merle TravisNine Pound HammerHot Pickin' [Disc 1]Amazon
36Merle TravisDone Rovin'Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]Amazon

Take Me Back – KOWS Nov 18, 2015

Take Me Back
Take Me Back

Our final show at the old KOWS studio will feature the lineup you might expect…with a couple of themes running through it. The ‘take me back’ theme works well as we bring in Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jimmy Rushing, and Peter Rowan to make the plea and we’ve got the gospel themed pleas of working on a building from The Highway QCs. In addition, we’ve got some doo-wop, some ladies whose theme was ‘blues is her business’, and a run of country swing and bluegrass…all packed into two hours of elementary roots. Tune in after dinner for dessert.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Tennessee Ernie FordTake Me Back And Try Me One More TimeMasters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]Amazon
2Shannon GraysonI Like The Old Time WayFavorite Sacred SongsAmazon
3Wade MainerStreamlined Religion1961 King SessionAmazon
4Grandpa JonesYou And My Old GuitarMakes The Rafters RingAmazon
5Larry Cordle & The Virginia LuthiersTrain On The IslandOrthophonic JoyAmazon
6The Whitstein BrothersWhere Will You BuildSing Gospel Songs of the LouvinsAmazon
7John FogertyWorkin' on a BuildingThe Blue Ridge RangersAmazon
8The Highway QC'SWorking On a BuildingGreat Gospel – Maybe the Last TimeAmazon
9The Clara Ward SingersCome By HereMeetin' Tonight!Amazon
10The Dixie HummingbirdsTwo Little Fishes (And Five Loaves of Bread)20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie HummingbirdsAmazon
11The Dixie HummingbirdsBedside Of A NeighborThank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie HummingbirdsAmazon
12Marie KnightSatisfied With JesusHallelujah What A Song!Amazon
13SheiksWalk That WalkAtlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & BluesyAmazon
14Garnet MimmsCry BabyThe Best of Garnet Mimms: CryAmazon
15The Five RoyalesI Like It Like ThatR&B Greats – ThinkAmazon
16The Five RoyalesSomeone Made Me For YouDedicated To YouAmazon
17Steve CropperSomeone Made You For Me (Steve Cropper with Dan Penn)Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 RoyalesAmazon
18Sam CookeYou Were Made For MePortrait Of A Legend 1951-1964Amazon
19Bessie SmithI'm Wild About That ThingThe Saucy Songs (1928-1938)Amazon
20Victoria Spivey With Clarence Williams' Blue FiveMy Handy Man (f. Victoria Spivey)Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The New York Sessions 1926-35Amazon
21Ida Cox & Her Allstar BandFour Day CreepBlues From The Vocalion VaultsAmazon
22Dinah WashingtonBlow Top BluesBlues Was Her BusinessAmazon
23Bonnie RaittWomen Be WiseBonnie RaittAmazon
24Fats Waller(Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Placescompliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.comAmazon
25Asleep at the Wheel/The Blind Boys of AlabamaThe Devil Ain't LazyReinventing the WheelAmazon
26Milton Brown & His Musical BrowniesSomebody's Been Using That ThingWestern Swing Chronicles Vol. 1: Milton Brown & His Musical BrowniesAmazon
27Ted Daffan's TexansBorn To Lose26 All-Time Country ClassicsAmazon
28Adolph HofnerLet's Count The StarsYou Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942Amazon
29Jimmy RushingTake Me Back, BabyABC Of The Blues Vol 38Amazon
30Buck OwensTake Me Back AgainAct NaturallyAmazon
31Peter Rowan And Don EdwardsTake Me Back To The RangeHigh Lonesome CowboyAmazon
32Merle Haggard/Willie NelsonMissing Ol' Johnny CashDjango and JimmieAmazon
33Johnny CashTear Stained LetterAmerican IV: Man Comes AroundAmazon
34Earl ScruggsGospel ShipThe Earl Scruggs Revue: Anniversary Special, Volumes One & TwoAmazon

