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Wake Up Everybody

July 3, 2026 Dave

Tomorrow isn’t a guarantee; it’s a promise we keep to one another. In times when the airwaves and headlines feel crowded with division, hatred, and the loud noise of demagoguery, all in reaction to barbarous and vile language from the highest quarters, the antidote has always been found in the music. This week on Deeper Roots, we are celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary by stepping directly into the storm with a playlist designed to uplift, fortify, and remind us of what’s worth fighting for. Count on sounds from Gillian Welch, Willie Nelson, Sam Cooke, Chet Baker and a few dozen more as we dive deep into a century of American music, bringing you powerful songs of the spirit from the gospel canon alongside timeless anthems of resistance that call on us to rise above the attacks on our shared democracy. This isn’t just a look back at history—it’s a toolkit for the present.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Mahalia Jackson	I Will Move On Up A Little Higher	Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken	1999	00:00
2	The Edwin Hawkins Singers	I'm Going Through	Oh Happy Day: The Best Of The Edwin Hawkins Singers	1969	08:19
3	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	I Shall Not Be Moved	I'll Find A Way	2013	13:20
4	Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder	I Shall Not Be Moved	Get On Board	2022	15:56
5	Connie Smith	Farther Along	Connie Smith 1965-1966	2011	20:10
6	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	Farther Along	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]	1956	22:59
7	Larry Campbell	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning	Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams	2015	30:59
8	The Browns	Fair and Tender Ladies	Classics 1963-1964 (Warped 6384)	2010	34:59
9	Willie Nelson	Healing Hands of Time	Wanted! The Outlaws [Bonus Tracks]	1996	37:25
10	Elvis Presley	(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)	Elvis By The Presleys [Disc 1]	1957	39:39
11	The Impressions	Keep On Pushing	Ultimate Collection: The Impressions	1964	42:58
12	Joe Ely	The Road Goes On Forever	The Best Of Joe Ely 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection	1992	50:29
13	Sara Evans	Born To Fly	Laying Tracks	2003	54:56
14	B.B. King & Dr. John	There Must Be A Better World Somewhere	Deuces Wild	1997	58:46
15	The Bronzemen	Hold On (Keep Yo' Hand On The Plow)	The Bronzemen – Radio Transcriptions (1939)	1939	1:03:24
16	Mahalia Jackson	Keep Your Hand on the Plow	The World's Greatest Gospel Singer	1954	1:10:33
17	Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come	Hard To Find Jukebox Classics 1960-64: 30 Amazing Stereo Hits	2016	1:12:58
18	Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions	People Get Ready	Akeelah And The Bee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	2006	1:15:32
19	Fats Domino	Walking To New Orleans	The Rock 'n' Roll Era: 1960	1960	1:18:08
20	The Four Tops	Reach Out I'll Be There	The Classic Sixties: 1966	1966	1:20:02
21	Ray Charles	I Believe to My Soul	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1	1997	1:22:58
22	Keb' Mo'	Wake Up Everybody	Peace…Back By Popular Demand	2004	1:30:06
23	The Staple Singers	I'll Take You There	I'll Take You There	1972	1:34:07
24	Jo Stafford	On The Sunny Side of the Street	Candy	1944	1:37:14
25	Chet Baker	Look for the Silver Lining	Chet Baker Sings	1956	1:40:07
26	Louis Armstrong	What A Wonderful World	Lifetime Of Romance: Falling In Love [Disc 2]	1967	1:42:44
27	The Band	The Weight	Northern Songs – Canada's Best And Brightest	1968	1:44:59
28	Sly & the Family Stone	Everyday People	Anthology	1981	1:52:11
29	Bruce Springsteen	Streets of Minneapolis	Streets of Minneapolis – Single	2026	1:54:30

