Category Archives: Free Form

Songs About The Telephone

June 11, 2023 Dave

A theme show once again, this week with the telephone as our muse. Songs about the most important of communication devices which has fused with social media to the benefit, and equal detriment, of all mankind. From the early call from Bell to Watson to the proverbial football that our fearless leader carries around to make the one call to eradicate or, better yet, save mankind. This week we’ll visit the long lost guide known as the “operator” and the equally antiquated term “dial” with music from country, pop, soul, and rock archives of yesterday. Kick back and be entertained by the sounds of Brenda Lee, Sister Wynona Carr, Stonewall Jackson, Loretta Lynn & Ernest Tubb, and Bill Fury in a collection of the very best from multiple genres here on Sonoma County Community Radio, broadcasting in West County on 92.5 FM and streaming to all mankind on kowsfm.com/listen. Drop in why don’t you?

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Laurel And Hardy	Long Distance	Laurel & Hardy – Songs and Sketches from the Hal Roach Films
2	The Manhattan Transfer	Operator	The Manhattan Transfer
3	Sister Wynona Carr	Operator, Operator	Dragnet For Jesus
4	The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet	Atomic Telephone	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2
5	The Golden Gate Quartet	I Just Telephone Upstairs	Vol. 6 (1949-1952)
6	Selah Jubilee Singers	Royal Telephone	Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
7	Burl Ives	Royal Telephone	Greatest Hits
8	The Carter Family	Hello Central! Give Me Heaven	The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5]
9	Doc Watson	No Telephone In Heaven	My Dear Old Southern Home
10	Stuart Hamblen	When My Lord Picks Up The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
11	Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn	Answer The Phone (w/ Loretta Lynn)	A Tribute To A Legend
12	Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty	As Soon As I Hang Up The Phone	Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 3]
13	Stonewall Jackson	Can't Hang Up the Phone	Singles
14	Guy Mitchell with Jimmy Carroll & his Orchestra	Call Rosie On The Phone	The Best Of Guy Mitchell
15	Dusty Owens	Hello Operator	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
16	Tom T. Hall	Jesus On the Radio (Daddy On the Phone)	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall
17	George Jones	Wrong Number	Star Creek Promotions 4
18	Hank Penny	Hold The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
19	Lattie Moore	The Jukebox And The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
20	The Grateful Dead	Operator	American Beauty
21	Billy Fury	Phone Call	Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
22	Brenda Lee	Ring-A-My-Phone	Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
23	Mickey & Sylvia	Can't Get You On The Phone	Rock With A Sock
24	Lew Williams	Teenager's Talkin' On The Phone	Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
25	The Big Bopper	Chantilly Lace	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3
26	Boozoo Chavis	Telephone Won't Ring	The Lake Charles Atomic Bomb (Original Goldband Recordings)
27	Cecil Gant	Long Distance Call	Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel
28	Johnny "Guitar" Watson	Telephone Boogie	ABC Of The Blues Vol 49
29	Jimmy McCracklin	What's Your Phone Number	Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel
30	Floyd Dixon	Telephone Blues	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3]
31	The Treniers	Long Distance Blues	Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel
32	Marvelettes	Beechwood 4-5789	The Soul of Detroit – Disc 1
33	The Orlons	Don't Hang Up	Malt Shop Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 2)
34	Mary Wells	Operator	The Soul of Detroit – Disc 2
35	Tommy Sands	Ring My Phone	Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
36	Paul Anka	Kissin' On The Phone	Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop
37	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	Pennsylvania 6-5000	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
38	Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys	Maybe She'll Write Me, Maybe She'll Phone Maybe She'll Write Me, Maybe She'll Phone Me	Whoopee Hey Hey!

