Category Archives: Free Form

Trippin’ On The Instrumentals

We’re going silent today. Vocals-wise, anyway. Tune in Friday morning for the best rock instrumentals from the late fifties through the sixties as we journey through a slick set of the very best from Santo and Johnny to Mason Williams with our core focus being on the wild chart sounds of Duane Eddy, Sandy Nelson, The Tornados, Link Wray and more teen beat, pop and rock favorites from a particularly fertile time for rock n’ roll. Whether they were riffing on classic sounds of the past or blasting off into the outer stratosphere with sounds of space and surf, the instrumentals peppered the charts with themes for the time, owing more to roots than we appreciate. Join the fun on KOWS’ Friday mornings at 9 Pacific on Deeper Roots.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bill Justis Raunchy Teen Beat Volume 4 Amazon
2Chuck Berry Deep Feeling (Instrumental) Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings Amazon
3Perez Prado Orchestra Patricia Teen Beat 2 Amazon
4The Champs Tequila Teen Beat 1 Amazon
5The Champs El Rancho Rock Teen Beat 2 Amazon
6Link Wray & The Wraymen Rumble Rumble! The Best Of Link Wray Amazon
7Santo & Johnny Sleep Walk Rock Instrumental Classics vol. 1 – The '50S Amazon
8The Viscounts Harlem Nocturne Rock Instrumental Classics vol. 1 – The '50S Amazon
9Duane Eddy Rebel-'Rouser Rock Instrumental Classics vol. 1 – The '50S Amazon
10Bill Black's Combo Smokie Pt 1 Teen Beat Volume 4 Amazon
11Preston Epps Bongo Rock Teen Beat 1 Amazon
12Sandy Nelson Teen Beat Teen Beat 1 Amazon
13Chet Atkins Boo Boo Stick Beat Teen Beat 2 Amazon
14The Tornados Telstar Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
15The String-A-Longs Wheels Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
16Jorgen Ingmann Apache Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
17B. Bumble & the Stingers Bumble Boogie Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
18Dave "Baby" Cortez Rinky Dink Teen Beat Volume 4 Amazon
19King Curtis & The Noble Knights Soul Twist Teen Beat 2 Amazon
20The Rockin' Rebels Wild Weekend Teen Beat 1 Amazon
21Routers Let's Go (Pony) Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
22Sandy Nelson …And Then There Were Drums Their Greatest Misses Amazon
23Booker T. & The MG's Green Onions Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
24Mongo Santamarma Orchestra Watermelon Man Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
25The Centurians Bullwinkle Pt 2 Teen Beat Volume 4 Amazon
26Lonnie Mack Memphis Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
27King Curtis Soul Serenade Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis Amazon
28The T-Bones No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
29Ramsey Lewis Trio The "In" Crowd Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
30Herb Alpert The Work Song Definitive Hits Amazon
31Young-Holt Trio Wack Wack Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
32Booker T. & The MG's Hip Hug-Her Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
33Cannonball Adderley Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
34Young-Holt Unlimited Soulful Strut Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
35Hugh Masekela Grazing In The Grass Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
36Booker T. & The MG's Time Is Tight Rock Instrumental Classics Vol. 4: Soul Amazon
37Mason Williams Classical Gas Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon