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Nine Pound Hammer

May 30, 2026 Dave

We’ve got ourselves a musical breadcrumb trail show featuring songs connected by titles, themes, characters, occupations, relationships, Cajun culture, tattoos, grace, summer romance, and a healthy dose of American eccentricity. We’ll be taking our journey from country to rockabilly, some Howlin’ Wolf, classic doo-wop, folk, gospel, swamp pop, and everything in between. It’s a scenic route through a century of American music. Starting with John Prine’s “Nine Pound Hammer,” we’ll follow a trail that winds through the Louvin Brothers, Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley, The Band, Johnny Cash, John Lee Hooker, Sam Cooke, and many others. Join us for another Friday morning two hours winding through the back roads. Because that’s where the roots run deepest.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	John Prine	Nine Pound Hammer	Sweet Revenge	1973	00:00
2	The Louvin Brothers	Are You Teasing Me	Capitol Country Music Classics	0	05:15
3	Willie Nelson	House Of Gold	Country Music	2010	08:05
4	The Grateful Dead	Operator	American Beauty	1970	12:37
5	Elvis Presley	The Girl of My Best Friend	Artist of the Century Disc 2	1999	14:57
6	Ral Donner	Girl Of My Best Friend	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961	1961	17:13
7	The Band	Jemima Surrender	The Band	1969	19:21
8	Johnny Cash	I Will Rock And Roll With You	The Legend: Old Favorites And New [Disc 2]	1978	28:06
9	Ivory Joe Hunter	You Can't Stop This Rocking and Rolling	Ivory Joe Hunter	2005	30:49
10	Chuck Willis	Caldonia	Roots of Rock 'n' Roll:Rough and Rowdy Vol. 3	1952	33:03
11	The Debs	Whaddaya Want	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55 vol. 2	2005	35:22
12	Videos	Trickle Trickle	Doo Wop Box Disc 3	1994	37:52
13	Jackie Wilson	That's Why (I Love You So)	7 Classic Albums	1959	45:55
14	The Sheppards	Elevator Operator	Golden Classics	1989	47:54
15	Howlin' Wolf	My Life	Smokestack Lightning /The Complete Chess Masters 1951-1960	1956	49:26
16	John Lee Hooker	One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer	The Definitive Collection	1966	52:23
17	Dusty Owens	Hello Operator	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2	1953	55:16
18	Freddy Cannon	Buzz Buzz-A-Diddle It	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 3	1961	57:33
19	Steve Forbert	Complications	Jackrabbit Slim	1979	1:05:20
20	Steve Goodman	Somebody Else's Troubles	Somebody Else's Troubles	1999	1:08:59
21	Jo-el Sonnier	Cajun Woman	The Complete Mercury Sessions	1992	1:12:40
22	Lil' Band Of Gold	Cajun Twist	Americana Roots Songbook: Louisiana	2002	1:15:12
23	Skeets McDonald	The Tattooed Lady	Dirty Boogie: The Fortune Records Story	1950	1:19:20
24	Sam Cooke	Out In The Cold Again	The Rhythm And The Blues	1961	1:25:03
25	The Amazing Rhythm Aces	Amazing Grace (Used to Be Her Favorite Song)	Stacked Deck	1975	1:27:26
26	The Blind Boys of Alabama	Amazing Grace	Hear Music volume 6	0	1:30:41
27	Edd Presnell	Amazing Grace	Bluegrass Roots	2003	1:34:59
28	The Valiants and Sandy Vale	Suntan Tattoo	Banana Split for My Baby	1959	1:36:39
29	Eddie Cochran	Hallelujah I Love Her So	The London American Story – 1960	1959	1:38:41
30	David Bromberg; Dr. John	Such a Night	The Last Waltz [Rhino Box Set] Disc 1	2002	1:40:58
31	The Band	(I Don't Want To Hang Up My) Rock 'N' Roll Shoes	A Musical History [Disc 4]	1971	1:45:37
32	Randy Newman	I'm Different	Trouble in Paradise	1983	1:55:13
33	Randy Newman	Maybe I'm Doin' It Wrong	Sail Away	1970	1:57:43

