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Country Swing Pioneers

August 16, 2024 Dave

Join Dave Stroud for two hours of the very best of country swing music on Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music. He’ll excavate the archives for a show from over eight years ago, reminding us that the west had been long-settled when a new sound exploded. It blasted its way out of the dance halls and barn-dance venues of the Midwest with an upbeat blend of jazz, hillbilly, and down-home blues. The arrangements blended strings, guitar, fiddle and bass, with the rhythmic sounds of urban jazz to reveal something catchy and danceable…and marketable. Before the beat was modernized into the mass market country blandness that paralleled mainstream pop, there were the pioneers including Milton Brown, Bob Wills, Adolph Hofner, Spade Cooley, Light Crust Doughboys, and a host of others. Drop in and celebrate this classic fusion of America’s best

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Tex Williams & His Western Caravan	Artistry In Western Swing	Country Hits Vol. 8
2	W. Lee & His Light Crust Doughboys	When They Baptized Sister Lucy Lee	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
3	Prairie Ramblers	Deep Elem Blues	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
4	Prairie Ramblers	Deep Elem Blues	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
5	Patsy Montana & the Prairie Ramblers	I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
6	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	In El Rio Grande	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol.1 : Brownies Stomp
7	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	Easy Ridin' Papa	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
8	Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers	Barn Dance Rag	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1]
9	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	I Want to Go Back	The Golden Age Of Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers
10	Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers	Bring It On Home To Grandma	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
11	Hank Penny	Oh Yes? Take Another Guess	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1]
12	Hank Penny	Sweet Talkin' Mama	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1]
13	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Twin Guitar Special	Western Swing: Hot Hillbilly Jazz & Blues – 1935-1947
14	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Stay A Little Longer	Take Me Back to Tulsa 3 – Just A Plain Old Country Boy
15	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Take Me Back To Tulsa	Tiffany Transcriptions& Vol. 2
16	Tex Williams	Won't You Ride In My Little Red Wagon?	Vintage Collections
17	Leon McAuliffe	Mr. Steel Guitar	Tulsa Straight Ahead
18	Leon McAuliffe	Rag Mop	Tulsa Straight Ahead
19	Johnny Lee Wills	Rag Mop	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 16
20	Tommy Duncan	Stars Over San Antone	Beneath a Neon Star in a Honky Tonk
21	Tommy Duncan	Take Me Back to Tulsa	Texas Moon
22	Merle Haggard	Roly Poly	Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player
23	Adolph Hofner	Alamo Rag	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 8
24	Adolph Hofner	Alamo Rag	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 8
25	Ted Daffan's Texans	Because	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 2] Tulsa Twist)
26	Ted Daffan's Texans	Down Hi Lo Way	Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2
27	Moon Mullican	Cherokee Boogie	Moon Mullican Sings His All-Time Hits
28	Moon Mullican	I'll Sail My Ship Alone	The Very Best Of
29	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra	Shame On You (Tex Williams & Smokey Rogers)	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
30	Spade Cooley	Troubled Over You	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
31	Spade Cooley	You Can't Break My Heart	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
32	Smokey Rogers	I Can't Help The Way You Feel	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
33	Tex Williams	Let's Live A Little (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
34	Cliffie Stone & His Orchestra with Judy Hayden	He's A Real Gone Oakie	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53

