Another gospel celebration, this time with a mix of country, bluegrass, classic black gospel, and a very special blending from the annals of rock n’ roll. We’re calling this roots celebration “Gospel Cross-Currents” and it makes its way through a mix of fifties country gospel of Fern Jones and Bonnie Owens and some recent country releases of Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives with folk, bluegrass and black gospel of the early century. Tune in for Mac Wiseman, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis, the Alphabetical Four, and Sister Lottie Peavy. Deeper Roots celebrates each Friday morning on KOWS and Friday evening on KWTF.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
Good News
Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
2
Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
Keep on the Firing Line
Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
3
Carl Story
Keep on the Firing Line
1942-1947 (Warped 4780)
4
Browns Ferry Four
Keep On The Firing Line
Goodbye, Babylon – Goodbye, Babylon [Disc 5]
5
Precious Bryant
Sit Down Servant
The Truth
6
Jackson Browne & David Lindley
Sit Down Servant
Love Is Strange [Disc 1]
7
Mike Farris
Sit Down Servant
Salvation in Lights
8
Bad Livers
I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap
Dust On The Bible
9
Mac Wiseman
I'm Using My Bible For A Roadmap
Most Requested
10
Michelle Lanchester w/Sweet Honey In The Rock
I Was Standing By The Bedside Of A Neighbor (If You See My Savior)
African American Gospel: The Pioneering Composers
11
Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin
If You See My Savior
Lost Time
12
Porter Wagoner/Willie Nelson
Family Bible
Unplugged
13
Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
Family Bible
Lost In The Ozone
14
Lyle Lovett
I'm A Soldier In The Army Of The Lord
Smile: Songs From The Movies
15
Willie Nelson
Sweet Bye and Bye
Old Time Religion
16
Elizabeth Cotten
Medley: A) Sweet Bye And Bye B) What A Friend We Have In Jesus
Freight Train And Other North Carolina Folk Songs And Tunes
17
Alphabetical Four
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
Complete Recorded Works 1938-1943
18
Bonnie Owens
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
1968-1971 (Warped 6947)
19
Fern Jones
By And By
The Glory Road
20
Elvis Presley
By and By
Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
21
Paul Butterfield's Better Days
Nobody's Fault But Mine
'Better Days' + 'Better Days – It All Comes Back'
22
Sister Lottie Peavy
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Great Gospel Performers: Complete Recording Sessions in Chronological Order, 1937-1950
Back to the bayou once more, but this time with less the rocking rhythms of the mid-to-late century and more with tradition. We pick on the sound of cajun music, celebrating a simple dance style born of early century French/Canadian, African Creole from the Caribbean, and American Country: the two-step. It’s music is full of accordion, fiddle, washboard, bass fiddle, triangle, and percussion of all kinds…giving it a consistently energetic and lively signature. And the dance which is our focus is a simple but expressive one similar to the western two-step…just without the fancy turns and spins. Our performances include some classics from the early century including Amede Ardoin and Jimmy Newman as well as contemporaries and mid-century legends like Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys, Al Berard, Michael Doucet, and Louisiana energy from the swamps to Lake Pontchartrain. Tune in!
Harmony. That blend of knowing how the instruments and vocals will reverberate against each other…and the Delmore Brothers introduced the tightest of harmonies combining the early sentiments of gospel, folk, and blues, becoming, in their time, the most popular act on the Grand Ole Opry. The Louvin Brothers were blessed with not only pure complementing vocal chops but an innate sense of timing. Others, like the Osbornes, the Stanleys, and the Monroes took the Appalachian folk sound of what would become bluegrass to another level, using their kinship as a vault that would surpass others whose symbiotic relationships would often lack the requisite DNA (not to mention timing). Deeper Roots explores a number of performers who leveraged that DNA to set themselves apart from others on the stage. It’s sibling country harmony this week on Sonoma County Community Radio. Join in the fun!