Burning Love Letters

May 16, 2026 Dave

From rocking celebrations to hard-earned reflections, this week’s episode of Deeper Roots turns its attention to the man they called “The King.” We’ve got two hours with songs about Elvis Presley — musical tributes, name-drops, eulogies, and love letters from artists across the past century. Some are playful, some reverent, and some wrestle with the contradictions that made Elvis both larger than life and painfully human. Together, they form a kind of American scrapbook around a figure who never really left the cultural conversation. From the wide-eyed devotion of artists like George Jones, Janis Martin, and Bobby Bare, to later songs reflecting on the strange and tragic arc that carried Elvis from hip-shaking revolutionary to Vegas spectacle, from the Nixon White House photo-op to a lonely and frightening decline, these recordings trace the many ways America mythologized him. Whether delivered as tribute, cautionary tale, obituary, or heartfelt fan letter, the songs on this morning’s show reveal just how deeply Elvis worked his way into the DNA of rock ’n’ roll mythology — and into the imagination of generations that followed.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Elvis Presley	Elvis [Excerpt From Interview Held Sept.22 1958]	Elvis: A Legendary Performer Vol. 1	1958	00:00
2	Pat Smith	Elvis Elvis	Gals of the Big D Jamboree	1958	00:25
3	Billy Boyle	My Baby's Crazy 'Bout Elvis	The Greatest Novelty Songs	1962	05:31
4	Nervous Norvus	Elvis You're A G.I. Now	Stone Age Woo	1958	08:03
5	Bobby Bare	All American Boy	All American Boy – CD 1	1963	10:14
6	The Hunt Sisters	Elvis Is Rocking Again	Dirty Boogie:The Fortune Records Story	1960	13:09
7	Janis Martin	My Boy Elvis	Loud Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1	1999	14:40
8	George Jones	The King Is Gone (So Are You)	One Woman Man	1989	23:33
9	Steve Goodman	Elvis Imitators	Artistic Hair	1983	26:47
10	Syd Straw & The Del Lords	Listening To Elvis	200 Cadillacs	2003	29:36
11	Horace Logan	Announcements (& Elvis Has Left the Building)	At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 7)	2017	33:19
12	Gillian Welch	Elvis Presley Blues	Artist's Choice: Emmylou Harris	0	33:52
13	Dan Reeder	Clean Elvis	Oh Boy! A Sampler	0	43:56
14	Cris Cuddy	Dear Elvis	Dear Elvis	2015	46:31
15	Greg Brown	Jesus and Elvis	Poet Game	1994	49:49
16	John Stewart	I Want To Be Elvis	Havana	2003	53:17
17	Loudon Wainwright III	Happy Birthday Elvis	Career Moves	1993	56:39
18	Leon Russell	Elvis and Marilyn	Americana	1978	1:00:37
19	Sonny Burgess	Bigger Than Elvis	Sonny Burgess	1996	1:09:05
20	Stray Cats	Elvis on Velvet	Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92	1997	1:11:43
21	Mojo Nixon	Elvis Is Everywhere	Bo-Day-Shus!!!	1986	1:15:59
22	Derailers	I Love Me Some Elvis	Genuine	2003	1:20:50
23	Hayes Carll	Jesus and Elvis	What It Is	2019	1:27:07
24	The Tractors	The Elvis Thing	Farmers in a Changing World	1998	1:30:25
25	Alannah Myles	Black Velvet	The Atlantic Story [UK] Disc 2	0	1:35:42
26	Kacey Musgraves	Velvet Elvis	Golden Hour	2018	1:39:38
27	Marc Cohn	Walking in Memphis	VH1 Classic: The Cuts	2003	1:42:07
28	Paul Simon	Graceland	Graceland	1986	1:46:11
29	Cowboy Junkies	Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)	The Trinity Session	1988	1:54:27

