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West Coast Blues Roots

October 9, 2022 Dave

The 40s and 50s post-war migration brought tough working conditions in Chicago which offered stability over the miserable sharecropper existence of the Delta. Both were fodder for the some of the very best in classic blues. The production lines of Detroit and other cities on the Eastern seaboard were models of a different kind of work that the Industrial Age had to offer. But the West Coast wasn’t the place you’d expect to find the blues: shipyards, agriculture, and urban sprawl would aggregate so many different styles that rhythm and blues was a fusion of the many different sensibilities that were brought with both performer and listener alike westward from east of the Mississippi. Having the hub of the world of entertainment in the Southland didn’t hurt either. We’ll be browsing the sounds of some of the greats: McCracklin, Fulson, Otis, Mayfield, and (of course) T-Bone Walker in the Deeper Roots morning show today. West Coast Blues led to blues-based rock in large part because of the exposure to the many different styles of the mid-century blues bands and solo rockers. West Coast Blues Roots is the name of our show this morning on KOWS-LP Occidental.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Johnny "Guitar" Watson	Gangster Of Love	Living The Blues: 1957-1959 Blues Classics
2	Lowell Fulson	Blue Shadows	Chess Blues Disc 4
3	T-Bone Walker	T-Bone Shuffle	Living The Blues: Blues Greats
4	Ivory Joe Hunter	Boogin' In The Rain	The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter 1947
5	Amos Milburn	One, Two, Three, Everybody	Amos Milburn Rocks
6	Amos Milburn	One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer	Amos Milburn Rocks
7	Floyd Dixon	Hey Bartender	Marshall Texas Is My Home
8	Big Jay McNeely	The Deacon's Hop	Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
9	Percy Mayfield	Please Send Me Someone To Love	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
10	Johnny Guitar Watson	Mortorhead Baby	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1
11	Little Esther And Willie Littlefield	Turn the Lights Down Low	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
12	Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson	Gonna Send You Where I Got You From	Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1
13	Peppermint Harris	I Got Loaded	Loaded, Vol. 1
14	Jimmy McCracklin	The Walk	Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1]
15	Little Willie Littlefield	K. C. Loving	Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 10]
16	T-Bone Walker	Stormy Monday	The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch]
17	Roy Milton	The Hucklebuck	Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton
18	Floyd Dixon	Call Operator 210	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3]
19	Johnny Otis	Baby Baby Blues	Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars
20	Johnny Otis	Head Hunter	The Roots Of Frank Zappa
21	Etta James	Good Rockin Daddy	The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1
22	Pee Wee Crayton	Blues After Hours	ABC Of The Blues Vol 7
23	Johnny Moore's Three Blazers	Driftin' Blues	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood
24	Charles Brown	Black Night	Living The Blues: Blues Greats
25	Cecil Gant	I Wonder	R&B Jukebox Hits 1944
26	Amos Milburn	Bad Bad Whiskey	Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn
27	Juke Boy Bonner	Running Shoes	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8]
28	Lloyd Glenn	The Shakedown	Chess Blues Disc 4
29	Etta James	I Just Want to Make Love to You	At Last!
30	Percy Mayfield	The River's Invitation	ABC Of The Blues Vol 28
31	Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers	Deep Fried	Blues Pajama Party
32	Roy Milton & His Solid Senders	R.M. Blues	Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton

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Workin’ Man Blues

September 17, 2022 Dave

We’ll be spending two hours on a century of hard work, little pay, striking it rich as well as failing to do so. Songs about working the mines, panning in the mother lode, welfare and pittance wages, as well as the country sounds of Merle’s Working Man Blues. Plenty to keep us reflecting on a lifetime of keeping afloat knowing full well that you can’t take it with you. Not necessarily money for nothing and kicks for free but we’ve also got songs about blowing it all on a Saturday night. Join us for music from Johnny Horton, Wynn Stewart, Tex Ritter, Merle, Hazel Dickens, Roy Orbison and a cast of the very best of performances from the past century here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Tex Williams	Money	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
2	Howard Vokes	The Miner	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
3	Tex Ritter	A Working Man's Prayer	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
4	Doc Watson	Dream of the Miner's Child	1964-1965 (Warped 6411F)
5	Loretta Lynn	Coal Miner's Daughter	Coal Miner's Daughter
6	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Workin' Man Blues (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
7	Lyle Lovett	Working Too Hard	My Baby Don't Tolerate
8	Slaid Cleaves	Working Stiff	Unsung
9	Perry Tonightus And The Heart Burn	Living On The Welfare Check	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
10	Buck Owens	Waitin' In Your Welfare Line	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
11	Johnny Paycheck	Take This Job And Shove It	Superstars Of Country: Easy Loving [Disc 1]
12	Roy Orbison	Working for the Man	The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
13	Brennen Leigh	North To Alaska	Too Thin To Plow
14	Mudcrutch	Six Days On the Road	Mudcrutch
15	Wynn Stewart	Another Day, Another Dollar	California Country
16	The Westport Kids	You Kaint Take It With You	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
17	Billy Parker	It Takes A Lot Of Money	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
18	Bobby Barnett	Workin' Man	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
19	Arlie Duff	Money Hungry	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
20	Faron Young	I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night	1953-1956 (Warped 5455)
21	Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws	I Ain't Lazy Baby I'm Just Tired	The Best Of Western Swing
22	Jim Nesbitt	Working All My Life	Cash-A-Likes
23	Marty Stuart	Hard Working Man	Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions
24	Dick Curless	I've Been Working On the Railroad	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD3 (1950-1969)
25	John Prine & Mac Wiseman	Saginaw Michigan	Standard Songs for Average People
26	Dolly Parton	9 To 5	Dolly [Disc 4]
27	Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands	Working Girl Blues (Featuring Andrew Conklin, Alice Gerrard, Tom Rozum & Patrick Sauber)	The Hazel and Alice Sessions
28	Tom Waits	Heigh Ho	Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards [Disc 3]
29	Lee Dorsey	Working In A Coal Mine	Soul Mine
30	Johnny Horton	North To Alaska	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
31	The Dwarf Chorus	Heigh-Ho	Classic Disney, Vol. II: 60 Years Of Music Magical
32	Adriana Caselotti	Whistle While You Work	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]

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Not Above The Law

September 11, 2022 Dave

Welcome to a common theme we share on Deeper Roots: an eclectic blend of stories featuring grifters, the gallows, the law and prison time. Today we’ll be mixing current events with the rule of law and the focus takes on historic anthems of good versus evil. Playlists will feature topics of blind justice, the fate of liars and thieves, and stories of false prophets and demagogues. We’ll welcome them in their own words with pearls of justice that even the January 6^th looters, traitors and thieves cannot escape. It’s a cult…and neither democracy nor faith abide much by the cult of personality that’s soiling our Constitution. We’ve got tracks from Dr. John, Three Dog Night, Hugh Laurie, Booker T and Ted Hawkins this week. Join us here on Deeper Roots for an expose about “Fear and Loathing at Mar-a-Lago”.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Booker T. & The MG's	Hang 'Em High	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 1]
2	The Fabulous Thunderbirds	Can't Tear It Up Enuff	T-Bird Rhythm
3	Ted Hawkins	The Constitution	Happy Hour
4	Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands	Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)	The Hazel and Alice Sessions
5	The Louvin Brothers	Cash On The Barrelhead	Close Harmony [Disc 3]
6	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	Call The Police	Jumpin' With the Big Swing Bands
7	Ray Lum	A Trader Is	Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris
8	Bill Phillips	The Yankee Trader	Bill Phillips 1958-1961
9	Dr. John	Trader John	The Blues Biography
10	Three Dog Night	Liar	The Complete Hit Singles
11	Julia Lee	Lies	Kansas City Star [Disc 2]
12	JD McPherson	Mother Of Lies	Let The Good Times Roll
13	Julie London	Little White Lies	36 All-Time Greatest Hits Disc 1
14	Jackie Greene	About Cell Block #9	Sweet Somewhere Bound
15	Bill Carter with The Cooper Brothers	Jailer Man	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
16	Buck Owens	In the Jailhouse Now	Honky Tonk Man: Buck Sings Country Classics
17	Hugh Laurie	Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair	Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
18	Elton Britt	Uranium Fever	Atomic Platters
19	Sam Hinton	Old Man Atom	Atomic Platters
20	Dan Reeder	2016 Election Song	Every Which Way (Deluxe Edition)
21	Fay Simmons	You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
22	Fred Kirby	When That Hell Bomb Falls	Atomic Platters
23	George Kent	I Always Did Like Leavenworth	The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972)
24	The Bobby Fuller Four	I Fought The Law	The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four
25	George Jones/Johnny Cash	I Got Stripes [*]	Silver
26	Rico Bell	Death Row	The Executioners Last Songs, Volume 2
27	Doodle Duncan	Death Row	Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2
28	Marty Robbins	Hanging Tree	A Lifetime of Song (1951-1982)
29	Ralph Stanley	O Death	O Brother, Where Art Thou?
30	Roy Zimmerman	The Don	Rize Up
31	Thomas E. Dewey	Election Eve Campaign Speech	Great Speeches of the 20th Century
32	Paul Stookey	Nukes R Nuts	Just Causes
33	Roy Zimmerman	The Liar Tweets Tonight	The Liar Tweets Tonight (Single)
34	Earle Hagen	I Spy	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene

