Category Archives: Free Form

Carl Sandburg’s Songbag

Published in 1927, populist poet Carl Sandburg’s anthology of American folksongs was in print for over 70 years. It influenced generations of musicians and is a cornerstone in the foundation of American folk and tradition. Sandburg himself described it as a “ragbag of stripes and streaks of color from nearly all ends of the earth…rich with the diversity of the United States.” Today’s show pulls samples from the book featuring performances by Dan Zanes, Bob Dylan, The Weavers, The Blue Sky Boys, and David Rawlings. True Americana from the deeper wells of America’s music.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Zora Layman & The Hometowners When The Curtains Of The Night Are Pinned Back By The Stars Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats Amazon
2Johnny Cash The Streets of Laredo Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 2] Amazon
3Sons of the Pioneers Lone Star Trail Songs of the Prairie – CD2 Amazon
4Tex Ritter Whoopee Ti Yi Yo (Git Along Little Dogies) Have I Stayed Away Too Long Amazon
5The Weavers Get Along Little Dogies The Weavers Almanac Amazon
6Woody Guthrie Buffalo Skinners (traditional, arr. Woody Guthrie) Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
7Oscar Brand The Tenderfoot Pie In The Sky Amazon
8The Blue Sky Boys Trail To Mexico American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1] Amazon
9Marc Williams The Little Old Sod Shanty On My Claim Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats Amazon
10Mac Wiseman Turkey In The Straw Sings Old Time Country Favorites Amazon
11The Blue Sky Boys Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet Presenting The Blue Sky Boys Amazon
12Dan Zanes I Was Born Almost Ten Thousand Years Ago Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag Amazon
13Dan Zanes California Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag Amazon
14Hylo Brown Sweet Betsy From Pike Legends & Tall Tales Amazon
15BR5-49 Sweet Betsy from Pike Song of America Amazon
16Tennessee Ernie Ford Who Will Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot This Lusty Land Amazon
17Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers The Old Gray Mare And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 2 Amazon
18David Rawlings Money Is the Meat in the Coconut Poor David's Almanack Amazon
19Kilby Snow Chicken Reel (Folk) Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp Amazon
20The Everly Brothers Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet Songs Our Daddy Taught Us Amazon
21Carolina Chocolate Drops Sourwood Mountain Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind Amazon
22Molly Mason & Jay Ungar The Lover's Lament The Lovers' Waltz Amazon
23Marty Robbins Red River Valley All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
24Dick Curless Red River Valley A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD2 (1950-1969) Amazon
25The Doc Watson Family One Morning In May Tradition Amazon
26Dave Van Ronk Kentucky Moonshiner Inside Dave Van Ronk Amazon
27Otis Redding Down In The Valley Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
28Slim Whitman Down In The Valley Country Greats #2 Amazon
29Bob Dylan Froggie Went A-Courtin' Good As I Been To You Amazon
30Tex Ritter Froggie Went A-Courtin' Singing In The Saddle Amazon
31Dan Zanes The Monkey's Wedding Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag Amazon
32Doc Watson The Ship That Never Returned My Dear Old Southern Home Amazon
33Hank Penny It Ain't Gonna Rain No More King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1] Amazon

