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Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition

Songs of Protest

August 1, 2015 Dave

This week’s show on KWTF runs down a century’s worth of protest music. We’ve got some of the familiars, but we’ve also got some of the not-so-familiars. Out playlists will focus on a couple of the major issues of half century ago that we find ourselves embroiled in today. We’ll hear civil rights anthems and performances from some of the more emphatic musical voices of the sixties that were railing against a war. You’ll also hear topics of union organizing and social justice including the sounds of Nina Simone, Bob Dylan, Billie Holiday, Pete Seeger, the SNCC Freedom Singers, Marvin Gaye, and many others.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Pete Seeger	Waist Deep In The Big Muddy	The Essential Pete Seeger
2	Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalist	There's A Meeting Here Tonight	2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
3	Sncc Freedom Singers	We Shall Overcome	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
4	Billie Holiday	Strange Fruit	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
5	Josh White	Strange Fruit	Josh White – The Remaining Titles (1941-1947)
6	Mavis Staples	We Shall Not Be Moved (Cd)	We'll Never Turn Back
7	Hollis Watkins	Oh Freedom	Voices Of the Civil Rights Movement
8	Aaron Neville	Oh Freedom	I Know I've Been Changed
9	SNCC Freedom Singers; Reagon, Cordell	Which Side Are You On?	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
10	Phil Ochs	I Ain't Marching Anymore	Farewells & Fantasies [Disc 1]
11	The Almanac Singers	Which Side Are You On	Dust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2]
12	Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions	People Get Ready	Akeelah And The Bee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
13	Jean Ritchie	Black Waters	Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 11 The South
14	Bob Dylan	Blowin' In The Wind	Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2
15	Bruce Springsteen	Eyes on the Prize	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
16	Barry McGuire	Eve Of Destruction	Eve Of Destruction
17	Tom Paxton	Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation	Best Of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
18	Buffalo Springfield	For What It's Worth	Retrospective – The Best of Buffalo Springfield
19	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Fortunate Son	36 All – Time Greatest Hits 3 CD Set (Disk 3)
20	Marvin Gaye	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 2]
21	Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
22	Nina Simone	I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free	Silk and Soul (Expanded Edition)
23	Ethel Waters	What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue?	Ethel Waters 1929 -1939 (feat. Duke Ellington & Benny Goodman)
24	Peter, Paul & Mary	Where Have All The Flowers Gon	Peter, Paul & Mary
25	Odetta	Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
26	Paul Robeson	No More Auction Block	Classic Folk Music From Smithsonian Folkways
27	Southern Sons	Lift Every Voice And Sing (1942)	1940's Vocal Groups: Southern Sons (1941-44) & Richmond's Harmonizing Four (1943)
28	Bruce Cockburn	If I Had A Rocket Launcher	Waiting For A Miracle: Singles 1970-1987
29	Pete Seeger & The Almanac Singers	Union Maid	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 4]
30	Bob Dylan	Masters of War	Biograph Disc 1
31	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Ohio	So Far
32	Woody Guthrie	This Land Is Your Land	This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1

