Category Archives: Free Form

Rainy Nights

November arrives which means winter is fast approaching with (we hope) a need to break out the umbrellas, clean the gutters, and let the cycle of renewal begin. Our show this week is a free form collection of sounds from the past century highlighted by a couple of topical sets, some somber, some hopeful, but all with a blending of Americana. We’ll visit with Tom Waits’ on the low side of the road, hear from Nina Simone and her brilliant delivery of Langston Hughes’ Backlash Blues, some songs about bluebirds, rainy nights, bright lights and big cities. This week’s episode on KOWS Community Radio gives room to breathe and reflect on what is important with country, gospel, blues, jazz and everything that falls in between, fresh from the digital ether…all coming your way, for today, on KOWS 92.5 FM Occidental.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Irma Thomas It's Raining Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
2Tom Waits Jersey Girl Used Songs 1973-1980 Amazon
3Skeeter Davis The End of the World Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
4Dinah Washington This Bitter Earth The Essential Dinah Washington: The Great Songs Amazon
5Johnny Cash Family Bible Boom Chicka Boom Amazon
6Edwin Hawkins Singers Oh Happy Day Testify: The Gospel Box [Disc 2] Amazon
7Paul Simon Gone at Last 1964-1993 Disc 2 Amazon
8Nina Simone Backlash Blues Defiance Blues Amazon
9Jimmy Hughes A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1 Amazon
10Art Freeman Everybody's Got To Cry Sometime The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1 Amazon
11Brook Benton Rainy Night In Georgia Today Amazon
12Roy Orbison Blue Rain (Coming Down) The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 3] Amazon
13Rosanne Cash I Count The Tears Retrospective Amazon
14Sir Douglas Quintet The Rains Came Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet Amazon
15Ritchie Valens Bluebirds Over The Mountain Ritchie Valens – Ritchie Amazon
16Joe Ely If You Were A Bluebird Joe Ely Amazon
17Billy Walker Gonna Find Me A Bluebird Whirlpool – Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight Amazon
18Mac Wiseman The Bluebirds Are Singing for Me Warped 6643 – Mac Wiseman – 1966 Amazon
19Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys Hello Bluebird Oh! Amazon
20Ry Cooder Johnny Cash I, Flathead Amazon
21Johnny Cash 28 I Walk the Line [Live at The Carousel Ballroom San Fancisco CA – April 1968] Live At The Carousel Ballroom Amazon
22Charley Crockett Skip A Rope Music City USA Amazon
23Wanda Jackson You Drive Me Wild Encore Amazon
24Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks Bright Lights, Big City Everybody's Rockin' Amazon
25Blind Willie Johnson Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version] The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture Amazon
26John Fogerty Down On The Corner The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection Amazon
27Tom Waits Lowside Of The Road Mule Variations Amazon
28John Oates My Creole Belle Arkansas Amazon
29Chris Hillman Wildflowers Bidin' My Time Amazon
30Charlie Musselwhite Siboney Continental Drifter Amazon
31Dave Alvin Downey Girl Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women Amazon