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Tears On The Vinyl

May 9, 2026 Dave

They say that tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it. Whether they are shed in the dark of a midnight heartbreak, the overwhelming light of a spiritual awakening, or the quiet ache of a memory that just won’t fade, these tiny drops of salt water carry the weight of our history. Today, we’re tracing those trails down the cheeks of American music. with a show whose theme is ‘tears’. We’ve got two hours of the lonesome, the joyful, and the broken-hearted. Featured artists include Etta James, Mac Wiseman, Big Maybelle, Faron Young and The Pilgrim Travelers, spanning the past century of America’s music from the mid-1930s to a cover of Tennessee Ernie Ford’s Ocean of Tears from 2019. We’ll experience tears that take us from remorse to pure joy and pleasant surprise full circle to tears brought on by physical pain. So pull up a chair, settle in, and let’s let the music do the weeping for us.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Little Anthony & The Imperials	Tears on My Pillow	The Best of Little Anthony & The Imperials	1958	00:00
2	Chuck Jackson	Tears Of Joy	The Very Best Of Chuck Jackson 1961-1967	1963	05:35
3	Gladys Knight & The Pips	Letter Full Of Tears	Soul Grooves	2002	08:13
4	Tammi Terrell	Tears At The End Of A Love Affair	Come On And See Me: The Complete Solo Collection	1969	10:52
5	Smokey Robinson & the Miracles	Tears of a Clown	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 2	1970	13:48
6	Johnny Rivers	The Tracks of My Tears	Greatest Hits [Capitol]	1967	16:45
7	Etta James	Tears Of Joy	The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1	1956	24:59
8	Bonnie Raitt	River Of Tears	Green Light	1982	27:25
9	Big Maybelle	Ocean Of Tears	The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55	1955	32:10
10	Pee Wee Crayton	Eyes Full Of Tears	Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings	1954	34:37
11	Ray Charles	Drown in My Own Tears	Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8)	1959	36:42
12	The Jackson Southernaires	No Tears in Heaven	Great Gospel – No Tears in Heaven	2004	44:04
13	The Pilgrim Travelers	God Shall Wipe All Tears Away	Good News Vol. 4: Glory Glory Hallelujah	1949	49:10
14	The Staple Singers	I Can't Help From Cryin' Sometime	Great Day	1962	51:27
15	Robert Plant and The Soweto Gospel Choir	Valley Of Tears	Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 2]	2007	53:43
16	Jean Shepard	Crying Holy	24 Greatest Gospel Hits	2009	55:51
17	Bad Livers	Crying Holy Unto The Lord	Dust On The Bible	1998	57:52
18	Mac Wiseman	Crying Heart Blues	Grassroots To Bluegrass	1990	1:07:57
19	Country Gentlemen	Silence or Tears	Warped 6119 – Country Gentlemen – 1961	1961	1:10:20
20	David Grisman; Emory Gordy; Herb Pedersen; Jim Buchanan; Vince Gill	The Children Are Crying	Here Today	1982	1:12:56
21	Dolly Parton	Endless Stream of Tears	The Grass Is Blue	1999	1:15:28
22	Faron Young	Trail Of Tears	Hello Walls / The Young Approach	1961	1:18:01
23	Dick Curless	Tears Instead of Cheers	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD6 (1950-1969)	1996	1:20:10
24	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Ocean Of Tears	The History Of Country & Western Music (Disc 20)	0	1:24:50
25	JP Harris	Ocean of Tears (feat. Miss Tess)	Why Don't We Duet in the Road (Again) – EP	2019	1:27:23
26	Skeets McDonald	Curtain Of Tears	Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection	1952	1:29:57
27	Ray Campi	Curtain Of Tears	Country Boy's Dream	1988	1:32:17
28	Ella Fitzgerald	Crying My Heart Out For You	Cryin' Mood	1939	1:36:02
29	Anita O'Day	And Her Tears Flowed Like Wine	Sentimental Journey: Great Ladies of Song	1944	1:39:08
30	Dinah Washington	You're Crying (from The Swingin' Miss D)	Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums	1956	1:42:12
31	Chris Connor	Time Out For Tears	Warm Cool: The Atlantic Years [Disc 1]	1999	1:45:39
32	Dinah Shore	Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside)	Your Hit Parade: 1946	1946	1:48:18
33	Lula Reed	I'll Drown In My Own Tears	Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio	1951	1:53:57
34	Johnny Ray	Cry	Columbia Records 125th Anniversary	1951	1:56:47

