Category Archives: Country

Mean Old Frisco

It’s a City (with a capital ‘C’ to locals) whose cultural history practically hums with musical possibilities. This is due in large part to how the city has always been a meeting point for restless ideas and diverse communities. From the Gold Rush boomtown that lured fortune-seekers from every continent, to the Beat poets of North Beach and the psychedelic counterculture that turned Haight-Ashbury into a world stage, it’s been an easy mark for songwriters. This week’s show will visit that blend of beauty, grit and idealism with performances for and about San Francisco. Join us for a whole batch of vintage sounds covering any old genre we care to share with the likes of Harry “The Hipster” Gibson, Little Walter, Charlie Musselwhite, Linda Martell, and, of course, Tony Bennett. We’ll celebrate from a short distance away with memories of Broadway, the fog rolling through the Golden Gate, and that endless palette of imagery and mood that is a living chorus always ready to be set to music.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Sound Of The City KSFO 560 – San Francisco 78s Amazon
2Tony Bennett I Left My Heart in San Francisco The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1 Amazon
3Logan Ledger The Lights Of San Francisco Logan Ledger Amazon
4Chris Isaak San Francisco Days San Francisco Days Amazon
5Journey Lights Journey's Greatest Hits Amazon
6Eric Clapton San Francisco Bay Blues Unplugged Amazon
7Linda Martell San Francisco is a Lonely Town (Remastered 2022) Color Me Country (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022) Amazon
8Sugar Pie DeSanto Hello, San Francisco (Part I) Putumayo Presents: American Blues Amazon
9The Teskey Brothers San Francisco Run Home Slow Amazon
10Otis Redding (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay The Dock of the Bay Amazon
11Little Walter Mean Old Frisco Blues With A Feeling [Disc 2] Amazon
12Charlie Musselwhite When The Frisco Left The Shed Mississippi Son Amazon
13Richie Havens San Francisco Bay Blues Mixed Bag Amazon
14Eric Lindell Here In Frisco Matters Of The Heart Amazon
15Mark Spoelstra San Francisco Zoo Song Out Of My Hands Amazon
16Marty Robbins San Francisco Teardrops San Francisco With Fond Memories Amazon
17Dom Flemons San Francisco Baby Prospect Hill Amazon
18Jimmy Martin Fly Me To Frisco – 1973 Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 5] Amazon
19Johnny Paycheck The Ballad Of Frisco Bay Nowhere to Run: the Little Darlin' Years 1966-1970 Amazon
20Merle Haggard Return to San Francisco Like Never Before Amazon
21Harry "The Hipster" Gibson I Flipped My Wig In San Francisco Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine? Amazon
22Connie Russell Foggy Night In San Francisco San Francisco – With Fond Memories Amazon
23Ramblin' Jack Elliott San Francisco Bay Blues South Coast Amazon
24Jeanette McDonald – San Francisco O.S.T. San Francisco (Soundtrack Version) The 30s: Hollywood's Best Amazon
25Tee Vee Toons Streets Of San Francisco Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70's & 80's Amazon
26Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup Mean Ole Frisco That's All Right (Mama) Amazon
27Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton Lonesome Frisco Line [Album Version] Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 Amazon
28Memphis Minnie 'Frisco Town Queen Of Country Blues Amazon
29Scott McKenzie San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair) San Francisco – With Fond Memories Amazon
30Cab Calloway & His Orchestra San Francisco Fan Jazz Noire (Darktown Sleaze of 1940s L.A.) Amazon