Sinner’s Playground

The landscape this morning is smothered in ominous clouds as the music we have for you features the gospel beat with a blend of suggestive celebratory, suspicious, and devil-may-care songs. We’ve got the fire and brimstone bible-thumping sounds of Brother Claude Ely, some classic gospel warnings from The Golden Gate Quartet, a pastiche of British Clerkenwell nuggets from The Real Tuesday Weld, The Weavers, Lonnie Johnson, and a whole lot more. An eclectic blend of songs of Satan, dark nights, and sinner’s bemoaning their dirty little religion on another Friday morning collection of sounds on Deeper Roots. Tune in. The ground is saturated with blues, gospel, country, and even some hillbillies from hell…just for you.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Harry James & His Orchestra/Dick Haymes/Helen Forrest/Dalton Rizzotto & Orchestra The Devil Sat Down And Cried Best Of The Big Bands Amazon
2Golden Gate Quartet Atom and Evil 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
3Warren Zevon Dirty Little Religion Life'll Kill Ya Amazon
4Kane Welch Kaplin Satan's Paradise Lost John Dean Amazon
5Johnny Cash Rusty Cage Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American Amazon
6Lonnie Johnson Devil's Got The Blues Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1 Amazon
7Bob Brozman Devil's Slide Devil's Slide Amazon
8The Real Tuesday Weld It's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Got to Do It I, Lucifer Amazon
9Sister Rosetta Tharpe Changes The Great Gospel Women Vol. 2 Amazon
10The Real Tuesday Weld The Life and Times of the Clerkenwell Kid I, Lucifer Amazon
11The Gospeleers The Devil's Gonna Get You Black Vocal Groups Vol. 5 (1923-1941) Amazon
12Brother Claude Ely Farther On Satan Get Back Amazon
13Steve Earle Devil's Right Hand Ain't Ever Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection (2 of 2) Amazon
14Uncle Tupelo Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down March 16-20, 1992 Amazon
15The Louvin Brothers Satan And The Saint The Family Who Prays: 26 Classic Tracks Amazon
16Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws Dance Of The Dodo Bird The Best Of Western Swing Amazon
17Chiwetel Ejiofor I Want To Be Evil (Original Version) Kinky Boots Amazon
18The Robins That Old Black Magic Apple Bobbing Mix Vol. 2 Amazon
19The Swan Silvertones Sinner Man Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
20The Weavers Sinner Man Traveling on With The Weavers Amazon
21The Harmonizing Four Oh Sinner Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
22Jesse Winchester Evil Angel Gentleman Of Leisure Amazon
23Calexico Sinner in the Sea Algiers Amazon
24Jimmy Minor Satan's Chauffeur Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
25Rusty Dean Sinner Beware Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5 Amazon
26Fern Jones This World Is Not My Home The Glory Road Amazon
27Roscoe Robinson With Huey Brown & The Silver Quintette Sinner's Crossroads Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
28The Flamingos The Sinner (El Pecador) Requestfully Yours & the Sound Of Amazon
29Daniel Lanois Sleeping in the Devil's Bed For the Beauty of Wynona Amazon
30C.W. Stoneking We Gon' Boogaloo Gon' Boogaloo Amazon
31The Real Tuesday Weld (Still) Terminally Ambivalent Over You I, Lucifer Amazon
32Howlin' Wolf Evil Chess Blues Disc 2 Amazon
33Freddie & The Hitch Hikers Sinners Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon

Classic Country Covers

It may be Friday the 13th, but we won’t be bothered with the superstitious. Instead, we’ll go with traditional and popular country nuggets as our topics with some couplings of contemporary and vintage. We’ve gathered a collection of modern country covers from the likes of Rosanne Cash, Solitaire Miles, Charley Crockett, Chuck Mead and others and we’ll be coupling them up with originals and favorites from the distant past. Merle Travis, Red Foley, Hank Williams, and The Louvin Brothers take the stage from a dream-filled past. We’re celebrating country classics from fifties, sixties and seventies and having fun doing it while kicking back. You don’t need to be wearing pretentious boots and hats to appreciate the easy sway of classic country … you just need to close your eyes and appreciate the performances … well, unless you’re driving.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Band Long Black Veil Music From Big Pink Amazon
2Rosanne Cash Featuring Jeff Tweedy Long Black Veil (Feat. Jeff Tweedy) The List Amazon
3Lefty Frizzell Long Black Veil Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
4Johnny Bond Goodbye Old Paint Standard Transcriptions Amazon
5Pharis and Jason Romero Goodbye Old Paint A Wanderer I'll Stay Amazon
6McKinley James Who Will The Next Fool Be Who Will The Next Fool Be (Single) Amazon
7Charlie Rich Who Will the Next Fool Be Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
8Johnny Cash We Must Believe In Magic The Adventures Of Johnny Cash Amazon
9Matt Urmy We Must Believe in Magic (feat. Cowboy Jack Clement) Out of the Ashes Amazon
10The Malpass Brothers Hello Walls The Malpass Brothers Amazon
11Willie Nelson Hello Walls Mr. Record Man – The Early Singles As & BS Amazon
12Henson Cargill Skip a Rope Skip a Rope Amazon
13Charley Crockett Skip A Rope Music City USA Amazon
14Kevin Russell Are You Teasing Me Plain Dirt Fashion Amazon
15The Louvin Brothers Are You Teasing Me Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon
16Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys Anytime Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2 Amazon
17Chuck Mead Anytime You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold Amazon
18Dirty Cello Sixteen Tons I May Not Be Perfect Amazon
19Merle Travis Sixteen Tons Hot Pickin' [Disc 1] Amazon
20Spade Cooley & His Orchestra feat. Tex Williams Crazy 'Cause I Love You That's What I Like About The West Amazon
21Solitaire Miles Crazy Cause I Love You Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas Amazon
22Whitney Rose There's A Tear In My Beer Heartbreaker of the Year Amazon
23Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr. There's A Tear In My Beer Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10 Amazon
24Solitaire Miles I Hear You Talkin' Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas Amazon
25Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys I Hear You Talkin' The Tiffany Transcriptions Volume 1 Amazon
26Hank Williams You're Gonna Change Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 11 Amazon
27Tom Petty You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave) Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute Amazon
28Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys Settin' The Woods On Fire Back At The Quonset Hut Amazon
29Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys Settin' The Woods On Fire Steelin' It: Steeling The Mood Amazon
30Red Foley Tennessee Border Tennessee Saturday Night Amazon
31Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys Tennessee Border Back At The Quonset Hut Amazon
32BR5-49 The Price of Love This Is BR549 Amazon
33The Everly Brothers The Price of Love Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2 Amazon

Who We Lost 2022

The river of time flows on as our sturdy yet terminal transport is like any raft, a fragile one as our bindings become untethered. Let’s tip our hats and remember those who, over the past century, have contributed to American culture. This morning’s show is about the performers, the songwriters, the session musicians, and those behind the scenes who made a lasting contribution. We thank them as 2022 comes to a close. Tune in for a comprehensive and reflective show, our final Deeper Roots show of 2022, as we look ahead to the new year that is filled with so much promise.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Robert Gordon The Way I Walk Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials Amazon
2Buddy Holly Peggy Sue Rave On: The Coral Story Amazon
3Little Richard Keep A Knockin' (ART RUPE) The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
4Ronnie Hawkins Wild Little Willy Ronnie Hawkins Amazon
5Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls Of Fire 30 Years Of No. 1 Country Hits 2/4 Amazon
6Sandy Nelson &And Then There Were Drums Their Greatest Misses Amazon
7Loretta Lynn The Pill Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer Amazon
8The Judds Why Not Me The Best Of Classic Country 80's Amazon
9Jody Miller Queen Of The House All-Time Country Hits 1 Amazon
10C.W. McCall Convoy Super Hits Of The '70s – Have A Nice Day, Vol. 15 Amazon
11Mickey Gilley Room Full Of Roses Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes Amazon
12Bill Staines Rompin' Rovin' Days Journey Home Amazon
13Bobbie Nelson Death Ray Boogie Audiobiography (iTunes Exclusive) Amazon
14The Ronettes Be My Baby The Best of the Ronettes Amazon
15Bobby Rydell Forget Him Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Amazon
16Adam Wade The Writing On The Wall American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
17The Five Satins In the Still of the Night Doo Wop Box Disc 2 Amazon
18The Ventures Perfidia Teen Beat, Volume 3 Amazon
19Brian Hyland Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini Another Banana Split, please Amazon
20Dwayne Hickman Don't Send a Rabbit Great Googly Moo: Silly Songs from the American Charts Amazon
21Robert Morse I Believe In You The Best of Broadway: The Early '60s Amazon
22The Poppy Family Which Way You Goin' Billy? (SUSAN JACKS) Sounds of the Seventies Pop Nuggets: Early '70s Amazon
23The Spinners I'll Be Around One of a Kind Love Affair Disc 1 Amazon
24The Seekers I'll Never Find Another You Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1] Amazon
25Mary McCaslin Last Cannonball Mystery Train; Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 2 Amazon
26Paul Siebel Louise Woodsmoke and Oranges Amazon
27Kelly Joe Phelps Lead Me On Lead Me On Amazon
28Judy Henske High Flying Bird Troubadours Of The Folk Era Volume Two (Rhino) Amazon
29The Green Fields of America Down By the Tanyard Side (SONG) The Green Fields of America Amazon
30The Young Rascals Good Lovin' (DINO DANELLI) Red, White & Rock Disc 3 Amazon
31Syl Johnson I Resign From Your Love Welcome To The Club Amazon
32The Isley Brothers This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You) Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
33Mable John Your Good Thing (Is About To End) Stax 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
34Betty Davis Shoo-b-doop And Cop Him Up South The Great Migration Of Southern Sound, Oxford American Southern Music Issue Volume 23 Amazon
35Ramsey Lewis Trio Wade In The Water The Greatest Hits Amazon
36The Blues Project Lost In The Shuffle Sophisticated Boom Boom: The Shadow Morton Story Amazon
37Janis Joplin & The Full Tilt Boogie Band Mercedes Benz Pearl Amazon
38Fleetwood Mac Everywhere Greatest Hits [Reprise] Amazon
39Olivia Newton-John Hopelessly Devoted To You Grease Amazon
40Irene Cara Fame Sounds Of The Eighties: 1980 Amazon
41Meat Loaf Paradise by the Dashboard Light Rock: Train Kept a Rollin' Disc 2 Amazon
42Procol Harum Whiter Shade of Pale The Big Chill Amazon
43Julee Cruise Floating Floating into the Night Amazon

