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Crime Does Not Pay

June 21, 2025 Dave

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

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

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Bound To Lose

April 25, 2025 Dave

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.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
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)	Songs of Resistance 1942 – 2018

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Something in the Air

March 22, 2025 Dave

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

No.	Artist	Title	Album
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
25	Wayne Hancock	Life's Lonesome Road	A-Town Blues
26	Steve Forbert	Lonesome Cowboy Bill	Young Guitar Days
27	Levon Helm	Move Along Train	Electric Dirt
28	Tom Petty	I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better	Full Moon Fever
29	Patsy Montana	My Poncho Pony	Cowgirl's Best

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Echoes of Blues Greats

March 15, 2025 Dave

There’s an echo in the well of Americana and it reverberates from tradition and some of the early songsmiths and blues masters who delivered the blues proper through the depths of the past century of America’s music. We’ll be pulling some of the classic blues covers of songs composed by just a small collection of the great blues masters: Charley Patton, Muddy Waters, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Lonnie Johnson, Blind Blake and beyond in this week’s episode. There is seldom enough time to make a dent in only two hours but we’ll do our best with covers from some of the inheritors like BB King, Carl Perkins, Bob Dylan, Jorma Kaukonen and a couple dozen others. We’re excavating some deeper roots this week and then tilling the airwaves with freshly turned songs of the earth; a landscape of blues cutting a deep swath across the musical landscape of the past 100 years. Celebrating blues and those who brought it home this week on KOWS Community Radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Graham Parker	Poor Me	Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
2	Rising Sons	By And By (Poor Me) [Album Version]	Rising Sons
3	Charlie Musselwhite	Pea Vine Blues	Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton
4	Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson	Police Dog Blues	Quah [Bonus Tracks]
5	Jimmie Dale Gilmore	Black Snake Moan	Braver Newer World
6	Bo Diddley	Diddy Wah Diddy	Bo Knows Bo
7	Bob Dylan	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Bob Dylan
8	Andy Fairweather Low	Matchbox	The Invisible Bluesman
9	Carl Perkins	Matchbox	Dixie Fried
10	Sam Price and his Texas Blusic	Match Box Blues	1929-1941
11	B.B. King	Tomorrow Night	Reflections
12	Lonnie Johnson, John Hughes, Roy Coulter	Tomorrow Night	Tomorrow Night
13	John Sebastian	I Found A Dream – (Live At Winterland)	Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings – Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings [Disc 3]
14	Lonnie Johnson	I Found A Dream	Blues & Ballads (With Elmer Snowden) (Reissued 1990)
15	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	Rambler's Blues	A Stranger Here
16	Elmore James	Call It Stormy Monday	Greatest Blues Legends
17	Roomful of Blues	I Know Your Wig Is Gone	That's Right
18	Boz Scaggs	T-Bone Shuffle	Come On Home
19	Peter Wolf	Rollin' & Tumblin'	A Tribute To Muddy Waters – King Of The Blues
20	Shannon McNally	The Stuff You Gotta Watch	Black Irish
21	Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown	Cross My Heart	Chess Blues Guitar / Two Decades Of Killer Fretwork, 1949-1969
22	Johnny Winter	Help Me	The Progressive Blues Experiment
23	Dr. John/John Hammond, Jr./Michael Bloomfield	Last Night	Triumvirate
24	Tommy Castro And The Painkillers	Bad Luck	Method To My Madness
25	Dinah Washington	Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?	Verve Unmixed
26	Louis Jordan	Caldonia	Number Ones
27	B.B. King	Jack, You're Dead!	Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan
28	Muddy Waters	Don't Go No Farther	His Best, 1956 To 1964
29	Muddy Waters	Got My Mojo Working	Chess Blues Disc 3
30	Muddy Waters	The Same Thing	The Definitive Collection
31	Big Daddy Wilson	Couldn't Keep It to Myself	Deep in My Soul

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Rock Meets Country

January 25, 2025 Dave

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
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

