It’s finger poppin’ time…time to have a blast with some breakout party rockers from the mid-century. All for a good time with soul and roll and rhythm as the main course in today’s show. It’s all about those percussive rocking beats. Call it a party full of boogie, mojo, twistin’ and shaking. We’ve lit the fuse for a dynamite celebration of rebellious rock and cool upbeat soul rhythms with the music of Freddy Cannon, The Swingin’ Medallions, The Showstoppers and Ann Cole with an out of control party mix…just in time for our first show of May. KOWS Community Radio brings the fresh sounds of today, yesterday and tomorrow 24/7, with the very best of political and community discourse. You can tune us in on 92.5 FM in West Sonoma County or just drop by our stream on your Radio Rethink app, Alexa, Radio Garden, Tunein, or Radio Box. We’re here for you and Deeper Roots will be pitching a wang dang doodle this coming Friday morning here on member-supported radio for planet Earth.
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Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
The Isley Brothers
Shout (Part One)
Motor City Soul
2
Wanda Jackson
Let's Have a Party
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
3
Ray Charles
Mess Around
Atlantic Rock & Roll
4
The Swingin' Medallions
Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)
Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
5
The Strangeloves
I Want Candy
Dick Van Dyke's Dance Party
6
Claudine Clark
Party Lights
The Best Of The Girl Groups, Vol. 1
7
Martha & The Vandellas
Mickey's Monkey
Dance Party
8
Hank Ballard & the Midnighters
Finger Poppin' Time
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
9
Johnnie Morisette
Meet Me At The Twistin' Place
The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962
10
Chubby Checker
Dancin' Party
Chubby Checker (Mr Twister)
11
Chubby Checker
The Twist
Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1960
12
Sam Cooke
Twistin' the Night Away
The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (2 of 4)
13
Dave Edmunds
Do You Wanna Dance
Porky's Revenge! [Expanded]
14
The Contours
Do You Love Me
Dick Van Dyke's Dance Party
15
Jerry Lee Lewis
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
16
Matchbox
Rockabilly Rebel
Rockabilly Rebel
17
Freddy Cannon
Buzz Buzz A Diddle It
His Latest And Greatest
18
Tommy James & the Shondells
Mony Mony
The Very Best of Tommy James & the Shondells
19
Louis Jordan
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
Number Ones
20
The Showstoppers
Ain't Nothing But A House Party
Ultimate Northern Soul – The Classics
21
Ann Cole
Got My Mojo Workin' (But It Just Won't Work On You)
Blues Masters Vol. 6 – Blues Originals
22
Koko Taylor
Wang Dang Doodle
Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
23
The Champs
Tequilla
Dick Van Dyke's Dance Party
24
Tarheel Slim
Number Nine Train
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
25
Chan Romero
The Hippy Hippy Shake
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
26
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs
Wooly Bully
Memphis Celebrates 50 Years Of Rock 'n' Roll
27
Arthur Conley
Sweet Soul Music
Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967
28
Link Wray/Robert Gordon
Summertime Blues
Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials
29
Johnny Kidd
Shakin' All Over
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
30
The Kingsmen
Louie Louie
In Person ('64)
31
Nick Todd
At The Hop
Chills & Fever: The Dot Records Story 1955-1962
32
The Isley Brothers
Twist And Shout
Dick Van Dyke's Dance Party
33
Little Richard
Good Golly Miss Molly
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
34
Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
Cruisin'
Destination Freeway
35
Elvis Presley
Party
50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Elvis' Gold Records – Volume 2
This week‘s show brings us echoes of resistance from the past because there’s a storm brewing, stirring from the louder voices of people recognizing that fascism has settled in. People in this country are getting organized around a common anger that democracy and freedom is being taken from them. The political fortification led by Republican leadership co-opted by white nationalism and support for the gestapo tactics must be held in check and the voices of the ballot box will be the final determination; that is, if there is time. Music this week features Roy Zimmerman, Billy Bragg, Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger and a whole host of sounds from the past century whose musical voices raged when fascism and autocracy attempted to take hold. Money is the root of this evil, make no mistake. There is always hope, however, and we need to be here for each other while practicing self-care with family and friends. The storm clouds are now above us and it’s up to all of us. Now. Not later.