The Year in Americana 2022

This week’s show looks back at the year 2022 with a focus on the umbrella genre known as Americana. We’ll be digging deep into the releases that mattered last year, sharing some of the fresh new releases that made an impression. There are the singer/songwriters, the old hands with fresh perspectives, as well as those who have taken tradition and dressed it up fresh for the party. We’ll hear tracks from some of the very best albums of the year, including a few off the beaten one. Some great sounds coming your way from Aoife O’Donovan, The Black Keys, Tami Neilson, and Hurray for the Riff Raff. Pour yourself a cup of your favorite fresh brew, put on the headphones, and find yourself some new favorites from under that big tent they call ‘Americana’ on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Courtney Marie Andrews These Are The Good Old Days Loose Future Amazon
2Jake Xerxes Fussell Frolic Good and Green Again Amazon
3Neko Case Hold On, Hold On Wild Creatures Amazon
4John Craigie Distance Mermaid Salt Amazon
5Hurray for the Riff Raff Nightqueen Life On Earth Amazon
6Eliza Gilkyson Don't Stop Lovin' Me Songs From the River Wind Amazon
7Tami Neilson feat. Willie Nelson Beyond The Stars Kingmaker Amazon
8Mary Gauthier Fall Apart World Dark Enough to See the Stars Amazon
9Calexico El Mirador El Mirador Amazon
10Aoife O'Donovan Prodigal Daughter Age of Apathy Amazon
11Father John Misty Goodbye Mr. Blue Chlok and the Next 20th Century Amazon
12Tommy McLain Somebody (Radio Edit) I Ran Down Every Dream Amazon
13Leeroy Stagger Does Anybody Live Here? Dystopian Weekends Amazon
14Dr. John End Of The Line feat. Aaron Neville Things Happen That Way Amazon
15The Cactus Blossoms Ballad of an Unknown One Day Amazon
16Charley Crockett I Hope It Rains At My Funeral Lil G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley Amazon
17Charley Crockett The Man from Waco The Man from Waco Amazon
18Angel Olsen & Sturgill Simpson Big Time Big Time Amazon
19Melissa Carper Hit or Miss Ramblin' Soul Amazon
20Jake Blount Didn't It Rain The New Faith Amazon
21Tyler Childers Way of the Triune God Can I Take My Hounds to Heaven? Amazon
22David Quinn Cornbread and Chili Country Fresh Amazon
23Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Can't Let Go Raise The Roof Amazon
24The Black Keys It Ain't Over Dropout Boogie Amazon
25Willi Carlisle Vanlife (Radio Edit) Peculiar, Missouri Amazon
26Miko Marks The Resurrectors Trouble Feel Like Going Home Amazon