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Over The Hill

January 12, 2025 Dave

While we often touch on the contemporary songs of our own and subsequent generations in the show, we also like to drill into the performers and sounds that contributed to our musical heritage. The foundation of America’s music is not just a single flavor. It is a melting pot of many from all corners: the British Isles, the African continent, the islands of the Caribbean, and points south and north. The resulting harmonies, topics, and musical celebrations have further woven themselves into the fabric of our culture. This week’s show leans on some pieces that were suggested by a listener and this allowed me to take liberties when digging a bit deeper for the show. We’ll hear from Pete Seeger, The Million Dollar Quartet, Buck Owens, Alison Krauss and Mississippi Fred McDowell. We’ll also take in the American Songbag’s In The Pines and then proceed down the river and over the hill in the show this week.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives	99-1/2 Won't Do [Live]	The Gospel Music Of Marty Stuart & His Fabulous Superlatives [Live]
2	Annie Mae & Fred McDowell	I'm Going Over The Hill	The Essential Guide To Gospel
3	Stringbean	Going Over the Hill	Layin' Low
4	John Martyn	Over the Hill	Couldn't Love You More
5	Mahalia Jackson	Just Over the Hill	Sunday Morning Prayer Meeting with Mahalia Jackson
6	Buck Owens	Goin' Down To The River	Buck Owens Four Classic Albums [Disc 4]
7	Alison Krauss	Down To The River To Pray	Oxford American Southern Sampler 2000
8	Ray Charles	I'm Going Down To The River	Ain't That Fine
9	Suzy Boggus	It All Falls Down To The River w/ McCrary Sisters	Prayin' For Sunshine
10	Mississippi Fred McDowell	Going Down The River	The First Recordings
11	Etta Baker & Taj Mahal	Going Down The Road Feeling Bad	Etta Baker With Taj Mahal
12	Bobby Bare	Going Down the Road (I Ain't Going to Be Treated This Way) fcc warning	Darker Than Light
13	Down Like Silver	To the River	Light That Match – Single
14	Lead Belly	Where Did You Sleep Last Night?	Best Of Leadbelly
15	The Browns	In the Pines	Classics 1960 (Warped 6062)
16	Dave Van Ronk	In the Pines	The Folkway Years: 1959-1961
17	Robert Johnson	Crossroads Blues	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
18	Elmore James	Standing At The Crossroads	Let's Cut It: The Very Best Of Elmore James
19	The Million Dollar Quartet	Great Speckled Bird	The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
20	Buzz Cason	Hats Off to Hank	Rare Songs of a Tribute to Hank
21	Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr.	There's A Tear In My Beer	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10
22	Hank Williams, Jr.	Tee Tot Song	Almeria Club
23	Dallas Wayne	Crank the Hank	Rare Songs of a Tribute to Hank
24	Pat Johnson	Hank And Tee Tot	Acoustic Rainbow Roots Volume 48
25	Washboard Sam	Bucket's Got a Hole in It [Remastered 2002]	That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series)
26	Hank Williams	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	Low Down Blues
27	Waylon Jennings	Hank Williams Syndrome	Rare Songs of a Tribute to Hank
28	Odetta	Alabama Bound	Sings Ballads And Blues
29	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	99 1/2 Won't Do	Gospel Train
30	Buddy Greene	Big Daddy's Alabama Bound	A Tribute to John D. Loudermilk
31	Bob Dylan	Lay Lady Lay	Nashville Skyline
32	Bob Dylan	I Threw It All Away	Nashville Skyline