Celebrating 10 Years

September 7, 2022 Dave

Break out the libations! Deeper Roots celebrates it’s ten year anniversary on Sonoma County Community Radio and today’s show takes some time to celebrate the blend of sounds we’ve featured with the focus being on our first ten shows. I’ll be grabbing some of my very favorites from those early playlists and sharing them with everyone this morning. Great sounds featured include a trip to Chickashay with Roy Rogers, gospel tradition from Fern Jones, jitterbugging with The Roosevelts, some Duke, Fats, The Louvins, and, of course, Miss Morse (Ella Mae, that is). I’ll look back at some of the shows featured, the many sites visited and the folks that dropped by along the way. A little nostalgia on a Friday morning on KOWS radio and Saturday morning on KRJF and KWTF.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Geraint Watkins	Go West	Dial 'W' for Watkins
2	Mae West	I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love	The Mae West Collection
3	Roy Rogers with Country Washburne	My Chickashay Girl	26 All-Time Country Classics
4	Patsy Montana	My Poncho Pony	Cowgirl's Best
5	Bob Wills	The Devil Ain't Lazy	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar)
6	Doug Sahm	(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone	Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1
7	The Louvin Brothers	Cash On The Barrelhead	Capitol Country Music Classics
8	The Louvin Brothers	The Great Atomic Power	Hand-Picked
9	Kitty Wells	Amigo's Guitar	Greatest Songs
10	Lefty Frizzell	Saginaw, Michigan	Look What Thoughts Will Do
11	The Americans	Sweet and Low	Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys
12	The Ink Spots	Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)	Greatest Hits
13	Julia Lee And Her Boyfriends	(Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch And Grab It	Blues Classics 1945-1949
14	Duke Ellingtion	Take The "A" Train	Stompin' At The Savoy
15	The Roosevelts	Jitterbug Special	The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2
16	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	Hey! Stop Kissin' My Sister	100 Ans De Jazz
17	Nina Simone	Children Go Where I Send You	The Best Of Nina Simone: The Colpix Years
18	Gospel Hebrews	Jesus Is All Over Me	Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio
19	Fern Jones	Just A Little Talk With Jesus	The Glory Road
20	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Shout Sister Shout	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2
21	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	Male Call	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
22	Fats Domino	Sleeping on the Job	This Is Gold Disc 2
23	Ivory Joe Hunter	Worried Mind	Since I Met You Baby
24	Arthur Alexander	You Better Move On	The Greatest Hits
25	Nellie Lutcher	Hurry On Down	From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944
26	Jewel Paige & Her Brown Brownies	Give It Up	If You Take Me Back
27	Freddie King	Lonesome Whistle Blues	Ultimate Collection
28	Blue Lu Barker	At The Animal Ball: (Sic – At The Animal Fair)	Chronological Blue Lu Barker (1946-1949)
29	The Kingston Trio	Scotch and Soda	Absolutely the Best
30	Slim & Slam	Huh! Uh-Huh!	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2)
31	Dave Van Ronk	Would You Like to Swing on a Star?	Sunday Street
32	Charles Brown	I Wanna Go Home	The 15 Greatest Hits On Ace Records
33	Shirley Gunter	Ipsie Opsie Ooh	Shirley Gunter
34	Ivory Joe Hunter	Shooty Booty	Since I Met You Baby
35	Rocky Porter	The World Is A Monster	The World Is A Monster