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Connections II

July 25, 2015 Dave

We take another trip down the roots rabbit hole with the usual selections of blues, bluegrass, country, gospel, and tradition in a show that follows a thread that begins with The Del McCoury Band’s bluegrass cover of Mama’s Hungry Eyes and winds its way to conclusion down the endless black ribbon. In between we’ve got kind words and last words, chain gangs and jailers, and songs about bird dogs and mockingbirds. The show is a special ‘stream of musical roots consciousness’ called “Connections”.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Del McCoury	Mama's Hungry Eyes (feat. Emmylou Harris)	Moneyland
2	Merle Haggard	Mama Tried	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
3	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Mama Didn't Raise No Fool	Down In The Basement
4	Rodney Crowell	Famous Last Words of a Fool in Love	Tarpaper Sky
5	David Johansen	The Last Kind Words	Shaker
6	Rhiannon Giddens	Last Kind Words	Tomorrow Is My Turn
7	Geeshie Wiley	Last Kind Words	Mississippi Masters
8	Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas	Pick Poor Robin Clean	Mississippi Masters
9	Gennett Sound Effects	Mocking Bird	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
10	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Listen To The Mockingbird	Stars And Stripes Forever
11	Doc Watson	Bird Dog	Docabilly
12	The Everly Brothers	I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
13	Steve Earle & The V-Roys	In The Jailhouse Now	The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute
14	Johnny Cash	I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now	American V: A Hundred Highways
15	Wynona Sweet	Please Mr. Jailer	Cry-Baby
16	Johnny Tillotson	Jailer Bring Me Water	The Tillotson Touch
17	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Jesus Gave Me Water	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
18	Elvis Presley	Bosom of Abraham	He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 2
19	The Golden Gate Quartet	Rock My Soul	Rock My Soul & Other Gospel Favorites
20	Louis Armstrong	Rock My Soul	Louis And The Good Book
21	Bob Dylan	Highway 61 Revisited	Highway 61 Revisited
22	Band Of Ruhks	Lost Highway	Band Of Ruhks
23	Hank Williams	Lost Highway	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
24	Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses)	Down The Road Pt II	The Low Highway [+digital booklet]
25	Tiny Harris	Endless Black Ribbon	Lonesome Highway Songs
26	Nat King Cole	A Little Yellow Ribbon	Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949
27	Sonny James & Taylor*Karla	Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree	Classic Country Duets
28	Connie Smith	Ribbon Of Darkness	The Essential Connie Smith
29	Willie Nelson	Scarlett Ribbons	Stardust [Bonus Tracks]
30	Grateful Dead	Scarlet Begonias	Grateful Dead From the Mars Hotel
31	Gillian Welch	Scarlet Town	The Harrow & The Harvest
32	David Olney	One Tough Town	One Tough Town
33	Fats Waller	Lulu's Back In Town	Honeysuckle Rose
34	Nathan Glantz & His Orchestra (v: Chick Straun)	Don't Bring Lulu [1925]	The Charleston Era

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Ragged But Right – KOWS July 25, 2015

July 25, 2015 Dave

Hot summer days…cool West County nights. Deeper Roots finds the right balance on Saturday mornings in Occidental this week with music about ramblers and gamblers featuring Ralph Stanley, Tom Russell, and Sturgill Simpson. We’ll also find ourselves in the crosshairs of country, blues, and southern gospel with songs of light and life featuring Hank Williams, Gary Davis, and Marty Stuart. Riley Puckett, The Sons of the Pioneers, and the Selah Jubilee Singers also join in on another Saturday morning filled with roots music on KOWS 107.3-LP FM. Tune in on TuneIn!

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	Imperial Singles Collection
2	Nathan Glantz & His Orchestra (v: Chick Straun)	Don't Bring Lulu [1925]	The Charleston Era
3	Roy Acuff	Bang Away My Lulu	DON'T BRING LULU was a 20's hit song
4	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra; Vocal By Tex Williams	You'll Rue The Day	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
5	Tommy Duncan	Please Come Back Home	Texas Moon
6	Lucinda Williams	Memphis Pearl	Sweet Old World
7	Hank Williams	I Saw The Light	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
8	Selah Jubilee Singers	I Saw the Light	Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2
9	Reverend Gary Davis	I Am The Light Of This World	Harlem Street Singer
10	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	This Little Light of Mine	Gospel Bluegrass Home Coming, Vol. 1
11	Sam Cooke	Having a Party	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4)
12	Clyde McPhatter	A Lovers Question	Atlantic and Mercury Sessions – Disc 2
13	Kay Starr	Night Train	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
14	Ike Turner	Do Right Baby	Classic Early Sides
15	Slim Harpo	I Love the Life I'm Living	The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 1
16	John Sebastian	Ain't Nowhere to Hobo Anymore	I Want My Roots
17	The Blue Sky Boys	Wild And Reckless Hobo	Presenting The Blue Sky Boys
18	Grandpa Jones	Hobo Bill	Makes The Rafters Ring
19	Bob Dylan	Only A Hobo	It Could Even Be A Myth
20	Elana James	Hobo's Lullaby	Black Beauty
21	Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys	Poor Rambler	Classic Bluegrass
22	Sturgill Simpson	Poor Rambler	High Top Mountain
23	Tom Russell	Rambler, Gambler	Song Of The West – The Cowboy Collection
24	Jimmie Skinner	Don't Give My Heart to a Rambler	One Dead Man Ago
25	Grayson & Whitter	I've Always Been a Rambler	Music from the Lost Provinces
26	Riley Puckett And Ted Hawkins	Ragged But Right	Serenade The Mountains: Early Old Time Music On Record, [Disc 3]
27	Sons of the Pioneers	Blue Ridge Mountain Home	Songs of the Prairie – CD1
28	Hurray for the Riff Raff	Blue Ridge Mountain	Small Town Heroes
29	The Carter Family	My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 4)
30	The Country Gentlemen	Blue Ridge Mountains Turning Green	Sugar Hill Collection
31	Nick Lowe	I'll Be There	The Impossible Bird
32	Willie Nelson & Ray Price	I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)	San Antonio Rose [Expanded Edition]
33	Willie Nelson	Sweet Jennie Lee	Willie and the Wheel