Time

December 21, 2024 Dave

Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ into the future…and it’s tickin’ tickin’ tickin’, too. Steve Miller certainly summed it up and our theme this week is all about the passing of time, events that take place in time, biding our time, and recalling a time. We’ll be making a swing through a number of genres and performers including Little Joe, Booker T., Bobby Bare, Evie Sands, Tom Waits and Harry James. But there’s plenty more including classic country, mid-to-late century rock n’ roll, folkie business, and the sweet torch songs that take us back. We’ve chosen to forego the Christmas celebrations because, for the most part, we can hear it elsewhere and the season is a short one with some desperation on the doorstep. Tune in for a journey through the past century of America’s music on community radio for West Sonoma Country, streaming to all of planet Earth at the same time on kowsfm.com/listen. We’d love to have you.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Steve Miller Band	Fly Like An Eagle (2006 Digital Remaster)	Fly Like An Eagle – 30th Anniversary
2	Little Joe Cook	It's Been a Long Time	Peanuts and Other Delicacies: The Little Joe Cook Story (1951-1962)
3	Steve Forbert	It's Been a Long Time	Young Guitar Days
4	Harry James & His Orchestra	Its Been A Long Long Time	The Women of WW2 [V 4]
5	Ella Mae Morse	A Long Time Ago	Barrelhouse, Boogie, And The Blues [Disc 5]
6	Crosby, Stills & Nash	Long Time Gone	Crosby, Stills & Nash
7	Tom Waits	Time	Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
8	Mick Lloyd	A Long Long Time Ago	…Next Stop Is Vietnam – The War On Record, 1961-2008
9	Los Lobos Feat. Dave Alvin	Somewhere In Time	The Ride
10	Charley Crockett	Time of the Cottonwood Trees	The Man from Waco
11	Connie Smith	Plenty of Time	1970-1971 (Warped 7108F)
12	Evie Sands	Untill It's Time For You To Go	Any Way That You Want Me
13	Junior Brown	Baby Let The Bad Times Be	12 Shades of Brown
14	The Louvin Brothers	Are You Wasting My Time	Long Play Collection
15	Don Williams	Tulsa Time	The Definitive Collection
16	Bobby Bare	One Day at a Time (1965)	All American Boy – CD 4
17	Willie Nelson	Healing Hands of Time	Willie and the Boys: Willie's Stash vol. 2
18	Danny Dill	He's Biding His Time	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
19	Bob Dylan	Time Passes Slowly	Biograph Disc 3
20	Dwight Yoakam	Just Passin' Time	Blame The Vain
21	The Sweetback Sisters	King Of Killing Time	King Of Killing Time
22	Harry Nilsson	As Time Goes By	All-Time Greatest Hits
23	Dooley Wilson & Elliot Carpenter	As Time Goes By	Somewhere Over The Rainbow: The Golden Age Of Hollywood Musicals [Disc 1]
24	The Platters	Twilight Time	Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 2]
25	Irma Thomas	Time Is On My Side	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 4
26	The Chambers Brothers	Time Has Come Today	Time Has Come: The Best Of The Chambers Brothers
27	Booker T. & the MG's; The MG's	Time Is Tight	Classic Rock: 1969 – The Beat Goes On
28	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	The Last Time	Spirit Of The Century
29	Marvin Rainwater	The Last Time	Whole Lotta Woman