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Theme Time

Sass & Gas

June 8, 2023 Dave

An eclectic episode full of sass, gas and plenty of brass. We’re going the free form route today and there’ll be plenty of embellishments to the morning as we take a blindfolded trip through a hall of mirrors with some classy vocals from Frankie, Peggy Lee and Helen Forrest; some honky tonk whiskey-in-the-bottle twangin’ from George Jones, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee; rocking rhythm passion from Tina Turner, The Marquees, and Elmore James; and much more including some little known nuggets from Bob Dylan, Merle Travis, and Daddy Cleanhead. We’re going to set the morning on fire with plenty of fuel from the deeper wells of the past century of America’s music. You don’t want to miss out. Join Dave Stroud for another Friday morning selection of wild tune-age on KOWS Community Radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Hank Penny	Hold The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
2	Ike & Tina Turner	It's Gonna Work Out Fine	Birth Of Soul: 3
3	Marshall Crenshaw	Blues Is King	Downtown
4	Daddy Cleanhead	Something's Goin' On In My Room	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
5	The Marquees	Hey Little Schoolgirl	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
6	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Dry Bones	The Best Of 1940-50
7	James Taylor	Coming Back To You	Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen
8	Bob Dylan	Braggin'	Triplicate
9	Frank Sinatra	I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
10	Peggy Lee	I'm Beginning To See The Light	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four
11	Glen Gray & The Casa Lorne Orchestra	Blue Moon	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
12	The Artie Shaw Orchestra Feat. Helen Forrest	Deep In A Dream	The Essential Artie Shaw [Disc 2]
13	Buddy Emmons	Deep In The Heart Of Texas	Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills
14	Geraint Watkins	Deep in the Heart of Texas	Aide Memoire
15	Carl Perkins	Matchbox	Original Sun Greatest Hits
16	Jimmie Dale Gilmore	Train of Love	Come on Back
17	Slim Whitman	Down In The Valley	Wagon Wheels [Disc 2]
18	The Handsome Family	Down In the Valley of Hollow Logs	Through the Trees
19	The Louvin Brothers	The Wreck On The Highway	Sing the Great Roy Acuff Songs
20	George Jones	Just One More	The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
21	Geraint Watkins	Heart of Stone	Rush of Blood
22	Merle Travis	I Used To Work In Chicago	The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.
23	Webb Pierce	California Blues	Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series
24	The Carlisles	Nine Have Tried (and None Have Died) (Second Countdown)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
25	Hank Williams	No, No Joe	Beyond The Sunset
26	Charlie Louvin	Katy Dear	Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs
27	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Cadillac in Model "A"	Legends of Country Music Disc 4
28	Jerry Lee Lewis	End of the Road	25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings
29	Everly Brothers	I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail	Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2
30	Johnny Cash	Train Of Love	His Sun Years: Down South
31	T-Bone Burnett	I'm Coming Home	Truth Decay
32	Bob Dylan	Ring Them Bells	Oh Mercy
33	Steve Allen	This Could Be The Start Of Something Big	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Oldies, Playlists, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Theme Time