Fortunate Son

The days are getting darker both by season and on the sidewalks of your town. Jackboot thugs with masks, clubs, and weapons are descending for you. Make no mistake. If you believe in your right to free speech and all that our Constitution affords you, think again. Know that you and your neighbor are in the crosshairs of this regime. This week’s show won’t break the spell but it will share with its language of comfort, joy and hope that music delivers as it stimulates the release of dopamine triggering pleasure and relaxation. Our prescription this morning is a compound of a free form eclectic blend that delivers a response from all corners. America’s music has always been built on a foundation of free expression so why not make the best…and that’s what we’ll be doing this morning with tracks from Glenn Miller, Charlie Christian, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Randy Newman and Dean Martin, just to name a few. Dream when you’re feeling blue. Rise up when you’re being pushed down. This week’s show takes us where we want to go.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1John Fogerty Fortunate Son The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection Amazon
2Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Midnight Ramble Stratosphere Boogie Amazon
3Charlie Christian Till Tom Special Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution Amazon
4Django Reinhardt & Stiphane Grappelli You're Driving Me Crazy Quintesential Amazon
5The Miracles Mickey's Monkey Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1 Amazon
6Mink Deville You Just Keep Holding On The Mink De Ville Collection Amazon
7The Staple Singers Let's Do It Again The Buddah Box Disc 3 Amazon
8Sam Cooke I'll Come Running Back To You Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams Amazon
9Etta James I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You) Love Songs [MCA] Amazon
10Bob Dylan The Levee's Gonna Break Modern Times Amazon
11Randy Newman Burn On Sail Away Amazon
12The Secret Sisters Tennessee Me The Secret Sisters Amazon
13Fats Domino My Girl Josephine Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1) Amazon
14Dean Martin Dream Late at Night with Dean Martin Amazon
15Les Baxter And His Orchestra The High And The Mighty Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55 Amazon
16Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra With Eddie Heywood Canadian Sunset Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2) Amazon
17Billie Holiday Too Marvelous For Words Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years [Disc 1] Amazon
18Doris Day The Deevil, Devil, Divil Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2] Amazon
19Jean Shepard I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded Rounding Up The Girls/Great Female Country Vocals Vol 1 Amazon
20The Andrews Sisters Rum And Coca-Cola 20th Century Masters: Millenni Amazon
21Glenn Miller & His Orchestra A String of Pearls The Centennial Collection Disc 1 Amazon
22Linda Lyndell What A Man Stax 50th [[Disc 1]] Amazon
23The Meters Running Fast (single version) Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
24The Notting Hillbillies Run Me Down Missing….Presumed Having A Good Time Amazon
25Vocaltones Sugar Lump Spotlight Series : Vol. 2-Gee Records Amazon
26Dominoes Sixty Minute Man Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B Amazon
27The Coasters Run Red Run 50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 2] Amazon
28Del Shannon Runaway Oldies But Goodies: 21 #1 Hits Amazon
29Buddy Holly Think It Over From the Original Master Tapes Amazon
30Lovett Sisters Bacon And Eggs Big "D" Jamboree, Gals Of The Amazon
31Norman Fox & The Rob Roys/Sid Bass/The Rob Roys Pizza Pie Doo Wop Box Disc 3 Amazon
32Creedence Clearwater Revival Run Through the Jungle Tropic Thunder (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Amazon
33Party Ben Single Ladies (In Mayberry) The Party Ben Experience Amazon

