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Rock Roll and Soul

November 16, 2025 Dave

This week’s Deeper Roots takes a wide turn down the backroads of American music, delivering a two-hour free form ride through the crossroads where rock, soul, blues, and Americana meet and mingle. We’ll be opening the vaults for an eclectic blend honoring the roots while keeping one foot in the groove — where a deep cut from Garland Jeffreys might slide right up against raw King Curtis Memphis soul, a bouncy David Lindley number, or the tight shuffle of a Chess Records blues side. We’ll be connecting the dots between decades and genres with warmth and curiosity. Whether it’s Louvin-soaked harmonies, road-weary country soul, or the smoky after-hours mood of the juke joint, this week’s celebration once more explores the shared DNA of American sound. Tune in for stories between the songs, unexpected transitions, and a handpicked setlist that speaks to both memory and motion — a sonic journey that proves the roots run deep, wide, and ever surprising.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Traveling Wilburys	Last Night	Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1
2	The Mar-Keys	Last Night	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
3	Little Walter	Last Night	Cadillac Records [Disc 1]
4	Simon & Garfunkel	Homeward Bound	Artist's Choice: Willie Nelson: Music That Matters To Him
5	Nat King Cole Trio	Homeward Bound (1993 Digital Remaster)	The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 2]
6	Deeper Roots Radio	Rock Roll and Soul	Deeper Roots Radio
7	Annie Ross	Twisted	King Pleasure Sings/Annie Ross Sings [Remastered]
8	David Lindley	Twist and Shout	El Rayo-X
9	King Curtis	Soul Twist	Soul Serenade
10	Gary U.S. Bonds	Dear Lady Twist	Gary "U.S" Bonds – 30 Original Greatest Hits
11	Phil Flowers	Twistin' Beat	Stompin' 8
12	The Traveling Wilburys	Wilbury Twist	Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 3
13	Deeper Roots Radio	Rock Roll and Soul	Deeper Roots Radio
14	Doc & Richard Watson	Moody River	Third Generation Blues
15	Bob Gallion	My Square Dancin' Mama (She's Done Learned to Rock and Roll)	Warped 5611 – Bob Gallion – 1956 – 1959
16	The Louvin Brothers	I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby	Capitol Country Music Classics
17	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Yield Not To Temptation	The Definitive Collection
18	Eddie Floyd	Why Is The Wine Sweeter (On The Other Side)	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [Disc 4]
19	Al Kent	You've Got To Pay The Price	Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
20	Timmy Willis	Mr Soul Satisfaction	Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
21	Deeper Roots Radio	Rock Roll and Soul	Deeper Roots Radio
22	Dee Dee Warwick	We're Doing Fine	Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
23	Deeper Roots Radio	Rock Roll and Soul	Deeper Roots Radio
24	Warren Zevon	Searching For A Heart	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) [Disc 2]
25	John Lee Hooker	I'm in the Mood	His Best Chess Sides (Chess 50th Anniversary Collection)
26	Garland Jeffreys	Cool Down Boy	Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
27	Linda Ronstadt	Just One Look	Living In The U.S.A.
28	The Spidells	Hmmm, With Feeling, Darling	Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
29	Deeper Roots Radio	Rock Roll and Soul	Deeper Roots Radio
30	Chuck Willis	Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes	I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
31	Joe Boot & The Fabulous Winds	Rock And Roll Radio	Stompin' 2
32	The Darlenes	I Still Like Rock And Roll	Where The Girls Are Volume 8
33	Glenn Miller	Runnin' Wild	The Golden Years: 1938-1942 [Disc 1]
34	Warren Zevon	Reconsider Me	Sentimental Hygiene
35	Chuck Berry	Rock And Roll Music	Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
36	Chuck Prophet	Bad Year for Rock and Roll	Bobby Fuller Died For Your Sins
37	Freddy Cannon	If You Were A Rock And Roll Record	The Best of Freddy Cannon – Big Blast From Boston!
38	Fats Domino	I'm In The Mood For Love	Here Stands Fats
39	Deeper Roots Radio	Rock Roll and Soul	Deeper Roots Radio
40	Ramones	Do You Remember Rock 'n' Roll Radio?	Modern Rock: Lost Hits Of The 70s