Lonely Avenue

Blues from a lonely place. From blues to doo wop to southern soul…from behind prison walls to that singular window in that singular room looking out from a high-rise hotel onto a busy street in urban anywhere, America. Today’s music is all about being alone. Our show explores songs written with the lonesome muse on the shoulder. Ray Charles, Joe Liggins, Earl King, and Champion Jack Dupree join in as we ponder lonesome times from the heart of the solitary blues.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Booker T. & The MG's Lonely Avenue Green Onions Amazon
2Ray Charles Lonely Avenue Doc Pomus: Singer And Songwriter [Disc 2] Amazon
3Mel Walker Feelin' Mighty Lonesome Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2 Amazon
4Johnny Ace So Lonely Memorial Album Amazon
5Smiley Turner Lonely Boy Blues Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 5]: West Coast Blues V1 Amazon
6Julia Lee Have You Ever Been Lonely Kansas City Star [Disc 2] Amazon
7Irma Thomas Woman Left Lonely My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn Amazon
8Maxine Sullivan Kind'a Lonesome Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 1] Amazon
9T-Bone Walker Blue Mood Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years Amazon
10Shakey Jake Gimme A Smile The Bluesville Years Volume 10: Country Roads, Country Days Amazon
11The Holmes Brothers I'm So Lonely Simple Truths Amazon
12Joe Liggins Blues For Tanya Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Amazon
13Sam Cooke Lonely Island The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (1 of 4) Amazon
14Eddie Burns Lonely Man Plea Delmark: 50 Years Of Jazz & Blues: Blues [Disc 1] Amazon
15James Winfield Lonely, Lonely, Nights Lonely Lonely Nights Amazon
16Champion Jack Dupree Lonely Road Blues Two Classic Albums Plus Singles Amazon
17Chris Kenner I'm Lonely, Take Me Land of 1000 Dances Amazon
18Earl King Those Lonely Lonely Nights Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
19Eddie Boyd Got Lonesome Here Third Degree (The Blues Collection Vol.58) Amazon
20Johnny Bragg Hurt & Lonely The Johnny Bragg Story Amazon
21Violet Hall (All Alone) I Sit And Cry The Mercury Blues Story (1945-1955) – Southwest Blues, Vol. 2 Amazon
22Fats Domino I'm Alone Because I Love You Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 8 Amazon
23Clarence "Frogman" Henry Lonely Street Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry Amazon
24Freddie King Lonesome Whistle Blues Ultimate Collection Amazon
25Lowell Fulson Everyday I Have The Blues Trying to Find My Baby Amazon
26Smiley Lewis Lonesome Highway ABC Of The Blues Vol 25 Amazon
27Nappy Brown I'm Getting Lonesome Down In The Alley – The Complete Savoy Singles A's & B's Amazon
28Little Richard Lonesome And Blue The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
29Ray Charles & Betty Carter Alone Together Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated To You Amazon
30Ella Fitzgerald I'm the Lonesomest Gal in Town Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41 Amazon
31Lillie Mae Kirkman Lonesome Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949) Amazon
32Julia Lee Back Street (06-13-47) 1947 Amazon

Women of 60s Southern Soul

Their songs are iconic and their voices, unforgettable. From the deep south and southeast, from the church choirs to the small urban clubs, there were only a handful of female soul vocalists who hit it big with crossover chart sounds.  But there were so many more whose voices did not find the venue or the right producer or label to take them to the next level. They were mostly unknown but in our show this week, we’ll try to share examples of what might have been. We’ll hear from Veda Brown, Carla Thomas, Ruby Johnson, and the great Judy Clay on a show full of upbeat and backbeat soul, brass, Stax, and Volt. Discover those female soul sounds that continue to inspire and influence…here on Deeper Roots on a Friday morning in West County.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Veda Brown Short Stopping Stax 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
2Barbara & the Browns In My Heart The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4 Amazon
3Barbara & the Browns My Lover The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4 Amazon
4Carla Thomas B-A-B-Y Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] Amazon
5Carla Thomas I Want to Be Your Baby The Queen Alone Amazon
6Carla Thomas Give Me Enough (To Keep Me Going) The Queen Alone [Expanded Reissue] Amazon
7Jean Wells Have A Little Mercy Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition Amazon
8Jean Wells Ordinary Woman Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition Amazon
9Barbara Stephens I Don't Worry 60's Southern Soul, Vol. 2 Amazon
10Veda Brown Take It Off Her (And Put It On Me) Private Numbers Amazon
11Barbara Lynn You'll Lose A Good Thing Art Laboe's Dedicated To You, Vol. 2 Amazon
12Barbara Lynn You're Losing Me After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters Amazon
13Ruby Johnson Come to Me My Darling The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (6 of 9) Amazon
14Ruby Johnson I'll Run Your Hurt Away Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2 Amazon
15Irma Thomas Gone Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
16Irma Thomas Look Up (AKA Whenever) Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
17Irma Thomas Ruler of My Heart Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
18Mitty Collier I Had A Talk With My Man Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
19Sugar Pie DeSanto Here You Come Running Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
20Fontella Bass The Soul Of A Man Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
21Judy Clay You Can't Run Away from Your Heart The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (8 of 9) Amazon
22Judy Clay & William Bell Private Number Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] Amazon
23Judy Clay & William Bell Love-Eye-Tis Private Numbers Amazon
24Betty Harris Cry to Me Soul from the South Amazon
25Betty Harris Mean Man Soul from the South Amazon
26Betty Harris I'm Evil Tonight Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky 2-2 1957- Amazon
27Linda Lyndell What A Man Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] Amazon
28Etta James Pushover Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
29Wendy Rene Give You What I Got The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4 Amazon
30Wendy Rene After Laughter (Comes Tears) Oxford American 10th Anniversary Music Sampler, [Disc 1]: "Future Masters" [Oxford American, 2008] Amazon
31Jan Bradley Mama Didn't Lie Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
32Shirley Brown Woman To Woman Stax Number Ones Amazon