Wild in the Streets

December’s arrived and we’re going to get ourselves warmed up for the Hot Stove League, New Year’s Eve, football playoffs, reindeer on the roof and all the rest of it. But our show today will take on a common thread: songs about ‘the street’ or streets or boulevards, avenues … only the surface streets, not the highways. Dave’s picked out a collection of songs that are sure to stir emotion bringing home music that take on the ‘street’ topics from the genres of country, early pop, rock, folk, blues and all the rest. We’ll hear from Dylan, The Ink Spots, Tony Rice, Charlie Spand, the Orlons and a couple dozen others taking on an eclectic blend of songs where the streets as the muse. Tune into Sonoma County Community Radio’s KOWS 92.5 FM, streaming to all of planet earth on kowsfm.com/listen. Deeper Roots brings you a morning of sounds from the locales of Easy Street, Lonely Street and 4th Street…directly from Orchard and 7th.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Various Artists Wild In the Streets Trailer 1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials Amazon
2Garland Jeffreys Wild in the Streets Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]] Amazon
3Orlons South Street Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits Amazon
4The Royals Fifth Street Blues The Very Best of the Royals & the Midnighters Amazon
5Patti La Belle & The Blue Belles Decatur Street Patti La Belle & The Blue Belles Amazon
6Eddie Floyd Soul Street Stax Profiles – Eddie Floyd Amazon
7Glories Dark End Of The Street Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios Amazon
8Bobby Womack Across 110th Street Jackie Brown OST Amazon
9Clarence "Frogman" Henry Lonely Street Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry Amazon
10Little Ann One Way Street Funk Soul Sisters Amazon
11Charlie Spand Hastings Street Black Swan Sampler Amazon
12Jack Teagarden Basin Street Blues An Introduction To Jack Teagarden Amazon
13Cab Calloway Beale Street Mama Best Of The Big Bands Amazon
14The Ink Spots Street Of Dreams Greatest Hits Amazon
15The Boswell Sisters Forty-Second Street The Boswell Sisters Volume 2 Amazon
16Julie London Easy Street Julie Is Her Name & Lonely Girl Amazon
17Dean Martin On the Street Where You Live Swingin' with Dino Amazon
18Keely Smith w. Billy May Orchestra On The Sunny Side Of The Street Summer Days And Summer Nights – 31 Beach Pearls Amazon
19George Shearing Quintet Feat. Nancy Wilson On Green Dolphin Street The Swingin's Mutual! Amazon
20T-Bone Walker Street Walking Woman Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years Amazon
21Bob Dylan Positively 4th Street Biograph Disc 2 Amazon
22Bruce Springsteen Streets of Philadelphia Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
23The Doobie Brothers Takin' It To The Streets Takin' It To The Streets Amazon
24Utah Phillips Larimer Street The Telling Takes Me Home Amazon
25Gram Parsons Streets Of Baltimore Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 1] – GP Amazon
26Buck Owens Streets of Laredo I've Got a Tiger by the Tail Amazon
27Buck Owens Streets Of Bakersfield Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975) Amazon
28Tony Rice Church Street Blues Church Street Blues Amazon
29Simon & Garfunkel The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) The Essential Simon & Garfunkel Amazon
30Matys Brothers Crazy Street 100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks Amazon
31Leonard Cohen Boogie Street The Future/Ten New Songs Amazon