Rhythm & Blues Jezebels

May 12, 2023 Dave

Wild and sassy sounds from the archives of 40s and 50s rhythm & blues featuring some of the female dynamos of the genre coming your way on a Friday morning here on Deeper Roots. We’ll be featuring some great performances from the catalog of Jubilee Records (those Jubilee Jezebels) and a host of peers including some early scorchers from Little Sylvia (Robinson), Big Maybelle, Viola Watkins, Fay Simmons, and Ruth Brown. For the first three or four decades of the recorded blues and jazz, women played a major part in black music’s popularity and there was a resurgent ‘boom’ post-war that played a bigger part than we imagined in that tidal wave of wild rhythm beat that would become rock and soul. These are some classic tracks that don’t always get the attention they deserve…but they will here on Deeper Roots on a Friday morning on KOWS.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Strange Things Happen Every Day	Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
2	Miss Rhapsody (Viola Wells)	Sweet Man	Blues Women
3	Mabel Scott	Catch Em Young Treat Em Rough Tell Em Nothing	Blues Women
4	The Enchanters	Boogie Woogie Daddy	Jubilee Jezebels
5	Enchanters	Housewife Blues	Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
6	Jeanne Gayle	Bim Bam Baby	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
7	Little Sylvia	Drive Daddy Drive	Jubilee Jezebels
8	Little Sylvia	Everything I Need But You	Jubilee Jezebels
9	Little Sylvia	Ain't Gonna Do It	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
10	Viola Watkins	It Must Be Love	Jubilee Jezebels
11	Viola Watkins	Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
12	Viola Watkins	Really Real	Jubilee Jezebels
13	Varetta Dillard	Mercy, Mr Percy	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
14	Mabel Scott	Mr Fine	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
15	LaVern Baker	Voodoo Voodoo	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
16	Edna McGriff	Oh Little Daddy	Stompin' 34
17	Edna McGriff	I'll Surrender Anytime	Jubilee Jezebels
18	Edna McGriff & The Tomcats	Mambo Baby	Rumba Gone Mambo
19	Big Maybelle	One Monkey Don't Stop No Show	The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55
20	Big Maybelle	Ring Dang Dilly	The Very Best Of Big Maybelle
21	Big Maybelle	Hair Dressin' Women	ABC Of The Blues Vol 29
22	Ruth Brown	Smooth Operator	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
23	Fay Simmons	You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
24	Fay Simmons	Ella Weaver	Dapper Dan
25	Fay Simmons	Hangin' Around	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
26	Patti Jerome	No Mama, No Papa	Stompin' 22 – Crazed Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders!
27	Linda Hopkins	Rock And Roll Blues	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
28	Carol Fran	Knock Knock	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
29	Carol Fran	I'm Gonna Try	Cat Scratchin'
30	Carole Fran	You Can't Stop Me	Jubilee Jezebels
31	Marie Knight	Grasshopper Baby	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
32	Dolly Cooper	Ay La Bah	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
33	Dolly Cooper	Tell Me, Tell Me	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
34	Ella Mae Morse	How Can You Leave A Man Like This?	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
35	Annisteen Allen	Fujiyama Mama	From The Ghetto

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Oldies, Theme Time

Payday Saturday Night

April 29, 2023 Dave

The pickins are thin until payday rolls around. Money is short and there’s none to spare. Although we’ve been wanting to save for a rainy day, the cupboards still need fillin’ and we also need enough to have some fun. If that eagle flies on Friday then Saturday night is when the time is right. This week we’ll be banking on that combined theme of payday, money and taxes. Belly up to the barroom country sounds of Faron Young, Lefty Frizzell and The Sons of the Pioneers and then find some rhythm and blues with The Fiestas, The Harlem Hamfats, Bobby Charles and Dom Flemons. It’s all about cashing out every couple of weeks and spreading thin with savings being thinner. We’ve got greenbacks, dollar down payments, songs about payday, the taxman and that almighty dollar to remind us that, as Peter Case points out, that “there’s two kinds of justice everybody knows, one for folks up on the hill and one for the others down below”.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Zeke Clements	Payday Saturday Night	Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5
2	The Sons Of The Pioneers	When Payday Rolls Around	Symphonies Of The Sage
3	Lefty Frizzell	When Payday Comes Around	1950-1951 (Warped 5061)
4	Faron Young	I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night	The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (1 of 2)
5	Wynn Stewart	Another Day, Another Dollar	Very Best of: 1958 – 1962
6	Dan Hicks	Payday Blues [Album Version]	The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks]
7	Austin McCoy	Happy Pay Day Part 1	Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951
8	The Fiestas	Dollar Bill (stereo)	Oh So Fine (Ace)
9	Hank Penny	Taxes, Taxes	Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions
10	Johnny Cash	After Taxes	I Would Like to See You Again
11	Gene Autry, Jimmy Wakely's Trio	I Paid My Income Tax Today	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
12	The Harlem Hamfats	Sales Tax On It	Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936
13	Stan Farlow	1040 Blues	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
14	Mississippi John Hurt	Payday	The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 1
15	Lucious Curtis	Payday	Deep River of Song: Mississippi – Blues Lineage
16	Bobby Charles	Nickles, Dimes and Dollars	Timeless
17	The Limeliters	A Dollar Down	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
18	Oscar Brand	A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore	A Taste of Tradition – Volume 3
19	Freddie Hart And The Heartbeats	That Almighty Dollar	Age of WorryFrom Country-Pop to Freak-Folk: The Space Age Relics of Monument Records 19601970
20	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	Vintage Collections
21	Aloe Blacc	I Need A Dollar	I Need A Dollar
22	J.J. Cale	Money Talks	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
23	Roomful Of Blues	Money Talks	Dressed Up To Get Messed Up
24	Dom Flemons	Big Money Blues	Traveling Wildfire
25	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	For The Love Of Money	If You Don't Know Me By Now
26	The Lovin' Spoonful	Money	Greatest Hits [Buddha]
27	Sierra Ferrell	Silver Dollar	Long Time Coming
28	Van Morrison	Greenback Dollar	Moving On Skiffle
29	The Kingston Trio	Greenback Dollar	Capitol Collector's Series
30	Randy Newman	It's Money That Matters	Land of Dreams
31	Mel Blanc	Money	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]]
32	Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis	The Money Song	Cocktail Hour Disc 1