How Deep Is The Ocean

A whole new season of Deeper Roots lands on your doorstep…just like the Sunday paper: full of human interest stories (as told in song) and local gab (also told in song). It’s a free form collection of songs from the past century with performances from the usual (and sometimes unusual) suspects. Only minor themes and genre recaps today in a carefully crafted eclectic blend that runs the gamut from Jimmie Dale Gilmore to Mary Wells, The Velvetones, Billy Walker and Hot Lips Page. We’ll hear some Texas tradition from Deep Elem and Milwaukee’s finest from Jerry Lee. But we’re also rolling out some really fine, under the radar, female soul and R&B numbers that come from off the beaten track including Doris Allen, Faye Adams and Mary Wells. And we wonder out loud ‘how deep is the ocean’ with Big Maybelle. Drop on by!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Eric Clapton If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day Sessions For Robert J Amazon
2Hot Lips Page and His Texas Blusicians Harlem Rumbain' The Blues 52nd Street Swing: New York In The '30s Amazon
3Johnnie & Joe Who Do You Love The Very Best of Johnnie & Joe – Over the Mountain, Across the Sea Amazon
4Ruth Brown Sea of Love Along Comes Ruth Amazon
5Big Maybelle How Deep Is the Ocean The Very Best Of Big Maybelle Amazon
6Mae West Mister Deep Blue Sea The Mae West Collection Amazon
7Blue Sky Boys Asleep in the Briny Deep The Chronological Classics 1937-1938 (Warped 3807) Amazon
8Kristi Jean & Her Ne'er-Do-Wells Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea Country-billy Collision Amazon
9Anita Carter Satan's Child Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
10The Sunshine Boys What's the Matter With Deep Elem The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4] Amazon
11Levon Helm Deep Elem Blues Ramble at the Ryman Amazon
12Jimmie Dale Gilmore Deep Eddy Blues Jimmie Dale Gilmore Amazon
13Asleep at the Wheel All My Exes (Live in Texas) Riding High In Texas Amazon
14Geraint Watkins Deep In The Heart Of Texas Geraint Watkins & The Dominators Amazon
15Geraint Watkins Walking to Milwaukee Aide Memoire Amazon
16John Prine With Melba Montgomery Milwaukee Here I Come In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
17Dolly Parton Milwaukee, Here I Come 1968-1969 Amazon
18Billy Walker Till I Drink Milwaukee Dry 20 Hits Amazon
19Jerry Lee Lewis What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1) Amazon
20Clyde McPhatter Lovey Dovey (LP Version) Deep Sea Ball – The Best of Clyde McPhatter Amazon
21The Velvetones Glory Of Love Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2] Amazon
22Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces Searching For My Love Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
23Doris Allen A Shell Of A Woman Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2 Amazon
24Mary Wells My Heart Is Like A Clock (Previously Unreleased) Looking Back 1961-1964 Amazon
25Mary Wells Can You Fix It (My Broken Heart) (Previously Unreleased) Looking Back 1961-1964 Amazon
26Faye Adams Keeper Of My Heart Crescent City Soul Amazon
27Reverend Gary Davis I Am The Light Of This World Harlem Street Singer Amazon
28Jorma Kaukonen Blues Stay Away From Me Blue Country Heart Amazon
29Big Daddy Wilson Couldn't Keep It to Myself Deep in My Soul Amazon
30Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos Love Is Coming Back The Hotel Child Amazon
31Hot Tuna Candy Man Hot Tuna Amazon

Twist & Shout

A little bit of twisting and a little bit of shouting…as well as some gospel rhythms, hand clapping, and some back beat rhythms from the gulf and whole lot more. This week’s show will be a free form extravaganza which means there’s a bright day ahead, as always. My springboard was an afternoon’s listen to the music of David Lindley who, in addition to being a fine musician, he had extraordinary taste in music. We’ll hear some gospel tracks from Sister Marie Knight and the Reverend James Cleveland, classic funk and soul from The Temptations, Billy Butler and The Isleys. We’ll also spinning up some Wild Tchoupitoulas, Otis Rush and be featuring some three-time track samples and a brand new track from the 30th anniversary release of John Prine’s Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings, slated for release in early September. There’s a whole lot more to share with everyone out there so it’s a good morning to drop in and here a Twist and Shout sample from Top Note going back to 1961…oh yes, as well as a couple David Lindley tracks.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Three Times Seven Dance Ranch Amazon
2Dave Edmunds Three Time Loser Twangin' Amazon
3Corey Glover Three Time Loser Back To The Streets – Celebrating The Music Of Don Covay Amazon
4Otis Rush Three Times a Fool Essential Collection: The Classic Cobra Recordings 1956-1958 Amazon
5Robert Gordon Three Alley Cats (feat. Dave Alvin ) Rockabilly for Life Amazon
6Chris Bouchillon I've Been Married Three Times 1925-1928 (Warped 2690F) Amazon
7David Lindley & El Rayo-X I Just Can't Work No Longer Very Greasy Amazon
8Billy Butler & The Enchanters I Can't Work No Longer Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2 Amazon
9Top Note Twist And Shout Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
10The Isley Brothers Twist And Shout Grandson Of Frat Rock! Vol. 3 Amazon
11The Temptations Don't Look Back The Temptations [Disc 1] Amazon
12John Lee Hooker Don't Look Back The Best Of Friends Amazon
13John Prine Hey Ah Nothin' Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Amazon
14John Prine Lake Marie Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings Amazon
15The Righteous Brothers Something's Got A Hold On Me The Moonglow Years Amazon
16Reverend James Cleveland Something Got A Hold On Me I Walk With God Amazon
17Johnny Cash Unclouded Day Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South Amazon
18Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Anita Kerr Singers There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
19Laurie London The Gospel Train Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando Amazon
20Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio Trouble In Mind Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
21David Lindley and Wally Ingram Oh Death Twango Bango II Amazon
22David Lindley and Wally Ingram Shame And Scandal In The Family Twango Bango III Amazon
23Odetta Shame And Scandal Sings Ballads And Blues Amazon
24Waylon Jennings Jole Blon Nashville Rebel (1958-1969) Amazon
25Gary U.S. Bonds Jole Blon The Best of Gary U.S. Bonds Amazon
26Wild Tchoupitoulas Brother John Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]] Amazon
27John Sebastian Minglewood Blues Chasin' Gus' Ghost Amazon
28Grateful Dead Dire Wolf Workingman's Dead Amazon
29Fats Domino Shurah A Lot Of Dominos Amazon