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Bluegrass, Newgrass

August 10, 2024 Dave

We’re taking a trip up into hill country to celebrate a true Americana sound. From it’s simple roots rolling out of Appalachia, celebrating music and culture going back even further, bluegrass music evolved from many different corners with a combination of many styles, including old-time mountain music, square dance fiddling, blues, gospel, jazz, and popular music. You can count on high energy, fast tempos and a most distinctive sound. This week’s show has the syncopated rhythms moving along like a freight train, those nostalgic remembrances, and heel-kicking improvisations…not to mention those high lonesome vocals. We’ve got Blue Highway, Bill Monroe, Mac Wiseman, Earl Scruggs, The Rice Brothers and a couple dozen others in a Friday morning bluegrass extravaganza, sharing both classic and contemporary performers. If you’re close by, tune into KOWS 92.5 FM or, better yet, stream us almost anywhere on planet Earth at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Morris Brothers	Salty Dog Blues	Legends Of Bluegrass [Disc 3]
2	Bill Monroe	I'm Travelin' On and On	1947-1949 (Warped 4988)
3	Bill Monroe	Crossing the Cumberlands	Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 4]
4	Jimmy Martin	Footprints in the Snow	First Time Together
5	The Dillards	Dooley	There Is A Time: 1963-70
6	Rhonda Vincent	Lonesome Wind Blues	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
7	The Gentlemen of Bluegrass	Old Old House	Carolina Memories
8	John Hartford	Skippin' In The Mississippi Dew	Good'le Days: Essential Recordings
9	John Hartford	Take Me Back To My Mississippi River Home	Good'le Days: Essential Recordings
10	Blue Highway	Riding the Danville Pike	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
11	The David Thom Band	Home Is Where The Heart Is	That Old Familiar
12	The David Thom Band	The Little White Church	That Old Familiar
13	Alison Krauss & Union Station	So Long So Wrong	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
14	Ricky Skaggs	I Hope You've Learned	Ricky Skaggs
15	Ralph Stanley	Dad's Old Rocky Field	Old Songs & Ballads
16	The Rice Brothers	Grapes On the Vine	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
17	Hazel Dickens	I Can't Find Your Love Any More	O Sister! The Women's Bluegrass Collection
18	Del McCoury	A Far Cry	Celebrating 50 Years of del McCoury (Disc 4)
19	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	As Long As the World Stands	The Hard Game of Love
20	Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt	Randy Lynn Rag	The Essential Earl Scruggs (1 of 2)
21	The Johnson Mountain Boys	Duncan & Brady	Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
22	The Johnson Mountain Boys	Orange Blossom Special	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 2]
23	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Dusty Miller	Bill Monroe: Anthology
24	Mac Wiseman	I Wonder How The Old Folks Are	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 2]
25	Steep Canyon Rangers	As I Go	Nobody Knows You
26	Laurie Lewis	Tall Pines	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
27	Jim Lauderdale	Old Time Angels	Old Time Angels
28	Jim & Jesse	Nine Pound Hammer	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
29	The Seldom Scene	Muddy Water	Time-Life's Treasury Of Bluegrass [Disc 1]
30	Bobby Hicks & Del McCoury	We're Steppin' Out Tonight	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
31	Lynn Morris Band	The Bramble and the Rose	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
32	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys	Hit Parade of Love	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys
33	Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers	Get Up John	At The Ryman [Live]