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
The Everly Brothers
Roving Gambler
Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
2
The Monroe Brothers
Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
3
The Monroe Brothers
Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy
Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 [Disc 1]
4
The Monroe Brothers
On The Banks Of The Ohio
What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul? Volume One
5
Bill Monroe
New River Train
The Essential Bill Monroe & The Monroe Brothers
6
The Delmore Brothers
Brown's Ferry Blues
Chicago 1933, New Orleans 1935 [Disc 1]
7
The Delmore Brothers
Hillbilly Boogie
Boogie Man Boogie
8
The Delmore Brothers
Lonesome Yodel Blues
Chicago 1933, New Orleans 1935 [Disc 1]
9
The Delmore Brothers
Southern Moon
Hillbilly Boogie Best
10
The Delmore Brothers
I've Got The Big River Blues
Chicago 1933, New Orleans 1935 [Disc 1]
11
The Stanley Brothers
Rank Strangers
Back Roads to Cold Mountain
12
The Stanley Brothers
I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow
Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys
13
The Stanley Brothers
Let Me Be Your Friend
Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys
14
The Stanley Brothers
Poor Ellen Smith
An Evening Long Ago: Live 1956
15
The Blue Sky Boys
Only One Step More
Something Got A Hold Of Me
16
Blue Sky Boys
I'm S-A-V-E-D
1939-1940 (Warped 3976)
17
The Blue Sky Boys
Mary Of The Wild Moor
East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series)
18
Blue Sky Boys
Story of the Knoxville Girl
The Chronological Classics 1937-1938 (Warped 3807)
Music this week that speaks to hard times. From the Dust Bowl and Great Depression to personal hardships, we’ll share some bluegrass sounds, tunes steeped in tradition, soothing notes of country gospel, and folk blues. We’ll hear from The Weavers, Mavis Staples, Bobby Bare, and Pearly “Grandma” Davis (a nugget from Mike Seeger’s Old Time Music series). There will be talk of failing crops, revolution, and Oklahoma dust this week. Deeper Roots goes a little bit deeper with more songs about hard times this week on KOWS Community Radio, broadcasting live from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California, where our neighbors just experienced their own hard times from flood waters. Thinking about them.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Bobby Bare
Going Down the Road (I Ain't Going to Be Treated This Way) fcc warning
Darker Than Light
2
Tracy Chapman
Talkin' Bout a Revolution
Tracy Chapman
3
Uncle Tupelo
No Depression
No Depression
4
Bob Dylan
Hard Times
Good As I Been To You
5
Dave Alvin
Waiting for the Hard Times to Go
Interstate City
6
Mavis Staples
Hard Times Come Again No More
Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
7
The Byrds
Old Blue
The Byrds [Box Set] Disc 3
8
Peter Rowan
Seeds My Daddy Sowed
Dust Bowl Children
9
Jimmy LaFave
My Oklahoma Home (It Blowed away)
Peace Town
10
Pearly 'Grandma' Davis
It's These Hard Times
Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967
11
Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three
Hard Times Come and Go
Riverboat Soul
12
Eddie Dattel
Trickle Down Blues
Trickle Down Blues
13
Buck Owens
Waitin' In Your Welfare Line
The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
14
Ryan Bingham
Hard Times
Mescalito
15
Ry Cooder
You Must Unload
The Prodigal Son
16
The Louvin Brothers
Preach The Gospel
The Family Who Prays: 26 Classic Tracks
17
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Never No More Hard Times-Blues
The King Of Western Swing-25 Hits 1935-1945
18
Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
Hard Times Have Been Here (But They've Gone)
1978-1979
19
Country Joe McDonald
Talkin' Dust Bowl
Vanguard Visionaries
20
The Weavers
Bring Me Li'l Water Sylvia
Dust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2]
21
Josh White
Hard Times Blues
ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 51
22
Sheryl Crow
No Depression In Heaven
The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage Of The Carter Family
23
Country Joe McDonald
This Land Is Your Land
Vanguard Visionaries
24
R.B. Morris
That's How Every Empire Falls
Singing Through the Wall. Songs for Western Sahara
This week we’ll explore the music of the legendary Charley Patton. We’ll be dipping our toes into the birth of the Delta blues featuring some classic tracks from the gravel-voiced masked wonder as well as some rich covers from contemporary performers. Listen in for music from Otis Taylor, David Johansen, Corey Harris, and Taj Mahal…just to drop a few names. We’ll also scratch the surface of Charley’s career including some reflections from a master’s thesis written by none other than the American musicologist and musician, John Fahey. Tune in Friday morning as we board ourselves a raft to roll down the waters in search of the rich and elusive legend of the Mississippi Delta blues that was Charley Patton.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Bob Dylan