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Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Gene "Mighty Flea" Conners & McCrarys
We Shall Overcome
Gospel Caravan
2
Allen Toussaint
Yes We Can Can
Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album
3
Pete Seeger
Which Side Are You On
Pete Seeger's Greatest Hits
4
John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band
Power To The People
Gimme Some Truth [Disc 1]
5
Buffalo Springfield
For What It's Worth
Buffalo Springfield
6
Molly Brandt
Revolution on the Horizon
American Saga
7
Tracy Chapman
Talkin' Bout a Revolution
Tracy Chapman
8
Woody Guthrie
Tear the Fascists Down
My Dusty Road
9
Alan Lomax
All Of You Fascists Bound To Lose
Ballad Operas-Martins & The Co
10
The Tillers
All You Fascists Bound to Lose
The Tillers
11
Marc Ribot
Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful) (feat. Tom Waits)
Songs of Resistance 1942 – 2018
12
Garland Jeffreys
Wild in the Streets
Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
13
Jefferson Airplane
Volunteers
Volunteers
14
Public Enemy
Fight The Power
Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music
15
Perla Batalla
The Partisan
A Letter to Leonard Cohen
16
Isley Brothers
Fight the Power EDIT
FunkGASM
17
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
This Land is Your Land (Digital Album Exclusive)
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Is In)
18
Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal
Crawl into the Promised Land
Crawl Into the Promised Land (Single)
19
Nanci Griffith
Hell No (I'm Not Alright)
Occupy This Album
20
Bruce Springsteen
Born in the U.S.A.
Chapter & Verse
21
Nina Simone
Revolution
Anthology Disc 2
22
R.B. Morris
That's How Every Empire Falls
Singing Through the Wall. Songs for Western Sahara
23
Woody Guthrie
This Land Is Your Land (Alternate Version)
Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
24
Dropkick Murphys
All You Fonies
This Machine Still Kills Fascists
25
Gil Scott-Heron
Whitey On The Moon
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
26
Lou Christie
Self Expression (The Kids on the Street Will Never Give In)
Enlightnin'ment: The Best of Lou Christie
27
John Fogerty
Fortunate Son
The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
28
Billy Bragg & Wilco
All You Fascists
Mermaid Avenue, Vol. 2
29
Marvin Gaye
What's Going On
Singers And Songwriters 1970-1971 [Disc 1]
30
Marc Ribot
How To Walk In Freedom (feat. Sam Amidon & Fay Victor)
From a song about dirty little religions to a song about Joanie the Jehovah Witness Stripper, we’ll be going all out from up and down with genre celebrations from the past century where music reflects the inspiration from church on Sunday mornings following the barroom sinners of Saturday night. This week’s Deeper Roots takes a bit of a free form shuffle featuring Bo Diddley, The Ramones, Johnny Mercer, and a whole host of rhythm makers. Performances this morning will span some covers from Chris Smither, David Lindley and an answer song from Barbara Lewis. KOWS radio wants to thank all of you who came out to the Comedy fundraiser at Barrel Proof Lounge last week. It was a great success for us and also a validation of community radio here in the North Bay. KOWS is free form, free speech, no bull community radio; just the kind of thing we need in a country gone mad with lies, deceit and hate. There is always hope. Tune into your radio voice, any time of the day or night. We’ll always welcome you.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
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1
Martha and the Vandellas
Quicksand
The Motown Sound Vol. 1
2
Faye Adams
Witness To The Crime (Herald 470)
R&B Humdingers Volume 11
3
Warren Zevon
Dirty Little Religion
Life'll Kill Ya
4
Paul Thorn
Joanie The Jehovah Witness Stripper
Hammer & Nail Live
5
Marvin Gaye
Can I Get A Witness
I'll Take You There
6
Alphabetical Four
Get On Board, Little Children
Complete Recorded Works 1938-1943
7