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Backbeat ’50

May 2, 2026 Dave

It’s a 1950 heatwave of rhythm and blues sounds this morning on Deeper Roots. We’ll move away from anything that might be polite or polished and turn our attention to the sweat-soaked, neon-lit world of rhythm and blues, a sound that was the early morning thunder and lightning just ahead of the dawn of rock ‘n roll. We’re focusing on the year 1950 where jump blues started to grow teeth — where the saxophones were honking, the backbeats hitting harder, and indie labels from Memphis to LA were capturing lightning in a bottle. From the smoky corners of the Delta to the high voltage clubs of the North, we’re digging deep into the crates for the some pounding rhythms from Dave Bartholomew, Julia Lee, Bull Moose Jackson, Jimmy McCracklin as well as Buddy and Ella Johnson…oh, and some Tiny Bradshaw’s Breaking Up The House. As Chuck Berry pointed out: “…it’s got a backbeat, you can’t lose it, any old time you use it”.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Sister Wynona Carr	Don't Miss That Train	Dragnet For Jesus	1950	00:00
2	Buddy & Ella Johnson	Walk the Chalk Line	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2 [Disc 7]	1950	05:22
3	Ella Johnson	No More Love	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females	1950	07:56
4	Jimmy McCracklin	Rockin? All Day (a/k/a Rockin? and Reelin?)	Electric Blues?Part 1: Beginnings 1939-1954	1950	10:56
5	Bull Moose Jackson	Big Fat Mamas Are Back In Style Again	Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950	1950	13:34
6	Cleo Brown	Roll It Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57	1950	15:54
7	Eunice Davis	Rock Little Daddy	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57	1950	25:17
8	Austin McCoy	Happy Pay Day Part 1	More Mellow Cats & Kittens	1950	27:46
9	Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra w/Myra Johnson	Silent George	Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B	1950	30:56
10	Jewel King	3×7=21	Get Hot Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3	1950	33:32
11	Jewel King	I Broke My Mother's Rule	Gettin' Funky [Disc 4]	1950	36:04
12	Julia Lee	Can't Get Enough Of That Stuff	Kansas City Star [Disc 5]	1950	38:17
13	Violet Hall	He's An Ivory Beating Baby (On The Baby Grand)	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57	1950	41:16
14	Johnnie Brown	I'm Gonna Stop (Foolin' Around)	Jumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD)	1950	48:49
15	Tiny Bradshaw	Breaking Up the House	Breaking Up the House [Disc 2]	1950	51:12
16	Tiny Bradshaw	Well Oh Well	Breaking Up the House [Disc 2]	1950	53:51
17	Wynonie Harris	I Want To Love You Baby	All She Wants To Do Is Rock	1950	56:29
18	Dave Bartholomew	Ain't Gonna Do It (Rest Of My Life)	Gettin' Funky [Disc 2]	1950	59:21
19	Connie Jordan	I'm Gonna Rock (Till My Rocker Breaks Down)	Jumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD)	1950	1:07:07
20	Ruth Brown	I'll Wait For You	Miss Rhythm Greatest Hits And More Disc 1	1950	1:09:52
21	Ivory Joe Hunter	We're Going to Boogie	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]	1950	1:12:25
22	King Perry	Everything's Gonna Be Alright Tonight	Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1]	1950	1:15:25
23	Gene Phillips	Women Women Women	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52	1950	1:17:46
24	Erline Harris	Jump And Shout	Get Hot Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3	1950	1:20:35
25	Percy Mayfield	Strange Things Happening	Poet of the Blues	1950	1:25:26
26	The Robins	If It's So	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'	1950	1:28:12
27	The Dominoes	Chicken Blues	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'	1950	1:31:14
28	H-Bomb Ferguson	Rock H-Bomb Rock	Stompin' 14	1950	1:34:02
29	Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men	Love Don't Love Nobody	Original Blues/Greatest Hits	1950	1:36:10
30	Little Esther & Mel Walker w; Johnny Otis Orchestra	Cupid's Boogie	Roots of Rock 'n' Roll – Rough and Rowdy Vol. 3	1950	1:38:51
31	The Ravens	My Baby's Gone	OKeh Rhythm & Blues	1950	1:41:24
32	The Three Riffs	Cherry In My Lemon And Lime	Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm	1950	1:44:09
33	Harry Van Walls	Tee-nah-nah	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]	1950	1:46:34
34	Fats Domino	Hey La Bas Boogie	Gettin' Funky [Disc 3] – The Hitmakers	1950	1:53:53
35	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	Gettin' Funky [Disc 3] – The Hitmakers	1950	1:56:14