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AKA Blind Boy Grunt

August 4, 2024 Dave

It’s a cover show. It’s a celebration. It’s a reconnaissance regarding a renaissance. To what do we owe this week’s offering? The answer is clearly the songs of Bob Dylan who, at one time recorded under the non de plume Blind Boy Grunt and we’ve got a track from the Broadside Ballads collection to prove it. But this week’s show will focus primarily on covers of Dylan tracks going back to Sam Cooke live at the Copa to an oddball cover by The Grass Roots. We’ll also share some fresh takes from Eric Clapton, Raul Malo, Audra Mae & The Forest Rangers, and a lovely cover of a rare but popular piece called Walkin’ Down The Line. We’re celebrating a multi-generational master of his dominion where his words and melodies honor the past and carve a well-defined path leading into the future of America’s songwriting craft. Tune into Community Radio for Sonoma County on another Friday morning…via the stream at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Bob Dylan	Corrina, Corrina [Album Version]	The Future Is Unwritten
2	Blind Boy Grunt (Bob Dylan)	Ballad Of Donald White	Selections From The Best Of Broadside 1962-1988
3	Eilen Jewell	Walking Down the Line	Letters From Sinners & Strangers
4	New Riders of the Purple Sage	Farewell Angelina	The Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage
5	Sweethearts of the Rodeo	One More Night	Beautiful Lies
6	Joan Baez	The Walls Of Redwing	Any Day Now
7	The Highwaymen	One Too Many Mornings	Live – American Outlaws
8	Johnny Cash	Mama, You've Been On My Mind [Album Version]	Orange Blossom Special
9	Johnny Cash	Wanted Man	The Mystery Of Life
10	Jessi Colter	Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 [Album Version]	Out Of The Ashes
11	Sam Cooke	Blowin' In The Wind	Sam Cooke At the Copa
12	Nappy Brown	Tonight Ill Be Staying Here With You	Tore Up
13	Jerry Lee Lewis	Rita May	A Half Century Of Hits: Rockin' My Life Away [Disc 3]
14	The Grass Roots	Mr Jones (A Ballad of a Thin Man)	Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 Disc 1
15	Eric Clapton	I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine	I Still Do
16	Raul Malo	You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go	The Nashville Acoustic Sessions
17	Waylon Jennings	Don't Think Twice, It's Alright	Dylan Country
18	Shirley Caesar	Gotta Serve Somebody	Masked & Anonymous
19	The Blind Boys of Alabama feat. Justin Vernon of Bon Iver	Every Grain Of Sand	I'll Find A Way
20	The Mighty Clouds Of Joy	Saved [Album Version]	Gotta Serve Somebody – The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan
21	Audra Mae & The Forest Rangers	Forever Young	Songs Of Anarchy: Music From Sons Of Anarchy Seasons 1-4
22	Hazel Dickens	Only a Hobo	It's Hard to Tell the Singer From the Song
23	Bob Dylan	Tell Ol' Bill [Album Version]	North Country – Music From The Motion Picture
24	Karl Shiflett	Walking Down The Line	Sho Nuff Country
25	The Band	I Shall Be Released	Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2]
26	The Byrds	You Ain't Going Nowhere	Sweetheart of the Rodeo

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Americana Roundup

July 26, 2024 Dave

Looking back over the past fifty-or-so years, we find a large gathering assembled under a large, all-inclusive tent, called Americana. There’s hardly a definition that’s been assigned and it’s hardly what we’d term ‘a genre’. It is, rather, a mood of the music and a narrative of the storytelling defines it. Like the dozens of genres that line it’s walls, we’ve come to know what we’re listening to: blues, gospel, folk and tradition, jazz, and everything in between. This week we’ll be stepping into that tent to congregate and celebrate that ‘sound we know’ called Americana. The digital bins will take us only so far back, celebrating the music of Bob Dylan, Buddy Miller, Gillian Welch, Joe Ely, Old Crow Medicine Show and a couple dozen others. Just what’s needed and built on playlists worthy of the very best of the Americana Hours broadcast each morning here on KOWS Community Radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Old Crow Medicine Show	Wagon Wheel	O.C.M.S.
2	Bob Dylan	Hard Times	Good As I Been To You
3	Keb' Mo'	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
4	Sheryl Crow	No Depression In Heaven	The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage Of The Carter Family
5	Rosanne Cash	Motherless Children	The List
6	Ray Wylie Hubbard	Tell The Devil I'm Gettin' There As Fast As I Can	Tell The Devil I'm Getting There As Fast As I Can
7	Buddy Miller & Julie Miller	Forever Has Come To An End	Buddy & Julie Miller
8	Lyle Lovett	If I Had a Boat	Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man
9	Guy Clark	Fort Worth Blues	Cold Dog Soup
10	Lucinda Williams	Lake Charles	Car Wheels on a Gravel Road
11	The Texas Tornados	The Gardens	4 Aces
12	Buddy Miller	That's How I Got To Memphis	Your Love And Other Lies
13	The Flatlanders	Dallas	More a Legend Than a Band
14	Joe Ely	If You Were A Bluebird	Joe Ely
15	Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	Killing The Blues	Raising Sand
16	Alison Krauss & Union Station	The Lucky One	New Favorite
17	Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris	All The Roadrunning	All The Roadrunning
18	Steve Earle	Copperhead Road	Copperhead Road
19	Blaze Foley	Clay Pigeons	Wanted More Dead Than Alive
20	Justin Townes Earle	Harlem River Blues	Harlem River Blues [Explicit]
21	Gillian Welch	Red Clay Halo	Time (The Revelator)
22	Gillian Welch	Caleb Meyer	Hell Among the Yearlings
23	Van Morrison	Till I Gain Control Again	Pay The Devil
24	First Aid Kit	Emmylou	The Lion's Roar (Bonus Track Version)
25	John Hiatt	Drive South	Slow Turning