Lonesome Train

April 21, 2023 Dave

Free form! That’s right. No theme, no genre exploration, no tribute or topical show today. Only topical playlists embellishing the show today including New Orleans memories from Bobby Mitchell, Fats Domino and Dr. John, country nuggets from Merle, Buck and Elvis as well as some fancy shmancy crooning from a Perry, Blue Eyes and Dino. We’ll also be digging into some classic rockabilly tunes and some canciones de Flaco and Los Lobos. Here in Sonoma County we’re going from three years of drought, wildfires and the Santa Ana winds to preparing for levee breaches and floods with the snow melts. We also get to behave like adults in the face of biased and inhumane Supreme Court decisions and moronic Texas politicians. Because we know who they are and what they represent: book burners and religious zealots with white hoods. While nobody is without sin, we’ll go with Newsom’s ability to employ the right critical thinking at the right time. I told you it would be a free form morning.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Geraint Watkins	Deep in the Heart of Texas	Aide Memoire
2	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	Big Mamou	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
3	Wanda Jackson	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	Queen Of Rockabilly
4	Matchbox	Rockabilly Rebel	Rockabilly Rebel
5	Johnny Burnette	Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track)	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1
6	Sonny Burgess	Tomorrow Never Comes	We Wanna Boogie
7	Warren Smith	Got Love If You Want It	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
8	Bobby Mitchell	I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2]
9	Fats Domino	I Want To Walk You Home	Heatin' Up
10	Dr. John	Back By The River	Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 2]
11	Tommy McLain	Before I Grow Too Old	The Essential Collection
12	Buck Owens	Made In Japan	Country USA 1972
13	Merle Haggard & the Strangers	Please Mr. D.J.	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
14	Merle Haggard	I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me	Country USA 1972
15	Elvis Presley	After Loving You	Artist of the Century Disc 3
16	The Devil and Bunny Show	Crossing Muddy Waters	The I-10 Chronicles 2 – One More For The Road
17	Los Lobos	Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)	El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
18	Flaco Jiminez	Margarita	Los Super Seven
19	The Band	Ophelia	To Kingdom Come [Disc 2]
20	Linda Ronstadt	Hurt So Bad	Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt
21	April Stevens	I Want A Lip	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
22	Nino Tempo & April Stevens	Deep Purple	Teach Me Tiger
23	April Stevens	Teach Me Tiger	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
24	April Stevens	Do It Again	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 6: Rhapsodesia
25	Wayne Newton	Danke Schoen	Jackpot! The Las Vegas Story
26	Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra/Perry Como/Ray Charles Singers	Round and Round	The Very Best of Perry Como
27	Tony Bennett	In the Middle of an Island	Your Hit Parade – 1957
28	Thomas A. Dorsey with Alex Bradford	It's A Highway To Heaven	Precious Lord Recordings Of The Great Gospel Songs Of Thomas A. Dorsey
29	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Singing in My Soul	The Gospel of Blues
30	Michelle Lanchester/Sweet Honey in the Rock	I Was Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor ( If You See My Saviour)	Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection
31	Aretha Franklin	Don't Play That Song	Spirit in the Dark
32	Aretha Franklin	Try Matty's	Spirit in the Dark
33	The Band	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	The Best of the Band