High Water (For Charley Patton)
Love and Theft
2
Charley Patton
I Shall Not Be Moved
The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 2]
3
Paul Rishell & Anne Raines
I Shall Not Be Moved
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
4
Son House
The Pony Blues
Complete Library of Congress Sessions, The
5
Charley Patton
Pony Blues (Pm 12792, 15216–)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
6
Guy Davis, T-Bone Wolk, Mark Murphy & Levon Helm
Some of These Days
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
7
Charley Patton
Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone
The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 2]
8
Charley Patton
Poor Me
The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 3]
9
Rising Sons
By And By (Poor Me) [Album Version]
Rising Sons
10
Charlie Musselwhite
Pea Vine Blues
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
11
Otis Taylor
Stone Pony
Americana Roots Songbook: Modern Blues
12
Charley Patton
Stone Pony Blues
The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 3]
13
McHouston Baker
High Sheriff Blues
Mississippi Delta Dues
14
David Johansen
High Sheriff
Shaker
15
Charley Patton
High Sheriff Blues
Pony Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
16
Steve James & Mark Rubin
Elder Greene Blues
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
17
Charley Patton
Elder Greene Blues
The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 1]
18
Taj Mahal
High Water Everywhere, Part 2
American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2]
19
Graham Parker
Poor Me
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
20
Corey Harris
Moon Going Down
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
21
Charley Patton
Moon Going Down
Pony Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
22
Dave Van Ronk
Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues
Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
23
Robert Nighthawk
Mean Black Cat
Greatest Blues Licks
24
Charley Patton
Charley Patton – Mean Black Cat Blues
24 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920_Vol 11 [ Blues Images ]
Long before we were graced with the voices of SAM, Siri, or Alexa, and before we could carry our smart devices around like a wallet or clutch…there were the women and men who served us from behind the receiver: the telephone operator. Maybe they didn’t have the answer to everything but they could connect us to about anyone anywhere in the world. But it usually cost more than we were willing to admit. This week’s Deeper Roots show takes on the theme of the telephone operator, the long distance connector, and the person with a soul…and usually a quick hangup if there were not enough coins to drop in the pay phone. It was the penalty for human interaction I guess. We’ll let Jorma, Johnny Otis, Wanda Jackson, and Eddie Floyd take us on a trip back to rotary dials and party lines in this week’s episode, live from the Santa Rosa studios at KOWS.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Mary Wells
Operator
Looking Back 1961-1964
2
Dusty Owens
Hello Operator
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
3
Rusty McDonald
Call Operator 210
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
4
Hank Snow
I Just Telephoned Upstairs
The Chronogical Classics 1951-1952 (Warped 5244)
5
Bonnie Guitar
Hello, Hello, Please Answer The Phone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
6
Wanda Jackson
Between The Window And The Phone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
7
The Blue Sky Boys
The Royal Telephone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
8
Johnny Burnette
Operator
The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 9
9
Howard Crockett
Please Answer The Phone
Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
10
Jorma Kaukonen
Operator
River Of Time
11
The Band
Long Distance Operator
A Musical History [Disc 2]
12
The Golden Gate Quartet
I Just Telephone Upstairs
Vol. 6 (1949-1952)
13
The Jordaniares
I Telephoned Upstairs
The Jordaniares Gospel
14
Selah Jubilee Singers
Royal Telephone
Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
15
Sister Wynona Carr
Operator, Operator
Dragnet For Jesus
16
Spirit Of Memphis Quartet
The Atomic Telephone
The Best Of King Gospel
17
Sister Wynona Carr
Don't Miss That Train
Dragnet For Jesus
18
Johnny Otis