Songs of A.P. Carter

He grew up with music, learning to plan violin at a young age in Poor Valley, Virginia (now known as Maces Springs), sang in a church choir and helped his uncle, Flanders Bays, who ran a mobile music school in Scott County. He would go on to form one of the seminal country music groups of the day with his wife Sara and her cousin Maybelle. Their musicianship was remarkable but the song-writing was what set them apart, the compositions by A. P. Carter representing a treasury of classic folk, sentimental pop, cowboy songs, gospel favorites, and original love songs. While there may be little doubt as to whether all songs that carried his name were original, his treatment (and that of the Carter Family group) were without peer. Tune in this Friday night for music featuring performers covering A.P. Carter songs, including The Delmore Brothers, Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, Charlie Louvin, Ashley Monroe, and a host of others.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Ralph StanleyWorried Man Blues [Album Version]A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter FamilyAmazon
2Rosanne CashThe Winding StreamThe Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country MusicAmazon
3John PrineLulu WallsGerman AfternoonsAmazon
4The Carter FamilyLulu WallsCan The Circle Be UnbrokenAmazon
5The Carter FamilyMy Texas GirlCan The Circle Be UnbrokenAmazon
6Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle CarterFoggy Mountain TopKeep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1Amazon
7Osborne BrothersYou Are My FlowerHillbilly FeverAmazon
8Flatt & ScruggsYou Are My Flower [Album Version]'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered: The Essential Flatt & ScruggsAmazon
9Charlie HadenOh Take Me BackCharlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling BoyAmazon
10Ricky Skaggs & The WhitesWill My Mother Know Me ThereStrings And Things: The Best in Bluegrass Vol. 1Amazon
11Ashley MonroeThe Storms Are On The OceanOrthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions RevisitedAmazon
12The Delmore BrothersThe Storms are on the OceanClassic Cuts CD D – Atlanta 1940, New York 1940-41Amazon
13Gene AutryI'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blues EyesThe Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946Amazon
14Red AllenI'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue EyesI Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow: Songs of the Carter FamilyAmazon
15Mac WisemanJimmy Brown The NewsboyTime-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]Amazon
16Roy ClarkJimmy Brown, the NewsboyThe Roy Clark AnthologyAmazon
17Charlie LouvinMy Texas GirlCharlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster SongsAmazon
18Ralph StanleyDistant Land To Roam [Album Version]A Distant Land To Roam: Songs Of The Carter FamilyAmazon
19The Carter FamilyA Distant Land To RoamThe Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 2]Amazon
20Dave Alvin & the Guilty MenEngine 143Public Domain: Songs from the Wild LandAmazon
21The Nitty Gritty Dirt BandWabash CannonballWill the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2Amazon
22The Carter FamilyHello Central! Give Me HeavenThe Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5]Amazon
23Sister Bessie Griffin w/Brownie McGeeHeaven's RadioPowerhouse GospelAmazon
24The Swan Silvertones, The Staple Singers, The Pilgrim TravelersWill The Circle Be UnbrokenThe Swan Silvertones 1946-1951Amazon
25George Jones/Staples, Pop And MavisWill the Circle Be UnbrokenMy Very Special Guests [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1Amazon
26The Nitty Gritty Dirt BandWill The Circle Be UnbrokenJubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country GospelAmazon
27The Carter FamilyBeautiful Brown Eyes & Sweet FernOn Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1Amazon
28Jorma KaukonenSweet FernAin't In No HurryAmazon
29Loretta LynnWildwood FlowerAnchored In Love: A Tribute to June Carter CashAmazon
30Norman & Nancy BlakeThe Sunny Side of LifeStrings And Things: The Best in Bluegrass Vol. 1Amazon
31Norman BlakeFifty Miles of Elbow RoomOld TiesAmazon
32Emmylou HarrisHello Stranger (Remastered LP Version)Luxury Liner [Remaster]Amazon

Let’s Live – KOWS Nov 5, 2015

Let's Live
Let’s Live

We’ll be bringing another eclectic blend of music from the past for an evening set kicks off with sounds of New Orleans beginning with a medley from the Bayou Maharajah, James Booker and closing with Irma Thomas. In addition to our usual run of bluegrass, jazz, and blues…we’ll prepare some piping hot biscuits from the country shack with Alan Lomax, Flatt & Scruggs, Pappy O’Daniel and the Hillbilly Boys, and Kacey Musgraves. There will also be a rare piece of early blues piano work from Ollie Shepard and the early century jazz band sounds of Enric Madriguera, Jimmie Lunceford, and Fletcher Henderson. Two full hours of Deeper Roots on weekday evening…carrying us over the midweek hump so that it’s all downhill from there…