Tiny Mayberry
Oh That Nasty Man (Take A)
Vol. 2-Vocal Blues & Jazz
8
Johnny Mercer
Small Fry With Victor Young's Small Fryers
Bing Crosby And Friends
9
The Golden Gate Quartet
Dipsy Doodle
Travelin' Shoes
10
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
Keep A Knockin' But You Can't Come In
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1938 – 1940
11
Little Richard
Keep A Knockin'
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
12
Chris Smither
Maybellene
Call Me Lucky
13
Chuck Berry
Maybellene
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 10]
14
David Lindley
Mercury Blues
El Rayo-X
15
K.C. Douglas
Mercury Blues
Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
16
Violet Hall
Six Foot Papa (I'm A Whole Lot Of Woman)
The Mercury Blues Story (1945-1955) – Southwest Blues, Vol. 2
17
Big Maybelle
So Good To My Baby
The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55
18
George Thorogood
Bo Diddley
2120 South Michigan Avenue
19
Bo Diddley
Don't Let It Go (Hold On To What You Got)
The Chess Box [Disc 1]
20
Sam & Dave
Hold On! I'm a Comin'
The Very Best of Sam & Dave
21
Sam Cooke
Bring It On Home To Me
Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
22
Barbara Lewis
I'll Bring It Back Home To You
Don't Forget About Me: The Atlantic & Reprise Recordings
23
Jack Nitzsche
The Lonely Surfer
Teen Beat 5
24
Mink Deville
Just Your Friends
The Mink De Ville Collection
25
The Ramones
Needles & Pins [Single Version][Version]
Ramones Mania
26
The Books Feat. Jose Gonzalez
Cello Song
Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 1]
27
T-Bone Burnett
House Of Mirrors
Twenty Twenty: The Esssential T-Bone Burnett Disc 2
Every year about this time there’s a quick burst of blossom, a promise of renewal and that first pitch of the national pastime. I don’t know about you but it’s my favorite time of year, a time when winter’s cold is shut down and we’ve got that Spring Fever. This week’s show will take time out for a couple sets celebrating and remembering baseball’s past through music with the likes of The Treniers, Danny Kaye, and Dr. John with some early rapping from Mel Allen of all people. And that’s just the half of it because the fever goes beyond the diamond: we’ll share songs of April love with Shirley Jones, Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White with Perez Prado, Nina Simone, Martha Tilton, and a run of classic country with Johnny Horton, Sons of the Pioneers and the Sons of the San Joaquin. From stickball to kite-flying to the first frisbees of the year in the local park. Let’s get away from it all.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Radio Commercial
'Spring Time Fever Time'
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
2
The Velvets
Spring Fever
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
3
Shirley Jones & Pat Boone
April Love (Film Version)
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
4
The Pentagons
It's Spring Again
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
5
Martha Tilton
I'll Remember April
The Liltin' Miss Tilton [Disc 1]
6
Perez Prado And His Orchestra
Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
7
Count Basie
April in Paris
Pure Jazz
8
Naturals & Mel Allen
Baseball Dreams
Baseball's Greatest Hits
9
Johnny Darling
Baseball Baby
Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan
10
Dr. John
Take Me Out To The Ballgame
Baseball A Film By Ken Burns – Original Soundtrack Recording
11
The Treniers
Say Hey (The Willie Mays Song)
Baseball Anthems
12
Sister Wynona Carr
The Ball Game
Baseball Anthems
13
Russ Hodges
Bobby Thomson's Shot Heard 'Round The World
Baseball Anthems
14
Terry Cashman
Talkin' Baseball (Willie, Mickey & "The Duke")
61* [Box Set] Disc 1
15
Mickey Mantle & Teresa Brewer
I Love Mickey
Baseball's Greatest Hits
16
Danny Kaye
D-O-D-G-E-R-S Song (Oh, Really? No, O'Malley)
Baseball's Greatest Hits
17
Stormy Weather
The Land Of Wrigley
Baseball's Greatest Hits
18
Steve Goodman