Dustbin Dynamite

A bit of a departure this week as we celebrate a mix of mayhem from the fuzzed out garage bands, greasy ducktails, oddball instrumentalists and mostly mondo misses tempered with a good dose of surf confection this week. We’re celebrating the three chord sensibilities of mid-century rock and roll rockabilly, surf, and proto-punk spit-ballers. They’re pulling out some wailing sax solos, fuzzed out bass beach thumpers, and some tongue-in-cheek easy listening to spin you around in your chair on an October Friday morning. You’ll be entertained by the likes of Tony Casanova, Sparkle Moore, Little Carolyn Sue, and Wild Bill and the Blue Denims…a forgotten list of lost culture that will take you down a rabbit hole that you hope might never end…or maybe just the opposite. This week’s show is dynamite from the dustbin of minor labels and first time producers that can only make the grade on Community Radio. Tune in for some mondo fuzz mayhem.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Ronnie Dee Action Packed Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
2Bobby Troup Seventh Son Make Mine Mondo Amazon
3Rock-A-Tones One More Chance Wild Streak, Vol. 1 Amazon
4Annette Funicello Bikini Beach Party Good Old Summertime Amazon
5Red Prysock Hand Clappin' Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
6Jim Backus & Friend Delicious Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
7The Interiors Voodoo Doll Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
8The Bikinis Crazy Vibrations Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
9Gary Warren Midnight Rain Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
10The Three Suns Tequila Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
11The Invaders Shock Treatment Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
12Freddie & The Hitch Hikers Sinners Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
13The Duals Lover's Satellite Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
14Sparkle Moore Skull & Crossbones Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
15Mamie Van Doren Seperate The Men From The Boys Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
16Davie Allan & Arrows (Issued As By The Zanies) Camel Walk Make Mine Mondo Amazon
17Rusty Draper & Lola Dee Scratch My Back Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
18Tarheel Slim Number Nine Train Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 Amazon
19Robin Hood Brians Dis A Itty Bit Wild Streak, Vol. 1 Amazon
20Tony Casanova Boogie Woogie Feeling Make Mine Mondo Amazon
21Don & The Galaxiex Avalanche Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats – The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection Amazon
22Jan & Dean Surf Route 101 Popsicle Amazon
23Bobby Fry Grandchus Make Mine Mondo Amazon
24Si Zentner Walk on the Wild Side Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene Amazon
25Johnny Durain & The Cytones Shang-Dang-Doo Make Mine Mondo Amazon
26The Surfaris Surfer Joe [Long Version] Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 1 Amazon
27Voice Farm Come On-A My House Bigger Cooler Weirder Amazon
28Mouse A Public Execution Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia Amazon
29The Bobbettes I Don't Like It Like That (pt. 1) War Paint – The Gone Records Story Amazon
3013th Floor Elevators You're Gonna Miss Me Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia Amazon
31Bob Callaway Tick Tock Wild Streak, Vol. 1 Amazon
32The Tornadoes Maleguena Bustin' Surfboards Amazon
33Little Carolyn Sue I Hate Men Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 1 Amazon
34Martin Denny Cool Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood Amazon
35Ann-Margret Let Me Entertain You Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon

Guitar Routes

It’s a deep dive we’re taking today into the digital dustbin of the past century with the focus being on fretwork, string bending, bottlenecks and tripping the lap steel fantastic.  That’s right…a collection of fascinating tonal embellishments that cross the genres of country, jazz, blues, folk and pop. Our show this morning will feature some Lonnie Johnson, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, John Fahey, Grady Martin and a few others. It’s a trip with a few well knowns but more not so much  and you’ll just have to make room in your day because the sounds can’t be ignored. We’ll hear standards like Guitar Rag, Riders in the Sky, Black Mountain Rag, Indiana March, and a special playlist highlighting the work of Grady Martin in both country and rock.  We’re once again hoping for the best as October and November approach. 

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Truett & George Ghost Dance Diabolical Hoodoo: Vintage Songs Of Devilry, Doom & Hellfire 1920-1952 Amazon
2Lonnie Johnson Swing Out Rhythm Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1 Amazon
3Blind Lemon Jefferson See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Black Swan Sampler Amazon
4Blind Blake Southern Rag Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey Amazon
5Robert Johnson Stop Breakin' Down Blues The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2 Amazon
6Robert Lockwood, Jr. Little Queen Of Spades Blues Routes: Heroes And Tricksters Amazon
7Les Paul Trio Guitar Boogie Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2] Amazon
8Roy Smeck and His Paradise Serenaders Indiana March Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics Amazon
9Slim Gaillard Minuet In Vout Hittin' On All Six: New Guitar Concepts Amazon
10Leon McAuliffe & His Western Swing Band Blue Guitar Stomp Hillibilly Boogie! Amazon
11Merle Travis Guitar Rag The Guitar Picker CD2 (1947-51) Amazon
12Les Paul Hip Billy Boogie (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered] 100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered) Amazon
13Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Railroadin' Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2 Amazon
14Chet Atkins Carolina Shout Guitar Legend – RCA Years (Disc 2) Amazon
15Richard Thompson New-Fangled Flogging Reel/Kerry Reel Strict Tempo! Amazon
16Richard Thompson Rockin' in Rhythm Strict Tempo! Amazon
17John Fahey I'm Gonna Do All I Can for My Lord The Legend of Blind Joe Death Amazon
18John Fahey Requiem for John Hurt Essential John Fahey Amazon
19Bert Jansch On The Edge Of A Dream [Rock Baby Rock Remix] Running From Home – An Introduction to Bert Jansch Amazon
20Leo Kottke Little Martha Instrumentals: Best of the Chrysalis Years Amazon
21Roy Clark Riders in the Sky The Roy Clark Anthology Amazon
22Doc Watson Dill Pickle Rag The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 Amazon
23Doc Watson Black Mountain Rag American Roots Music (Disc One-Country) Amazon
24Jorma Kaukonen There's A Table Sitting In Heaven Stars In My Crown Amazon
25Red Foley Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] Amazon
26Marty Robbins El Paso All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
27Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter Coal Miner's Daughter Amazon
28Marty Robbins Devil Woman All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
29Elvis Presley (You're The) Devil in Disguise Artist of the Century Disc 2 Amazon
30Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio Honey Hush Tear It Up Amazon
31Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Texas Flood Texas Flood Amazon
32Gary Moore Parisienne Walkways While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Disc 2] Amazon