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Dirty Money

July 19, 2024 Dave

We’ve heard them all, the quotes about money being the root of all evil, you can’t take it with you, money can’t buy happiness…but there’s this one little thing that is seldom expanded on and that is the story of ‘dirty money’. There’s plenty of fodder in that area…from the banker CEO to the coal company CEO…there’s never an effort to help raise all boats, only the yachts. Capitalism is our theme. No, wait, is it bank robbing? No, most likely the working man trying to put bread on the table. Hold on, I know. It’s runaway inflation and the blame game. In any event, we’ll be all over the board in today’s show, bringing you music about money cravin’ folks from Blind Alfred Reed, working down on Maggie’s Farm and we’ll also have ourselves a hint of a fireside chat to make us feel better. We’ll also head down to coal country and Bonnie and Clyde, Woody Guthrie, and “Voila! An American Dream” from Rodney Crowell. Tune in. Should be fun.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	David Rawlings	Money Is the Meat in the Coconut	Poor David's Almanack
2	The Andrews Sisters	Money is The Root of All Evil	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2]
3	Randy Newman	It's Money That Matters	Land of Dreams
4	Rodney Crowell	Voila, An American Dream	Collection
5	Bob Brozman	Follow The Money	Post-industrial Blues
6	Eartha Kitt/Henri René & His Orchestra	Just an Old Fashioned Girl	Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits
7	Dr. John	(Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite Away	The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974
8	Ry Cooder	No Banker Left Behind	Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down
9	Woody Guthrie	The Jolly Banker (Woody Guthrie)	Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection [Disc 2]
10	Jake Xerxes Fussell	All in Down and Out	Jake Xerxes Fussell
11	Roy Zimmerman	Joel Osteen	Rize Up
12	Bob Dylan	Maggie's Farm	The Essential Bob Dylan [Disc 1]
13	Blind Alfred Reed	Money Cravin Folks	Complete Recorded Works 1927-29
14	Barbecue Bob	We Sure Got Hard Times Now	Bankers Blues – A Study in the Effects of Fiscal Mischeif
15	Bo Carter	Times Is Tight Like That	Bankers Blues – A Study in the Effects of Fiscal Mischeif
16	Betty O' Brian	Money Honey	Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962
17	The O'Jays	For The Love Of Money	Funk Explosion
18	Solomon Burke	Honey Where's The Money Gone	Nashville
19	John Lee Hooker	I Need Some Money	That's My Story ( Sings the Blues)
20	SNCC Freedom Singers; Reagon, Cordell	Which Side Are You On?	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
21	Bruce Springsteen	The Ghost of Tom Joad	Chapter & Verse
22	Wray Family	(Dark As A Dungeon Way) Down In The Mine	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
23	Band Of Ruhks	Coal Mining Man featuring Dr. Ralph Stanley	Band Of Ruhks
24	Buddy Durham	Sixteen Tons	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
25	Justin Townes Earle	Down In The Valley	Coal Country Music
26	Stan Farlow	1040 Blues	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
27	Rex Allen	Money, Marbles And Chalk	The Versatile Rex Allen [Disc 2]
28	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
29	Merle Haggard	Working Man Blues	Merle Haggard Country Legend-Disc 1
30	Ferlin Husky	22 – Money Greases the Wheels	Ferlin Husky Singles
31	J.J. Cale	Money Talks	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
32	Kronos Quartet	Which Side Are You On	Long Time Passing: Kronos Quartet and Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger

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Tell Me a Story

July 13, 2024 Dave

Storytelling in song is not new. It’s mankind’s way of conveying, in both accuracy and reflection, the narrative from one perspective. Embellishments and hooks have long been the best way to make the story easy to digest and, if need be, to get a point (likely sociopolitical) across. We’ll be doing just that in this Friday’s episode: stories based in war, natural disasters, national tragedies and personal conflict. We’ll take a hundred year tour of storytelling from Bessie Smith to the Drive-by Truckers, from Memphis Minnie and The Tex-I-An Boys to Calexico, The Staple Singers and Marty Robbins. There are floods, murders, environmental catastrophes, bombings, and some wartime solemnity to be shared today. Tune into KOWS Community Radio every Friday morning for some fresh musical linens, curated by the outdoors and streaming to all of planet Earth on KOWSFM.COM/listen

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Mac Wiseman	Wreck Of The Old '97	Sings Old Time Country Favorites
2	Jimmie Driftwood	The Battle of New Orleans	Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles
3	Marty Robbins	Ballad Of The Alamo	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
4	Johnny Horton	Sink The Bismark	Classic Country Great Story Songs [Disc 2]
5	Calexico	Victor Jara's Hands	Carried To Dust
6	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Ohio	So Far
7	Joni Mitchell	Woodstock	Hits
8	Grateful Dead	New, New Minglewood Blues	What a Long Strange Trip It's Been Disc 1
9	Grateful Dead	New Speedway Boogie	What a Long Strange Trip It's Been Disc 1
10	Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards	Ludlow Massacre	Thirty Two Cents Postage Due
11	Tom Petty	Jefferson Jericho Blues	Mojo (Extra Mojo Version)
12	Randy Newman	Burn On	Sail Away
13	Charlie Haden	Is This America? (Katrina 2005)	Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
14	Johnny Cash	Five Feet High And Rising	Songs Of Our Soil
15	Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie	When the Levee Breaks	People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature
16	Sin-Killer Griffin	Wasn't That A Mighty Storm	Field Recordings, Vol. 5: Louisiana, Texas, Bahamas (1933-1940)
17	The Tex-I-An Boys	Wasn't That A Mighty Storm?	Classic American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways
18	Bessie Smith	Backwater Blues	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
19	Rory Block	Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down)	Confessions of A Blues Singer
20	Chill Pill Dancers	Zoot Suit Riot	Swing: Next Generation
21	Mimi & Richard Fariqa	Birmingham Sunday	Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 10 The West Coast
22	Archie Shepp	Blues for Brother George Jackson	Verve Unmixed, Vol. 2
23	Drive-By Truckers	What It Means	American Band
24	Will And Jehnean	Trail of Tears	Song of America
25	Don McLean	American Pie	Songs For The Open Road [Platinum Legends]

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Freedom Train

July 6, 2024 Dave

Summer’s in full tilt and we’re not ready quite yet for the heat. But that won’t stop us cartwheeling down the musical halls as we take an eclectic ride on a free form Friday. Themes and tradition will rule today’s playlists, making way for some great roots rock favorites from Elvis, Chuck Berry and Roy Orbison. Country music is well represented with a lonesome George Strait train song, some hellbound Billy Strange, and a trip to Texas with Iris DeMent. KOWS Community Radio features Deeper Roots each and every Friday morning at 9 Pacific and this particular morning is no different save for a few snowflakes in the wind. We’ll also dig deeper for some tracks from The Ravens, The Golden Nuggets, The Beach Boys and a little bit of Dr. John. Join us on our free form journey!