Sun Shadows: The Untold Tracks

In the long view, rock ‘n roll’s rise was no surprise as it’s sound had been peeking through the tall grass since the 1930s with some risque (and risky) rhythm and blues, gospel celebrations and fast-paced swinging country sounds. When Sam Phillips’ small operation in Memphis kicked off, who would have guessed that the fusion of all these sounds would somehow resonate with it’s blend of hillbilly, blues, rhythm and gospel influences. But it did. And here we are. Tune into Deeper Roots as we go a bit deeper into the sounds of Sun Records, beyond the Elvis, Roy, Johnny, Carl and Jerry Lees. We’ll turn our attention to others from the early years including The Miller Sisters, Slim Rhodes, Barbara Pittman and The Prisonaires. The music we’ve got is sometimes raw, sometimes wild and always headed in the same direction. Don’t miss this one!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bobbie Jean Cheaters Never Win Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
2Jack Clement Ballad of a Teenage Queen The Sun Country Box CD6 I Was There When It Happened Amazon
3Bobbie & the Boys To Tell the Truth Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
4The Prisonaires There Is Love in You Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
5The Prisonaires Just Walking in the Rain Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
6Miller Sisters Finders Keepers Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
7Miller Sisters It Only Hurts for a Little While Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
8Roy Orbison Trying to Get to You Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
9Slim Rhodes Band Bad Girl Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
10Slim Rhodes Band (Vocal: Sandy Brooks) Take and Give Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
11Slim Rhodes Do What I Do The Sun Country Box CD1 Memphis Bounce Amazon
12Ken Cook I Was a Fool Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
13Ray Smith Sail Away Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
14Charlie Feathers So Ashamed The Sun Country Box CD6 I Was There When It Happened Amazon
15Jimmy Williams That Depends On You Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
16Sonny Burgess Sweet Misery Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
17Carl Mann I'm Bluer Than Anyone Can Be Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
18Tommy Blake Ballad of a Broken Heart The Sun Country Box CD6 I Was There When It Happened Amazon
19Warren Smith I'd Rather Be Safe Than Sorry Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
20Jeanie Greene aka Mary Johnson River of No Return Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
21Mikki Wilcox I Know What It Means Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
22Mikki Wilcox Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
23Barbara Pittman Two Young Fools in Love Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
24Barbara Pittman No Matter Who's to Blame Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
25Little Hannah Fay The Miracle of You Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
26Maggie Sue Wimberly Daydreams Come True Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
27Harold Jenkins aka Conway Twitty Just in Time Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
28Vernon Taylor Breeze Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
29The Sunrays Love Is a Stranger Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
30The Five Tinos Sitting By My Window Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
31Scotty Moore & Elvis Presley How Do You Think I Feel The Sun Country Box CD2 Boogie Blues Amazon
32Harmonica Frank Floyd Step It Up and Go The Sun Country Box CD1 Memphis Bounce Amazon
33Smokey Joe Baugh The Signifying Monkey The Sun Country Box CD2 Boogie Blues Amazon

Killer Diller Blues

Join Dave Stroud for another encore edition of Deeper Roots: A Century of America’s Music. With vacation from the show in full swing, he’s taken the time to fill the airwaves with a free form blend of blues, hot rod rock, early century pop, gospel, soul and more. There will be some killer diller Memphis Minnie blues, some pop melodies from Annette Hanshaw and Mae West, gospel from the Blind Boys of Alabama and Sam Cooke…and some sweet soul vocals from The Ravens and Barbara Lewis. You won’t go wrong on a Friday morning in West County. Tune in on your favorite streaming service or the Radio Rethink app…all free for your ears. 