Georgia Peaches

April 2, 2023 Dave

This week’s show takes us across the landscape of the state of Georgia and then reminisces about ladies that share her name. No genre is off limits and no era too far in the past is excluded in this latest Deeper Roots show that takes on a theme. We’re also hoping that the will of the people is not interfered with in a state that’s struggling to awaken; a lumbering giant of democracy still haunted (and celebrated at the highest levels) by plantation politics. Our music this week will feature some tradition from Georgia’s own Jake Xerxes Fussell, country tunes from Lefty Frizzell and Charley Crockett, jazz from Nina Simone and Joe Venuti, and we’ll visit a Georgia Camp Meeting and One More Sunday in Savannah. Tune in for a collection of tunes about a state of mind and some fine women who share the name of a southern state where peaches and a darker past prosper. Tune in on Friday morning here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Swe-Danes	Georgia Camp Meeting	New Discgems From Warner Brothers
2	The Mills Brothers	That's Georgia	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2
3	The Boswell Sisters	The Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia	The Boswell Sisters Volume 2
4	The Andrews Sisters	Atlanta G.A.	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 3]
5	Kacey Musgraves	When It's Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia	Wanted: One Good Cowboy
6	Waylon Jennings	Cedartown, Georgia	The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 1
7	Charley Crockett	All the Way from Atlanta	The Man from Waco
8	Ryan Bingham	Long Way from Georgia	Mescalito
9	Tony Joe White	Rainy Night in Georgia	Collected [CD1]
10	Joan Osborne	Midnight Train to Georgia	Breakfast In Bed
11	Art Kahn's Orchestra v. Chick Bullock	Two Tickets To Georgia	Victor Young & Brunswick Studio Orchestra (1932-1934)
12	Nina Simone	One More Sunday In Savannah	The Tomato Collection [Disc 1]
13	Little Feat	Oh, Atlanta	Feats Don't Fail Me Now
14	Alison Krauss	Oh, Atlanta	Now That I've Found You
15	Dirty Cello	The Devil Went Down To Georgia	By Request
16	Tennessee Ernie Ford	I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 1]
17	Jake Xerxes Fussell	Georgia Buck	Jake Xerxes Fussell
18	Johnny Gimble	Sweet Georgia Brown (Featuring Merle Haggard)	Celebrating With Friends
19	Mac Wiseman	The Georgia Mail	Sings Old Time Country Favorites
20	Boz Scaggs	Georgia	Silk Degrees
21	Charley Crockett	Help Me Georgia	Lonesome As A Shadow
22	Duke Robillard	Sweet Georgia Brown	After Hours Swing Sessions
23	Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang	Georgia On My Mind	The Best Of Joe Venuti And Eddie Lang
24	Justin Townes Earle	South Georgia Sugar Babe	The Good Life
25	Robbie Fulks	Georgia Hard	Georgia Hard
26	Iris DeMent	Waycross Georgia	Workin' On A World
27	Hank Penny	Tell Me All About Georgia	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]
28	Eartha Kitt	Atlanta Blues	The RCA Recordings 1953-1958
29	Five Red Caps	Atlanta G.A.	Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 4 (1926-1947)