A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request
Baseball's Greatest Hits
19
Betty Bonney & Les Brown and His Orchestra
Joltin' Joe Dimaggio
Baseball Anthems
20
Little Willie John
I've Got Spring Fever
Little Willie John
21
Birdlegs & Pauline And Their Versatility Birds
Spring
Birth Of Soul: 2
22
Jerry Duane & The Monarchs
It Might As Well Be Spring
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
23
Nina Simone
It Might As Well Be Spring
The Best Of Nina Simone: The Colpix Years
24
Craig Douglas
Hello Spring
Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season
Spring is knock-knock-knocking…and our Supreme Court is push-push-pushing back on the idea of Emperor Grandpa McFuddlepants. And why not? They created it. But here, we’re busy painting the town with hope and there’s a sense that there’s something in the air as this week’s show leans on the fabric of Americana sounds to get us through yet another week of hate speech from Pennsylvania Avenue. We’ll apply an salve of sweet sounds from Jerry Garcia, Jackie Wilson, Townes Van Zandt, Billie Holiday, and that late local luminary and bard about town Dan Hicks in this week’s show. It’s a free form dance we’re taking on so I hope you make time or, if you can’t catch us live on KOWS, you can catch up on our archives posted on Podomatic at https://deeperroots.podomatic.com
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Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Something in the Air
Greatest Hits
2
Marshall Crenshaw
Who Stole That Train
Miracle of Science
3
Them
Baby Please Don't Go
Them Featuring Van Morrison
4
Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings
Anyway The Wind Blows
Anyway The Wind Blows
5
John Hiatt
Radio Girl
Slug Line
6
Townes Van Zandt
(Quicksilver Daydreams Of) Maria
Townes Van Zandt
7
Charley Crockett
Jamestown Ferry
Lonesome Drifter
8
Ray Charles
Take These Chains from My Heart
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
9
Jackie Wilson
I Just Can't Help It
The Jackie Wilson Story [Sony]
10
Little Jimmy Dickens
I Can't Help It
The Old Country Church/Raisin' The Dickens
11
James Hunter Six
Can't Help Myself
Nick of Time
12
Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra
Big Mamou
Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
13
David Lindley
Your Old Lady
El Rayo-X
14
Aereo-Plain Band/John Hartford
Keep on Truckin'
Steam Powered Aereo-Takes
15
Hot Tuna
Keep On Truckin'
Burgers
16
Jorma Kaukonen
Big River Blues
Blue Country Heart
17
Maria Muldaur
It Ain't The Meat, It's The Motion
Maria Muldaur
18
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
I'm An Old Cowhand (From The Rio Grande)
The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
19
Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks
Canned Music
The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
20
Jerry Garcia
Deal
Garcia
21
The Youngbloods
Grizzly Bear
Get Together: The Essential Youngbloods
22
Sonny James
Innocent Lies
Singles
23
Billie Holiday
God Bless the Child
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
24
Jackson Browne
These Days
The Next Voice You Hear: The Best of Jackson Browne
Put another nickel in that nickelodeon ‘cause rhythm saved the world. This week on Deeper Roots we’re spinning up songs about the jukebox, hit records, little bitty records, disc jockey pleas, and swinging syncopated rhythms from across the past century. That’s right, we’re taking a trip across ninety years featuring jazz from Jimmie Lunceford, country from the Sons of the Pioneers, gospel from the Chuck Wagon Gang, and swinging send-ups from Louis Armstrong, NRBQ, Slim Gaillard, and The Sensations. Well, you can also count on more from the usual suspects in this week’s thematic celebration of the very best of Americana. Whether that’s reaching out to the jukebox, the DJ or that record hawker…we’ve got two hours of rhythm here on KOWS Community Radio. Spend your time with music, not your hard earned dough on this day of resistance.