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Aaron NevilleLet's LiveTreacherous [Disc 1]Amazon
2James BookerMedley: Tico Tico / Papa Was A Rascal / So Swell When You're WellClassifiedAmazon
3Dr. JohnTraveling MoodThe Ultimate Dr. JohnAmazon
4Fats DominoThe Girl I Love [Version 2]This Is Gold Disc 1Amazon
5Aaron NevilleMy True StoryMy True StoryAmazon
6Irma ThomasWhile the City SleepsTime Is on My Side: The Best of Irma Thomas, Vol. 1Amazon
7Kansas Joe and Memphis MinnieI'm Wild About My StuffFlashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944Amazon
8Blind Boy FullerTrucking My Blues Away No. 2 (take 2)Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order – Volume 2 (29 April to 12 July 1937)Amazon
9Ollie ShepardKing Of All EvilVol. 2-1939-41Amazon
10Angelic Gospel Singers with the Dixie Humming BirdsOne DayWhen the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time: African-American Gospel, 1939-51Amazon
11Rory BlockLord, I Feel Just Like Goin' OnI Belong To The Band: A Tribute To Rev. Gary DavisAmazon
12Ethel Waters and Her Jazz BandEv'rybody Mess ArounTight Women and Loose Bands 1921-1931Amazon
13Cleo BrownBoogie WoogiePicking the Blues – Compiled By John Mayall – Boogie Woogie PioneersAmazon
14Benny Carter (With Lionel Hampton Orchestra)I'm in the Mood for SwingRCA Victor Jazz-The First Half-Century-The 30'sAmazon
15Coleman HawkinsBody and SoulRCA Victor Jazz-The First Half-Century-The 30'sAmazon
16Alan LomaxHow Many Biscuits Can You Eat?Ballad Operas-Martins & The CoAmazon
17W. Lee & His Hillbilly BoysPlease Pass The Biscuits PappyWestern Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938Amazon
18Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs'How Many Biscuits'1953-X6-XX Grand Old OpryAmazon
19NRBQHot Biscuits and Sweet MarieKick Me HardAmazon
20Kacey MusgravesBiscuitsPageant MaterialAmazon
21Kenny BakerMonroe's HornpipePlays Bill MonroeAmazon
22Jack GuthrieNo Need to Knock on My DoorOklahoma HillsAmazon
23Merle TravisMissouriThe History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 11Amazon
24KentuckiansJourney's EndKeep on Going: The Rebel & Melodeon RecordingsAmazon
25Doyle Lawson & QuicksilverBetter Times A' Comin'Mark Twain: Words & Music [Disc 1]Amazon
26Mac WisemanIt's Mighty Dark To TravelGrassroots To BluegrassAmazon
27Johnny CashThanks a LotThe Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 1Amazon
28Jim SilverEach Season Changes YouCountry Boy's DreamAmazon
29Jimmy WakelyMoon Over MontanaVintage CollectionsAmazon
30Leon RedboneSweet LorraineAny TimeAmazon
31Dr. JohnI Love It at the Top20 DatesAmazon
32Jimmie Lunceford/Sy Oliver, VocalTime's A-Wastin'Jimmie LuncefordAmazon
33Sam CookeBring It on Home to MeGreatest HitsAmazon

Night Time – KOWS Oct 28, 2015

Night Time
Night Time

No more alternating Saturday mornings for Deeper Roots. We’re a weekly publication now…every Wednesday evening at 7 Pacific!. We’re going to settle into our new KOWS time-slot tonight with music that celebrates our new day of the week and we’ll also roam east, south, west and north in our pursuit of the best from the last 100 years of American music. Join us right after Robert Feuer’s Blues Up the River for some ‘down river’ sounds including Johnny Horton, Tom Rush, Riley Puckett, and some John Lee Hooker. Because the night time is the right time. 