Dylan & The Gospel

The argument has been made that Bob Dylan’s earliest music contained more prophetic prose than his deep dive into the Christian faith in Slow Train Coming. His pen had always leaned on the big story lines of Old and New Testaments but he went all out, much as he did in his ‘rock’ conversion, when he made the direct connection to matters of the soul that he would find in the Bible. This week’s show features the gospel songs of Bob Dylan, performed by gospel greats The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Fairfield Four, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, and so many others. Tune into Sonoma County Community radio for a Dylan gospel fest including Maria Muldaur and Willie Nile.

 

Springtime in Alaska

Winsome sounds from every corner, opening with Johnny Horton and closing somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon line with the soul of Barbara Lynn. Today’s show reaches into the jazz bins for something new and old…a Duke Ellington cover by Wynton Marsalis; gospel covers by Nick Lowe, tradition from Bill Monroe, and Johnny Cash along with a number of so-called Cash-a-likes. It’s a free form collection in our Friday morning show from West County. So what’s it all got to do with Alaska, you ask. Not much, only a great song name to suggest cool music and a Friday full of colorful music.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Johnny Horton When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below) Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (2 of 2) Amazon
2Bobby Bare Delia's Gone (1965) All American Boy – CD 4 Amazon
3Josh White, Jr. Delia's Gone Classic African-American Ballads (Smithsonian Folkways) Amazon
4David Johansen & The Harry Smiths Delia David Johansen and the Harry Smiths Amazon
5Waylon Jennings Cedartown Georgia Singles Amazon
6Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys In The Pines 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Best Of Bluegrass Amazon
7Marty Robbins Big Iron All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
8John Prine The Lonesome Friends Of Science The Tree Of Forgiveness Amazon
9Spuyten Duyvil The Cruel War Social Hour Music Amazon
10Madam Edna Gallmon Cooke & The Mount Vernon Men's Choir Angels, Angels, Angels Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
11Nick Lowe Children Go Where I Send Thee Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family Amazon
12Sons Of South Didn't It Rain Children The Best Of Nashboro Gospel Amazon
13Gospel Creators I'm a Child of My God This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982 Amazon
14The Blind Boys Of Alabama Atom Bomb Atom Bomb Amazon
15The Impressions with the Riley Hampton Orchestra Shorty's Got To Go Bandera Doo Wop Amazon
16Ella Mae Morse Smack Dab In The Middle Best Of The Rockabilly Rockin' Years Amazon
17Big Bill Broonzy You've Changed Four Classic Albums Amazon
18Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Junco Partner Louis Jordan: Let the Good Times Roll – The Anthology 1938-1953 Amazon
19Dr. John Somebody Changed The Lock Definitive Pop Collection Amazon
20Wynton Marsalis Septet Creole Love Call United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas Amazon
21Duke Ellington & His Orchestra Creole Love Call Jazz in the Charts – Disc 7 – 1928 Amazon
22Carlos Zuleta Y Su Conjunto "El Abuelo" Los Bomberos (Cha Cha Cha) Vintage Cuba Selection from EPs Collectors Amazon
23Johnny Cash Waiting For A Train Unearthed, Vol.1: Who's Gonna Cry Amazon
24Johnny Doe Devil Train Cash-A-Likes Amazon
25Bobby Wayne Big Train Cash-A-Likes Amazon
26Dane Stinit Muddy Ole River [Near Memphis Tennessee] Original Sun Recordings Amazon
27Fred Carter (You'll Have To) Come And Get It Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins Amazon
28Elvis Presley King Creole 2nd To None Amazon
29Jean Wells Your Lovin's Got The Best Of Me (John Morales Mix) Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition Amazon
30Little Esther Phillips Better Beware Heart to Heart Amazon
31The Chantels Maybe The Best of the Chantels Amazon
32Barbara Lynn Nice And Easy A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979 Amazon
33Joan Baez The President Sang Amazing Grace Whistle Down the Wind Amazon