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Artist
Title
Album
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1
Commercial
Nuclear Survival Course Record Album (1954)
Rock'N'Roll & Rock-A-Billy Inferno
2
The Sensations
Please Mr Disc Jockey
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
3
Fred Astaire
Music Makes Me
American Songbook Series
4
Tommy Dorsey & His Clambake Seven
The Music Goes Round And Round
Me & Orson Welles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
5
Louis Prima
The Music Goes 'Round and Around
Capitol Collectors Series
6
Louis Armstrong
Rhythm Saved The World
Rhythm Saved The World
7
Tex Beneke, The Modernaires
Jukebox Saturday Night
Stagedoor Canteen Music Of The War Years Vol 1
8
Jimmie Lunceford
Rhythm Is Our Business
An Introduction To Jimmie Lunceford
9
The Boswell Sisters
That's How Rhythm Was Born
Music From The Motion Picture – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
10
Three Sharps And A Flat
That's The Rhythm
Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm
11
Ella Fitzgerald
Vote For Mr Rhythm
The Millenium Anthology – Ella Fitzgerald [Disc 3]
12
Ella Fitzgerald
My Last Affair
The Millenium Anthology – Ella Fitzgerald
13
Fats Waller
Music Maestro Please
Music Maestro Please
14
The Cats & The Fiddle
Mr. Rhythm Man
The Very Best Of
15
Slim Gaillard
Jumpin' At The Record Shop
Vout For Voutoreenes
16
The Mills Brothers
Rhythm Saved The World
The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 4
17
George Kent
Hello, I'm A Jukebox
The Beginning Of The End – The Existential Psychodrama In Country Music (1956-1972)
18
Boyd Bennett & His Rockets
Cool Disc Jockey
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio Vol.5
19
Sons of the Pioneers
Syncopated Rhythm
Songs of the Prairie – CD4
20
Jerry Lee Lewis
Jukebox Junky
Killer Country
21
Brook Benton
Hit Record
Mercury 1962
22
Charles Senns
Dig Me A Crazy Record
One More Record Please
23
Norma Jean
I Heard the Jukebox Playing
1965-1966
24
Willie Nelson
Mr. Record Man
One More Record Please
25
Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue
Jones On the Jukebox
Set Two
26
Chuck Wagon Gang/George Jones
Turn Your Radio On
70th Anniversary
27
Bill Kirchen
Little Bitty Record
King of Dieselbilly: Classic Kirchen
28
NRBQ
Music Goes Round And Around
Tiddly Winks
29
BR5-49
A1 On The Jukebox
Dog Days
30
The Blasters
Border Radio
Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2)
Country, gospel, and rhythm and blues are the major arteries that flow to the heart of Americana musical traditions, each influencing the other through shared themes of storytelling, emotion, and spirituality. Gospel’s uplifting harmonies and spiritual fervor inspired both the heartfelt narratives of country music and the soulful expressions of rhythm and blues. Similarly, rhythm and blues infused gospel energy into secular music, while country music borrowed melodic and vocal elements from both genres. The “golden age” of these genres is often considered to be the mid-20th century, roughly the 1940s through the 1960s, when their innovation and cross-pollination laid the groundwork for modern popular music, including rock and roll. This week on Deeper Roots we’re going to flip through some classic old records (as we love to do) and highlight the morning with performances from the likes of Otis Spann, Merle Travis, Sue Foley, Sturgill Simpson, and a few dozen others.