Watching The River Flow

September is waning as we share our last show of the month. Join Dave Stroud live at 9 Pacific from the KOWS studios in downtown Santa Rosa for a free form stream of sounds as we make our way across to visit an eclectic collection of sounds. This week we’ll share a little bit of soul with Sugar Pie DeSanto and The Four Tops, some throwback sixties sounds from The Marvelettes and Sam The Sham, seventies deep cuts from Steve Miller, Jesse Colin Young and John Prine, and a host of your favorites from under that great Americana sideshow tent including Ry Cooder, Willie Nelson, and Los Lobos. Yes, it’s a free form show once again as we celebrate recent improvements to our streaming presence as we have signed on for Live365 hosting. Big things come in little, community bound packages. Tune in, unwrap and unwind on a Friday morning.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Marty Robbins Running Gun Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Amazon
2Sugar Pie DeSanto Here You Come Running Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966) Amazon
3The Four Tops You Keep Running Away The Ultimate Collection Amazon
4Sam Cooke I'll Come Running Back To You Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 Amazon
5Roy Orbison Running Scared Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S Amazon
6Juke Boy Bonner Running Shoes Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8] Amazon
7Aretha Franklin Spanish Harlem 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2] Amazon
8Jesse Colin Young Morning Sun Jesse Colin Young Classics Volume 1 Amazon
9Marshall Crenshaw Starless Summer Sky Miracle of Science Amazon
10Marie Knight His Eye Is On The Sparrow Hallelujah What A Song! Amazon
11Taj Mahal Let the Four Winds Blow Phantom Blues Amazon
12Los Lobos I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4) Amazon
13Fats Domino My Girl Josephine Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1) Amazon
14Chris Kenner I Like It Like That Part 1 Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky 2-2 1957- Amazon
15Solomon Burke Everybody Needs Somebody To Love Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis) Amazon
16Leon Russell Watching The River Flow Tangled Up In Blues Amazon
17Bob Dylan Knockin' On Heaven's Door Greatest Hits Volume 3 Amazon
18Warren Zevon Keep Me in Your Heart The Wind Amazon
19Steve Miller Band Living In The U.S.A. Sailor Amazon
20Steve Miller Band Quicksilver Girl Sailor Amazon
21John Prine There She Goes Bruised Orange Amazon
22John Prine Please Don't Bury Me Souvenirs Amazon
23Willie Nelson Bring Me Sunshine ("Naked" Version) Naked Willie Amazon
24Ry Cooder w/Sam Samudio No Quiero The Border/Alamo Bay Amazon
25Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs Wooly Bully Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
26The Marvelettes Don't Mess With Bill Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
27Alive 'N Kickin' Tighter, Tighter Alive 'N Kickin' Amazon
28Bo Diddley Say Man Go Bo Diddley Amazon
29Joe Ely Fingernails Live Shots Amazon
30Duane Eddy Rebel Rouser Rebel Rouser Amazon
31Jackson Browne & David Lindley Mercury Blues (Intro) Love Is Strange [Disc 1] Amazon
32Jackson Browne & David Lindley Mercury Blues Love Is Strange [Disc 1] Amazon