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Rhythm & Bayou Romp

November 9, 2025 Dave

The sounds of New Orleans carry a mood that’s both jubilant and deeply human; it dances and mourns in the same breath. It’s the sound of the street parade meeting the juke joint: syncopated, earthy, and alive with horns, piano rolls, and that unmistakable backbeat shuffle. Unlike the more urban polish of Chicago blues or the rural cry of the Delta, New Orleans R&B has always felt like a conversation between the sacred and the profane, where gospel chords meet barroom swagger. Just beyond the Crescent City’s lights, where the waters of the bayou take form, we’ve got the accordians and fiddles of the swamp, where there’s humor, head and heartbreak woven into the DNA of the deep South. It is joyous and haunted, elegant and raw, as well as endlessly resilient. The music of New Orleans inspired an ethos — that music could be communal, unrestrained, and celebratory no matter the hardship. It taught America how to dance through its troubles, to find rhythm in resilience, and to turn sorrow into sound that still shakes the rafters and demands a communal dance to this day. This week’s show raises the flag of the Crescent City and her environs with a rhythm and bayou romp!

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Roomful Of Blues	New Orleans	Best of Roomful of Blues The Alligator Records Years
2	Rusty & Doug Kershaw	Louisiana Man	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
3	Jimmy Newman	A Fallen Star	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
4	Alvin Robinson	Down Home Girl	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
5	Joe Barry	I'm a Fool to Care	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
6	Rod Bernard	Pardon Mr. Gordon	Chess New Orleans [Disc 2]
7	Barbara George	I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)	Highlights From Crescent City Soul: Sound Of New Orleans 1947-1974
8	Irma Thomas & Marcia Ball	I Just Can't Get New Orleans Off My Mind	Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 2]
9	The Hawketts	Your Time's Up	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
10	Sugar Boy Crawford	No More Heartaches	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
11	Clifton Chenier	The Big Wheel (Squeeze Box Shuffle)	Chess New Orleans [Disc 1]
12	Clifton Chenier	Calinda	Destination New Orleans
13	Bobby Mitchell	I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2]
14	Fats Domino	The Big Beat	Fats Domino Out of New Orleans
15	Dr. John	Blue Monday	Goin' Back To New Orleans
16	Fats Domino	What's Wrong	Fats Domino Out of New Orleans
17	Theryl De Clouet	I Get Lifted	A Celebration Of New Orleans Music To Benefit MusiCares Hurrincane Relief 2005
18	Sammy Naquin	New Orleans Waltz	Best of Cajun Instrumentals
19	Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie	Canaille	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
20	Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys	La Crhve De Faim (Starvation 2-Step)	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
21	Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys	New Orleans Beat	La Toussaint
22	Lil' Queenie & The Percolators	My Darlin' New Orleans	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
23	Sunpie And The Louisiana Sunspots	Bunny Bread	Destination New Orleans
24	Johnny Adams	Release Me	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
25	Jimmy Clanton	Another Sleepless Night	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
26	Jewel King	3X7=21	New Orleans R&B Outbreak
27	Charles "Hungry" Williams	So Glad You're Mine	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1]
28	Archibald	Stack O Lee	Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
29	Great Day of New Orleans Singers	You've Got To Be Modernistic	Black American Choirs 1926-31
30	Great Day of New Orleans Singers	Shout On	Black American Choirs 1926-31
31	The Red Stick Ramblers	Main Street Blues	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
32	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	Mardi Gras In New Orleans	A Celebration Of New Orleans Music To Benefit MusiCares Hurrincane Relief 2005

Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Oldies, Rock, Theme Time

Halloween 2025

November 1, 2025 Dave

Halloween in America, on the anniversary of the first quarter century of the millennium. We celebrate the night by wearing masks, by flirting with fear, by turning the grotesque into entertainment. But here in 2025, you can’t help but feel like the masks didn’t come off this year. The trick-or-treaters will return home tonight, but the parade of make-believe monsters marched straight into the daylight this past January — and some of them are occupying the most important offices in our fragile democracy. What used to be a night for play-acting power, for pretending to be the villain, has turned into a movement that’s forgotten the difference between costume and conviction. The slogans sound patriotic, the anger sounds righteous, and the cruelty wears the grin of normalcy. Halloween, at least, has an ending — sunrise, candy wrappers, a hangover of sugar and smoke. But America’s current masquerade? The lights came on, and the masks stayed put.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	David & Roselyn	Marie Lavaux	The Mississippi River of Song: A Musical Journey Down the Mississippi
2	Dr. John	Marie Laveau	The Best Of The Parlophone Years
3	Mississippi John Hurt	Spider Spider	Concord Music Halloween Eclectic 2020
4	Memphis Minnie	Black Cat Blues – Take 1	Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)
5	Bob Dunn	Graveyard Blues	1939-1940 (Warped 3921)
6	Tampa Red	Witchin' Hour Blues	Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961
7	Memphis Minnie	Hoodoo Lady	Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961
8	Robert Johnson	Me And The Devil Blues	ABC Of The Blues Vol 18
9	Rev. Emmett Dickinson	A Black Cat Has Crossed Your Path	Apple Bobbing Mix Vol. 2
10	Charles Sheffield	It's Your Voodoo Working	100 Northern Soul Classics
11	St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith)	Ghost Creepin' Blues	Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961
12	The Hollywood Flames	Frankenstein's Den	The Hollywood Flames
13	Eels	Fresh Blood	Hombre Lobo
14	AC DC	Hells Bells	Back in Black
15	Original London Cast recording	In The Air Tonight American Psycho	Concord Music Halloween Eclectic 2020
16	The Frantics	Werewolf	The Roots Of Psychobilly
17	Redbone	The Witch Queen Of New Orleans	Rockin' 70s [Disc 2]
18	Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs	I've Got a Voodoo Doll	1963-1968 – The Complete Wooly Bully Years vol.1
19	Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm	She Made My Blood Run Cold	Apple Bobbing Mix Vol. 2
20	Louis Armstrong	Spooks!	A Very Vintage Halloween
21	The Duponts	Screamin' Ball (At Dracula Hall)	Roulette Rock & Roll, Vol. 2
22	John Carpenter	Halloween Theme	Halloween: 20th Anniversary
23	Dr. John	Witchy Red	Television
24	Bettye LaVette	Witchcraft in the Air	Motor City Soul
25	The Deep River Boys	Swinging at the Siance	The Ultimate Rockin' Halloween Party (American Horror Songs 1930s – 1950s)
26	Parham-Pickett Apollo Syncopaters (W/"Tiny" Parham & Junie C. Cobb)	Mojo Strut	A Very Vintage Halloween
27	Truett & George	Ghost Dance	Diabolical Hoodoo: Vintage Songs Of Devilry, Doom & Hellfire 1920-1952
28	Nina Simone	I Put a Spell on You	Anthology Disc 1
29	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	I Put a Spell on You	Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961
30	Roy Buchanan	Haunted House	Roy Buchanan
31	Tom Waits	Whistlin' Past The Graveyard	Used Songs 1973-1980
32	Dinah Washington / Max Richter	This Bitter Earth / On The Nature Of Daylight	Shutter Island [Disc 2]

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

High On The Hog!