Songs About Telephones

July 11, 2015 Dave

It’s ‘theme time’ in this episode as we find a muse that songwriters have been looking to since it’s appearance in the 19th century: the telephone. Join us for operators, dial tones, party lines, busy signals, and hang-ups…just a few of the topics in a show featuring gospel from the Selah Jubilee Singers and Sister Wynona Carr, sixties soul from The Marvelettes and The Orlons, tradition from Bill Monroe and Wade Mainer, and more.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Manhattan Transfer	Operator	The Manhattan Transfer
2	The Golden Gate Quartet	I Just Telephone Upstairs	Vol. 6 (1949-1952)
3	The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet	Atomic Telephone	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
4	Selah Jubilee Singers	Royal Telephone	Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
5	Burl Ives	Royal Telephone	Greatest Hits
6	Sister Wynona Carr	Operator, Operator	Dragnet For Jesus
7	Bill Monroe	When The Phone Rang	Bluegrass 1959-1969 [Disc 1]
8	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	The Phone Call	More Behind the Picture Than the Wall
9	Wade Mainer	God's Radio Phone	I'm Not Looking Backward
10	Doc Watson	No Telephone In Heaven	My Dear Old Southern Home
11	The Carter Family	No Telephone In Heaven	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 2]
12	The Carter Family	Hello Central! Give Me Heaven	The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5]
13	Orville Reed	The Telephone Girl	Lead Kindly Light
14	Bonnie Guitar	Hello, Hello, Please Answer The Phone	Only The Moon Man Knows: Rare Recordings 1951-1957
15	George Jones	Wrong Number	Star Creek Promotions 4
16	Aaron Neville	Wrong Number (I Am Sorry, Goodbye)	Treacherous [Disc 1]
17	Irma Thomas	Sorry Wrong Number	If You Want It, Come and Get It
18	Mickey & Sylvia	Can't Get You On The Phone	Rock With A Sock
19	The Orlons	Don't Hang Up	Malt Shop Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 2)
20	Marvelettes	Beechwood 4-5789	The Soul of Detroit – Disc 1
21	Tony & Tyrone	Please Operator	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
22	Mary Wells	Operator	The Soul of Detroit – Disc 2
23	Jorma Kaukonen	Operator	River Of Time
24	The Grateful Dead	Operator	American Beauty
25	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	Pennsylvania 6-5000	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
26	Hank Penny	Hold the Phone	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]
27	Stonewall Jackson	Can't Hang Up the Phone	Original Greatest Hits
28	Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn	Answer The Phone With Loretta Lynn	A Tribute To A Legend
29	Tom T. Hall	Jesus On the Radio (Daddy On the Phone)	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
30	Pee Wee Crayton	Phone Call From My Baby	ABC Of The Blues Vol 7
31	Pee Wee Crayton	The Telephone Is Ringing	ABC Of The Blues Vol 7
32	Floyd Dixon	Call Operator 210	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2)
33	Floyd Dixon	Telephone Blues	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3]
34	Eddie Gorman And His Group	Telephone Blues	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
35	Elana James	Telephone Man	Black Beauty