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Main Street Breakdown

August 27, 2022 Dave

“Gather ‘round everybody, gonna tell you a story, about a little fella, he’s really very mella’, sells the daily papers on Main Street USA. ” That’s how we’ll open this week’s show, with a story told by Bill Haley and the Comets from 1955. It’s a free form throwback road trip from Main Street to the deep South with some blues, country, and roots sounds from the past 100 years. Got some blues from Bertha Idaho, classic country from Hank Williams, some fresh southland sounds from Los Lobos, locally fresh sounds from Doug Blumer and JL Stiles…and so much more as we venture in and around all of the corners, north, south, east and west in today’s show. Friday morning breakfasts have never been so entertaining. Tune us in on 92.5 FM in West County or stream us on your listening device at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Bill Haley	The Paper Boy (On Main Street USA)	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (3): Rock Around the Clock
2	Chet Atkins & His Guitar Pickers	Main Street Breakdown	Chet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA Years
3	David Bromberg	The Main Street Moan	The Player: A Retrospective
4	Los Lobos	On Main Street	Tin Can Trust
5	Loudon Wainwright III	Moving Day	High Wide & Handsome – The Charlie Poole Project
6	Willie Nelson	Still Is Still Moving To Me	Across The Borderline
7	Si Kahn and The Looping Brothers	Gone, Gonna Rise.Again	Aragon Mill: The Bluegrass Sessions
8	Leon Selph	Now That You Have Gone	You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942
9	The Leake County Revelers	Been to the East, Been to the West	Lead Kindly Light
10	Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway	Moving Day	Doug Blumer And The Bohemian Highway
11	JL Stiles	Movin	Jl Stiles Presents House of Murmurs
12	Florence Lowery	Moving Day Blues	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 11
13	Bertha Idaho	Move It On Out Of Here	Female Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 10
14	Howlin' Wolf	Moving	The Back Door Wolf
15	Monroe Moe Jackson	Move It On Over	Rural Blues Vol. 1 1934-1956
16	Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys	Move It On Over	26 All-Time Country Classics
17	Mahalia Jackson	I Will Move On Up A Little Higher	Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
18	The Staple Singers	Move Along Train	Freedom Highway
19	Robert Plant & Alison Krauss	Gone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)	Raising Sand
20	Tom Petty	Time to Move On	Wildflowers
21	Jerry Lee Lewis	Move on Down the Line	The London Sessions 1973
22	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 3
23	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	When I'm Gone Don't You Grieve	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa
24	John Hiatt	Gone	Crossing Muddy Waters
25	Irma Thomas	Gone	Soul Queen of New Orleans
26	The Cats & The Fiddle	Gone	The Very Best Of
27	Paul Simon	Gone at Last	1964-1993 Disc 2
28	Bobby "Blue" Bland	This Time I'm Gone For Good	Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The ABC-Dunhill / MCA Recordings
29	Bastard Sons Of Johnny Cash	Gone Like a Raven	Bend in the Road
30	Violent Femmes	Gone Daddy Gone	Add It Up (1981-1993)
31	Lefty Frizzell	She's Gone, Gone, Gone	Look What Thoughts Will Do