Session Masters: Guitar

When trying to put together a Deeper Roots episode that covered the great session masters from the past one hundred years it became exceedingly clear that the show would need to be broken up into multiple parts. Percussion, keyboards, brass, bass and all the rest will follow but this week we’re going to focus on the string masters; those guitar stars who account for the bulk of Top 30 hits that graced our lives over the second half of the 20th century. They include Hank Garland, Grady Martin, James Burton, Joe Messina, Glen Campbell, Jimmy Johnson and, of course, Tommy Tedesco. There are many others who deserve the recognition but our show is only a two hour show and, even at that, picking only three or four examples per performer doesn’t do it justice. We’re going to give credit where it’s due…those who stood in the shadows.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Brenda Lee Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree Queen of Rock 'N' Roll Amazon
2Jimmy Lloyd I Got A Rocket In My Pocket 100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks Amazon
3Elvis Presley A Big Hunk O' Love Elvis 30 #1 Hits Amazon
4Little Jimmy Dickens (I Got) A Hole In My Pocket Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962 Amazon
5Simon Crum Stand Up, Sit Down, Shut Your Mouth Country & Western Nuggets Amazon
6Bobby Helms Jingle Bell Rock Making Merry Amazon
7Dale Hawkins Susie-Q The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957 Amazon
8Ricky Nelson Stood Up Legacy [Disc 1] Amazon
9Jim & Joe Fireball Mail James Burton – The Early Years 1957-1969 Amazon
10Gram Parsons Return Of The Grievous Angel G.P. / Grievous Angel Amazon
11Buffalo Springfield A Child's Claim To Fame Buffalo Springfield Again Amazon
12Elvis Presley Please Don't Drag That String Around Grady Martin Amazon
13Johnny Horton The Battle Of New Orleans Classic Country Amazon
14Brenda Lee Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar) Grady Martin Amazon
15Merle Haggard Mama Tried The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1] Amazon
16Willie Nelson On The Road Again Superstars of Country Easy Loving [Disc 2] Amazon
17The Champs Tequila Rock Instrumental Classics vol. 1 – The '50S Amazon
18Rick Nelson Hello Mary Lou Greatest Love Songs Amazon
19The Beach Boys I Get Around All Summer Long Amazon
20Wayne Newton Danke Schoen Wild, Cool & Swingin' Amazon
21Elvis Presley What'd I Say Elvis' Gold Records (Volume 4) Amazon
22J. Livingston & R. Evans Bonanza Television's Greatest Hits Volume I Amazon
23Jerry Goldsmith Twilight Zone Overture – Twilight Zone: The Movie 75 Years-Warner Brothers (Scores-1) Amazon
24Sam Cooke Bring It On Home to Me Best of Answer Songs vol 4 Amazon
25Jack Nitzsche The Lonely Surfer Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 2 Amazon
26The 5th Dimension Wedding Bell Blues Greatest Hits on Earth Amazon
27Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces Searching For My Love Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
28Aretha Franklin Do Right Woman, Do Right Man 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
29Leon Russell Tight Rope Retrospective Amazon
30The Four Tops I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1 Amazon
31The Temptations Ain't Too Proud to Beg Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1 Amazon
32Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Your Precious Love Motown: The Classic Years Disc 2 Amazon
33The Supremes When The Lovelight Starts Shining Through Gold Disc 1 Amazon