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Trouble In Mind

April 24, 2026 Dave

Get ready for a deep dive into the last 100 years of America’s musical DNA. This week’s Deeper Roots is a ‘romp’ in the truest sense—a free form show celebrating the winsome, the lonesome, and everything in between. We’ve got a heavy-hitting lineup including Etta James, Jimmie Davis, and Billie Holiday, spanning the full spectrum of gospel, country, blues, and jazz. Dave’s been digging through the “digital crates” of the past century to bring you two hours of essential, sometimes irreverent, always authentic sounds. Whether the selections are wholesome or a bit rowdy, this episode runs the full gamut of the American songbook. Pull up a chair at the Deeper Roots dining hall this Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio—there is plenty of soul to go around.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Trouble In My Mind	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of	2008	00:00
2	Louis Armstrong	Nobody Knows De Trouble I've Seen	Louis And The Good Book	1938	05:34
3	Sam Cooke	Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (4 of 4)	1963	08:34
4	The Whitstein Brothers	I'm Troubled	Old Time Duets	1989	12:04
5	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	I'm So Glad (Trouble Don't Last Always)	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2]	1955	14:42
6	The Harlem Hamfats	I'm In So Much Trouble Now	Harlem Hamfats Vol. 3 1937-1938	2005	17:53
7	Fats Domino	Bad Luck and Trouble	Fats Domino Out of New Orleans	1961	26:02
8	Mavis Staples Levon Helm	Trouble In My Mind	Carry Me Home	2022	28:38
9	Lee Hazlewood	Trouble Is A Lonesome Town	400 Miles From L.A. 1955-56	1956	33:33
10	Kay Starr	I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town	Capitol Collectors Series	1947	35:47
11	The Modernaires	It's A Lonesome Old Town (When You're Not Around)	The Complete Modernaires On Columbia Vol 2 (1946-1947)	1947	38:30
12	Jimmie Davis	Louisiana Hayride Intro	At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 9)	2017	46:03
13	Jimmie Davis	Pi-Rootin' Around	Nobody's Darlin' But Mine: 1928-1937	1937	47:13
14	Scott Miller & the Commonwealth	Drunk All Around This Town	Reconstruction	2007	49:57
15	Wayne Hancock	Life's Lonesome Road	A-Town Blues	2001	52:32
16	Rick Nelson	Lonesome Town (Unreleased)	Legacy [Disc 1]	1958	54:08
17	Happy Valley Boys	Homecoming Time In Happy Valley	Classic Field Recordings	1940	1:01:08
18	Tom T. Hall	Homecoming (Single Version)	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall	2006	1:03:54
19	Josh Ritter	Homecoming	Sermon on the Rocks	2015	1:07:00
20	Bob Dylan & The Band	Kickin' My Dog Around	The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11	2014	1:12:19
21	Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers	Ya Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog Aroun'	Various Artists: Bob Dylan – Cover To Cover – The Originals VOL. 2 [Disc 2]	1926	1:15:00
22	Leon Chappel	(I'm A) Long Gone Doggie	Automatic Mama	1951	1:17:42
23	Betty Hall Jones	This Joint's Too Hip For Me	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]	1949	1:25:17
24	Julia Lee	Tell Me Daddy	The Essential Julia Lee Vol 1	1948	1:27:47
25	Mabel Scott	Wailin' Daddy	Rhythm'n'blues Nasty	2005	1:30:34
26	Etta James	Tell Mama	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]	1967	1:33:17
27	The Shangri-Las	I'm Blue	Myrmidons of Melodrama	1965	1:35:34
28	Willy DeVille	I'm Blue So Blue	Unplugged in Berlin	2011	1:38:58
29	Dan Penn	Blues Of The Month Club	Smoke Filled Room	2026	1:42:52
30	Willie Nelson	Am I Blue	Nite Life: Greatest Hits & Rare Tracks (1959-1971)	1964	1:47:26
31	Billie Holiday	Am I Blue?	The Quintessential Billie Holiday Vol. 9 (1940 – 1942)	1941	1:53:54
32	Julie London	I Must Have That Man!	Wild Cool and Swingin'	1999	1:56:40

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Heavenly Day

March 21, 2026 Dave

It’s a free form morning as Dave once again digs out some favorites and some deep tracks from the last century of America’s music. He’ll be paying his respects to Doug Sahm’s keyboard master, Augie Meyers, while at the same time picking on some thematic tones, including that of heaven, an early century legend by the name of Lulu, early rhythm and western from 1950 as well as a collection of soul tracks that glistened in the winds from 1967. Tune in for The Ink Spots, Jimmy Newman, John Prine, The Castaleers and Fats Waller…a sampler from the past one hundred years. Free form mornings here on KOWS occur only once in a blue moon so you’ll want to be tuning in for more music discovery from all genre corners. You’re invited to come on up to the house where we’re ready, willing and waiting to entertain, putting the madness of a wannabe king behind you for a two-hour joyful jaunt where you’ll find three chords and the truth.