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Let’s Dance

July 30, 2022 Dave

A mix of just about everything your ears might need on a Friday morning with the focus being on preparing you for the weekend here in Sonoma County. Wake up sounds with themes that sport the connective tissue of a variety of genres and performers. We’ll hear some Bo Diddley, Chris Montez, Steve Earle, Del Reeves, and more than two dozen others. We’ll be highlighting small themes of trains, boogie Woogie daddies, sad and happy songs, weed and invitations to the party here on KOWS Community radio where free speech is coupled with a promise of no bull. We stream all over the planet on kowsfm.com/listen and will be celebrating the return of our antenna and the FM signal sooner rather than later. Join us.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	NRBQ	Wacky Tobacky	Peek-A-Boo: The Best Of NRBQ, 1969-1989 [Disc 1]
2	Mel Tillis	Loco Weed (Single Version)	The Best of Mel Tillis
3	Wayne Hancock	Viper of Melody	Viper of Melody
4	Harlem Hamfats/Rosetta Howard	If You're a Viper	When Hemp Was Hip
5	Bea Foote	Weed	The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs
6	Cab Calloway	Minnie The Moocher	Are You Hep To The Jive?
7	Steve Earle & the Dukes	Ain't Nobody's Daddy Now	Terraplane
8	The Enchanters	Boogie Woogie Daddy	Jubilee Jezebels
9	Bo Diddley	Diddley Daddy	The Chess Box [Disc 1]
10	Howlin' Wolf	Rockin' Daddy	Smokestack Lightning /The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960
11	Jimmy Ricks & The Ravens	Daddy Rollin' Stone	Poison Ivy – Gems from the Atco Vaults 1959-1962
12	Fontella Bass	Sweet Lovin' Daddy	Very Best Of
13	Stonewall Jackson	You're the Sad in My Songs	Warped 6742 – Stonewall Jackson – 1966-1967
14	Del Reeves	You're the Happy Songs I Sing	The Wonderful World of del Reeves
15	The Everly Brothers	So Sad (To Watch Good Love Go Bad)	It's Everly Time
16	Merle Haggard	Sing A Sad Song	Hillbilly Fever: Vol. 4 – Heroes Of Country Music – Vol. 4: Legends Of The West Coast
17	Rachel Sweet	Sad Song	Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet
18	Jerry Lee Lewis	Invitation to Your Party	25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings
19	Cab Calloway	Everybody Eats When They Come To My House	Are You Hep To The Jive?
20	The Royal Hounds	Invitation To Be Lonely	A Whole Lot of Nothin'
21	Pete Drake & His Talking Steel Guitar	Invitation to the Blues	For Pete's Sake [Gusto]
22	The Soul Stirrers	Slow Train	Tribute to Sam Cooke
23	Bob Dylan	Do Right To Me Baby (Do Unto Others)	North Country – Music From The Motion Picture
24	Leon Russell	Slow Train	A Mighty Flood
25	ack Rabbit Slims Twist Contest/Dialogue	Pulp Fiction
26	Chris Montez	Let's Dance	National Lampoon's Animal House
27	Fats Domino	The Twist Set Me Free	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
28	Chubby Checker	Let's Dance	It's Pony Time
29	Gary U.S. Bonds	Dear Lady Twist	Gary "U.S" Bonds – 30 Original Greatest Hits
30	Jimmy Soul	Twistin' Matilda (And The Channel)	The Best Of Jimmy Soul
31	The Champs	Tequila Twist	5 Classic Albums Plus
32	The Isley Brothers	Twist and Shout	American Roots of the British Invasion
33	Hank Ballard & The Midnighters	Do You Know How to Twist	The King Records Story – Part 1
34	The Dovells	Bristol Stomp	Cameo Parkway The Best of the Dovells, 1961-1965