Country Boogie Woogie

While the origin of the term is in debate, there are numerous stories that almost make sense but cannot be verified. However, 20th century blues, country and rock and roll were rife with the reference and it turned into a guitar lick, a piano run, and a salty reference on the standup. Deeper Roots will be spending time with the country versions, inherited (nee appropriated) from the rhythm and blues form … and a little bit of history as well. We’ve got the classic country sounds of Sheb Wooley, Johnny Tyler, and The Delmore Brothers paired up with higher octane country Americana from Dale Watson, Robert Gordon, and Asleep at the Wheel. Chuck Berry once said “It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm & blues…it’s called rock now”. You can quote me in enlightening that observation by calling it “one nascent stream that emptied into a swift river.” Tune in Friday evenings here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Merrill Moore Nola Boogie Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1] Amazon
2Al Dexter & His Troopers Saturday Night Boogie Hillibilly Boogie! Amazon
3Hardrock Gunter Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B Amazon
4Vance Morris & His Alabama Playboys Crazy About The Boogie Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4] Amazon
5Hank Snow Rhumba Boogie Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4] Amazon
6Johnny Tyler Oakie Boogie Southern Belle [Disc 1] Amazon
7Sheb Wooley Mule Boogie Country & Western Nuggets Amazon
8Johnny Bond Alabama Boogie Boy Put Me To Bed Amazon
9Bob Newman Hangover Boogie Crossroads In Cowtown Amazon
10Skeets McDonald The Southland Boogie Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection Amazon
11Dale Watson Texas Boogie Cheatin' Heart Attack Amazon
12Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Stratosphere Boogie Stratosphere Boogie Amazon
13Merle Travis Merle's Boogie Woogie Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] Amazon
14Les Paul Guitar Boogie Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2] Amazon
15Kate Mackenzie Pan American Boogie Steel Rails: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 1 Amazon
16Doc Watson Freight Train Boogie Songs From Home Amazon
17Red Foley Hobo Boogie The Essential Recordings Amazon
18The Delmore Brothers Peach Street Boogie The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 15 Amazon
19Sonny Burgess We Wanna Boogie Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009 Amazon
20Grady Martin & His Slewfoot Five Wooly Boogie The Very Best Of Amazon
21Sleepy Labeef Shot-Gun Boogie (Overdub) Sleepy Rocks Amazon
22Webb Pierce Teenage Boogie All Hits! [Disc 2] Amazon
23Robert Gordon and Link Wray Rock Billy Boogie Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die Amazon
24Asleep at the Wheel 08 Boogie Back to Texas 10 Amazon
25Tiny Hill Milk Bucket Boogie Country Music On the Mercury Label Amazon
26Little Jimmy Dickens You Better Not Do That Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962 Amazon
27Little Jimmy Dickens Buddy's Boogie Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962 Amazon
28Porky Freeman Boogie Woogie Boy Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies Amazon
29Tennessee Ernie Ford Blackberry Boogie Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 1] Amazon
30Tennessee Ernie Ford False Hearted Girl Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3] Amazon
31Asleep at the Wheel Choo Choo Ch'Boogie The Best of Asleep at the Wheel Amazon
32Tennessee Ernie Ford Shot-Gun Boogie Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3] Amazon