Drive In Music

March 18, 2023 Dave

Memories of summer nights where the aroma of popcorn, car exhaust and nature fused as the car windows steamed up and the tin can speaker sounds synchronized with the silver screen…at the drive in movie. For the decades of the fifties, sixties, and seventies you could bring a car load of friends and find your spot across the little hills that pointed you skyward towards the glow of a billboard of dreams. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll visit some performances that include on-screen legends as well as legends that tried to make music outside of their lane. Some that we’ll hear from succeeded and some…well…went back to their day job. Tune in for music from Robert Mitchum, Bette Davis, Jack Webb, Marilyn Monroe, and a couple dozen others on a fun little romp on another Friday episode of Deeper Roots on KOWS 92.5 FM.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Don Francks & Petula Clark	Old Devil Moon – Finian's Rainbow	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
2	Ray Davies	Oklahoma U.S.A.	Our Country: Americana Act II
3	Shirley Jones, James Whitmore, Gordon MacRae	Oklahoma	Oklahoma (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
4	Robert Preston & Company	Ya Got Trouble – The Music Man	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
5	Lucille Ball/Bea Arthur	Bosom Buddies – Mame	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
6	Kirk Douglas	And The Moon Grew Brighter	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
7	James Stewart	The Legend Of Shenandoah	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
8	Robert Mitchum	Ballad of Thunder Road	That Man, Robert Mitchum, Sings
9	Lee Marvin	Wand'rin' Star	Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3)
10	Bill Hayes	Message from James Dean	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 3
11	Varetta Dillard	I Miss You Jimmy (Tribute to James Dean)	Got You On My Mind
12	Eagles	James Dean	The Very Best of the Eagles [2003] Disc 1
13	Dooley Wilson	As Time Goes By – from Casablanca	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
14	Bette Davis	They're Either Too Young Or Too Old -from Thank Your Lucky Stars	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
15	Mae West	I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love	The Mae West Collection
16	Jack Webb	Try a Little Tenderness	Golden Throats: The Great Celebrity Sing-Off!
17	Clint Eastwood	Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive	Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
18	Gene Pitney	(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance	Anthology: 1961-1968
19	Tony Perkins	Moonlight Swim (Bonus Track)	On a Rainy Afternoon
20	Marilyn Monroe	River Of No Return	The Essential Marilyn Monroe
21	Roy Rogers	My Chickashay Gal	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
22	Elvis Presley	Wooden Heart	G.I. Blues
23	Dean Martin,John Wayne & Ricky Nelson	My Rifle, My Pony And Me	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
24	Ricky Nelson & Walter Brennan	Get Along Home, Cindy	Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3)
25	Fess Parker	Ballad Of Davy Crockett	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
26	James Stewart	You Can`t Get Far Without A Railroad	Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3)
27	Dean Martin	Rio Bravo	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
28	Dean Martin	King Of The Five Card Stud	Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3)
29	Steve Martin & The Toot Uncommons	King Tut	Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time [Disc 2]
30	Gene Kelly	Singin' In The Rain	Somewhere Over The Rainbow: The Golden Age Of Hollywood Musicals [Disc 1]
31	Garland Jeffreys	35 Millimeter Dreams	Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Oldies, Rockabilly, Theme Time

Streets of Bakersfield

March 6, 2023 Dave

It was Nashville West but with a decidedly more amount of midwestern flavoring. Bakersfield was the terminus of most of the migrant traffic from the dust bowl where the hope for a better life was not always fulfilled. So many landed square on the Central Valley and for those who grew up it became a whirlwind post-war prosperity that was familiar: oil drilling, agriculture, almond orchards, cattle raising, and a transportation industry to support it. Those who were raised on country swing and the classic country sounds coming out of Nashville were lucky given Bakersfield’s proximity to the studios of Hollywood and Los Angeles. We’ll hear from many of them, digging into the early years of Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Tommy Collins, Wynn Stewart and a host of other performers who made that blend of rough country, trucking songs, and honky-tonk swing what it would become.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield	All-Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
2	Bill Woods & His Orange Blossom Playboys	Have I Got A Chance With You	Swingbillies
3	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
4	Jean Shepard with Ferlin Husky	A Dear John Letter	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
5	Bud Hobbs	Louisiana Swing	Defining Country Music – The Sounds of Bakersfield
6	Billy Mize	Who Will Buy the Wine	Billy Mize and the Bakersfield Sound (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
7	Rose & The Maddox Brothers	Why Don't You Haul Off & Love Me	Maddox Brothers & Rose
8	Alvadean Coker	We're Gonna Bop	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
9	Tommy Collins	What'cha Gonna Do Now?	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
10	Ferlin Husky	I Feel Better All Over	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
11	Bonnie Blue Bell & Leon Reach & Chic Adams Band	Let's Go	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
12	Billy Mize	Solid Sender	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
13	Bill Carter	I Wanna Feel Good	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
14	Johnny Bond	Three Or Four Nights	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
15	Herb Henson	Goodbye, Baby, Goodbye	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
16	Wynn Stewart	Playboy	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
17	Buck Owens	Hot Dog (with Danny Dedmon)	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
18	Buck Owens	The Key's In The Mailbox	Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard
19	Buck Owens	Love's Gonna Live Here	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
20	Buck Owens	Together Again	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
21	Ferlin Husky	Six Days on the Road	Defining Country Music – The Sounds of Bakersfield
22	Red Simpson	Truck Drivin' Man	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
23	Red Simpson	The Highway Patrol	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
24	Bonnie Owens	Just for the Children's Sake	Warped 6534 – Bonnie Owens – 1964 – 1966
25	Bobby Austin	Apartment #9	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
26	Merle Haggard	Okie From Muskogee	Capitol Collector's Series
27	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Mama Tried (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
28	Dallas Frazier	California Cotton Fields	Singing My Songs
29	Abe Mulkey	Packed Up And Shoved Off	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
30	Wynn Stewart	It's Such A Pretty World Today	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
31	Wynn Stewart	Donna On My Mind	California Country
32	Buck Owens	Act Naturally	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1]
33	Merle Haggard & the Strangers	Please Mr. D.J.	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
34	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield [With Dwight Yoakam]	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
35	Maddox Brothers & Rose	The Death of Rock 'n' Roll	Classic Rockabilly

Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Free Form, Oldies, Rock, Soul

Loose Talk

February 22, 2023 Dave

A free form Friday morning finds us drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds as we follow the blue shadows on the trail with songs of loose talk, love letters and dreams. We’ll dig deep into those early, mid- and late century digital archives for some sweet and sensitive tracks from the likes of Elvis, Wanda, Iggy (!), The Impressions, Rhiannon Giddens, and a couple dozen more. It’s quite the mixed bag on a Saturday morning as the winter of 2022-23 begins to roll away like the tumbleweeds as the winds of spring pushes the time away. Tune into community radio this week as we fill the air with the music that’s easy on the ears (and the soul). Every Friday and Saturday morning on KOWS 92.5 FM, Occidental and streaming to planet Earth on KOWSFM.COM.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Los Lobos	One Time One Night	El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
2	Wanda Jackson	Savin' My Love	Queen Of Rockabilly
3	Roger Miller	Old Songwriters Never Die (Banter)	King Of The Road: A Tribute To Roger Miller [Disc 2]
4	Kacey Musgraves	Kansas City Star	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
5	John Prine With Connie Smith	Loose Talk	In Spite Of Ourselves
6	Sara Watkins	Blue Shadows On the Trail (feat. Nickel Creek)	Under the Pepper Tree
7	Roy Rogers	Here On the Range	1939-1940 (Warped 3936)
8	The Western Flyers	Along The Navajo Trail	Wild Blue Yonder
9	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	16 Great Songs Of The Old West
10	The Dinning Sisters	Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie	Rounding Up The Girls/Great Female Country Vocals Vol 1
11	We Five	You Were on My Mind	Classic Rock: 1965 – Shakin' All Over
12	The Impressions	People Get Ready	Classic Rock: 1965 – Shakin' All Over
13	Nancy Wilson	(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am	Your Hit Parade – Intro the '60S
14	Lyle Lovett	Summer Wind	For Love of the Game
15	Iggy Pop	How Insensitive	Preliminaries
16	Rhiannon Giddens	Up Above My Head	Tomorrow Is My Turn
17	Laura Rucker	I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter	Swingin' the Blues: 1931-1939
18	Elvis Presley	Love Letters	Elvis' Gold Records (Volume 4)
19	Patsy Cline	Love Letters In The Sand	The Patsy Cline Collection
20	Roy Orbison	Dream	You've Got Mail
21	Louis Armstrong	A Kiss to Build a Dream On	Sleepless in Seattle
22	Whispering Jack Smith	That's My Weakness Now	Me & My Shadow
23	Fats Domino	Make Me Belong To You	Fats Is Back
24	Barbara Lewis	Hello Stranger	MaltShop Memories Save the Last Dance for M
25	Justin Townes Earle	Can't Hardly Wait	Midnight at the Movies
26	Chuck Jackson	Shame On Me	Hold On, We're Coming '67
27	Nick Lowe	I Live on a Battlefield	The Impossible Bird
28	Connie Smith	Ribbon Of Darkness	The Essential Connie Smith
29	John Fogerty	Where the River Flows	John Fogerty
30	Wanda Jackson	Fujiyama Mama	Queen Of Rockabilly
31	John Fogerty	Almost Saturday Night	John Fogerty
32	Sons of the Pioneers	Lone Star Trail	Songs of the Prairie – CD2
33	Bill Frisell	Happy Trails	When You Wish Upon a Star