October 17, 2025 Dave

We’ll be rolling back our Hillbilly Wayback Machine to the year 1950 for romance in high pants at the barn dance. Country music really hadn’t yet caught on as a genre so a lot of the music we’ll share today had the misfortune of being coined “hillbilly music”; a blend of silver screen cowboy nostalgia for the lone prairie alongside swinging arrangements and occasional ballads of the heart. You even had yourself some down-home novelty and syncopated vocals that looked out at that land beyond the sun where the tumbleweeds bounced across the horizon. Without further waxing of the poetic, we’ll let you know that you’ll be treated to some very best from under the blanket of the prairie sky including the likes of Smiley Burnette, Jimmy Wakely, Tin Ear Tanner, Zeb Turner and Leon Chappel. These weren’t necessarily the big hits but they were honky tonk and jukebox favorites. Drop in and find out.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Gene Autry	Dear Heart and Gentle People	Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 3]
2	Hank Penny	Wham! Bam! Thank You Ma'am	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]
3	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Land Beyond The Sun	My Saddle Pals And I ([Disc 4] – Riders In The Sky)
4	Smiley Burnette and The Ewing Sisters	It's My Lazy Day	The Singing Cowboys Collection
5	Ella Mae Morse	The Blacksmith Blues	Time-Life – Your Hit Parade: The Early '50S
6	Tex Williams	I Lost My Gal From Memphis	Vintage Collections
7	Hank Snow	I'm Movin' On (Mono)	Snow Country
8	Jimmy Wakely	Dust	The Melody Kid – 1940-51
9	Audrey Williams	I'm Telling You	1948-1951 (Warped 5021)
10	Hank Williams	Lovesick Blues	24 Greatest
11	Leon Chappel	You Hear Me Talkin'	Automatic Mama
12	Red Foley	Choc'late Ice Cream Cone	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 2]
13	Tennesee Ernie Ford	Anticipation Blues	Southern Belle [Disc 2]
14	Jimmie Dolan	It Had To Come Someday	Juke Box Boogie
15	Bill Haley	Susan Van Dusan	Rock 'N' Roll Arrives CD1
16	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 1]
17	Red Foley	Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age	Tennessee Saturday Night
18	Ernest Tubb	The Lovebug Itch	Ernest Tubb – The Texas Troubadour – Writers Galore [Disc 4]
19	Zeb Turner	Boogie Woogie Lou	I've Got The Boogie Blues
20	Al Dexter	Hi-De-Ho Boogie On A Saturday Night	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 4] Saturday Night Rag)
21	Casey Simmons	Juke Box Boogie	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
22	Johnny Bond	Mean Mama Boogie	Hillibilly Boogie!
23	Hank Penny	Bloodshot Eyes	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]
24	Hank Penny	What You've Got	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]
25	Tin Ear Tanner	I Used To Work In Chicago	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
26	Shot Jackson & Webb Pierce	I Need You Like A Hole In The Head	Steelin' It: Steeling The Mood
27	Oakie Jones	Love Fever	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
28	Jimmie Davis	The Poodle Dog Song	Doggone Country
29	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans with Foy Willing & The Riders Of The Purple Sage	May the Good Lord Take a Likin' to You (Dale Evans Foy Willing Riders of the PS)	The Roy Rogers Collection [Disc 3]
30	Red Kirk	It's Raining In My Heart	Red Kirk "The Voice of The Country"
31	Hank Snow	Breakfast With the Blues (Stereo)	Snow Country
32	Little Jimmy Dickens	Out Of Business	The Essential "Little" Jimmy Dickens
33	Lefty Frizzell	My Baby's Just Like Money	Hillibilly Boogie!
34	Spade Cooley (voc. Ginny Jackson & Les Anderson)	Hillbilly Fever	Crossroads In Cowtown
35	Johnny Bond	It Ain't Gonna Happen To Me	Put Me To Bed
36	Red Foley	Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy	The Essential Recordings
37	Hank Williams	Cold, Cold Heart	24 Greatest