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Barbara Lewis Make Me Your Baby Hello Stranger: The Best of Barbara Lewis Amazon
2The Ravens My Baby's Gone OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
3Smiley Lewis I Hear You Knocking I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3 Amazon
4Kay Starr Kay's Lament Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
5Kay Starr Night Train Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
6The Blind Boys Of Alabama Free At Last Down In New Orleans Amazon
7The Edwin Hawkins Singers Oh Happy Day Oh Happy Day: The Best Of The Edwin Hawkins Singers Amazon
8Sam Cooke Mean Old World Night Beat Amazon
9The Golden Gate Quartet Dipsy Doodle Negro Spirituals, Vol. 1 Amazon
10Alabama Shakes Killer Diller Blues American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 1] Amazon
11Jimmy Liggins Cadillac Boogie Jump, Jive & Swing Amazon
12Trailer Hot Rods to Hell So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 3 Amazon
13Eddie Cochran C'mon Everybody Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1] Amazon
14Bea Baker & Maurice King & His Wolverines I Want a Lavender Cadillac So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 4 Amazon
15Mink Deville Spanish Stroll The Mink De Ville Collection Amazon
16Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men What Does the Deep Sea Say? Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land Amazon
17Mae West Mister Deep Blue Sea The Mae West Collection Amazon
18Annette Hanshaw Moanin' Low Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999) Amazon
19David Johansen Deep Blue Sea Shaker Amazon
20Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea One Hour Mama Amazon
21Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea Vintage Collections Amazon
22Reckless Kelly & Joe Ely Rider in the Rain Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman Amazon
23Barbara Lewis Hello Stranger MaltShop Memories Save the Last Dance for M Amazon
24John Prine Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
25Bob Hope, Bing Crosby Nothing in Common Best of Bob Hope – Capitol Records Amazon
26The Boswell Sisters That's How Rhythm Was Born Music From The Motion Picture – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Amazon
27Tommy And Jimmy Dorsey Rhythm Saved The World The Gems Of Jazz Amazon
28Louis Armstrong Rhythm Saved The World Rhythm Saved The World Amazon
29Ethel Smith Tico Tico Tico Tico – 28 Original Mono Recordings 1944-1952 Amazon
30The Happenings I Got Rhythm The Best Of The Happenings Amazon
31The Americans Sail Away Ladies American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2] Amazon
32The Louvin Brothers You'll Meet Him In The Clouds Close Harmony [Disc 6] Amazon
33Polly Possum And Joe Wolverton With The Dog Patch Boys Don't Talk To Me About Men The World Is A Monster Amazon