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Heaven and Hell

December 13, 2024 Dave

On this Friday the 13th, our show takes on the constructs of heaven and hell as its chosen theme. Songs that explore the debatable and sometimes fantastical concepts that, while they vary significantly across cultures and tradition, still remain human constructs rather than universal truths. Or are they? I sure don’t know and I doubt that you do. They have no doubt been formed as symbolic or metaphorical ideas formulated to help humankind find a straight path to that ‘great morning’…or something like that anyway. We’re not here to practice heresy or blasphemy, only to observe…and there’s plenty of music to call this theme one of mixed metaphors. Tune in for some Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Eric Clapton, Solomon Burke, Bill Neely and a whole crowd of other sinners and saints pounding out the concepts of heaven and hell in song with melodies both fierce and solemn. Tune in for quite the time.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	David Lindley and Wally Ingram	Oh Death	Twango Bango II
2	John Lee Hooker & Ben Harper	Burnin' Hell	The Best Of Friends
3	Dr. John	Party Hellfire	Anutha Zone
4	Miss Rhapsody & Orchestra	The Night Before Judgement Day	Blues Women
5	Eric Clapton	If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day	Sessions For Robert J
6	The Louvin Brothers	The Great Judgement Morning	Close Harmony [Disc 8]
7	Johnny Cash	Redemption	American Recordings
8	Joe Strummer/Mescaleros	Redemption Song	Streetcore
9	Vera Hall	Death, Have Mercy	Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals
10	Jimmy Reed	Going By The River (Pt. 1)	ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 37
11	Hank Williams	The Angel Of Death	Lost Highway December 1948 – March 1949
12	Dave Van Ronk	St. James Infirmary	Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
13	Ralph Stanley	The Death Of John Henry [Album Version]	Ralph Stanley
14	David Johansen & The Harry Smiths	Oh Death	David Johansen and the Harry Smiths
15	Solomon Burke	The Judgement	Don't Give Up on Me
16	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Beams of Heaven	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
17	The Zion Harmonizers	Old Time Religion	Ultimate Gospel Fest
18	Camille Howard	When I Grow Too Old to Dream	Brown Gal
19	The Cats & The Fiddle	When I Grow Too Old To Dream	The Very Best Of
20	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age	Standard Songs for Average People
21	Red Foley	Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age	Tennessee Saturday Night
22	Bill Neely	Satan's Burning Hell	The Essential Guide To Gospel
23	Sheryl Crow	Go Tell It On The Mountain	Home For Christmas
24	Iris DeMent	I've Got That Old Time Religion (In My Heart)	Lifeline
25	Patsy Cline	Life's Railway To Heaven	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
26	Grandpa Jones	Open Up Them Pearly Gates For Me	An American Original
27	Carl Story	When the Pearly Gates Swing Open	1951-1952 (Warped 5158)
28	The Golden Gate Quartet	No Restricted Signs (Up In Heaven) (1946)	Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
29	Flatt & Scruggs	The Drunkard's Hell	The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
30	Mississippi Fred McDowell	Soon One Mornin' (Death Come A-Creepin' In My Room)	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 1]
31	Fannie Bell Chapman	He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield	Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007

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Rain Theme

September 28, 2024 Dave

Seven years after our community was ravaged by three different wildfires, we’re going to focus on the theme of rain in our show today. Call it a rain dance if you must but we’re hoping that not only will the weather give us one more year of respite from the flaming torrent of climate change-induced wildfires but also make it two years in a row with reservoir replenishment. So why not a theme that promotes rainy weather? We’ll go to every genre corner in the show today: gospel, jazz, country, rock ‘n roll, soul and rhythm & blues. Tune in for a themed collection this morning that includes the likes of Glenn Yarbrough, Percy Sledge, Leon Russell, Lonnie Johnson and Billy “The Kid” Emerson. There’s a whole lot more so join in and find out. A sunny September morning leads us to our rain dance…or whatever you call it.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Sons of the Pioneers	Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (Remastered)	Anthology: The Definitive Collection (Remastered)
2	Buddy Guy	Feels Like Rain	Buddy's Baddest: The Best of Buddy Guy
3	Hugh Laurie	Didn't It Rain	Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
4	Sons Of South	Didn't It Rain Children	The Best Of Nashboro Gospel
5	Lew Childre	It Don't Do Nothing but Rain	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
6	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Buy for Me the Rain	Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 1
7	Sir Douglas Quintet	The Rains Came	Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet
8	Eddie Rabbitt	I Love A Rainy Night	Superstars Of Country
9	Albert Lee	Rainbows All Over Your Blues	The Big E: A Salute to Steel Guitarist Buddy Emmons
10	Buddy Holly	Raining in My Heart	The Definitive Collection
11	The Cascades	Rhythm of the Rain	Teen Ballads Disc 2
12	Lonnie Johnson	Pouring Down Rain	Complete Folkways Recordings
13	John Hammond, Jr.	Little Rain Falling	Country Blues
14	Billy "The Kid" Emerson	When It Rains, It Pours	Living The Blues: Blues Classics 1955-1956
15	Big Maybelle	Rain Down Rain	The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55
16	Leon Russell	A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall	Leon Russell And The Shelter People [Bonus Tracks]
17	Irma Thomas	It's Raining	Time Is on My Side: The Best of Irma Thomas, Vol. 1
18	Irma Thomas	I Think It's Going to Rain Today	Simply Grand
19	Madeleine Peyroux	California Rain	Half The Perfect World
20	Billie Holiday	Come Rain Or Come Shine	Billie's Best
21	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Have You Ever Seen The Rain	Rock Steady 1971: Celebrating Starbucks 35th Anniversary
22	The Mavericks	Here Comes the Rain	Music for All Occasions
23	The Serendipity Singers	Don't Let The Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man)	My Music Original Masters Folk Rewind [Disc 2]
24	Glenn Yarbrough	Baby the Rain Must Fall	Pop Memories of the 60s: Vol. 4- Blue Velvet [Disc 1]
25	Roy Orbison	Leaving Makes The Rain Come Down	One of the Lonely Ones
26	The Everly Brothers	Crying in the Rain	Singles / EP's /Radio / Live
27	Merle Travis	Rainy Day Feeling	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
28	Grandpa Jones	It's Raining Here This Morning (Remake)	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56
29	The Birmingham Sunlights	It's Gonna Rain	Folk Masters
30	Simon & Garfunkel	Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall	Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme
31	Percy Sledge	I Wish It Would Rain	Blue Night
32	Nick Lowe	Raining Raining	Nick's Knack