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Theme Time

John Prine 79

October 10, 2025 Dave

We lost John Prine to COVID in 2020. We’re going to celebrate his 79th birthday along with the rest of his fans this morning as two new movies are on the horizon at just the right time. The two movies differ in their angles: one being a new tribute produced by his wife Fiona Whelan Prine called “You Got Gold” and the other is one produced by the Hello In There Foundation called “How Lucky Can One Man Get” which has its first screening this month in Denver. With today being his birth date, we’ll be doing a few different takes on John’s career in music including a couple reminiscences from Todd Snider and Steve Poltz who delivers a delightful memory of a trip to the Disney Store with John. There’s a reason that John is considered an American music treasure: as a songwriter he has few peers with his straight-ahead and simple sensibility. He delivered the goods as well as any of the legendary humorists , and that includes Mark Twain. Drop on in for something special this Friday morning.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Sturgill Simpson	Paradise	Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2
2	John Prine	My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight	Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
3	The Brother Brothers	Dear John	The January Album
4	Kacey Musgraves	Burn One With John Prine	Demos
5	John Prine	Fish and Whistle	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
6	Carsie Blanton	Fishin' with You	Fishin' with You – Single
7	Brandi Carlile	I Remember Everything	Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2
8	Steve Poltz	A Trip To The Disney Store	Steve Poltz Remembers
9	John Prine	Souvenirs	Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 12 The Heartland And Canada
10	John Prine/Iris Dement	In Spite of Ourselves	In Spite of Ourselves
11	Justin Townes Earle	Far From Me	Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine
12	Donnie Fritts	The Oldest Baby in the World	Lucky 13
13	John Prine	Color of the Blues (feat. Susa	For Better, Or Worse
14	Tommy Prine	Ships in the Harbor	Ships in the Harbor – Single
15	Tommy Prine	Cash Carter Hill	This Far South
16	Todd Snider	John Prine (Live)	Live: Return of the Storyteller
17	John Prine with Peter Cooper	I Sang The Song	Mac Wiseman – I Sang The Song
18	Tammy Wynette	Unwed Fathers	Tears Of Fire: The 25th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3]
19	Holly Williams/John Prine	I'm Telling You	For Better, Or Worse
20	John Prine Kelsey Waldon	Love At The Five & Dime	More Than A Whisper: Celebrating the Music of Nanci Griffith
21	John Prine	Summers End	The Tree of Forgiveness
22	Swamp Dogg	Please Let Me Go Round Again (feat. John Prine)	Sorry You Couldn't Make It
23	Laurie Lewis	Why'd You Have to Break My Heart_ (for John Prine)	Trees
24	John Prine	That's the Way That the World Goes 'Round	Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1
25	John Prine	Hey Ah Nothin'	Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
26	John Prine	I Remember Everything	I Remember Everything
27	Kris Kristofferson	Jesus Was a Capricorn (Owed to John Prine)	The Essential Kris Kristofferson Disc 2