Back on the Farm 2025

The farmer, the farm, and songs of farming are at the core of this week’s theme show, an encore presentation from 2017. Whether the songs’ focus is that of the hard-working folk of the farm, the raw materials, or the nostalgic reminders of life on the farm, we’ll push forward the playlist plough and take you to the barn for an early morning celebration with performers including bluegrass from James King, gritty Americana from Levon Helm and Bill Neely, core country from Bobby Bare and Porter Wagoner, or maybe some field recordings from the 20s featuring the likes of the Carolina Tar Heels…all of this music going Back On The Farm.
No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Marty Stuart/Merle Haggard Farmer's Blues Country Music Amazon
2Freeman Stowers Sunrise On The Farm Sinners and Saints: Complete Recorded Works 1926-1931 Amazon
3Bill Frisell Farmer Disfarmer Amazon
4Levon Helm Poor Old Dirt Farmer Dirt Farmer Amazon
5Bill Neely Black Land Farmer 16 Down Home Country Classics Amazon
6James King Thirty Years of Farming Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs Amazon
7Junior Sisk with Becky Isaacs Bowman and Sonya Isaacs Yeary The Wheat Crop Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song Amazon
8Lemuel Jones Po' Farmer (Poor Farmers) Field Recordings, Vol. 1: Virginia (1936-1941) Amazon
9Peter Rowan Let the Harvest Go To Seed Bluegrass Boy Amazon
10Carolina Tar Heels Got The Farm Land Blues Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads Amazon
11Cisco Houston Farmer's Lament The Folkways Years: 1944-1961 Amazon
12J.E. Mainer & The Mountaineers (With Morris Herbert) Living On The Farm The Legendry J.E. Mainer, Volume 4 Amazon
13Walter Brennan Old Rivers Old Rivers Amazon
14The Bently Boys Down On Penny's Farm Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads Amazon
15Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur Down on Penny's Farm Penny's Farm Amazon
16The Four Wanderers Farmer's Life For Me Black Vocal Groups Vol. 9 (1929-1942) Amazon
17Ben & Ellen Harper Farmer's Daughter Childhood Home Amazon
18Bobby Bare The Farmer Feeds Us All Hard Time Hungrys Amazon
19Porter Wagoner The Farmer and the Lord 20 All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
20Paula Brown Farm Hollers Hollerin' Amazon
21Warren Caplinger's Cumberland Mountain Entertainers McDonald's Farm (1928) Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936 Amazon
22Bubby Bishop I Want To Go Back To The Farm The Great Vintage Country Amazon
23Wilf Carter (Montana Slim) On A Little Two Acre Farm Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58 Amazon
24Goose Island Ramblers I Worked For a Farmer Polkabilly Amazon
25Buster Carter & Preston Young A Lazy Farmer Boy Before The Blues Vol. 3 Amazon
26Rosetta Howard Plow Hand Blues [Album Version] Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950 Amazon
27Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys I'll Reap My Harvest In Heaven King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail Amazon
28Fiddlin' John Carson Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Them All [Remastered 2003] Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down Series Amazon
29Ray Wylie Hubbard After the Harvest Crusades of the Restless Nights Amazon
30Dry Branch Fire Squad Devil, Take The Farmer 481 Bluegrass Class of 1990 Amazon
31Glen Campbell Arkansas Farmboy Adios Amazon
32Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies When It's Harvest Time, Sweet Angeline Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin' Amazon
33Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs With Mother Maybelle Carter The Homestead On The Farm [Album Version] Songs Of The Famous Carter Family Amazon
34Walter Brennan Back To The Farm Old Shep Amazon

Juke Box Blues

Jukeboxes were not only cultural touchstones and vital engines for the music industry in the forties and fifties, but they also contributed to the democratization of music consumption in a way that radio could not: by allowing people to pay a nickel and choose the exact song they wanted to hear. Radio’s best effort was to feed the listener versus allow the listener to make their own choice. Over a half century later, streaming has become juggernaut replacing the jukebox. Like streaming of today, the jukebox once helped with music discovery driving regional hits and elevating lesser-known artists, turning local favorites into national stars. This week’s show will be a thematic one and, yes, we’re picking the music. But it’s a fun and mixed bag of country, early rock and pop all with the jukebox as centerpiece. Drop into Deeper Roots this morning for some classic Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, Roy Orbison and Little Richard from the edgy side of the aisle and be ready for upbeat and swinging country from Ernest Tubb, Buck Owens, and Mel Tillis. Tune in for a show that recognizes this cultural phenomenon and proves the old saw “what is old is new again”. 