9 Volt Heart

Deeper Roots goes free form this week with some classic country and blues right alongside tradition. From Pee Wee King to Memphis Minnie and Robert “Barbecue Bob” Hicks to Chuck Wills…we’ve got the goods. We’ll fill our Friday two hours with a delightful collection of music from the past one hundred years, live from the KOWS Cherry Street Historic District in downtown Santa Rosa, California. Got some sugar, radio memories, gospel rafter-raisers, and a track from Luke the Drifter…and remember….ninety-nine and a half just won’t do when you’re listening to the radio. Which is why we give you a hundred percent here on community radio. An eclectic blend of sounds that takes you back to the little Zenith or Silvertone that you put up to your ear, driven by that two-pronged nine-volt heart. Join us for some memories.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Charlie Musselwhite Christo Redemptor Stand Back! Amazon
2The Iguanas 9 Volt Heart Plastic Silver 9 Volt Heart Amazon
3Dave Alvin Border Radio Romeo's Escape Amazon
4Merle Haggard And The Strangers Silver Wings (24-Bit Digitally Remastered 06) Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard Amazon
5Rosanne Cash Black Cadillac Black Cadillac Amazon
6Pee Wee King (Vocal: Dick Lory) Catty Town Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks Amazon
7Little Jimmy Dickens Country Boy Honky Tonk 1945-1953 [Disc 1] Amazon
8Hank Williams No, No Joe Beyond The Sunset Amazon
9The Spare Change Boys Policeman Classic Old-Time Music from Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
10Peetie Wheatstraw Doin' The Best I Can (Take A) Too Late, Too Late, More Newly Discovered Titles And Alternate Takes. Vol. 4 Amazon
11Barbecue Bob It Just Won't Hay Barbecue Bob Vol. 2 (1928 – 1929) Amazon
12Reverend Pearly Brown Ninety Nine And A Half Won't Do The Essential Guide To Gospel Amazon
13Bo Diddley Diddy Wah Diddy Bo Knows Bo Amazon
14Lead Belly Black Betty Lead Belly's Last Sessions Amazon
15Memphis Minnie New Dirty Dozen Queen Of Country Blues Amazon
16Charles Brown Don't Get Salty Sugar The Classic Earliest Recordings [Disc 3] Amazon
17Chuck Willis Sugar Sugar I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll Amazon
18Ray Batts Stealin' Sugar Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3] Amazon
19Merle Travis Too Much Sugar For A Dime Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] Amazon
20Mark Spoelstra Sugar Babe, It's All Over Now Classic Folk Music From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
21Howlin' Wolf My Country Sugar Mama The Real Folk Blues Amazon
22Sister Rosetta Tharpe Up Above My Head Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2 Amazon
23Sister Rosetta Tharpe Shout Sister Shout Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2 Amazon
24Blind Willie McTell Lord, Send Me An Angel (Take 2) Too Late, Too Late, More Newly Discovered Titles And Alternate Takes. Vol. 4 Amazon
25Big Bill Broonzy Hey Hey An Introduction To Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
26Eric Clapton Hey Hey Unplugged Amazon
27Pee Wee King Slow Poke 1974-Country Music Hall Of Fam Amazon
28Les Paul & Mary Ford Tico, Tico Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary Amazon
29Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Flippin' the Lid Stratosphere Boogie Amazon
30Alden Howard/Dick Hyman I'll See You in My Dreams Sweet and Lowdown Amazon
31Bob Dylan Duquesne Whistle Tempest Amazon
32Peggy Lee Chi-Baba, Chi-Baba Amore d'Italia Amazon
33Hadda Brooks Bully Wully Boogie That's My Desire Amazon