Mean Old Frisco

October 4, 2025 Dave

It’s a City (with a capital ‘C’ to locals) whose cultural history practically hums with musical possibilities. This is due in large part to how the city has always been a meeting point for restless ideas and diverse communities. From the Gold Rush boomtown that lured fortune-seekers from every continent, to the Beat poets of North Beach and the psychedelic counterculture that turned Haight-Ashbury into a world stage, it’s been an easy mark for songwriters. This week’s show will visit that blend of beauty, grit and idealism with performances for and about San Francisco. Join us for a whole batch of vintage sounds covering any old genre we care to share with the likes of Harry “The Hipster” Gibson, Little Walter, Charlie Musselwhite, Linda Martell, and, of course, Tony Bennett. We’ll celebrate from a short distance away with memories of Broadway, the fog rolling through the Golden Gate, and that endless palette of imagery and mood that is a living chorus always ready to be set to music.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Sound Of The City	KSFO 560 – San Francisco	78s
2	Tony Bennett	I Left My Heart in San Francisco	The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
3	Logan Ledger	The Lights Of San Francisco	Logan Ledger
4	Chris Isaak	San Francisco Days	San Francisco Days
5	Journey	Lights	Journey's Greatest Hits
6	Eric Clapton	San Francisco Bay Blues	Unplugged
7	Linda Martell	San Francisco is a Lonely Town (Remastered 2022)	Color Me Country (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022)
8	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Hello, San Francisco (Part I)	Putumayo Presents: American Blues
9	The Teskey Brothers	San Francisco	Run Home Slow
10	Otis Redding	(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay	The Dock of the Bay
11	Little Walter	Mean Old Frisco	Blues With A Feeling [Disc 2]
12	Charlie Musselwhite	When The Frisco Left The Shed	Mississippi Son
13	Richie Havens	San Francisco Bay Blues	Mixed Bag
14	Eric Lindell	Here In Frisco	Matters Of The Heart
15	Mark Spoelstra	San Francisco Zoo Song	Out Of My Hands
16	Marty Robbins	San Francisco Teardrops	San Francisco With Fond Memories
17	Dom Flemons	San Francisco Baby	Prospect Hill
18	Jimmy Martin	Fly Me To Frisco – 1973	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 5]
19	Johnny Paycheck	The Ballad Of Frisco Bay	Nowhere to Run: the Little Darlin' Years 1966-1970
20	Merle Haggard	Return to San Francisco	Like Never Before
21	Harry "The Hipster" Gibson	I Flipped My Wig In San Francisco	Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine?
22	Connie Russell	Foggy Night In San Francisco	San Francisco – With Fond Memories
23	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	San Francisco Bay Blues	South Coast
24	Jeanette McDonald – San Francisco O.S.T.	San Francisco (Soundtrack Version)	The 30s: Hollywood's Best
25	Tee Vee Toons	Streets Of San Francisco	Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70's & 80's
26	Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	Mean Ole Frisco	That's All Right (Mama)
27	Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton	Lonesome Frisco Line [Album Version]	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
28	Memphis Minnie	'Frisco Town	Queen Of Country Blues
29	Scott McKenzie	San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)	San Francisco – With Fond Memories
30	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	San Francisco Fan	Jazz Noire (Darktown Sleaze of 1940s L.A.)

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Free Form, Jazz, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Rock

Fortunate Son

September 27, 2025 Dave

The days are getting darker both by season and on the sidewalks of your town. Jackboot thugs with masks, clubs, and weapons are descending for you. Make no mistake. If you believe in your right to free speech and all that our Constitution affords you, think again. Know that you and your neighbor are in the crosshairs of this regime. This week’s show won’t break the spell but it will share with its language of comfort, joy and hope that music delivers as it stimulates the release of dopamine triggering pleasure and relaxation. Our prescription this morning is a compound of a free form eclectic blend that delivers a response from all corners. America’s music has always been built on a foundation of free expression so why not make the best…and that’s what we’ll be doing this morning with tracks from Glenn Miller, Charlie Christian, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Randy Newman and Dean Martin, just to name a few. Dream when you’re feeling blue. Rise up when you’re being pushed down. This week’s show takes us where we want to go.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	John Fogerty	Fortunate Son	The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
2	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Midnight Ramble	Stratosphere Boogie
3	Charlie Christian	Till Tom Special	Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution
4	Django Reinhardt & Stiphane Grappelli	You're Driving Me Crazy	Quintesential
5	The Miracles	Mickey's Monkey	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
6	Mink Deville	You Just Keep Holding On	The Mink De Ville Collection
7	The Staple Singers	Let's Do It Again	The Buddah Box Disc 3
8	Sam Cooke	I'll Come Running Back To You	Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
9	Etta James	I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)	Love Songs [MCA]
10	Bob Dylan	The Levee's Gonna Break	Modern Times
11	Randy Newman	Burn On	Sail Away
12	The Secret Sisters	Tennessee Me	The Secret Sisters
13	Fats Domino	My Girl Josephine	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1)
14	Dean Martin	Dream	Late at Night with Dean Martin
15	Les Baxter And His Orchestra	The High And The Mighty	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55
16	Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra With Eddie Heywood	Canadian Sunset	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
17	Billie Holiday	Too Marvelous For Words	Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years [Disc 1]
18	Doris Day	The Deevil, Devil, Divil	Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2]
19	Jean Shepard	I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded	Rounding Up The Girls/Great Female Country Vocals Vol 1
20	The Andrews Sisters	Rum And Coca-Cola	20th Century Masters: Millenni
21	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	A String of Pearls	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
22	Linda Lyndell	What A Man	Stax 50th [[Disc 1]]
23	The Meters	Running Fast (single version)	Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology [Disc 2]
24	The Notting Hillbillies	Run Me Down	Missing….Presumed Having A Good Time
25	Vocaltones	Sugar Lump	Spotlight Series : Vol. 2-Gee Records
26	Dominoes	Sixty Minute Man	Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B
27	The Coasters	Run Red Run	50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 2]
28	Del Shannon	Runaway	Oldies But Goodies: 21 #1 Hits
29	Buddy Holly	Think It Over	From the Original Master Tapes
30	Lovett Sisters	Bacon And Eggs	Big "D" Jamboree, Gals Of The
31	Norman Fox & The Rob Roys/Sid Bass/The Rob Roys	Pizza Pie	Doo Wop Box Disc 3
32	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Run Through the Jungle	Tropic Thunder (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
33	Party Ben	Single Ladies (In Mayberry)	The Party Ben Experience