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Free Form, Oldies, Rock

Ride Away

September 9, 2024 Dave

It’s a mellow, laid back collection of sounds from the past century for you this morning. The “ember” months have arrived and we’re winding our way through the last sunsets of summer. So lay down your burdens and join us on another Deeper Roots Friday morning as we share some sweet sounds from near and far, all anchored in an American landscape of dreams and waning nights of warmth. And warmth is what we’ll focus on…from JJ Cale and Leon Russell to Leo Reisman’s Orchestra, Sam Cooke, Randy Newman and Levon Helm. All of this and more, as they say, as we approach the final two months of election promises. I’m hoping that everyone’s placed a high value on truth and goodness because the hate, the lies, the gutter talk all need to be evaporated at long last. Send the vermin back into their holes of hate and let’s get on with the business of making our lives better. Because it’s not politicians that can do that. It’s us.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	John Prine	Speed of the Sound of Loneliness	German Afternoons
2	Roy Orbison	Ride Away	Classic "MGM" Roy Orbison 1965 – 68
3	Dire Straits	Ticket To Heaven	On Every Street
4	Eddie Lang	Blue Guitars	Jazz Guitar Virtuoso
5	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Stormy Monday Blues	Legends of Guitar – Electric Blues (Vol. 1)
6	Ray Charles with Norah Jones	Here We Go Again	…Featuring Norah Jones
7	Ray Charles	Crying Time	Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
8	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars	You Got Me	Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars
9	Leon Russell	Lady Blue	Retrospective
10	J.J. Cale	Magnolia	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
11	Louis Armstrong	When It's Sleepy Time Down South	The Ultimate Collection [Disc 3]
12	Hoagy Carmichael	Lazy Bones	Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody
13	Leo Reisman & His Orchestra	Lazy Lullaby	Society Swing
14	Santo & Johnny	Lazy Day	Santo & Johnny: Collection [Disc 2]
15	Charlie McCoy	Walkin' After Midnight	Classic Country
16	Randy Newman	Baltimore	The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2
17	Sam Cooke	Bring It on Home to Me	Greatest Hits
18	Etta James	I'd Rather Go Blind	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
19	The Arthur Lyman Group	Yellow Bird	Music For a Bachelor's Den More Of The Best Of The Arthur Lyman Group: 6
20	Willie Nelson	Blue Hawaii	Honeymoon in Vegas
21	Chet Atkins/Mark Knopfler	Tahitian Skies	Neck and Neck
22	Jason Wilber	Your Destiny	Lazy Afternoon
23	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Old Cape Cod	Standard Songs for Average People
24	Bill Frisell	Poem For Eva	Good Dog, Happy Man
25	Kevin Russell	Lay Down Your Burden	You Don't Know Me
26	Mississippi John Hurt	Since I've Laid My Burden Down	Immortal
27	Irma Thomas	River Is Waiting	Simply Grand
28	Willie Nelson	House Of Gold	Country Music
29	Calvin Cooke	Since I Laid My Burden Down	The Best Of Sacred Steel
30	Emmylou Harris	Mister Sandman	Profile II: The Best Of Emmylou Harris

A Century of America's Music