Naughty Blues

For goodness sake! We’re going to toss aside our puritan ethics (what ethics, you ask) and look towards the sideways glances and double entendres for our inspiration this week on Deeper Roots. Songs about Sam The Hot Dog Man, keyholes, sugar bowls, poodles, jockeys, and lemons…all subjects that find their way in and around the blues in an auspiciously direct route to the heart of the matter. We’ve got the naughty blues today…songs that will encourage a blush or two…or three. We’ve got The Swallows, Lil’ Johnson, Emma Barrett, Tampa Red, and a host of other blues greats on a Sonoma County spring morning. Be sure to tune in and find your own blush point…

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Delta Rhythm Boys Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem Amazon
2Crown Prince Waterford Move Your Hand Baby Vintage Sex Songs Amazon
3Barrelhouse Annie If It Don't Fit, Don't Force It Vintage Sex Songs Amazon
4Memphis Minnie Dirty Mother For You Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1] Amazon
5Tampa Red Let Me Play With Your Poodle ABC Of The Blues Vol 38 Amazon
6Lightnin' Hopkins Let Me Play With Poodle Vintage Sex Songs Amazon
7Hattie Hart I Let My Daddy Do That Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
8Emma Barrett I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of This Jelly Roll Sweet Emma Amazon
9Butterbeans & Susie I Wanna Hot Dog For My Roll [Explicit] Those Dirty Blues Volume 1 [Explicit] Amazon
10Lil Johnson Sam The Hot Dog Man Vintage Sex Songs Amazon
11Mabel Scott Just Give Me A Man Vintage Sex Songs Amazon
12Connie Allen Rocket 69 Vintage Sex Songs Amazon
13The Swallows It Ain't The Meat It's The Motion Vintage Sex Songs Amazon
14Julia Lee My Man Stands Out The Essential Julia Lee Vol 1 Amazon
15Julia Lee King Size Papa Kansas City Star [Disc 3] Amazon
16Al Miller I Found Your Keyhole Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
17Charlie Pickett Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon Vintage Sex Songs Amazon
18Bessie Smith Kitchen Man Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
19Bessie Smith Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl The Essential Bessie Smith Amazon
20Hunter & Jenkins Lollypop Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops Amazon
21Frankie Half Pint Jaxon and The Harlem Hamfats Wet It [Explicit] Those Dirty Blues Volume 1 [Explicit] Amazon
22Victoria Spivey How Do You Do It That Way? Black Snake Blues – The Best Of Amazon
23Madelyn James Stinging Snake Blues Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
24Lucille Bogan Skin Game Blues [Album Version] Shave 'Em Dry: The Best Of Lucille Bogan Amazon
25Lil Johnson Get 'Em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) [Album Version] Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops Amazon
26Lonnie Johnson I Got The Best Jelly Rollin In Town Dirty Blues [Disc 2] Amazon
27Wynonie Harris Hard Ridin Mama Playful Baby Amazon
28Bull Moose Jackson Big Ten Inch Record Badman Jackson Thats Me Amazon
29Blu Lu Barker Don't You Feel My Leg Chronological Blue Lu Barker (1946-1949) Amazon
30Blu Lu Barker Buy Me Some Juice Don't You Feel My Leg Amazon
31Lillie Mae Kirkman He's Just My Size Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops Amazon
32Lil Johnson & Black Bob Press My Button, Ring My Bell Flashbacks #3 CopulationBlues 1926-1940 Amazon