Sweet Dreams

Our show this week features sweet dreams, swamp pop, Americana, doo wop, and all that makes the past century of America’s music a delight to dream on. We’ll touch on the new album from a legend who is most deservedly having his moment right now with a new album and where a one hit wonder once existed. Tommy McLain’s new album is a revelation and reminds us that music, when carried and shared with a passion like his, will always bring a bright light even in the darkest of times. This week’s show is a free form romp featuring Tommy, Mark Knopfler, Robert Plant, Bill Kirchen, Corb Lund, Bob Wills, Paul Thorn, and a couple dozen others. Some fiery rock and roll blended with country, doo wop, pop and lots of circumstance. Please join in…we’d be delighted to spend a Friday morning with you on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Solomon Burke/Zucchero Diavolo in Me (A Devil in Me) Zucchero & Co. Amazon
2Tommy McLain I Ran Down Every Dream (feat. Elvis Costello) I Ran Down Every Dream Amazon
3Tommy McLain Sweet Dreams Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
4Tommy McLain Before I Grow Too Old The Essential Collection Amazon
5Tommy McLain Before I Grow Too Old I Ran Down Every Dream Amazon
6Chet Atkins/Mark Knopfler I'll See You in My Dreams Neck and Neck Amazon
7Mark Knopfler Devil Baby The Ragpicker's Dream Amazon
8Chris Isaak Speak of the Devil Speak of the Devil Amazon
9Earl-Jean I'm Into Something Good The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
10Marvin & Johnny Cherry Pie Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll Amazon
11Don Gardner & DeeDee Ford I Need Your Loving Soul Gold Oldies Amazon
12Ernie Maresca Shout Shout (Knock Yourself Out) The Best Jukeboxhits [Disc 1] Amazon
13Jesse Powell & The Caddies Ain't You Gonna Roulette Rock & Roll, Vol. 2 Amazon
14The Chiffons One Fine Day One Fine Day And Other Favorites Amazon
15Corb Lund Devil's Best Dress Americana Music Awards Sampler Amazon
16Gillian Welch The Devil Had a Hold of Me Hell Among the Yearlings Amazon
17Bill Kirchen Devil With The Blue Dress (Album Version) Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods Amazon
18Paul Thorn Don't Let The Devil Ride Don't Let The Devil Ride Amazon
19Bob Wills The Devil Ain't Lazy Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar) Amazon
20Scott H. Biram Gotta Get To Heaven Sold Out To The Devil: Select Gospel Cuts By The Reverend Scott H. Biram Amazon
21Robert Plant Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down Band Of Joy Amazon
22Levon Helm Stuff You Gotta Watch Electric Dirt Amazon
23Ella Mae Morse & Her Boogie Woogie Seven Down The Road Apiece Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon
24Hank Ballard & The Midnighters Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go Hank Ballard & the Midnighters – Greatest Hits Amazon
25Michael Nesmith Silver Moon Listen To The Band [UK] Amazon
26Louis Jordan Stone Cold Dead in the Market – Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan, Tympany Five Number Ones Amazon
27Rosemary Clooney Come On A My House Tenderly Amazon
28Tommy McLain Somebody (Radio Edit) I Ran Down Every Dream Amazon
29Pete Seeger Little Boxes The Essential Pete Seeger Amazon

Loretta & Jerry

This past October, we lost a couple of very important ties to two whose stars shone bright in both the Golden Age of Country and the Golden Age of Rock ‘n Roll. We’ll take on a dual tribute to the passing of Loretta Lynn and Jerry Lee Lewis. The torch has surely passed but their fire burned white hot as their stars rose, both sharing controversy and almost overnight fame. They also continued to perform into their later years, teaming up with songwriters and performers who were relevant to new generations, but true to their core calling. Our first hour take time to visit Loretta Lynn’s humble but no-nonsense storytelling and the second hour will take us into the whirlwind of unapologetic badassness that was Jerry Lee Lewis.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Loretta Lynn You Ain't Woman Enough Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
2Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter (Recitation) Still Woman Enough Amazon
3Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1] Amazon
4Loretta Lynn,Margo Price One's On the Way (feat. Margo Price) One's On the Way (feat. Margo Price) Amazon
5Loretta Lynn & Jack White Portland Oregon Van Lear Rose Amazon
6Loretta Lynn The Pill Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer Amazon
7Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty After the Fire Is Gone Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 Amazon
8Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn Answer The Phone (w/ Loretta Lynn) A Tribute To A Legend Amazon
9Ernest Tubb/Loretta Lynn Thanks a Lot Legendary: It's Been So Long, Darling Amazon
10Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
11Loretta Lynn She's Got You Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer Amazon
12Loretta Lynn Success I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 1] Amazon
13Loretta Lynn This Old House Van Lear Rose Amazon
14Loretta Lynn First City Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer Amazon
15Loretta Lynn Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
16Loretta Lynn In the Sweet Bye and Bye All Time Gospel Favorites [Disc 1] Amazon
17Jerry Lee Lewis/Jimmy Page Rock and Roll Last Man Standing Amazon
18Jerry Lee Lewis Crazy Arms All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1) Amazon
19Jerry Lee Lewis End Of The Road Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 4] Amazon
20Jerry Lee Lewis Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
21Jerry Lee Lewis Great Balls of Fire Red, White & Rock Disc 1 Amazon
22Jerry Lee Lewis High School Confidential Sun Recordings Greatest Hits Amazon
23Jerry Lee Lewis Breathless All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1) Amazon
24Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins I Saw The Light (With Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins) The Survivors Amazon
25Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On (With Jerry Lee Lewis) The Survivors Amazon
26The Million Dollar Quartet You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition Amazon
27Jerry Lee Lewis What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me) The Definitive Collection Amazon
28Jerry Lee Lewis Somewhere Over the Rainbow The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999 Amazon
29Jerry Lee Lewis Milkshake Mademoiselle Good Old Summertime Amazon
30Jerry Lee Lewis Bad Moon Rising Mean Old Man Amazon
31Jerry Lee Lewis Wild One 18 Original Sun Greatest Hits Amazon
32Bruce Springsteen/Jerry Lee Lewis Pink Cadillac Last Man Standing Amazon
33Jerry Lee Lewis Big Blue Diamond Southern Roots Amazon