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Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Margie Singleton
Old Records
One More Record Please
2
Seasick Steve
Dark
Man from Another Time (Bonus Version)
3
Sturgill Simpson
Breakers Roar
A Sailor's Guide To Earth
4
The Everly Brothers
Bowling Green
Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2
5
The Kossoy Sisters
Bowling Green
Bluegrass Jamboree
6
Merle Travis
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
Ash Grove 12/9/1966
7
Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
We've Got a Live One Here!
8
The Louvin Brothers
There's A Grave In The Wave Of The Ocean
Close Harmony [Disc 7]
9
Hart Valley Drifters
Nine Pound Hammer
Folk Time
10
Van Morrison
Dark Night Of The Soul
Three Chords And The Truth
11
The Riders Of The Purple Sage
Cool Water (Radio)
Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
12
The Harmonizing Four
Wade In The Water
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
13
The Soul Stirrers
Jesus I'll Never Forget [Album Version]
The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
14
Mahalia Jackson
Dark Was The Night
Moving On Up A Little Higher
15
Bing Crosby
Down to the Old Ox Road
Bing Crosby in Hollywood (1930-1934), Vol. 1
16
Sue Foley
Freight Train
One Guitar Woman
17
Porter Wagoner
Banks of the Ohio
1968 (Warped 6846)
18
Roy Rogers with Country Washburne
My Chickashay Girl
26 All-Time Country Classics
19
Merle Haggard
Time Changes Everything
The Peer Sessions
20
Jimmie Dolan
The Wheel That Does The Squeakin'
Juke Box Boogie
21
Raul Malo
Weary Blues from Waitin'
The Nashville Acoustic Sessions
22
Ted Daffan's Texans
Born To Lose
26 All-Time Country Classics
23
Norridge Mayhams And The Blue Chips
I'm A Rattlesnakin' Daddy
Norridge Mayhams and The Blue Chips
24
Mae West
I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love
He was a member of Nashville’s A-Team. He invented the electric guitar ‘fuzz’ effect by accident in a Marty Robbins recording session. He played on some of the most recognizable hit songs and landmark albums; not just country but rock, soul, folk, country rock and released some jazz guitar albums of his own. You can hear his work day in and day out: the Spanish-style acoustic work on Marty’s El Paso, the opening and unforgettable lick on Roy Orbison’s Oh Pretty Woman, plus dozens upon dozens more. He was one of the most sought after session men in the industry. Oh, and his jazz work with Mancini, Hirt and Fountain were followed by a gig as session leader for Vanguard Records’ album releases of Joan Baez, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Country Joe. If there’s a word that goes a step beyond prolific, it describes Grady Martin. Join us for a show that celebrates the legend.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Roy Orbison
Oh, Pretty Woman
Shades of Roy Orbison
2
Grady Martin & Don Cherry
Long John Boogie
Grady Martin
3
Mimi Roman
Little Lovin'
Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 1
4
Patsy Cline
Stop, Look and Listen
Rockin' Patsy
5
Janis Martin
Will You Willyum
Grady Martin
6
Roy Hall
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
Grady Martin
7
Red Foley
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
8
Red Foley, Grady Martin
Pinball Boogie
Hillbilly Fever [Disc 4]
9
Red Foley
My Window Faces South
Hillbilly Fever [Disc 4]
10
Burl Ives With Grady Martin & His Slew Foot Five
Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves
Roughneck Blues 1949 – 1956
11
Marvin Rainwater
Whole Lotta Woman
Whole Lotta Woman