Early Female Pop Vocals

Here’s to the pioneering pop mavens. Don’t think we won’t draw a little bit outside the lines as well in this show, bringing in flappers, jazz, and novelty sounds. The groups and solo acts are thoroughly represented with the likes of Marion Harris, Ruth Etting, Billie Holiday, Kate Smith, and The Andrews Sisters. We’ll go a little bit further and bring you songs to uplift in hard times, ring with a bit of jingoism in war time, and celebrate the good times in every way possible. West County radio will get a good dose of the best of the early and mid-century popular music…all from the ladies.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Boswell Sisters Heebie Jeebies, #1 The Boswell Sisters Collection Amazon
2Marion Harris There'll Be Some Changes Made Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1 Amazon
3Helen Kane, Leonard Joy I Wanna Be Loved By You Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's Amazon
4Lee Morse If You Want the Rainbow The First Torch Singers, the Twenties Amazon
5Lee Morse If I Can't Have You The First Torch Singers, the Twenties Amazon
6Annette Hanshaw I Want To Be Bad Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999) Amazon
7Annette Hanshaw I Get The Blues When It Rains The Girl Next Door Amazon
8Ethel Shutta With George Olsen & His Music I'm On A Diet Of Love The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2 Amazon
9Ruth Etting My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now Love Me or Leave Me CD1 Amazon
10Ruth Etting Ten Cents a Dance The Boop Boop a Doop Girls Amazon
11Vaughn De Leath Ukulele Lady With My Little Ukulele In My Hand (Disc 4 Of 4) Amazon
12Vaughn De Leath Banana Oil The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2 Amazon
13Marion Harris Spring Is Here Again The Big Broadcast vol. 6 Amazon
14Boswell Sisters Put That Sun Back In the Sky Boswell Sisters Amazon
15The Boswell Sisters Shuffle Off To Buffalo The Boswell Sisters Volume 2 Amazon
16Kate Smith Twenty Million People Emergence Of A Legend Amazon
17Kate Smith Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen Emergence Of A Legend Amazon
18Josephine Baker Confessing 1926-1932 Amazon
19Billie Holiday My Last Affair Billie Holiday: The Legacy Box 1933-1958 Disc 2 Amazon
20Billie Holiday I Wished On The Moon Billie Holiday: The Lady Sings CD 1- This Year's Kisses Amazon
21Billie Holiday What A Little Moonlight Can Do Billie Holiday: The Lady Sings CD 1- This Year's Kisses Amazon
22Ella Fitzgerald Hallelujah! Cryin' Mood Amazon
23Chick Webb & His Orchestra A-Tisket, A-Tasket Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2] Amazon
24Helen Forrest Two Blind Loves Harold Arlen Writes the Songs Amazon
25The Andrews Sisters Rhumboogie Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2] Amazon
26The Andrews Sisters East of the Sun (And West of the Moon) Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 4] Amazon
27Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters I'll Si-Si Ya In Bahia [Single Version] Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 2] Amazon
28Dinning Sisters Beg Your Pardon Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1] Amazon
29Dinning Sisters Oh Monah Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1] Amazon
30The McGuire Sisters Sugartime The McGuire Sisters Greatest Hits Amazon
31Helen Kane Button Up Your Overcoat The Boop Boop a Doop Girls Amazon