Women’s History Month

March 14, 2026 Dave

This week we celebrate Women’s History Month the way we know best — by following the music. For more than a century, women have shaped the sound of America’s story. They didn’t just sing the songs — they wrote them, bent them, electrified them, sanctified them, and sometimes had to fight just to be heard over them. From the tent shows and juke joints of the 1920s to arena stages and global spotlights, women have carried rhythm, blues, gospel, country, rock, pop — and the truth — on their shoulders. Tune in this coming Friday morning for a journey that begins at the foundation. Before rock and roll. Before crossover radio. When the blues was still carving its name into shellac and history. We’ll then make our way into the genres of jazz, country, rock, and gospel where women’ influenced the deeper roots of American music and you find their fingerprints everywhere — in the blues phrasing, in the gospel shout, in the country confession, in the pop hook, in the rock-and-roll roar.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Ma Rainey	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Ma Rainey
2	Keb' Mo' Featuring Rosanne Cash	Put A Woman In Charge	Put A Woman In Charge
3	Bessie Smith & Louis Armstrong	St. Louis Blues	I Heard It On NPR: Shake These Blues
4	Memphis Minnie	Me And My Chauffeur Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
5	Ethel Waters	Heat Wave	Ethel Waters 1929 -1939 (feat. Duke Ellington & Benny Goodman)
6	Billie Holiday	God Bless The Child	Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 10]
7	Ella Fitzgerald	Goody, Goody	75th Birthday Celebration [Disc 2]
8	Dinah Washington	What a Diff'rence a Day Makes	The Essential Dinah Washington: The Great Songs
9	Jimmie Grier	The Object Of My Affection	50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s
10	Ivie Anderson	It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	An Introduction To Ivie Anderson
11	Tommy Dorsey, The Pied Pipers, Jo Stafford	Embraceable You	I Got Rhythm: The Music of George Gershwin
12	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Rock Me	Oxford American 10th Anniversary Southern Music CD [Disc 2] "Past Masters" [2008]
13	Mahalia Jackson	Move On Up A Little Higher, Pt. 1	Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
14	Nina Simone	See Line Women	The Ultimate Nina Simone
15	Betty Carter	Open the Door	American Beauty
16	Judy Garland	Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart	Your Hit Parade – 1943
17	Sarah Vaughan	I Feel So Smoochie	September Song
18	Kay Starr	Rock and Roll Waltz	Your Hit Parade – 1956
19	Peggy Lee	Sugar (That Sugar Baby O' Mine)	The Capitol Collector's Series
20	Katie Shore	You're From Texas	It's All Her Fault: A Tribute To Cindy Walker
21	Mother Maybelle Carter	Keep on the Sunny Side	Ash Grove (Live April 20, 1963)
22	Patsy Cline	Why Can't He Be You	The Patsy Cline Collection
23	Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	American Roots Music (Disc One-Country)
24	Dolly Parton	Jolene	Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2]
25	Loretta Lynn	She's Got You	Classic Country 1975-1979 [Disc 2]
26	Wanda Jackson	Funnel Of Love	Queen Of Rockabilly
27	Etta James	Come What May	The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1
28	Aretha Franklin	Think	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
29	Ruth Brown	Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean	Ruth Brown: The Definitive Soul Collection [[Disc 1]]
30	The Crystals	Da Doo Ron Ron	The Best Of The Crystals
31	LaVern Baker	Jim Dandy (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
32	Carole King	I Feel the Earth Move	A Natural Woman: The Ode Collection (1968-1976) (1 of 2)
33	Joni Mitchell	Chelsea Morning	Hits
34	Joan Baez	Farewell, Angelina	Baez Sings Dylan
35	Emmylou Harris	If I Could Only Win Your Love	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 5

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The Hijacked Jukebox

March 7, 2026 Dave

Join Dave Stroud for a look at a fascinating, if somewhat cringey, slice of music history, where white cover versions of black R&B nuggets were whitewashed across the pop charts in the 1950s. While the ‘cover version’ was a standard industry practice, so were the ‘sanitized’ versions of R&B hits by black artists that made them more ‘palatable’ for white radio audiences, spotlighting white artists while the original creators stayed in the shadows. It’s certainly something that could be the topic of numerous Deeper Roots episodes but we’ll limit our scope to a two hour exploration, measuring the original against the cover. On one side of the house we’ll hear from Fats Domino (a popular source for the practic), Big Joe Turner, The Moonglows and a handful of others. The other side of the house has the names of Pat Boone, Art Mooney, The Fontane Sisters and others among the dubious roster ‘favorites’. Radio and media helped to democratize the landscape but today’s parallels with the frothing ‘look over thereness’ of right wing hate is unmistakable and hard to ignore. It was George Santayana who observed that “those who do not learn from history, are bound to repeat it.“