Call Operator 210
Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
19
Tony & Tyrone
Please Operator
After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
20
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Operator
Soul Grooves
21
The Marvelettes
Beechwood 4-5789
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes
This week’s show has us revisiting the Old Chisholm Trail and prairie passages that resemble all things that follow those romantic icons whose life on the range was less than what their songs usually embellish. In the western sunsets where John Lomax first went out in search of the ‘cowboy song’, we’ll explore more enlightened performances from the silver screen to the deep folk traditions that have become so laminated with romance that it’s hard to see the images beneath. This week’s show will take us from Carl T. Sprague, the original cowboy crooner, to Johnny Horton, Fess Parker, Rex Allen, and Roy Rogers. The music is sometimes sappy (Rick Nelson’s My Rifle, My Pony, and Me), sometimes light (Roy Rogers’ My Chickashay Girl), and other times full of storytelling and history. So many performances to light up the evening sky…just before dusk…just before that ceiling of stars appears in the night sky. Join us for our first live show from our new KOWS studios in downtown Santa Rosa.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Rex Allen
The Covered Wagon
Riding All Day
2
Jimmie Rodgers
Prairie Lullaby
Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5]
3
Carl T. Sprague
O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
4
The Carter Family
Cowboy Jack
On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 2
5
Rhubarb Red
Little Green Valley (Radio)
Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
6
The Riders Of The Purple Sage
Cool Water (Radio)
Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
7
Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers
The Strawberry Roan
Saturday Night Rag 1934-1936 Vol. 1
8
Hank Snow
I Traded My Saddle for a Rifle
1942-1943 (Warped 4206)
9
Rex Allen
Dreaming of the Western Plains
Riding All Day
10
Roy Rogers
My Chickashay Girl
1942-1947 (Warped 4561)
11
Roy Rogers
Don't Fence Me In
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
12
Sons of the Pioneers
Moonlight On the Prairie
Songs of the Prairie – CD1
13
Sons of the Pioneers
Cool Water
Cool Water & 17 Western Favorites
14
Charlie Haden
Oh Shenandoah
Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
15
Al Caiola & His Orchestra
Bonanza
TV Land presents Favorite TV Theme Songs
16
Various
The Virginian
Television's Greatest Hits Vol.II – 65 More TV Themes 50s and 60s
17
Johnny Western
The Ballad Of Paladin
Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
18
Johnny Cash
The Rebel Johnny Yuma
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
19
Lee Marvin
Wand'rin Star
Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1
20
Dean Martin
Rio Bravo
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
21
Rick Nelson
My Rifle My Pony And Me (w/ Dean Martin)
Legacy [Disc 1]
22
Marty Robbins
Ballad Of The Alamo
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
23
Frankie Laine
Rawhide
The Cowboy Album
24
Johnny Horton
Sleepy-Eyed John
Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (2 of 2)
25
Patsy Montana
My Dear Old Arizona Home
The Best Of Patsy Montana
26
Roy Rogers
Rock Me to Sleep in My Saddle
1942-1947 (Warped 4561)
27
Fess Parker
The Ballad Of Davy Crockett
The Cowboy Album
28
Vaughn Monroe
(Ghost) Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend)
The Cowboy Album
29
Johnny Cash
The Sons Of Katie Elder
My Rifle, My Pony And Me
30
Gene Autry
Red River Valley
The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946
31
Johnny Bond
Twilight On The Trail
Country Hits Vol. 6
32
The Sons Of The Pioneers
O Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie
Sons Of The Pioneers
33
The Cinema Sound Orchestra
High Noon
Western Film Themes
34
Willie Nelson
Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys [Album Version]
Willie Nelson's Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be)
We had so much fun with our first installment a few months back that we thought it was worth a second installment…well, that and the depth and breadth of the American Songbag certainly lends itself to doing so. It doesn’t hurt either that it fits our deeper roots sensibilities so well. This installment finds us meandering about those classic songs whose topics include mellow blues ballads, hobo songs, Mexican border songs (how appropriate), tarnished love tales, and the ‘road to heaven’. Helping us through our sets we’ll be featuring an interesting collection of performers: Dave Van Ronk, Dock Boggs, Rosanne Cash, and Peter Case. A host of others will join in the fun on Community Radio for Sonoma County.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Dave Van Ronk