Songs About Morning

Morning is one of those times between. Break of day elicits many emotions as it’s always a new start. Those occurrences that affect the heart have always been prime fodder for words and music so we’ve reached into the song bin from the past century for a theme for this morning: morning. Tune in for some classics and some not-so-knowns. We’ve got Baez and Dylan, Dearie and Day, Bromberg and Kottke, McDowell and Leadbelly, all with a tune to spin about morning. And we’ll also take you into a pop-themed set featuring Frankie’s classic “In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning”. Tune in.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Big Joe Turner Morning, Noon And Night Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]] Amazon
2Billie Holiday Good Morning Heartache Ken Burns Jazz Amazon
3Blossom Dearie A Fine Spring Morning Four Classic Albums Plus (Blossom Dearie / Plays For Dancing / Give Him The Ooh-La-La / Once Upon A Summertime) (Digitally Remastered) Amazon
4Louis Jordan Early In The Morning Jivin' With Jordan Amazon
5Dean Martin & Helen O'Connell How D'ya Like Your Eggs In the Morning? Make Love With Amazon
6Doris Day I Got The Sun In The Morning Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2] Amazon
7Gillian Welch One Morning Hell Among the Yearlings Amazon
8Gram Parsons We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning G.P. / Grievous Angel Amazon
9Bob Dylan Meet Me in the Morning Blood on the Tracks Amazon
10Jesse Colin Young Morning Sun Jesse Colin Young Classics Volume 1 Amazon
11Ian & Sylvia Early Morning Rain Greatest Hits Amazon
12Irma Thomas Early In The Morning Simply Grand Amazon
13Joan Baez One Too Many Mornings Baez Sings Dylan Amazon
14Joni Mitchell Chelsea Morning Hits Amazon
15David Bromberg I Like To Sleep Late In The Morning The Player: A Retrospective Amazon
16The South Street Trio Cold Morning Shout Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2) Amazon
17Lead Belly Good Morning Blues Roots of the Blues, Vol. 2 Amazon
18K.C. Douglas Woke Up This Morning Mercury Blues Amazon
19Julius Daniels Can't Put A Bridle On That Mule This Morning When The Sun Goes Down: Walk Right In – The Secret Story Of Rock & Roll Amazon
20Mississippi Fred McDowell Woke Up This Morning With My Mind on Jesus The First Recordings Amazon
21Rev. Anderson Johnson Death in the Morning Goodbye, Babylon – Judgment [Disc 3] Amazon
22Frank Sinatra In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning Sinatra 80th: All the Best Disc 2 Amazon
23Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood Some Velvet Morning Nancy & Lee Amazon
24Margaret Whiting Good Morning Mister Echo Complete Capitol Hits of Margaret Whiting Amazon
25John Hartford Morning Bugle Morning Bugle Amazon
26Hank Snow Colorado Country Morning I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 2] Amazon
27Grandpa Jones It's Raining Here This Morning (Remake) Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56 Amazon
28Shorty Long Good Night Cincinnati, Good Morning Tennessee Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
29Billy Fair Boogie In The Morning Stompin' 22 – Crazed Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders! Amazon
30Muddy Waters Good Morning School Girl Folk Singer Amazon

Devils and Angels

The devil is, indeed, an angel…albeit a fallen one. And the music we’ll be sharing this morning with our West County audience will take note of that fact with sounds that feature modern Americana as well as early to mid-century country sounds. Tune in to KOWS radio every Friday morning at 9 Pacific for the very best in roots sounds…and this week is no different:  modern Americana from Rob Ickes and The Devil Makes Three, mid-century country from Cowboy Copas and Lefty Frizzell, as well as some wild-eyed worship pieces from The Sunshine Boys, Benny Joy, and Margie Singleton (who performs the infamous “Jesus is My Pusher”). Just for you. Just in time for a springtime April morning.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Sunshine Boys We Need A Whole Lot More Of Jesus (And A Lot Less Rock And Roll) Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
2Ray Wylie Hubbard Lucifer And The Fallen Angels Tell The Devil I'm Getting There As Fast As I Can Amazon
3Bobby McMillon The Devil Song (Child 275) Art of Field Recording: Volume II – Disc 1: Survey Amazon
4Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley Friend Of The Devil The Country Blues Amazon
5Julie Miller The Devil Is an Angel Blue Pony Amazon
6Asleep at the Wheel/The Blind Boys of Alabama The Devil Ain't Lazy Reinventing the Wheel Amazon
7Cowboy Copas Don't Shake Hands With The Devil Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
8Powder River Jack, Kitty Lee Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots Amazon
9James King The Devil's Train Three Chords & The Truth Amazon
10Carrie Rodriguez Devil In Mind Give Me All You Got Amazon
11Shemekia Copeland Devil's Hand Alligator Records 45th Anniversary Collection Amazon
12Rory Block Devil Got My Woman Hard Luck Child: A Tribute To Skip James Amazon
13The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band Devils Look Like Angels Between the Ditches Amazon
14Merle Haggard Dealing With The Devil Rainbow Stew – Live Amazon
15Benny Joy Dark Angel Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
16Ryan Cain And The Ables Cupid And The Devil Cupid And The Devil Amazon
17Lee Ann Womack Take The Devil Out Of Me The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone Amazon
18Lefty Frizzell From an Angel to a Devil Life's Like Poetry (Disc 4) Amazon
19The Devil Makes Three What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul) Redemption & Ruin Amazon
20Willie Nelson Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down Country Music Amazon
21Robert Plant Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down Band Of Joy Amazon
22Margie Singleton Jesus Is My Pusher Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
23Eddie Noack Psycho Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
24The Treniers Devil's Mambo They Rock! They Roll! They Swing! Amazon
25Billy Barton The Devil, My Conscience And I Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
26Peter Rowan Pulling The Devil By the Tail Reggaebilly Amazon
27Coleman Brothers Get Away, Mr. Satan, Get Away Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang Amazon
28Rev W. M. Clark and Sisters Satan At Church (Pm 12559, 4792-1) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon

Free Form – Roll Like a Big Wheel

We mix it up once again. Nothing like ending the week on a high note, a low note, and just the right mix of jazz, pop, rock, country, bluegrass, and R&B. You know it won’t stop there because if it’s one thing we do well is find all that is good in between the boards. Join Dave Stroud for music featuring tracks from The Boswell Sisters, Red Foley, Julia Lee, The Prisonaires, Mose Allison, and John Prine. Friday mornings in West County … where we kick off the weekend on the stream our hearts out!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Joan Osborne Roll Like A Big Wheel Bring It On Home Amazon
2The Mills Brothers Cherry (L. Armstrong) The Mills Brothers Golden G'ts(3) Amazon
3Les Paul & The Andrews Sisters Rumors Are Flying (Single Version) Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2] Amazon
4Louis Jordan Hungry Man Jivin' With Jordan Amazon
5Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra Shout, Brother, Shout – (featuring The Five Tones) Not So Quiet Please Amazon
6The Prisonaires Just Walking in the Rain Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
7Mose Allison Lost Mind Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
8Dinah Washington Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? Verve Unmixed Amazon
9Julia Lee When Jennie Does That Lowdown Dance Kansas City Star [Disc 5] Amazon
10Nellie Lutcher Let Me Tell You 'Bout The Guy Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 4] Amazon
11Boswell Sisters Put That Sun Back In the Sky Boswell Sisters Amazon
12Red Foley & The Andrews Sisters I Want To Be With You Always Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] Amazon
13The Andrews Sisters Pistol Packin' Mama Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 1] Amazon
14Junior Brown Where Has All the Money Gone? Down Home Chrome Amazon
15Merle Haggard Mama Tried The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1] Amazon
16Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra Down In Mexico Barrell House Boogie and the Blues Amazon
17Santiago Jimenez Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2] Amazon
18Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Havana Moon Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Amazon
19Levon Helm Tennessee Jed Electric Dirt Amazon
20Grateful Dead Dire Wolf Workingman's Dead Amazon
21Graham Parker Sugaree Your Country Amazon
22Jim Lauderdale The Night The Moon Fell Down Carolina Moonshine Amazon
23Jimmy Martin 20/20 Vision Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 1] Amazon
24Hank Williams Cold, Cold Heart 24 Greatest Amazon
25John Prine Summers End The Tree of Forgiveness Amazon
26Billie Holiday Gloomy Sunday Ken Burns Jazz Amazon
27Lula Reed I'll Drown In My Own Tears The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 Amazon
28Effie Smith Water, Water The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 Amazon
29Mildred Jones Mr. Thrill Warming By The Devils Fire – A Film By Charles Burnett Amazon
30T-Bone Walker Cold Cold Feeling Electric Blues – Part 1: Beginnings 1939-1954 Amazon
31Jo Stafford Shrimp Boats Your Hit Parade – 1951 Amazon
32Louis Armstrong The Music Goes Round And Around [Single Version] Rhythm Saved The World Amazon