Groove Juice Special

Not exactly sure what ‘groove juice’ is, but for the purposes of our show full of sass and novelty, we’ll just suggest you make it what you want it. It’s a whimsical, sometimes bawdy, morning collection of the past 100 years of jazz, folk, country, and pop (with a little who-knows-what-that-is thrown in).  We’ve got poodles, big feet, Ovaltine, four leaf clovers, rabbits, and tattoos included with the subject matter today. Songs that are as delectable as they are incredible. We’ve got Skeets McDonald, Robert Crumb, Mae West, Groucho Marx, Dorothy Shay (the Park Avenue Hillbilly), and a couple dozen others for your Friday morning. Oh yeah, and some Johnny Cash and Slim Gaillard as well. So tune into KRJF Community Radio this week for all you can handle.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Johnny Cash A Boy Named Sue [Live] 16 Biggest Hits Amazon
2Geraint Watkins Bouffant In a Bad Mood – Deluxe Expanded Edition Amazon
3Slim & Slam Groove Juice Special Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 3) Amazon
4Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Dad Gum Ya Hide Boy The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1) Amazon
5Harry "The Hipster" Gibson Who Put the Benzedrine in Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
6Tampa Red & Big Maceo Let Me Play With Your Poodle Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan Amazon
7Johnny Buckett Let Me Play With Your Poodle Dirty Boogie:The Fortune Records Story Amazon
8Jimmie Davis The Poodle Dog Song Doggone Country Amazon
9Sam Butera & the Witnesses French Poodle Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 5: Wild Cool & Swingin Amazon
10Hank Penny Rabbits Don't Ever Get Married Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions Amazon
11Skeets McDonald The Tattooed Lady Dirty Boogie: The Fortune Records Story Amazon
12Groucho Marx & Bing Crosby Lydia The Tattooed Lady The Marx Brothers Greatest Hits Amazon
13The Hoosier Hot Shots I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones) Rural Rhythm 1935-42 Amazon
14Mae West I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love The Mae West Collection Amazon
15Fats Waller Your Feet's Too Big Fats Waller Greatest Hits Amazon
16Dave Van Ronk Your Feet's Too Big Sweet & Lowdown Amazon
17Dave Van Ronk Would You Like to Swing on a Star? Sunday Street Amazon
18R. Crumb And His Cheap Suit Serenaders Hula Melody (Radio Broadcast) R. Crumb's Music Sampler Amazon
19Fiddlin' Ian McCamy Quartette Schottische R. Crumb's Music Sampler Amazon
20Al Miller I Found A Four Leaf Clover (BP 8047, 12923-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
21Bo Carter She's Your Cook, But She Burns My Bread Sometimes The Rough Guide To Ragtime Blues & Hokum Amazon
22Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon I'm Gonna Steal You (BP 8040, 12920-A) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
23Ben Selvin Orchestra Who's Your Little Who Zis Vintage Music: Original Classics from the 1920s and 1930s Amazon
24Dorothy Shay Feudin & Fightin 47 Your Hit Parade Amazon
25Eileen Barton If I Knew You Were Comin' (I'd 've Baked A Cake) Mairzy Doats-44 Wacky Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
26Danny Kaye & The Andrews Sisters Civilization (Bongo Bongo Bongo) 47 Your Hit Parade Amazon
27Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters I'll Si-Si Ya In Bahia [Single Version] Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 2] Amazon
28John Fogerty Honey Do Deja Vu All Over Again Amazon
29Louis Prima I Wanna Be Like You The Jungle Book (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) [Remastered] Amazon
30Eartha Kitt/Henri René & His Orchestra I Want to Be Evil Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits Amazon
31Hank Penny The Mink on her Back King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2] Amazon