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bob King Rockin' The Jukebox Rockin' The Jukebox Amazon
2Jimmy Donley Radio, Jukebox And T.V. The Precious Years Amazon
3The Marigolds Juke Box Rock & Roll The Johnny Bragg Story Amazon
4Shirley & Lee Somebody Put A Jukebox In The Study Hall Shirley & Lee Rock Amazon
5Katy Moffatt Stoned At The Jukebox A Collection Of Drinking Songs Amazon
6Gale Storm Love By The Jukebox Light Dark Moon * The Best Of Gale Storm Amazon
7Roy Orbison Here Comes That Song Again Three Classic Albums+Singles and Sessions 1956-1962 [Disc 2] Amazon
8Teresa Brewer Music! Music! Music! Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2) Amazon
9Perry Como Juke Box Baby Kuties And Krooners Amazon
10The Mills Brothers I Gotta Have My Baby Back(E. Fitzgerald) The Mills Brothers Golden G'ts(3) Amazon
11Jerry Lee Lewis High School Confidential The Definitive Collection Amazon
12Little Richard All Around The World The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
13Bill Haley (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (3): Rock Around the Clock Amazon
14Chuck Berry Roll Over Beethoven Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings Amazon
15Chuck Berry School Days The Chess Box Disc 1 Amazon
16James Mask & His Impalas Let The Juke Box Die Bandera Rockabilly And Country Roots Amazon
17BR5-49 A1 On The Jukebox Dog Days Amazon
18Buck Owens Put A Quarter In The Jukebox Hot Dog Amazon
19Buck Owens A-11 The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1] Amazon
20Joshua Hedley Mr. Jukebox Mr. Jukebox Amazon
21Ernest Tubb Mr. Jukebox Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2 Amazon
22James Hand In the Corner, at the Table, By the Jukebox The Truth Will Set You Free Amazon
23George Kent Hello, I'm A Jukebox The Beginning Of The End – The Existential Psychodrama In Country Music (1956-1972) Amazon
24Mel Tillis Jukebox Man (Single Version) The Best of Mel Tillis Amazon
25Tammy Wynette Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad Classic Country Vol. 15 The Sixties Legends Disc 1 Amazon
26Becky Hobbs Jones On the Jukebox Best of the Beckaroo – Part One Amazon
27June Carter Cash Juke Box Blues Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 Amazon
28Emmylou Harris Amarillo Elite Hotel [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
29Charley Crockett Jukebox Charley Lil G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley Amazon
30Pee Wee King Juke Box Blues Rompin' Stompin' Singin' Swingin' Amazon
31Anita Carter That's What Makes the Juke Box Play 1950-1955 (Warped 5051) Amazon
32Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Juke Box Saturday Night The Centennial Collection Disc 1 Amazon
33Bill Haley with the Saddlemen Jukebox Cannonball From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (2): Rock the Joint Amazon
34Luke Wills Rhythm Busters A Nickel In The Jukebox Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon

Crime Does Not Pay

Tune in this week for crimes, misdemeanors and general lawlessness as we lean on a theme that explores music that explores one hundred years of crime in different form. We’ll also ask law enforcement to step in as needed with pursuits, chain gangs, and K9 units. From Elmer Bernstein to The Crickets, Mel Tillis to The Byrds, and Bo Diddley, Red River Dave, and blues from Robert Wilkins as our show reminds listeners that Crime Doesn’t Pay…unless you’ve already got the cheese or you’re on the grift with the government behind you. Join our listening audience for the best roots radio show you’ll find here in the North Bay. We’ll make sure this week’s show covers the theme with tracks and treasures, classic influences and much more. So, whether you’re tuning in from a big city street or a quiet back road, settle in, turn it up, and let the stories music take you there. It’s another week of Deeper Roots on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Tex Morton Crime Does Not Pay The Great Vintage Country Amazon
2Delmore Brothers Fugitive's Lament Brown's Ferry Blues Amazon
3Robert Wilkins Police Sergeant Blues Memphis Blues, 1928-1935 Amazon
4Joe Smith Kidnapping is a Terrible Crime Lead Kindly Light Amazon
5Jimmie Driftwood Jesse James Americana, Vol. 2 Amazon
6The Byrds Pretty Boy Floyd Sweetheart of the Rodeo Amazon
7Merle Haggard And The Strangers The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde (2006 Digital Remaster) Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard Amazon
8Sons of the Pioneers Outlaw (1952) Wagons West (CD4) Amazon
9Andy Griffith Police Department Blues Rocks, Blues & Old Timey Songs Amazon
10James Talley Are They Gonna Make Us Outlaws Again? Tryin' Like The Devil Amazon
11Merle Haggard I'm A Lonesome Fugitive Capitol Collector's Series Amazon
12Tom T. Hall A Week In A Country Jail Classic Country Vol. 15 The Sixties Legends Disc 1 Amazon
13Peter Rowan & Nashville Bluegrass Band Jailer Jailer Legacy Amazon
14Ray Llewelyn Highway Patrol Television's Greatest Hits Volume 4 Amazon
15Junior Brown Highway Patrol Junior High Amazon
16The Crickets I Fought the Law Rockin' Originals: Original Versions of Famous Songs Amazon
17Helen Grayco Lilly's Lament (Cell 29) Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars Amazon
18Tom Edwards Cook County Jail Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2 Amazon
19Red River Dave California Hippie Murders Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
20Johnny Rebb And His Rebels Hey Sheriff Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars Amazon
21Jimmy Young Chain Gang Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars Amazon
22Bo Diddley Cops And Robbers Have Guitar Will Travel Amazon
23Ray Anthony & His Orchestra Dragnet TV Land presents Favorite TV Theme Songs Amazon
24Elmer Bernstein Staccato's Theme Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene Amazon
25Russ Tamblin & The Jets Gee, Officer Krupke West Side Story Amazon
26Freddie 'Bama Boy' Hall & His Gadsden Band This Crooked World Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3] Amazon
27Eddie Cole & The Three Peppers Police Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
28Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra Call The Police Jumpin' With the Big Swing Bands Amazon
29Fats Waller & His Rhythm Twenty-Four Robbers 100 Ans De Jazz Amazon
30Wayne Hancock Johnny Law Swing Time Amazon
31Randy Newman Jolly Coppers on Parade Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman Amazon