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Nappy BrownJust a Little LoveNight Time Is the Right Time [Disc 1]Amazon
2John Lee HookerNight Time Is The Right TimeBoogie ChillunAmazon
3Ray CharlesNight Time Is the Right TimeGenius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1Amazon
4James BrownNight Train20 All Time Greatest Hits!Amazon
5Billy JonesWhen It's Night Time in Italy, It's Wednesday over HereThe Silly Songs (1922 to 1934)Amazon
6Riley PuckettWednesday Night WaltzCountry Music Pioneer vol 1Amazon
7Josh WhiteMonday, Tuesday, WednesdayVol. 3-(1935-40)Amazon
8Misisipi Mike WolfCalling the ShotsThe Cold Hard Facts of MikeAmazon
9Kevin RussellHead SouthTrouble In MindAmazon
10Asleep at the WheelSouth of the Border (with George Strait)Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas PlayboysAmazon
11Willie NelsonSouth (Featuring Paul Shaffer & Vince Gill)Willie and the WheelAmazon
12Cleo BrownI'll Take The South (You Take The East, Take The West, Take The North)Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935)Amazon
13Kinky FriedmanGirl From The North CountryThe Loneliest Man I Ever MetAmazon
14Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & QuicksilverThe Northern LightsSchool of Bluegrass Disc 1Amazon
15Anna Fermin's Trigger GospelNorthern LightsFreight Train BoogieAmazon
16Johnny HortonNorth to AlaskaMagic MomentsAmazon
17David LuningNorthern CaliforniaJust Drop On ByAmazon
18Bill Monroe And Doc WatsonEast Tennessee BluesLive Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record Volume 2Amazon
19June Carter CashEast Virginia BluesKeep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 2Amazon
20Grandpa JonesEast Bound Freight Train16 Greatest HitsAmazon
21Tom RushEast of EdenWhat I KnowAmazon
22Jerry ReedEast Bound And DownThe Essential Jerry ReedAmazon
23Geraint WatkinsGo WestDial 'W' for WatkinsAmazon
24Chris IsaakWestern StarsSilvertoneAmazon
25Les PaulEast of the Sun (And West of the Moon) (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)Amazon
26The Benny Goodman SextetEast Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)Benny Goodman SextetAmazon
27Whitt Denson "One Voice Quartette"New Morning Sun 436I Belong to This Band: Eight-Five Years of Sacred Harp RecordingsAmazon
28Ruthie FosterBrand New DayPromise of a Brand New DayAmazon
29Nappy BrownLittle By LittleNight Time Is the Right TimeAmazon
30Chris Hillman/Herb PedersenInvitation to the BluesWay Out WestAmazon
31Willie Nelson/Lukas NelsonMy Window Faces The SouthHeroesAmazon

Songs of the Dust Bowl

Songs of the Dust Bowl
Songs of the Dust Bowl

Our story is one that we’ve covered before, previously focusing on the Great Depression and the music of Woody Guthrie. This episode pulls in the theme of that tragic chapter of a drought that uprooted nearly 60 percent of the population from the affected region of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico. With the soil lacking a firm root due to poor farm practices, the plains winds would pick up the loose topsoil and create the dust clouds that ravaged farm and city alike. The music we’ll hear tonight brings us the stories, including those of Woody and Arlo Guthrie, Bob Gibson, Lane Hardin, Vernon Dahlart, and The Morrison Two Brothers String Band.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Ramblin' Jack ElliottTalking Dust BowlHard Travelin'Amazon
2Ramblin' Jack ElliottDust Storm DisasterHard Travelin'Amazon
3Woody GuthrieGreat Dust Storm (Dust Storm Disaster)Dust Bowl Ballads [Rounder]Amazon
4Woody GuthrieBlowing Down That Old Dusty Road (Going Down the Road Feelin' Bad)Dust Bowl Ballads [Rounder]Amazon
5Alison KraussDust Bowl ChildrenPaper AirplaneAmazon
6Peter RowanTumbleweedDust Bowl ChildrenAmazon
7Bob GibsonPastures of PlentyJoy Joy! The Young and Wonderful Bob GibsonAmazon
8Arlo Guthrie with The DillardsPasture of PlentyThirty Two Cents Postage DueAmazon
9Arlo Guthrie with The DillardsSo Long It's Been Good to Know YouThirty Two Cents Postage DueAmazon
10The ByrdsPretty Boy FloydSweetheart of the RodeoAmazon
11Arlo Guthrie with The DillardsDo Re MiThirty Two Cents Postage DueAmazon
12Cisco HoustonThe Great American BumDust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2]Amazon
13Mac "Harry" McClintockHallelujah, I'm a Bum [Remastered 2003]Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down SeriesAmazon
14Billy BraggI Ain't Got No HomeTooth & NailAmazon
15Michelle ShockedWoody's RagArkansas TravelerAmazon
16Rudy Vallee And His Connecticut YankeesLife Is Just A Bowl Of Cherriesgimriper2u@yahoo.comAmazon
17Leo Reisman And His Orchestra;Milton DouglasBrother, Can You Spare a Dime (From The Musical Review "Americana") [Remastered 2003]Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down SeriesAmazon
18Woody GuthrieTalking Dust Bowl BluesDust Bowl Ballads [Rounder]Amazon
19Woody GuthrieDust Pneumonia BluesDust Bowl Ballads [Rounder]Amazon
20Lane HardinCalifornia Desert Blues [Remastered 2003]Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down SeriesAmazon
21Red AllenDeep Elem BluesThe Folkways Years 1964 – 1983Amazon
22Prairie RamblersDeep Elem BluesWhite Country Blues (1926-1938)Amazon
23Joe StoneIt's Hard TimePoor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down SeriesAmazon
24Vernon DalhartThe Farm Relief SongPoor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down SeriesAmazon
25The Morrison Twin Brothers String BandDry and DustyArkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair PullersAmazon
26Sonny Terry & Brownie McGheeDealing With The DevilDust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2]Amazon
27Jack GuthrieOklahoma HillsSwinging Hollywood Hillbilly CowboysAmazon
28Bruce SpringsteenI Ain't Got No HomeFolkways: A Vision Shared-A Tribute To Woody Guthrie And LeadbellyAmazon
29Ry CooderVigilante ManInto The Purple ValleyAmazon
30Arlo Guthrie with The DillardsTom JoadThirty Two Cents Postage DueAmazon
31Jimmy LafaveDust Bowl OkiesThe Night TribeAmazon