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Bing Crosby	The Freedom Train [Single Version]	Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 1]
2	Iris DeMent	Goin' Down To Sing In Texas	Workin' On A World
3	Randy Newman	Political Science	Sail Away
4	Simon & Garfunkel	America	Old Friends Disc 2
5	Louis Armstrong	Summer Song	This Is Jazz Sampler
6	The Ravens	Summertime	Old Man River
7	Jim Byrnes	Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City	Long Hot Summer Nights
8	Roy Orbison	Summer Song	Crying
9	The Chimes	Summer Night	Another Banana Split, please
10	The Beach Boys	Your Summer Dream	Surfer Girl
11	Dr. John	Such A Night	The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974
12	Elvis Presley	Such A Night	The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1]
13	Chuck Berry	Downbound Train	The Chess Box Disc 1
14	Billy Strange	Hell Train	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
15	The Golden Nuggets	Gospel Train	Oxford American Music Issue #13-Mississippi
16	George Strait	Trains Make Me Lonesome	Strait Out of the Box [Disc 3]
17	Mudcrutch	Shady Grove	Mudcrutch
18	Doc Watson	Shady Grove	Songs From Home
19	The Campbell Brothers Feat John Medeski	Amazing Grace	Can You Feel It?
20	Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues	Amazing Grace	Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 2]
21	Norma Jean	Let's Go All the Way	30th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
22	Ray Charles	Let's Go Get Stoned	Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
23	The Isley Brothers	Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go [Remastered 1991]	Complete United Artists Sessions
24	Al Greene/Soul's Mate	Back up Train	Smooth Grooves: The '60s, Vol. 3: Late '60s
25	Johnny Bond	Lonesome Train	Put Me To Bed
26	Robert Gordon	Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track)	Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials
27	Elvis Presley	Mystery Train	Lonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad Song
28	Robert Gordon	Drivin' Wheel [*]	Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials
29	Chuck Berry	Brown Eyed Handsome Man	The Chess Box Disc 1

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Down the Mississippi

June 30, 2024 Dave 2 Comments

With its ever-changing course, its flowing waters and historical significance, the Mississippi River serves as a powerful metaphor for the American story. The river is a lifeblood nourishing the land while also serving as a path to freedom itself, symbolizing the pursuit of freedom and progress from the North to the Gulf of Mexico. Additional to all of this are its routes of trade and commerce that highlight both the American spirit and prosperity. This week’s Deeper Roots show celebrates the river that got its name after the northern Minnesota people, the Ojibway, and their name for ‘big river’ as well as songs of the namesake state and delta as well. Performances include mid-century recordings from country favorites the Delmore Brothers and Jimmie Skinner, blues from Charlie Musselwhite and the Rufus Thomas, as well as classic recordings of Bob Dylan, Charley Pride, Pops Staples and the Boswell Sisters. Tune into West County radio each Friday morning at 9 Pacific.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Kay Starr	Mississippi	Capitol Collectors Series
2	Allen Toussaint	Bright Mississippi	The Bright Mississippi
3	J.J. Cale	Mississippi River	Grasshopper
4	Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys	Mississippi Mud	Whoopee Hey Hey!
5	Pops Staples	Down In Mississippi	Peace To The Neighborhood
6	Charley Pride	Roll On Mississippi	Anthology
7	Danielia Cotton	Roll On Mississippi	Roll On Mississippi – Single
8	Bruce Cockburn	Sunrise on the Mississippi	Dart to the Heart
9	Bob Dylan	Mississippi	Love and Theft
10	Hank Penny	Mississippi Muddle	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1]
11	Jimmie Skinner	I Miss the Mississippi and You	1960-1962 (Warped 6188)
12	Delmore Brothers	Mississippi Shore	1946-1947 (Warped 4679)
13	The Browns	Mister and Mississippi	Classics 1963-1964 (Warped 6384)
14	Boswell Sisters	Roll On Mississippi	Boswell Sisters
15	Sammy Price & the Blues Singers	Mississippi Moan	Sammy Price and the Blues Singers Vol. 1 1938 – 1941
16	Roy Book Binder	Mississippi John	The Hillbilly Blues Cats
17	Charlie Musselwhite	Blues Up The River	Mississippi Son
18	Rufus Thomas	Funky Mississippi	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 1]
19	Mountain	Mississippi Queen	Super Hits Of The '70s: Have A Nice Day, Vol. 1
20	The New Christy Minstrels	Mighty Mississippi	Ramblin'
21	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Mr. And Mississippi	The History Of Country & Western Music (Disc 19)
22	Cheryl Wheeler	Lighting Up The Mighty Mississippi	Sylvia Hotel
23	George Jones & Melba Montgomery	I'd Jump The Mississippi	Vintage Collections
24	Bobbie Gentry	Mississippi Delta	Ode To Billy Joe
25	SNCC Freedom Singers; Jones, Marshall	In The Mississippi River	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
26	Mavis Staples	Down In Mississippi (Cd)	We'll Never Turn Back
27	Merle Haggard	Miss the Mississippi and You	The Peer Sessions
28	Jesse Winchester	Mississippi, You're On My Mind	The Best Of Jesse Winchester
29	Marty Stuart	Mississippi Railroad Blues [Instrumental][Instrumental]	Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions
30	Doc & Merle Watson	Mississippi Heavy Water Blues	Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues

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Tex Mex Fest

June 23, 2024 Dave

We took a journey to the south in last week’s show and this week, we head further west where we’ll share a vibrant and dynamic genre that reflects the rich cultural fusion of its geographic origins, combining traditional Mexican folk music with contemporary American influences of country, rhythm and blues, and rock. With the accordion and bajo sexto, drums, bass and guitar punching a hefty rhythm whose lyrics are often filled with catchy hooks and danceable beats, it is prominently featured in festivals, celebrations and public events across the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. We’ll share some of the influentials from across the border like Lydia Mendoza as well as the mainstays and popular artists of the past half century including Freddy Fender, Doug Sahm, The Texas Tornados, Flaco Jimenez, The Mavericks and a dozen others in this week’s Deeper Roots fest.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Conjunto Sotavento de Nacho Fierro	La Bamba	Tex Mex Folk 1920s to 1950s
2	Lydia Mendoza	Jurame	Lone Star
3	Lydia Mendoza	Mal Hombre	American Roots Music [Disc 4]
4	Las Hermanas Mendoza	Mis pensamientos	The Rough Guide to Tex-Mex
5	Little Joe & La Familia	Las Nubes	American Roots Music [Disc 4]
6	Conjunto Bernal	Mi Unico Camino	Lone Star
7	Ritchie Valens	La Bamba	Southern California With Fond Memories
8	Freddy Fender	Before The Next Teardrop Falls	Before The Next Teardrop Falls
9	Los Super Seven	Cupido (ft. Freddy Fender & Rick Trevino)	Heard It On The X
10	Freddy Fender	Wasted Days And Wasted Nights	Country Crossroads
11	The Texas Tornados	Who Were You Thinkin' Of	Texas Tornados
12	Doug Sahm	Nuevo Laredo	Best of Sir Douglas 68-75
13	Sir Douglas Quintet	Dynamite Woman	Mono Singles '68-'72
14	Sir Douglas Quintet	She's About A Mover	Sir Douglas
15	Tejas Brothers (w/ Augie Meyers and Larry Joe Taylor)	Rosa	Live a Little More
16	Los Lobos	Will the Wolf Survive?	El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
17	The Mavericks	Volver, Volver	Collection [2003]
18	The Mavericks	Ven Hacia Mi (Come Unto Me) [Conjunto Version]	In Time (10th Anniversary Deluxe)
19	Eddie "Lalo" Torres Y Su Conjunto	Arriba San Antonio	The Rough Guide to Tex-Mex
20	Santiago Jimenez Jr.	Alma de Tejas	The Rough Guide to Tex-Mex
21	Flaco Jimenez	El Pesudo	Flaco Jimenez
22	Flaco Jiminez	The Girls From Texas featuring Ry Cooder (Album Version)	Partners
23	Flaco Jimenez	Por Una Mujer Bonita	Flaco Jimenez
24	Linda Ronstadt	Mi Ranchito (My Little Ranch)	Mas Canciones
25	Ry Cooder w/Sam Samudio	No Quiero	The Border/Alamo Bay
26	Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs	Wooly Bully	Memphis Celebrates 50 Years Of Rock 'n' Roll
27	David Lindley & El Rayo-X	Texas Tango	Very Greasy
28	Charley Pride	Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone	Country USA 1970
29	Marty Robbins	El Paso	All-Time Greatest Hits