A Taste of Sixties Soul

July 17, 2022 Dave

What a decade. The Sixties. There was, of course, the mainlining of rock that took place, The Beatles, The Stones, Dylan, folk-rock, a rediscovery of tradition and the blues…and then there was something that had been bubbling underneath the pop, gospel, jazz, and rock elements. It would come to be called ‘soul’ and the sixties urban explosion out of a post-war northern cities like Chicago and (especially) Detroit, gave us something uniquely American. And the sixties charts were brimming with Motown, funk, cold sweat, and brassy ballads with a back beat and synchronicity of voice that established itself for good. The Isley Brothers, The Four Tops, The Supremes, Chuck Jackson, Mary Wells, The Temptations, The Impressions…the list goes on…all of these acts and hundreds of others staked their claim to the charts, easily competing (if not comfortably sharing) with the British wave and psychedlic sounds that had stormed the gates. Join Dave Stroud for a taste of 60s soul.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Miracles	Shop Around [National Hit Version]	The 35th Anniversary Collection
2	Ike & Tina Turner	It's Gonna Work Out Fine	Birth Of Soul: 3
3	Sugar Pie DeSanto	A Little Taste of Soul	A Little Bit of Soul (1957-1962)
4	Chuck Jackson	Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)	Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 2]
5	Sam Cooke	Send Me Some Lovin'	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4)
6	Mary Wells	Bye Bye Baby	Looking Back 1961-1964
7	The Impressions	I'm So Proud	Glory of Love: Sweet & Soulful Love Songs-'60s
8	The Supremes	Come See About Me	Gold Disc 1
9	Mary Wells	My Guy	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
10	Brenda Holloway	Every Little Bit Hurts	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
11	The Tams	What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think I Am)	Classic Rock: 1964 A Go Go
12	Jimmy Hughes	Steal Away	The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1
13	King Curtis	Soul Serenade	Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis
14	The Funk Brothers	Too Many Fish in the Sea	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Funk Brothers
15	The Supremes	Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart	Gold Disc 1
16	The Four Tops	I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)	The Ultimate Collection
17	The Isley Brothers	This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You)	The Essential Isley Brothers [Disc 1]
18	The Temptations	Get Ready	The Best Of The Temptations, Vol. 1: The 60s
19	Stevie Wonder	Uptight (Everything's Alright)	The Classic Sixties: 1965
20	Spooner's Crowd	Two In The Morning	Chess Uptown Soul
21	The Mar-Keys	Philly Dog	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9)
22	Carla Thomas	A Woman's Love	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4
23	Carla Thomas/Otis Redding	Tramp	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9)
24	Arthur Conley	Sweet Soul Music	The Muscle Shoals Sound
25	Sam & Dave	When Something Is Wrong With My Baby	The Very Best of Sam & Dave
26	Marvin Gaye	If I Could Build My Whole World Around You	Anthology [Disc 1]
27	Jimmy Ruffin	What Becomes of the Brokenhearted	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
28	Jackie Wilson	(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher	Red, White & Rock Disc 3
29	James Brown	Cold Sweat	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
30	Martha Reeves & The Vandellas	Jimmy Mack	The Ultimate Collection
31	Johnnie Taylor	Who's Making Love	Stax Number Ones
32	Marvin Gaye	Too Busy Thinking About My Baby	Anthology [Disc 1]
33	Jean Knight	Mr. Big Stuff	Stax Number Ones