Sweet Temptation

This week’s show will feature another journey celebrating the soundtrack of the past century. From the pounding rhythms of gospel revelations to the neon-lit evening sounds of Basin Street and Nashville, we’ll be sharing the music of George Strait, Etta James, The Temptations, Little Sugar and The Hightower Brothers among over two dozen others…all in an exciting and varietal run of Americana on a Friday morning. It’s where the hidden gems appear and echo each week as we dig deep across decades and genres. Dave’s got iconic tracks and overlooked treasures, classic influences and modern echoes for you in a free form eclectic celebration. So, whether you’re tuning in from a big city street or a quiet back road, settle in, turn it up, and let the music take you there. It’s another week of Deeper Roots on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Merle Travis Sweet Temptation Sweet Temptation '46-'53 – Best Of Amazon
2Louis Prima Basin Street Blues New Orleans Amazon
3Dr. John Good Night, Irene Goin' Back To New Orleans Amazon
4The Temptations The Way You Do the Things You Do Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1 Amazon
5Bobby "Blue" Bland Yield Not To Temptation The Definitive Collection Amazon
6The Everly Brothers Temptation Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 2] Amazon
7Jean Shepard Sweet Temptation Lonesome Love Amazon
8Don Reno and Red Smiley Don't Let Temptation Turn You 'Round 1962-1963 (Warped 6274) Amazon
9Red Ingle and the Natural Seven (Vocal 'Cinderella G. Stump' (Jo Stafford) & Red Ingle) Temptation (Tim-Tayshun) (1947) Your Hit Parade..Golden Goofers [Time-Life] Amazon
10The Grass Roots Temptation Eyes (Original) 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Grass Roots Amazon
11The Knight Brothers Temptation 'bout To Get Me Southern Soul Amazon
12The Harmonizing Four Wade In The Water Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
13Ruthie Foster Death Came A-knockin' (Travelin' Shoes) Runaway Soul Amazon
14Little Sugar And The Hightower Brothers Come By Here Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958 Amazon
15The Ink Spots Address Unknown Better Call Saul: Season 1 (Original Television Soundtrack) Amazon
16The Sunshine Boys I'm Crooning A Tune About June 1929-1931 – The Complete Set Amazon
17Frankie Laine That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls around Heaven All Day) Your Hit Parade: 1949 Amazon
18Etta James Come What May The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1 Amazon
19Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters Honey Love Atlantic Rock & Roll Amazon
20The Drifters Bip Bam The Definitive Drifters [Disc 1] Amazon
21Waylon Jennings I Ain't Living Long Like This Nashville Rebel (1974-1980) Amazon
22George Strait All My Ex's Live In Texas 50 Number Ones [Disc 1] Amazon
23Lyle Lovett That's Right (You're Not From Texas) The Road To Ensenada Amazon
24Grandpa Jones T For Texas Makes The Rafters Ring Amazon
25Billy Briggs Amarillo Rose Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 4] Saturday Night Rag) Amazon
26Asleep at the Wheel Am I Right (Or Amarillo) Reinventing the Wheel Amazon
27Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers 05 Amarillo Ramble in Music City: The Lost Concert (Live) Amazon
28Charley Crockett Amarillo By Morning Lonesome Drifter Amazon
29Willie Nelson Texas In My Soul One Hell Of A Ride Amazon
30Harmonizing Four All Things Are Possible Testify! The Gospel Box Amazon
31Michael Nesmith I Fall To Pieces Listen To The Band [UK] Amazon
32Willie Nelson Send Me the Pillow You Dream On Willie and the Boys: Willie's Stash vol. 2 Amazon