Travelin’ Shoes

We’re reaching deep into those roots Americana archives this morning for a free form blend of country, gospel, folk, and blues. Buckets of music planned for your Friday morning: whether you’re here in the warm October folds of Sonoma County or on the other side of the planet, we’re here to soothe the fray of what’s occurring at every corner. The music we have in store includes new tracks from Dr. John and Sweet Megg, Neko Case, the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Haden, Randy Newman and more than a dozen others. Songs about the long road, six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline, and sunrise and sunset couplets. It’s a Friday morning here on the West Coast and our community is always willing to share with you on KOWS-LP Community Radio. Join us, why don’t you.

100:00 Bruce Springsteen Nightshift Amazon
208:05 Maria Muldaur Sweetheart Amazon
311:00 Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet Travelin' Shoes Amazon
412:50 Maria Muldaur Travelin' Shoes Amazon
515:11 Don Elliot Long, Black Automobile Amazon
617:38 Lightnin' Hopkins Automobile Blues Amazon
728:45 Weeping Willows When The Sun Came Down Amazon
830:51 Anita Carter Ring Of Fire Amazon
932:44 Charlie Haden Is This America? (Katrina 2005) Amazon
1036:20 Tony Rice Pride of Man Amazon
1138:35 Dr. John End Of The Line feat. Aaron Neville Amazon
1249:02 Aaron Neville Down Into Muddy Water Amazon
1352:34 Neko Case Buckets Of Rain Amazon
1455:16 Randy Newman & The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra With Members Of The New York Philharmonic Louisiana 1927 Amazon
1558:34 Chris Hillman Like A Hurricane Amazon
161:07:17 Sweet Megg Faded Love Amazon
171:10:57 The Boswell Sisters Was That the Human Thing to Do, #1 Amazon
181:14:10 Louis Armstrong Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans Amazon
191:17:07 Fats Domino Goin' Home Amazon
201:19:12 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers I'm Walkin' Amazon
211:25:30 Wanda Jackson Mean Mean Man Amazon
221:27:38 Junior Brown & The Beach Boys 409 Amazon
231:29:53 Bruce Springsteen; Dr. John Right Place Wrong Time Amazon
241:34:19 Bea Baker & Maurice King & His Wolverines I Want a Lavender Cadillac Amazon
251:37:08 Louis Prima Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) Amazon
261:39:41 Betty Hutton Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief Amazon
271:42:41 Hoagy Carmichael Ole Buttermilk Sky Amazon
281:44:42 Ella Mae Morse with Dick Walters & His Orchestra Shoo-Shoo Baby Amazon
291:51:28 Blue Lu Barker A Little Bird Told Me Amazon
301:53:39 Maria Muldaur It Ain't the Meat It's the Motion Amazon