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No Parking Here

July 2, 2022 Dave

The archivists went back to the well for the core of a show first broadcast seven years ago, polished it up some by adding some fresh musical paints to the themes, but left the vintage drapes and findings alone. And this week’s Deeper Roots show is all the better for it. Tune in on Friday morning for songs about the ‘love bug’, private property and trespassers, biblical tales from about fellows named John, and some musical musings about dog houses and ramblers. We’ve the likes of Ry Cooder, Moses Mason, Arthur Smith, The Drifters, and Sharon Jones to help you get your head straight for a weekend to kick off a long summer of our discontent. Your rights. Our rights. When they come for some today, who says they won’t come for you tomorrow.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Rosie Flores	I Push Right Over	Speed of Sound
2	Cliff Edwards	Hang on to Me	Ukulele Ike
3	Emmett Miller	(I Got A Woman Crazy For Me) She's Funny That Way	Minstrel Man From Georgia
4	Sons of the Pioneers	Rufus Rastus Johnson Brown	Songs of the Prairie – CD3
5	Arthur Smith	Follow Me Boogie (Instrumental)	The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
6	Johnny Cash	Calilou (The Rambler)	Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 4]
7	Dr. John	How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round)	Goin' Back To New Orleans
8	Bobby "Blue" Bland	I Wouldn't Treat A Dog (The Way You Treated Me)	Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The ABC-Dunhill / MCA Recordings
9	The Drifters	Don't Dog Me	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy
10	Jim Jackson	Old Dog Blue	25 Classic Blues Songs From the 1920s-1940s Vol 19
11	Ry Cooder	Police Dog Blues	Broadcast from the Plant: 1974 Record Plant, Sausalito, Ca
12	Pee Wee King	Dog House Blues	Pee Wee King's Country Hoedown (1 of 2)
13	Neko Case	John Saw That Number	Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
14	Moses Mason	John The Baptist	Take Me To The Water
15	John Mellencamp	John The Revelator	Trouble No More
16	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Get Up John	Bill Monroe: Anthology
17	Elvis Presley	I, John	Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 2)
18	The Golden Gate Quartet	Frankie and Johnny	CD 2 the Recent Years
19	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Private Property (No Tresspassing)	One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions
20	Jimmy Littlejohn	No Parking Here	The World Is A Monster
21	Woody Guthrie	Riding in My Car (Car Song)	Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
22	Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings	Trespasser	Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Rendition Is In)
23	Vince Gill	Love Bug	Bradley Barn Sessions
24	Little Jimmy Dickens	When That Love Bug Bites You	Country Boy [Disc 2]
25	Jimmy Edwards	Love Bug Crawl	At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 7)
26	Jimmy Edwards	Love Bug Crawl	Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5
27	Red Foley & Minnie Pearl	Love Bug Itch	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
28	The Mills Brothers	The Love Bug Will Bite You	Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats
29	Vera Lynn	The Love Bug Will Bite You	A Tribute, Volume II: It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow
30	Doc & Merle Watson	Corrina, Corrina	Then And Now/Two Days In November
31	Gillian Welch	I Want To Sing That Rock And Roll	Time (The Revelator)
32	John Prine With Lucinda Williams	Wedding Bells / Let's Turn Back The Years	In Spite Of Ourselves
33	Junior Brown & Red Simpson	Nitro Express	Rig Rock Deluxe
34	Red Simpson	Truck Drivin' Man	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer

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

Country Crossovers

June 30, 2022 Dave

Country music started genre-life out as something different. Searching for a term more palatable than simply ‘folk’ or, more so, ‘hillbilly’, or ‘western’ music, music industry marketing found the term ‘country’ or ‘country and western’ a much smoother alternative. It softened the fiddle and accordion sounds and, at the same time, tempered the fears of human de-evolution through cultural disappropriation. Although what passes for country music today is more a caricature of itself, the Golden Age of country, running through the decades of the fifties, sixties and the early seventies built a solid foundation with some of the great songwriters and performers that weren’t from the big east and west coast hubs. And their music would often be heard ‘peeking through’ the pop charts in a big way, reinforcing the notion that it was, and always had been, a common cultural denominator. Our show this week features some of the very greatest of the latter. Join us!