Sixties Songbirds

September 20, 2025 Dave

From the cool and sultry lounge sounds smothered in smoke to the soul venues that celebrated love and all its pitfalls, we bring you the songbirds this week. We’ll be exploring vocalists, known and unknown, that delivered the goods in the first few years of the 1960s. Rock ‘n roll was finding its foothold at the same time as soul music was beginning to bust out in a big way. You’ll be hearing some you know and some you don’t in this week’s Deeper Roots. Yeah, we’ve got The Chordettes, Brenda Lee and The Shirelles but we’ve also got some very special gems from Helen Shapiro, Judy Thomas, Kitty Ford and Betty O’Brian this week. We’ll run a chronological marathon from 1960 to 1963, ignoring the genre guardrails as we make our way along. Hope you can join in on the fun.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Ruth Brown with Howard Biggs Orchestra	Takin' Care Of Business	Wail Man Wail!: The Best Of King Curtis 1952-1961 (Disc 3)
2	Connie Francis	My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own	Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S
3	The Shirelles	Welcome Home Baby	The Shirelles 1958-1962 As, Bs, Hits and Rarities
4	Shirley Bassey	The Party's Over	We Love Pirate Radio – 60s Favourites
5	The Chordettes	Never On Sunday	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
6	The Marvelettes	Way Over There	100 Northern Soul Classics
7	Diana Ross & The Supremes	Those D.J. Shows	25th Anniversary [Disc 2]
8	Tammy Montgomery	It's Mine	100 Northern Soul Classics
9	Ann-Margret	I Just Don't Understand	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
10	Kitty Ford	Don't Play No. 9	Don't Do It: The Smash Record Story 1961-1962 [Disc 2]
11	Sarah Vaughan	True Believer	Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
12	Betty O' Brian	She'll Be Gone	100 Northern Soul Classics
13	Brenda Lee	You Can Depend On Me	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
14	Helen Shapiro	Little Miss Lonely	Halfway To Paradise_ The Epic Records Story
15	Helen Shapiro	Tell Me What He Said	Girl Power – Vol. 3
16	The Pips	Every Beat Of My Heart	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
17	The Shirelles	A Teardrop and a Lollipop	The Shirelles 1958-1962 As, Bs, Hits and Rarities
18	Timi Yuro	Count Everything	I'm So Hurt
19	Barbara George	I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)	Highlights From Crescent City Soul: Sound Of New Orleans 1947-1974
20	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Open Your Heart	Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966)
21	Aretha Franklin	Just For A Thrill	Jazz To Soul [Disc 1]
22	Cathy Carroll	Young Ones	New Discgems From Warner Brothers
23	Judy Thomas	Never Say Devil Woman	Stampede! The United Artists Story
24	Barbara Stephens	Wait a Minute	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (1 of 9)
25	Linda Hopkins	Mama's Doin' The Twist	The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962
26	Christine Quaite	Your Nose Is Gonna Grow	The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962
27	Timi Yuro	What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)	The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1)
28	Joy Dawn	Hang It Up	Ask The Girl Who Knows – Best 1958-1969 – Remaster
29	Claudine Clark	Who Will You Hurt?	Ask The Girl Who Knows – Best 1958-1969 – Remaster
30	Ann-Margret	Let Me Entertain You	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
31	Miss X	Christine	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
32	Barbara & the Boys	Hooty Sapperticker	Las Vegas Grind Part 1
33	Glenda & Glen	Voodoo Doll	Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01
34	Betty Harris	Cry To Me	Birth Of Soul: 2