Lefty Merle Willie Hank & Hank

It’s a songwriter’s showcase this morning on Deeper Roots. Country music songwriters Lefty Frizell, Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Hank Cochran, and Hank Williams are highlighted in a show that features covers by their contemporaries (and a few from the recent past) including Iris DeMent, Ernest Tubb, Billy Walker, Bob Dylan, Rosanne Cash, and at least two dozen others. Our show pays tribute to some amazing stalwarts who literally defined the country ‘voice’ and story. Join Dave Stroud on another Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio, 92.5 FM Occidental, streaming to all of planet earth on all your favorite services including OpenRadio.app, TuneIn.com, RadioGarden.io and, our web site, kowsfm.com. Good morning!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1John Prine I Want to Be With You Always The Missing Years Amazon
2Red Foley & The Andrews Sisters I Want To Be With You Always Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] Amazon
3Brennen Leigh I Love You A Thousand Ways Brennen Leigh Sings Lefty Frizzell Amazon
4George Jones If You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time) Sings Country and Western Hits Amazon
5Keith Whitley I Never Go Around Mirrors The Rounder Records Story Amazon
6Merle Haggard My Baby's Just Like Money Roots, Vol. 1 Amazon
7Rosanne Cash Featuring Rufus Wainwright Silver Wings (Feat. Rufus Wainwright) The List Amazon
8Bill Kirchen Shelly's Winter Love (Album) Word To The Wise Amazon
9Iris DeMent Big City Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard Amazon
10George Jones I Always Get Lucky With You The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country Disc 2 Amazon
11Dale Watson Mama Tried More Great Moments of Vinyl History Amazon
12Ray Price Night Life Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound Amazon
13Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires & The Imperials Quartet Funny How Time Slips Away Elvis Country Amazon
14k.d. lang & the Reclines Three Days Absolute Torch and Twang Amazon
15The Little Willies I Gotta Get Drunk The Little Willies Amazon
16The Secret Sisters Why Don't You Love Me The Secret Sisters Amazon
17Bob Dylan I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute Amazon
18Buckwheat Zydeco Hey, Good Lookin' Menagerie Amazon
19Sleepy LaBeef I Saw the Light Sun Records Artists Perform the Hank Williams Songbook Amazon
20Jerry Lee Lewis You Win Again The Definitive Collection Amazon
21Taj Mahal Mind Your Own Business Senor Blues Amazon
22Elvis Costello He's Got You ('Lost Session' Version) Almost Blue Amazon
23Rhiannon Giddens She's Got You Tomorrow Is My Turn Amazon
24Patsy Cline Why Can't He Be You The Patsy Cline Collection Amazon
25Dottie West Me Today And Her Tomorrow The Essential Dottie West Amazon
26Bobby Bare I'd Fight The World The Best Of Bobby Bare Amazon
27Jamey Johnson Everything But You (featuring Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill) Living For A Song- A Tribute To Hank Cochran Amazon
28Al Green & Lyle Lovett Funny How Time Slips Away Rhythm Country & Blues Amazon

The Sin Game

Sinners, singing and swinging is the theme we’re bringing you as we approach the dog days of summer in yet another season of COVID. In a show refactored for these new and dangerous times we raise the level of the gospel message with influential performers from the past century like Blind Willie Johnson, Lonnie Johnson, The Louvin Brothers, and some contemporary interpretations to remind us that Jesus did, indeed, rock the jukebox with a steady roll. Gospel’s rhythm is the rhythm of rock ‘n roll but these songs also carry a message for all you sinners out there. Don’t let the devil ride the devil’s slide into Satan’s burning hell…all songs with a pressing message and a sense of sermon.  You can tune us in Friday evenings on 92.5 FM in Sonoma County or streaming to the world at kowsfm.com.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bob Brozman Devil's Slide Devil's Slide Amazon
2The Louvin Brothers Sinner, You'd Better Get Ready Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music Amazon
3Singers of United Sacred Harp Musical Assoc led by Maud Quinn Sinner's Friend Southern Journey, Vol. 10: And Glory Shone Around Amazon
4Bill Neely Satan's Burning Hell The Essential Guide To Gospel Amazon
5Robert Plant Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down Band Of Joy Amazon
6Golden Gate Quartet God's Gonna Cut 'em Down 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
7Sonny Treadway Don't Let The Devil Ride Sacred Steel Guitar Amazon
8The Blind Boys Of Alabama Freedom Road Higher Ground Amazon
9Reverend Robert Ballinger And The Gospel Chimes John Saw How Sweet it Was Amazon
10Sister Rosetta Tharpe The Devil Has Thrown Him Down The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3] Amazon
11The Harmonizing Four Oh Sinner Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
12The Swan Silvertones Sinner Man Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
13The Silver Quintette Sinner's Crossroads Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
14The Soul Stirrers Sinner Run To Jesus (Take 1) Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
15Johnny Cash God's Gonna Cut You Down American V: A Hundred Highways Amazon
16Elder Charles Beck Rock And Roll Sermon – Part 1 Document Shortcuts Vol. 1 "God Don't Like It" Amazon
17The White Stripes Seven Nation Army Elephant Amazon
18The Almanac Singers Get Thee Behind Me, Satan Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1] Amazon
19The Louvin Brothers What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul Close Harmony [Disc 8] Amazon
20The Louvin Brothers Satan Lied to Me Long Play Collection Amazon
21Fern Jones Strange Things Happening Every Day The Glory Road Amazon
22Brother Claude Ely You Took The Wrong Road Again Satan Get Back Amazon
23Fern Jones I Do Believe The Glory Road Amazon
24Lonnie Johnson Devil's Got The Blues Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1 Amazon
25Mavis And The Staple Singers Uncloudy Day Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
26Piney Grove Spiritual Singers of Milledgeville, Ga Get Back Satan The Pitch/Gusman Records Story Amazon
27Gospel Supremes Sinner Man Local Customs: Downriver Revival Amazon
28Reverend Gary Davis Pure Religion Harlem Street Singer Amazon
29Flying Clouds of Augusta, Ga Don't Let The Devil Ride The Pitch/Gusman Records Story Amazon
30Blind Willie Johnson If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down The Complete Blind Willie Johnson (Disc 1) Amazon
31Tony Bennett Sing You Sinners [#] The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1 Amazon
32Brother Claude Ely There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel Amazon