In The Gloaming – KOWS Oct 24, 2015

In The Gloaming
In The Gloaming

Our Saturday morning show opens with some caffeine-driven music…literally… songs about the magic bean, that morning beverage that starts the day for some of us. We’ve got swamp pop from Randy & The Rockets, some jumpin’ jive from Cab Calloway, twilight reflections from Jonatha Brooke and The Sons of The Pioneers, and some Chet Atkins, David Lindley, and Eilen Jewell. KOWS community radio studios will be moving before the end of the year to a very central West County location that will bring us in closer contact with our listeners…and our Deeper Roots. And some exciting news! Deeper Roots moves to weekly broadcasts on KOWS.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Randy & the RocketsLets Do the Cajun TwistSwamp Gold, Volume 1Amazon
2Curtis GordonCaffeine And NicotineBob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]Amazon
3Speedy West & Jimmy BryantCaffeine PatrolSwingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2Amazon
4Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His OrchestraForty Cups of CoffeeBarrell House Boogie and the BluesAmazon
5Frank SinatraThe Coffee SongRadio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob DylanAmazon
6Carmen McRae/Previn TrioCoffee TimeHollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2]Amazon
7Annette HanshawYou're the Cream in My CoffeeThe Personality Girl, Vol. 4: 1928Amazon
8The Manhattan TransferJava JiveSwingAmazon
9Pokey LaFarge & the South City ThreeCoffee Pot BluesMiddle of EverywhereAmazon
10Cab CallowayThe Jumpin' JiveBest Of The Big BandsAmazon
11Tiny Davis & Her OrchestraHow About That JiveJumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD)Amazon
12Johnny MercerG.I. JiveCapitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 1 – The Birth Of A Label – 1942-43Amazon
13Ella FitzgeraldFive O'Clock WhistleChronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41Amazon
14Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain BoysThe Prettiest Flowers Will Be BloomingRalph Stanley 1971-1973 Disc OneAmazon
15Sons of the PioneersIn the GloamingSongs of the Prairie – CD4Amazon
16Jonatha BrookeIn the GloamingLiveAmazon
17John Prine With Emmylou HarrisI Know OneIn Spite Of OurselvesAmazon
18Porter WagonerFool Like MeWagonmasterAmazon
19Chet AtkinsLevee WalkingMy Favorite Guitars – It's A Guitar WorldAmazon
20The Scottsville Squirrel BarkersHand Me Down My Walking CaneBlue Grass FavoritesAmazon
21Eilen JewellThat's Why I'm WalkinSignature Sounds 20th Anniversary Collection: Rarities From the Second DecadesAmazon
22Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet LickersWalk Right In, Walk Right Out (The Walking Blues)One Hour MamaAmazon
23Eddie JeffersonStart Walkin' Stop Talkin'The BeBop SingersAmazon
24Dinah WashingtonWalkin' And Talkin'GoldAmazon
25Peggy LeeTalkin' To Myself About YouThe Capitol Collector's SeriesAmazon
26David LindleyTalk to the LawyerWin This RecordAmazon
27David Lindley & El Rayo-XTalkin' to the Wino TooVery GreasyAmazon
28David Lindley and Wally IngramOh DeathTwango Bango IIAmazon
29Pepe AhlqistMoonshine BabeRaw BluesAmazon
30Perline EllisonRazor Totin' MamaDocument Shortcuts Vol. 1 "God Don't Like It"Amazon
31Jackson Browne & David LindleyEl Rayo X (Intro)Love Is Strange [Disc 1]Amazon
32Jackson Browne & David LindleyEl Rayo XLove Is Strange [Disc 1]Amazon
33Mark KnopflerWho's Your Baby NowSailing to PhiladelphiaAmazon