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Swamp Pop Fest

June 15, 2024 Dave

Swamp pop. What is it and where does Tex Mex begin and country blues end? Well, just listen for that Louisiana backbeat, a taste of torch song and rocking rhythm. We’ll take on the music of Tex Mex next week but this week we’ll be sampling some of the greats of that splinter genre referred to as ‘swamp pop’; music that was grafted from a number of different root source sounds. Swamp pop remains an important cultural expression of the Acadiana region, celebrated for its heartfelt and nostalgic qualities. While it never achieved the widespread commercial success of other genres, swamp pop has maintained a dedicated following and continues to be performed by contemporary musicians. We’ll share the sounds of some of the genre’s most popular: Warren Storm, Tommy McLain, Rod Bernard, Clint West and so many others. Drop on by.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Cookie & the Cupcakes	Mathilda	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
2	Joe Barry	I'm A Fool To Care	Don't Do It: The Smash Record Story 1961-1962 [Disc 2]
3	Joe Barry	Teardrops in My Heart	I'm a Fool to Care: The Complete Recordings 1958-1977, Vol. 1
4	Joe Barry	Little Jewel of the Vieux Carre	I'm a Fool to Care: The Complete Recordings 1958-1977, Vol. 1
5	Rockin' Sidney	Shirley Jean	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
6	John Fred	Shirley	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
7	Rod Bernard	This Should Go On Forever	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
8	Rod Bernard	Diggy Liggy Lo	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
9	Rod Bernard	Colinda	Swamp Gold, Vol. 2
10	Warren Storm	Prisoner's Song	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
11	Warren Storm	Hey Ma Ma	Boppin' By The Bayou – Made In The Shade
12	Lil' Band Of Gold/Warren Storm	Please Mr. Sandman	Americana Roots Songbook: Louisiana
13	Little Bob & The Lollipops	Nobody But You	Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009
14	Lil' Bob & the Lollipops	I Got Loaded	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
15	Johnnie Allan	Lonely Days & Lonely Nights	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
16	Jivin' Gene	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
17	Dale & Grace	I'm Leaving It All Up to You	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
18	Clint West	Our Love	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
19	Clint West	Big Blue Diamonds	Swamp Gold, Vol. 2
20	Cookie & His Cupcakes	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
21	Cookie And The Cupcakes	Until Then	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
22	Cookie & The Cupcakes	Got You on My Mind	Swamp Gold, Vol. 2
23	Shelton Dunaway & The Cupcakes	Mary Lou Doing The Popeye	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
24	Tommy McLain	Sweet Dreams	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
25	Tommy McLain	Before I Grow Too Old	The Essential Collection
26	Tommy McLain	Before I Grow Too Old	I Ran Down Every Dream
27	Tommy McLain	Somebody (Radio Edit)	I Ran Down Every Dream
28	The Uniques	All These Things	Swamp Gold, Vol. 2
29	Randy & the Rockets	Lets Do the Cajun Twist	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
30	Joe Barry	Just Because	Don't Do It: The Smash Record Story 1961-1962 [Disc 2]
31	Cookie & The Cupcakes	I Cried	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
32	Tommy McLain	I Ran Down Every Dream (feat. Elvis Costello)	I Ran Down Every Dream
33	Rockin' Sidney	My Toot-Toot	Alligator Stomp: Cajun Zydeco Classics

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