Dope Head Blues

It’s one of the novelty topics but that’s only whistling in the graveyard now, isn’t it? An episode of vipers and wild nights backstage, a reflection of the party atmosphere and the debauchery that would often take place after long nights of performing and jiving. We’ll also touch on the devil’s weed, as it was once known before the recognition of Victorian sensibilities was ejected in favor of common sense. The music will include primarily blues and jazz but we’ll also dip into some later novelty sounds to keep us all honest with the topics of coke, opium, marijuana, and pills on the agenda. Sweet bath house sounds from Bette Midler, wistful sounds from Phil Lawrence and Dan Hicks take center stage alongside the music of The Cats & The Fiddle, Fats Waller, Barney Bigard, and Cab Calloway. Quite a lineup and quite a topic surrounded by junkies, reefers, hadacol concoctions, and mellow stuff…so we hope you’ll drop by on a Friday morning in Sonoma County.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Willie Mabon Got To Have Some I'm The Fixer : The Best Of The USA Records Sessions Amazon
2The Ink Spots That Cat Is High Cocaine Blues Amazon
3The Cats & The Fiddle Killin' Jive The Very Best Of Amazon
4The Spirits of Rhythm Junk Man Cocaine Blues Amazon
5Cleo Brown The Stuff Is Here And It's Mellow The Legendary Cleo Brown Amazon
6Champion Jack Dupree Junker's Blues ABC Of The Blues Vol 6 Amazon
7Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Junco Partner Louis Jordan: Let the Good Times Roll – The Anthology 1938-1953 Amazon
8Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks Long Comma Viper The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973 Amazon
9Phil Lawrence Viper's Dream Mandolin Heaven Amazon
10Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys You're a Viper Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
11Louis Armstrong Song Of The Vipers [Album Version] Louis Armstrong: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934 Amazon
12Lalo Guerrero Marihuana Boogie Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1] Amazon
13Bette Midler Marahuana Songs For The New Depression Amazon
14Julia Lee Marijuana Kansas City Star [Disc 4] Amazon
15Fats Waller The Reefer Song Last Testament His Final Recor Amazon
16Barney Bigard Sextet Sweet Marihuana Brown The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
17Larry Adler Smoking Reefers The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
18Johnny Price Marijuana, The Devil Flower Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
19Johnny Cash Leave That Junk Alone The Man In Black 1954-1958 [Disc 2] Amazon
20Hot Lips Page Feelin' High And Happy Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3] Amazon
21Ella Fitzgerald When I Get Low I Get High Cryin' Mood Amazon
22Cab Calloway Kickin' The Gong Around The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp Amazon
23Julia Lee Pipe Dreams Kansas City Star [Disc 5] Amazon
24Tampa Red That Stuff Is Here Tampa Red The Guitar Wizard Amazon
25Cedar Creek Sheik Don't Use That Stuff Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice Amazon
26Dick Justice Cocaine Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters Amazon
27Reverend Gary Davis Cocaine Blues Blues And Ragtime Amazon
28Charley Jordan Just A Spoonful Cocaine Blues Amazon
29Slim & Slam Chinatown, My Chinatown Cocaine Blues Amazon
30Dr. John Junko Partner The Ultimate Dr. John Amazon
31The Treniers Hadacole (That's All) They Rock! They Roll! They Swing! Amazon