Free Form – October 2015

Free Form - October 2015
Free Form – October 2015

Free form with just a dose of playlist themes…R&B and sugar from Chuck Willis, some sweeter country from Bob Wills, more of the same with a moonlight-based theme from Tommy Duncan, Dale Evans, and Elton Britt. We’ve also got a mix of early century jazz from Satchmo and blues from Tampa Red, Charley Patton, and Blind Blake. Tune into community radio locally on KWTF 88.1 on the FM dial or catch us streaming on TuneIn, RadioBox, or from our web site at kwtf.net/listen.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Seasick SteveDarkMan from Another Time (Bonus Version)Amazon
2Wild TchoupitoulasMeet De Boys On The BattlefrontTreacherous [Disc 1]Amazon
3The Neville BrothersYellow MoonYellow MoonAmazon
4Emmylou Harris; Rodney CrowellOld Yellow MoonOld Yellow MoonAmazon
5Bill NeelyBig Yellow Moon Over TexasTexas Law & JusticeAmazon
6Tommy DuncanTexas MoonTexas MoonAmazon
7Elton BrittBlue Texas MoonlightThe RCA YearsAmazon
8Dale EvansUnder a Texas MoonThe Rage of the SageAmazon
9Bob Wills & His Texas PlayboysSugar MoonTake Me Back to Tulsa 4 – The End Of The LineAmazon
10k.d. langSugar MoonShadowlandAmazon
11Merle TravisToo Much Sugar For A DimeHot Pickin' [Disc 2]Amazon
12Chuck WillisSugar SugarI Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The StrollAmazon
13Muddy WatersSugar SweetThe Anthology [Disc 2]Amazon
14The Mills BrothersSweeter Than SugarThe 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 3Amazon
15Earl BosticSweet LorraineEarl Bostic FlamingoAmazon
16Dave Van RonkSweet And LowdownSweet & LowdownAmazon
17Chuck BerrySweet Little SixteenThe Chess Box Disc 1Amazon
18Blind BlakeSweet Papa Low DownRagtime Guitar's Foremost FingerpickerAmazon
19Pokey LaFarge & the South City ThreeSweet Potato BluesRiverboat SoulAmazon
20Warner Williams With Jay SummerourDigging PotatoesBlues HighwayAmazon
21Nat King ColeSolid Potato SaladChronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1945Amazon
22Hunter & JenkinsMeat Cuttin' BluesRaunchy Business: Hot Nuts & LollypopsAmazon
23Louis Armstrong & His Hot SevenPotato Head BluesThe Complete Hot Five And Hot Seven Recordings [Disc 3]Amazon
24Fats Waller & His RhythmAll That Meat And No Potatoes100 Ans De JazzAmazon
25The SwallowsIt Ain't The MeatRisque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&BAmazon
26Memphis MinniePig Meat On The Line [Album Version]Queen Of The BluesAmazon
27Tampa Red;Georgia TomDead Cats On The LineTampa Red The Guitar WizardAmazon
28Bob BrozmanDead Cat On The LineBlues ReflexAmazon
29Charley PattonMean Black Cat BluesPrimeval Blues, Rags and Gospel SongsAmazon
30Harry ReserCat And DogBanjo Crackerjax 1922-1930Amazon
31Bob BrozmanDog and CatHello Central, Give Me Dr. Jazz!Amazon
32Joe Venuti's Blue FourBeatin' the DogWild CatsAmazon
33Dr. JohnHow Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round)Goin' Back To New OrleansAmazon
34Nat King ColeOpen Up The Doghouse (Two Cats Are Coming In) (1992 Digital Remaster)Nat King Cole [Disc 3]Amazon