Country, Deeper Roots on KWTF, Folk and Tradition

Ladies of Country Music

June 20, 2015 Dave

The story of women in country music begins in the early century with The Carters and the lesser known names of Roba Stanley, Louisiana Lou, and Patsy Montana. If the music was not about heaven and sinners, then it was about being a single girl or a cowboy’s sweetheart. But there was a sea change in post-war country music with the strength of Kitty Wells’ and the assertive independent sounds of Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, and Dolly Parton. To quote an online source, “the story of gender in post-war country music is largely the story of how women, in song and on stage, came to represent themselves in full.”

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Patsy Montana And The Prairie Ramblers	I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart	26 All-Time Country Classics
2	Lulu Belle & Scotty	Wish I Was A Single Girl Again	Flowers In The Wildwood
3	Patsy Montana	My Poncho Pony	Flowers In The Wildwood
4	Maddox Brothers and Rose	Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down	1948 (Warped 4872)
5	Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter	He's Solid Gone	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
6	Maybelle Carter and Sara Carter Bayes	I'm Leaving You	Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967
7	Kitty Wells	My Cold, Cold Heart Is Melted Now	Country Music Hall Of Fame
8	Kitty Wells	Password	Greatest Songs
9	Kitty Wells	Makin' Believe	Greatest Songs
10	The Davis Sisters	I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know	The Essential Skeeter Davis
11	Skeeter Davis	(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too	The Essential Skeeter Davis
12	Charline Arthur	Welcome To The Club	Welcome To The Club
13	Wanda Jackson	Makin' Believe	Daydreamin'
14	Wanda Jackson	Don't Ask Me Why	Before The Music Died – Wanda Jackson: The Complete Recordings 1954-1962 [Disc 3]
15	Patsy Cline	Leavin' on Your Mind	12 Greatest Hits
16	Patsy Cline	How Can I Face Tomorrow	The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2]
17	Ferlin Husky & Jean Shephard	A Dear John Letter	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
18	Loretta Lynn	Dont Come Home A-Drinkin (With Lovin on Your Mind)	Golden Age of Country Volume 1: Waltz Across Texas [Disc 2]
19	Goldie Hill	It's A Lovely Lovely World	I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 2]
20	Connie Smith	Once A Day	The Essential Connie Smith
21	June Carter Cash	Strange Woman	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
22	June Carter Cash	How Did You Get Away from Me	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
23	Tammy Wynette	Stand By Your Man	Super Hits
24	Tammy Wynette	D-I-V-O-R-C-E	Country Legends
25	Brenda Lee	Johnny One Time	The Brenda Lee Story: Her Greatest Hits
26	Norma Jean	The Gambler And The Lady	The Best of Country
27	Margie Singleton	Old Records	One More Record Please
28	Dottie West	Paper Mansions	The Essential Dottie West
29	Jessi Colter	I'm Looking for Blue Eyes	Wanted! The Outlaws [Bonus Tracks]
30	Sammi Smith	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Sammi Smith early 60's the Best Of (varese sarabande 96)
31	Dolly Parton	Coat of Many Colors	Artist's Choice: Emmylou Harris
32	Emmylou Harris	If I Could Only Win Your Love	Portraits (1 of 3)
33	Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette & Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	Honky Tonk Angels
34	Rosanne Cash	She's Got You	The List
35	Alison Krauss	Baby, Now That I've Found You	Now That I've Found You
36	k.d. lang	Sugar Moon	Shadowland
37	k.d. lang & the Reclines	Big Big Love	Absolute Torch and Twang