Willie The Weeper
Down In Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
2
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Willie the Weeper
Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 1
3
Dan Zanes
Roll The Chariot
Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
4
Josh White
Barbara Allen
Best Of Josh White
5
Delmore Brothers
Frozen Girl
Brown's Ferry Blues
6
Dock Boggs
Pretty Polly
Country Blues
7
The Carter Family
My Sweetheart Is a Poor Working Girl/Waves of the Sea (Instrumental)
On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 1
8
Tony Rice
House Carpenter
Church Street Blues
9
Hylo Brown
Pretty Fair Maiden
Legends & Tall Tales
10
Ola Belle Reed, John Miller, Burl Kilby
The Orphan Girl
Ola Belle Reed and Southern Mountain Music on the Mason-Dixon Line
11
David Rawlings
Midnight Train
Poor David's Almanack
12
Arlo Guthrie
Gypsy Davy
Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys (Remastered 2004)
13
Peter Case
Roving Gambler
Sings Like Hell
14
Rosanne Cash
Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow
The List
15
Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra & William Warfield
Old American Songs (Set One): Zion's Walls
Copland Conducts Copland (Expanded Edition)
16
Louis Armstrong
Ezekiel Saw De Wheel
Louis And The Good Book
17
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Things That I used to do (and I Don't Do No More)
The Gospel Truth
18
The Robinson Children
I Ain't Gwine Study About War No More
Swinging Gospel Sounds (1935-1942)
19
The Bronzemen
Dese Bones Gwine Rise Again
The Bronzemen – Radio Transcriptions (1939)
20
Septeto Habanero
Cielito Lindo
Cuba. Por La Musica
21
Los Panchos
La Cucaracha – La Adelita
Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
22
Dan Zanes
Lo Que Digo
Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
23
Kathy Reid-Naiman
Pretty Betty Martin
Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
24
Laurie Lewis
Weevily Wheat
Laurie Lewis & Her Bluegrass Pals
25
Dan Zanes
Cuckoo Waltz
Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
26
Tom Paxton
Times A-Getting Hard, Boys
Seeds – The Songs Of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3 (Disc 2 Of 2 – Friends Of Pete)
There are a handful of record labels that subscribe to the ‘deeper roots’ dogma. And our show tries to cover all of them. But East Bay’s own Arhoolie, whose catalog was recently acquired by Smithsonian Folkways is a very special example, maybe the premiere example, of what it means to dig deeper. Founded in 1960 by Chris Strachwitz, a German transplant who moved to the States in 1947, Arhoolie was founded on the principle that the best music could be found by traveling the backroads. And that is precisely how it got started, with a recording device in his trunk and an ear for the sublime. Join us this Friday evening as we explore just a hint of the music you’ll find on a landmark roots label.
We are remembering what happened here in Sonoma County last October when the firestorm hit, devastating communities and lives. Over 5000 homes and dozens of lives were lost. Disaster struck overnight and our music today reflects back with songs of disaster, songs of burning hell, and music that reminds us that Mother Nature will have its way. Blues from John Lee Hooker and Howlin’ Wolf, traditional country gospel from Bill Neely and Kitty Wells, and more in a Friday evening remembrance.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
The David Thom Band
California's Burning
That Old Familiar
2
Under The Radar
Ride These Flames
Beyond The Niche
3
Kitty Wells
He Will Set Your Fields on Fire
Dust on the Bible (1959)
4
Kilby Snow, Mike Seeger
He Will Set Your Fields On Fire
Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967
5
Clyde Moody
06 – Where There's Smoke (There's Bound to Be Fire)
The Hillbilly Waltz King
6
Bill Neely
Satan's Burning Hell
Texas Law & Justice
7
Howlin' Wolf
The Natchez Burning
Blues From Hell
8
John Lee Hooker
Burning Hell
The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 2]
9
John Lee Hooker
The Motor City Is Burning
The Definitive Collection
10
Otis Spann
Burning Fire
The Great Blues Men
11
Bob Brozman
American House Fire Blues
Fire in the Mind
12
Dave Alvin
Barn Burning
King Of California
13
Dave Alvin
California's Burning
Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women
14
John Mellencamp
Eden Is Burning
John Mellencamp
15
Dixon Brothers
The School House Fire
Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937