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Oldies, Theme Time

Songs of Harlan Howard

February 5, 2023 Dave

Harlan Howard is said to have coined the term “three chords and the truth”. He’s also the guy that gave Willie Nelson his first job as a songwriter after the two met up at Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge in Nashville in 1960. Harlan was a well-established songwriter in Nashville by then and would go on to become one of the most prolific songwriters of his generation, having penned over 4,000 songs. To lead off next month’s release of Willie Nelson’s 73rd solo album, a tribute to Howard called “I Don’t Know A Thing About Love”, Deeper Roots will share a small sampling of Harlan Howard’s music. Songs that played a big part in defining the Golden Age of Country Music featuring the likes of Waylon Jennings, Skeeter Davis, Jan Howard, Buck Owens, and Patsy Cline. We’ll also hear a couple of Harlan’s own performances as well. Friday morning country on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Porter Wagoner	Harlan Howard Medley	1964-1965 (Warped 6508)
2	The Collins Kids	Soda Poppin' Around	Hop, Skip & Jump [Disc 1]
3	Al Brumley	Someone's Gonna Get Hurt	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
4	Herb Henson	Up the Path and in My Door	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
5	Wanda Jackson	Just A Queen For A Day	Wanda Jackson
6	Buck Owens	Above and Beyond	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
7	Ray Price	Heartaches By The Number	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
8	Harlan Howard	Be Just a Little Meaner	1959-1963
9	Harlan Howard	She Called Me Baby	1959-1963
10	Patsy Cline	He Called Me Baby	The Patsy Cline Collection
11	Patsy Cline	I Fall to Pieces	12 Greatest Hits
12	Patsy Cline	When I Get Thru With You (You'll Love Me Too)	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Classic Patsy Cline
13	Charlie Walker	Pick Me Up on Your Way Down	1952-1958 (Warped 5230)
14	Kay Starr	Foolin' Around	Capitol Collectors Series
15	The Kingston Trio	Everglades	Capitol Collector's Series
16	Skeeter Davis	Where I Ought To Be	The Essential Skeeter Davis
17	George Jones	You Comb Her Hair	The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
18	Patsy Cline	That's How A Heartache Begins	The Patsy Cline Collection
19	Waylon Jennings	The Chokin' Kind	The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 1
20	Nanci Griffith	The Streets of Baltimore (feat. John Prine)	Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
21	Emmylou Harris/George Jones	All Fall Down	Friends in High Places
22	Willie Nelson	Busted	I Don't Know A Thing About Love
23	Ray Charles	Busted	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
24	Lefty Frizzell	She's Gone, Gone, Gone	Look What Thoughts Will Do
25	Jan Howard	Evil on Your Mind	Decca Country Classics 1934-1973
26	Waylon Jennings	What Makes a Man Wander	Folk Country
27	The Time Jumpers	Someone Had To Teach You	The Time Jumpers
28	Candi Staton	He Called Me Baby	Evidence: The Complete Fame Records Masters [Disc 1]
29	Rosanne Cash Featuring Elvis Costello	Heartaches By The Number (Feat. Elvis Costello)	The List
30	The Mavericks	Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)	From Hell to Paradise
31	Rodney Crowell	Above And Beyond (The Call Of Love)	Playlist: The Very Best Of Rodney Crowell
32	Connie Smith	I Don't Believe That's How You Feel	Long Line of Heartaches
33	The Mavericks	Ain't Found Nobody	What a Crying Shame

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