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Old Devil Time

June 16, 2015 Dave

We are sitting in for Mark Hogan’s Bluegrass and Old Time Hour this week while Mark is far afield, attending the 40th Anniversary Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival in Grass Valley. Our show will explore the multi-generational sounds of not only bluegrass with Dillard and Clark and The Hackberry Ramblers, but we’ll also cross the genres (as we are wont to do) with Cowboy Copas, Clara Ward, Otis Spann, and Doris Day. There’s a couple of different threads that run through our show today, one being that of the ‘devil’ and the other being ‘new mornings’. Tune in at a special time and see what’s in store on a summer afternoon in West County.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	BR5-49	The Devil In Me	Dog Days
2	Bob Dylan	Talkin' Devil	It Could Even Be A Myth
3	Pete Seeger	Old Devil Time	Singalong: Live At Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980 (2 of 2)
4	Gillian Welch	The Devil Had a Hold of Me	Hell Among the Yearlings
5	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	The Devil Has Thrown Him Down	The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]
6	Doris Day	The Deevil, Devil, Divil	Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2]
7	Pokey LaFarge	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Pokey LaFarge
8	Asleep at the Wheel/The Blind Boys of Alabama	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Reinventing the Wheel
9	Hackberry Ramblers	Old Pipeliner (Rodney Crowell-vocal) {1992-06 (org.1946) Flying Fish FF-70629 CD}	Cajun Boogie (1992-06)
10	Cowboy Copas	Don't Shake Hands with the Devil	Settin' Flat On Ready
11	Little Jimmy Dickens	I'm Little But I'm Loud	The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens
12	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra; Vocal By Tex Williams	Hide Your Face	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
13	Dillard & Clark	I Bowed My Head And Cried Holy	The Fantastic Expedition Of Dillard & Clark
14	Rory Block	I Am In the Heavenly Way	Confessions of A Blues Singer
15	Bukka White	I Am the Heavenly Way	The Sonet Blues Story
16	Clara Ward	In That Great Judgement Morning	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 1]
17	The Dixie Hummingbirds	In The Morning	Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
18	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	He's So Wonderful	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
19	Slim & Slam	Early In The Morning	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)
20	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Carolina In The Morning	Vol. 1-(1937-38)
21	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Where Dreams Come to Die	Django and Jimmie
22	John Lee Hooker	I'll Never Get Out Of These Blues Alive [Album Version]	Warming By The Devils Fire – A Film By Charles Burnett
23	Otis Spann	Must Have Been The Devil	The Blues Never Die
24	Cleo Brown	You're A Heavenly Thing	Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935)
25	Benny Goodman	You're a Heavenly Thing	Music Hall Rag
26	Big Joe Turner	Morning Noon And Nite	Big Joe Turner: Rhythm & Blues Years
27	Tampa Red	Worried Devil Blues	The Bluebird Recordings (1934-1936)
28	Ralph Stanley	John The Revelator	A Mother's Prayer
29	Sherman Tedder	Untitled [Album Version]	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
30	Elvis Presley	(You're The) Devil In Disguise	Elvis 30 #1 Hits