12
Jimmy Lloyd
Where The Rio De Rosa Flows
Grady Martin
13
Red Sovine
How Do You Think I Feel
Grady Martin
14
Brenda Lee
Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar)
Brenda Lee Rocks
15
Johnny Horton
I'm Coming Home
Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1 of 2)
16
Johnny Burnette
The Train Kept A Rollin'
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
17
Warner Mack
Roc-A-Chicka
Rock'N'Roll & Rock-A-Billy Inferno
18
Autry Inman
Mary Nell
Grady Martin
19
Marty Robbins
Don't Worry
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
20
Lefty Frizzell
Saginaw, Michigan (Grady Martin)
Classic Country
21
Marty Robbins
El Paso
A Lifetime of Song (1951-1982)
22
Elvis Presley
Please Don't Drag That String Around
From Nashville To Memphis: The Essential 60's Masters [Disc 2]
23
Joe Henderson
Snap Your FIngers
Oxford American Music Issue #13-Mississippi
24
Ray Price
For The Good Times
Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound
25
Brenda Lee
I'm Sorry
Miss Dynamite
26
Jeanne Pruett
Satin Sheets
Classic Country: 1970-1974 [Disc 2]
27
Loretta Lynn
Coal Miner's Daughter
Classic Country: 1970-1974
28
Willie Nelson
On The Road Again
One Hell Of A Ride
29
Sammi Smith
Help Me Make It Through The Night
Country Ladies
30
Conway Twitty
Don't Cry No More
Grady Martin
31
Johnny Horton
Honky Tonk Man
Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
A sleepy time themed collection this week as we take a deep dive into classic sounds from the past and present, all with a blend of sentiments we hold close as midnight approaches. We’ll have some old doo wop and early rock chestnuts from Jesse Belvin, The Fleetwoods, The Valentines and The Spaniels with just the right amount of rock, R&B and country. That means a little bit of Fats Domino, some rockabilly from Charline Arthur and Sonny Burgess, middling pop from Doris Day, Jimmy Durant and Dean Martin in store. Little Jimmy Dickens, Milton Brown and Swamp Dogg will also fill the air with country and blues. Friday mornings are the time to tune in for a fresh dose of America’s music from the past 100 years hear on KOWS-LP, Occidental, streaming to all of Planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. Be sure to install the Radio Rethink app on your Apple device and look us up. We’d be glad to have you.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Fats Domino
Sleeping on the Job
This Is Gold Disc 2
2
Doris Day
A Little Kiss Goodnight
The Vintage Years Part Two
3
Jimmy Durante
I'll See You in My Dreams
As Time Goes By: Best of
4
Dean Martin
I Love the Way You Say Goodnight
Cocktail Hour Disc 2
5
Les Paul and The Andrews Sisters feat Vic Schoen & His Orchestra
It's A Pity To Say Goodnight
Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2]
6
Linda Scott
Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed?
The Complete Hits Of Linda Scott
7
The Spaniels
Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight
Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
8
The Valentines
Don't Say Goodnight
Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2
9
Jesse Belvin
Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams)
Doo Wop Vocal Group Greats
10
The Fleetwoods
(Goodnight My Love) Pleasant Dreams
Come Softly To Me: The Very Best Of The Fleetwoods
11
Roy Orbison
Goodnight
The Monument Singles: A-Sides (1960 – 1964) [Disc 1]
12
Aaron Neville
I Bid You Goodnight
Warm Your Heart
13
Los Lobos
Goodnight My Love
La Bamba
14
North Mississippi Allstars
Bid You Goodnight
Prayer for Peace
15
Harry Nilsson
Are You Sleeping?
The Point!