No.	Artist	Title	Album	BuyEddy Arnold	The Cattle Call (1)	Eddy's Song: The Cattle Call	Hank Williams	Why Don't You Love Me	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 11	Hank Snow	I'm Moving On	The Essential Hank Snow	Hank Thompson	The Wild Side Of Life	30 Years Of No.1 Country Hits 1/4	Hank Williams	Your Cheatin' Heart	24 Greatest	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	Classic Country	Johnny Cash	I Walk The Line	Classic Country	Marty Robbins	Singing the Blues	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 8	Jimmie Rodgers	Kisses Sweeter Than Wine	Heatin' Up	Marty Robbins	A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation)	A Lifetime of Song (1951-1982)	Patsy Cline	Walkin' After Midnight	Country Legends	Ferlin Husky	Gone	Ferlin Husky Singles	Don Gibson	Oh Lonesome Me	A Legend In My Time	Jim Reeves	He'll Have To Go	Classic Country	Johnny Horton	The Battle Of New Orleans	Classic Country	Marty Robbins	El Paso	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.	Patsy Cline	Crazy	Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1]	Wanda Jackson	Right or Wrong	Golden Age of Country Volume 6: Hillbilly Heaven	Skeeter Davis	The End of the World	Red, White & Rock Disc 2	Johnny Cash	Ring Of Fire	Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound	Roger Miller	King Of The Road	Classic Country	Jeannie C. Riley	Harper Valley P.T.A.	Superstars of Country Easy Loving [Disc 2]	Jerry Reed	Amos Moses	The Essential Jerry Reed	Glen Campbell	Galveston	Greatest Hits	Tammy Wynette	Stand By Your Man	Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound	Loretta Lynn	Coal Miner's Daughter	Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer	John Denver	Take Me Home, Country Roads	70s Music Explosion – Miracles	John Denver	Rocky Mountain High	Singers And Songwriters 1972-1973 [Disc 1]	Charlie Rich	The Most Beautiful Girl	Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich	Charlie Rich	Behind Closed Doors	Country: The American Tradition [Disc 2]	Johnny Cash	One Piece at a Time	16 Biggest Hits	Waylon Jennings	Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)	Classic Country 1975 – 1979	The Oak Ridge Boys	Elvira	The Best Of Classic Country 80's	Willie Nelson	On The Road Again	Superstars of Country Easy Loving [Disc 2]

California Dreamin’

June 18, 2022 Dave

A little bit of surf…just a bit…and some folk favorites right alongside some local performers in this week’s episode brought your way directly from the KOWS Studios in downtown Santa Rosa, California. Our theme is the Golden State where the living may be costly but the core soul is one of progressive culture and hard work: whether that’s in the fields, behind the desk, in the service industry, or on the road. This week’s show focuses on California, from the LA Freeway to the Streets of Bakersfield, on up to Lodi and the Monterey Bay. The past century has found the state a popular subject of song and we’ve got some favorites and off-the-wall nuggets just for you this Friday morning including tracks from Dave Alvin, Albert Hammond, and Red River Dave. Tune in.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Sound Of The City	KSFO 560 – San Francisco	78s
2	Tony Bennett	I Left My Heart in San Francisco	Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S
3	Danny Sorentino	Sonoma County Stars	Real Music (Disc 1)
4	Kyle Martin	Santa Rosa	Kyle Martin
5	Charley Crockett	The Way I'm Livin' (Santa Rosa)	The Valley
6	Lowell Levinger	Hippie From Olema	Get Together- Youngblood Classics
7	Kevin Russell	California Cottonfields	Trouble In Mind
8	John Hartford	California Earthquake	Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 11 The South
9	Norman Greenbaum	Petaluma	Spirit In The Sky – The Best of Norman Greenbaum
10	Neil Young	California Sunset	Old Ways
11	Joe Jones	California Sun	You Heard It Here First!
12	Roy Orbison	California Blue	Mystery Girl
13	The Beach Boys	California	Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys Disc 4
14	The Beach Boys	California Girls	20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits
15	Jan & Dean	The Little Old Lady From Pasadena	Malt Shop Memories: Top Down Convertible Sound (Disc 2)
16	Eric Clapton	San Francisco Bay Blues	Unplugged
17	Dave Alvin	Out in California	Interstate City
18	Various Artists	Monterey Pop Promo – KRLA Los Angeles #2	1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials
19	The Mamas & The Papas	California Dreamin'	Southern California With Fond Memories
20	Joni Mitchell	California	Hits
21	America	Ventura Highway	Southern California With Fond Memories
22	Lucinda Williams	Here in California	Treasures left behind: Remembering Kate Wolf
23	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
24	Randy Newman	I Love L.A.	Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman
25	Albert Hammond	It Never Rains In California	Southern California With Fond Memories
26	The Ink Spots	When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano	Greatest Hits
27	The Four Preps	26 Miles (Santa Catalina)	Southern California With Fond Memories
28	Red River Dave	California Hippie Murders	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
29	John Fogerty	Lodi	The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty – Creedence Collection

A Century of America's Music