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Grapes on the Vine

June 14, 2015 Dave

Raising the roof once more on KOWS in West Sonoma County on a bright Saturday morning. And we make it count with an opening salvo of some country swing from Bob Wills, W. Lee O’Daniel, The Light Crust Doughboys, and Willie Nelson. Not to be outdone, we’ve got bluegrass from The Rice Brothers and our own David Thom, gospel from the Hummingbirds, and a special set celebrating the “Poet of the Blues” Percy Mayfield. We’ll also feature blues from Texas and, if we find the time, early century pop from Frank Crumit and Cliff Edwards. Tune in Saturday morning at 9 on KOWS for a dose of roots sounds from the past century of America’s music with Dave Stroud.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Asleep at the Wheel/Johnny Gimble	Big Balls in Cowtown	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
2	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	I Had Someone Else Before I Had You	Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 5
3	The Light Crust Doughboys	Blue Guitars	Western Swing: Hot Hillbilly Jazz & Blues – 1935-1947
4	Skeets McDonald	Fuss and Fight	Skeets McDonald – Heart Breakin' Mama (Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight)
5	W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys	Congratulate Me	Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938
6	Willie Nelson	Cherokee Maiden	You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker
7	Warren Smith	Got Love If You Want It	The Sun Country Box CD4 So Long, I'm Gone
8	Bobby Hicks & Del McCoury	We're Steppin' Out Tonight	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
9	Ralph Stanley	Are You Washed In The Blood	A Mother's Prayer
10	Ralph Stanley	Dad's Old Rocky Field	Old Songs & Ballads
11	The Rice Brothers	Grapes On the Vine	Bluegrass Number 1's: A Collection of Chart-Topping Songs
12	The David Thom Band	The Little White Church	That Old Familiar
13	Selah Jubilee Singers	I Saw the Light	Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2
14	The Selah Singers	I'll Be Satisfied	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
15	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Christian's Automobile	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
16	Nina Simone	I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free	Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit
17	Aretha Franklin	River's Invitation	Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 2]
18	Percy Mayfield	Strange Things Happening	ABC Of The Blues Vol 28
19	Ray Charles	Hit the Road Jack	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
20	Buddy Miller	Please Send Me Someone To Love	Midnight And Lonesome
21	Freddie King	Look On Yonder Wall	Woman Across the River
22	The Mississppi Mud Mashers	Bring It On Home To Grandma	Flashbacks #3 CopulationBlues 1926-1940
23	Texas Alexander	The Risin' Sun	As Good As It Gets: Country Blues [Disc 2]
24	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Easy Rider Blues	Classic Sides Disc 2
25	Ishman Bracey	Woman Woman Blues (Pm 12970, L-239-2)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
26	Charlie Spand	Ain't Gonna Stand For That (Pm 12856, 15454–)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
27	Jean Brady and Big Bill Broonzy	Knocking Myself Out	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
28	Lightnin' Hopkins	Buddy Brown's Blues (98 Degree Blues)	The Complete Prestige-Bluesville Recordings [Disc 2]
29	Frank Crumit	There's No One With Endurance	grimriper2u@yahoo.com FRANK CRUMIT
30	Cliff Edwards	K-K-K-Katy & When You Wore A Tulip	CLIFF EDWARDS grimriper2u@yahoo.com
31	Herbert Payne	Smoke Clouds	Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944
32	Al Jolson	Toot, Toot Tootsie (Goo'bye)	50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s
33	Billy Joe Shaver	Hill Country Love Song	Oxford American Southern Music Texas
34	Marty Robbins	The Strawberry Roan	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs

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Folk & Blues Fusion

June 6, 2015 Dave

We blend sounds of the South with those of the Appalachians, sharing the sounds of performers who were known in different locales, passing lyrics and music, making them pliable as they went from town to town. Recordings were made in hotel rooms, front porches, and music stores by record company representatives who traveled from city to city with primitive recording equipment. By the time the recordings were ‘offloaded’ back at the studios, details of the performers and the differences between black and white were blurred. We’ll hear from the great Riley Puckett, Mississippi John Hurt, The Blue Sky Boys, and Pink Anderson in this week’s episode.

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Fair and Warmer – KOWS May 23, 2015

May 23, 2015 Dave

The show kicks off with some mid-century country fiddlin’ courtesy of Curly Fox but makes a quick left turn with a set about liars, tattlers, and some straight-forward testifying from Sister Rosetta Tharpe. We’ll also be entertained with some classic roots from the Dallas String Band, Lead Belly, E. C. Ball, and a tribute set to Sam Cooke.

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Home on the Range

May 9, 2015 Dave

Generations of youth over the last century grew up with the images of cowpokes, rustlers, bad guys, and ranching through dime novels, radio, television and, of course, the music. In this episode of Deeper Roots, we focus on the legacy of the ‘cowboy crooners’ and country balladeers who sang about life on the trail alongside the grub wagon on the lone prairie where the imagination could take you anywhere it pleased…and often did. We’ll hear the earliest ‘cowboy songs’ by Vernon Dalhart and Carl Sprague; and we’ll also find ourselves being serenaded (quite gently) by Tex Ritter and Gene Autry who reached out for the generic, mass appeal. The music was full of tradition as well and we’ll hear some contemporary reflections from David Wilkie And Cowboy Celtic, Jim Lauderdale, and (of course) Waylon, Willie, Merle, and Johnny.

A Century of America's Music