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Fontane Sisters	Hearts Of Stone	Vintage Music " Vols 3 & 4
2	The Jewels	Hearts of Stone	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
3	The Fontane Sisters	Rock Love	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
4	Lula Reed	Rock Love	Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
5	Eileen Barton	Fujiyama Mama	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
6	Annisteen Allen	Fujiyama Mama	From the Ghetto
7	The Crew Cuts	Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream)	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
8	The Chords	Sh-Boom	Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 1]
9	The McGuire Sisters	Sincerely	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
10	The Moonglows	Sincerely	Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 2]
11	The Crew Cuts	Don't Be Angry	High School Favorites
12	Nappy Brown	Don't Be Angry [1955 Version]	Down In The Alley – The Complete Savoy Singles A's & B's
13	The Fontane Sisters	Please Don't Leave Me	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.3
14	Fats Domino	Please Don't Leave Me	Rock And Rollin
15	Pat Boone	The Fat Man	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
16	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood
17	Pat Boone	Long Tall Sally	The London American Story Disc 1
18	Little Richard	Long Tall Sally	Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
19	Art Mooney	Tutti Frutti	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
20	Little Richard	Tutti Frutti	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3
21	Johnnie Ray	Flip Flop And Fly	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
22	Big Joe Turner	Flip Flop And Fly	Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
23	Bill Haley & His Comets	Shake, Rattle and Roll	From The Original Master Tapes
24	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle & Roll	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
25	Teresa Brewer	Tweedle Dee	The Best Of Teresa Brewer
26	LaVern Baker	Tweedlee Dee	Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 2]
27	Gale Storm	Why Do Fools Fall in Love	The London American Story Disc 1
28	Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers	Why Do Fools Fall in Love	Gems from the Columbia Vaults, Pt. 1
29	Georgia Gibbs	Dance With Me Henry	Georgia Gibbs Greatest Hits
30	Etta James	The Wallflower	The Best of Etta James [EMI-Capitol Special Markets]
31	Jean Dinning	Bo Diddley	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
32	Bo Diddley	Bo Diddley	Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 2]
33	The Hilltoppers	Teardrops From My Eyes	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
34	Ruth Brown	Teardrops From My Eyes	Ruth Brown: The Definitive Soul Collection [[Disc 1]]
35	Jaye P Morgan	Baby Don't Do It	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.3
36	The 5 Royales	Baby Don't Do It	The Complete Singles 1952-1962
37	Perry Como	Ko Ko Mo	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
38	The Flamingos	Ko Ko Mo	The Best Of The Flamingos
39	Ricky Nelson	I'm Walkin'	Legacy [Disc 1]

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Mid-Century Modern Jazz

February 27, 2026 Dave

Blue and cool is the mood as we spin the dial back to the 1950s — a decade of chrome, tailfins, Cold War tension, Beat poetry, and late-night cigarette smoke curling toward the ceiling of a dimly lit club. Beneath the middle class culture of the day, there was a restless heartbeat of jazz. This was the era when bebop matured into cool, hard bop caught fire, and modal explorations began reshaping the language of improvisation. Artists like Miles Davis refined understatement into revolution, John Coltrane stretched harmony toward spiritual searching, Thelonious Monk bent notes and expectations alike, and Ella Fitzgerald turned the human voice into a virtuosic instrument. Jazz in the ’50s wasn’t background music — it was conversation, protest, poetry, and possibility. Dave’s selected some important landmarks and deep tracks that take you into those dusty digital bins of jazz and improvisation this morning on Deeper Roots.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	George Shearing Quintet Feat. Nancy Wilson	Lullaby Of Birdland	The Swingin's Mutual!
2	Charlie Parker	Blues For Alice	Confirmation: The Best Of The Verve Years
3	Charlie Parker	Au Privave	Confirmation: The Best Of The Verve Years
4	Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers	Doodlin'	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 4]
5	Sal Salvador	Round Trip	Capitol Jazz 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3]
6	The Modern Jazz Quartet	Django	Django
7	Chet Baker	My Funny Valentine	Closer Than A Kiss: Crooner Classics
8	Erroll Garner Trio	Misty	Your Hit Parade – 1954
9	Clifford Brown & Max Roach	I Get A Kick Out Of You	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 4]
10	Sonny Rollins	St. Thomas	Saxophone Colossus
11	Sonny Rollins	Oleo	Prestige Profiles Bonus
12	Eddie Heywood	Soft Summer Breeze	Great Instrumental Hits Of The 50s-80s (10 Songs)
13	Thelonious Monk	Nice Work If You Can Get It	The Original Jazz Masters Series – Vol. 4 [Disc 5]
14	Count Basie	Li'l Darlin'	Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie
15	Lee Morgan	I Remember Clifford	Side Man
16	John Coltrane	Blue Train	Blue Train
17	Cannonball Adderley	Dancing In The Dark	Somethin' Else
18	Johnny Hodges	Satin Doll	Blues A Plenty
19	Miles Davis	Blue in Green	Kind of Blue
20	Charles Mingus	Goodbye Pork Pie Hat	Mingus Ah Um

A Century of America's Music