16
The Tokens
Dream Angel Goodnight
Wimoweh!!! – The Best Of The Tokens
17
The Weavers
Goodnight Irene
Best Of Decca Years
18
Charline Arthur
Kiss The Baby Goodnight
Welcome To The Club
19
Little Jimmy Dickens
A-Sleeping At The Foot Of The Bed
Roughneck Blues 1949 – 1956
20
Sonny Burgess
A Kiss Goodnight
Rock n' Roll Legend
21
Swamp Dogg
Sleeping Without You Is a Dragg (feat. Justin Vernon & Jenny Lewis)
Sorry You Couldn't Make It
22
Los Lobos
Let's Say Goodnight
El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
23
Loudon Wainwright III
Where the Whippoorwill is Whispering Goodnight
High Wide & Handsome – The Charlie Poole Project
24
Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
A Thousand Goodnights
Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin'
25
Hank Snow
Goodnight Little Buckaroo
We'll Never Say Goodbye
26
Johnnie Taylor
Somebody's Sleeping In My Bed [Single Version]
The Very Best Of Johnnie Taylor
27
Shirelles
Don't Say Goodnight and Mean Goodbye
The Shirelles
28
The McGuire Sisters
Goodnight, Sweetheart, Goodnight
The Mid-'50s
29
Barbara Mandrell
Sleeping Single in a Double Bed
Superstars Of Country Hello Darlin' [Disc 1]
30
Vera Lynn
Goodnight Children Everywhere
A Tribute, Volume II: It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow
31
The Gumm Sisters
Where The Butterflies Kiss The Buttercups Goodnight
It was without question a natural progression. All of the attributes that country inherited from gospel, blues, and jazz resulted in what amounted to competition in the charts (and in some mid-century cultural clashes). Although The Beatles had suggested a kinship with mid-sixties tributes to Buck Owens and Chet Atkins, the only comfortable way to make the marriage work was to have it come from other directions…specifically from cultural prods of Nudie suits, coupled with folk and country nudges, and the inevitable respect for the music. Gram Parsons’ influence on the late sixties rise of something they called ‘country rock’ is easy to find but Dylan’s John Wesley Harding album from 1968, The Byrds’ Sweetheart of the Rodeo, and Leon Russell’s alter-ego Hank Wilson opened the doors to a sound that swept the charts. We’ll hear some originals, covers, and a whole lot more in this week’s Deeper Roots. Hope y’all can join us.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Gram Parsons
Streets Of Baltimore
G.P. / Grievous Angel
2
Gram Parsons
The New Soft Shoe
G.P. / Grievous Angel
3
The Beatles
Act Naturally
Help! [UK]
4
Buck Owens
Act Naturally
Remember the Titans: An Original Walt Disney Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000 Film)
5
The Byrds
You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2]
6
The Byrds
The Christian Life
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
7
The Louvin Brothers
The Christian Life
Long Play Collection
8
Tex Ritter
Blue Canadian Rockies
Have I Stayed Away Too Long
9
The Byrds
Blue Canadian Rockies
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
10
Bob Dylan
John Wesley Harding
John Wesley Harding
11
Leon Russell
She Thinks I Still Care
Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
12
Leon Russell
I'll Sail My Ship Alone
Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
13
Leon Russell
Uncle Pen
Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
14
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
Uncle Pen
Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 2]
15
Moon Mullican
I'll Sail My Ship Alone
The Very Best Of
16
George Jones
She Thinks I Still Care
Swingers [Original Soundtrack]
17
Emmylou Harris & Gram Parsons
Love Hurts
Duets
18
The Louvin Brothers
The Angels Rejoiced Last Night
Close Harmony [Disc 4]
19
Emmylou Harris/Gram Parsons
The Angels Rejoiced Last Night
Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 1
20
Hank Williams
Half as Much
24 Greatest
21
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
Half As Much
At The Ryman [Live]
22
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
Cattle Call
At The Ryman [Live]
23
Tex Owens
Cattle Call
Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
24
Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers
Get Up John
At The Ryman [Live]
25
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys
Get Up John
Bill Monroe: Anthology
26
Neil Young
Oh, Lonesome Me
After the Gold Rush
27
Various Artists
Don Gibson – Oh Lonesome Me
Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 7
28
Jackson Browne
Red Neck Friend (LP Version)
For Everyman
29
Eagles
Take It Easy
Selected Works 1972-1999: The Early Years
30
Bob Dylan
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
John Wesley Harding
31
Linda Ronstadt
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol. 4
32
Asleep at the Wheel
Ida Red
A Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills (Dance Versions)
33
George Jones
You're Still On My Mind
Complete Collection 1960-1962 [Disc 4] individual albums