Americana, Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Free Form, Oldies, Soul, Uncategorized

How Deep Is The Ocean

September 12, 2025 Dave

A whole new season of Deeper Roots lands on your doorstep…just like the Sunday paper: full of human interest stories (as told in song) and local gab (also told in song). It’s a free form collection of songs from the past century with performances from the usual (and sometimes unusual) suspects. Only minor themes and genre recaps today in a carefully crafted eclectic blend that runs the gamut from Jimmie Dale Gilmore to Mary Wells, The Velvetones, Billy Walker and Hot Lips Page. We’ll hear some Texas tradition from Deep Elem and Milwaukee’s finest from Jerry Lee. But we’re also rolling out some really fine, under the radar, female soul and R&B numbers that come from off the beaten track including Doris Allen, Faye Adams and Mary Wells. And we wonder out loud ‘how deep is the ocean’ with Big Maybelle. Drop on by!

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Eric Clapton	If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day	Sessions For Robert J
2	Hot Lips Page and His Texas Blusicians	Harlem Rumbain' The Blues	52nd Street Swing: New York In The '30s
3	Johnnie & Joe	Who Do You Love	The Very Best of Johnnie & Joe – Over the Mountain, Across the Sea
4	Ruth Brown	Sea of Love	Along Comes Ruth
5	Big Maybelle	How Deep Is the Ocean	The Very Best Of Big Maybelle
6	Mae West	Mister Deep Blue Sea	The Mae West Collection
7	Blue Sky Boys	Asleep in the Briny Deep	The Chronological Classics 1937-1938 (Warped 3807)
8	Kristi Jean & Her Ne'er-Do-Wells	Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea	Country-billy Collision
9	Anita Carter	Satan's Child	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
10	The Sunshine Boys	What's the Matter With Deep Elem	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
11	Levon Helm	Deep Elem Blues	Ramble at the Ryman
12	Jimmie Dale Gilmore	Deep Eddy Blues	Jimmie Dale Gilmore
13	Asleep at the Wheel	All My Exes (Live in Texas)	Riding High In Texas
14	Geraint Watkins	Deep In The Heart Of Texas	Geraint Watkins & The Dominators
15	Geraint Watkins	Walking to Milwaukee	Aide Memoire
16	John Prine With Melba Montgomery	Milwaukee Here I Come	In Spite Of Ourselves
17	Dolly Parton	Milwaukee, Here I Come	1968-1969
18	Billy Walker	Till I Drink Milwaukee Dry	20 Hits
19	Jerry Lee Lewis	What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)	All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1)
20	Clyde McPhatter	Lovey Dovey (LP Version)	Deep Sea Ball – The Best of Clyde McPhatter
21	The Velvetones	Glory Of Love	Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2]
22	Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces	Searching For My Love	Chess Uptown Soul
23	Doris Allen	A Shell Of A Woman	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
24	Mary Wells	My Heart Is Like A Clock (Previously Unreleased)	Looking Back 1961-1964
25	Mary Wells	Can You Fix It (My Broken Heart) (Previously Unreleased)	Looking Back 1961-1964
26	Faye Adams	Keeper Of My Heart	Crescent City Soul
27	Reverend Gary Davis	I Am The Light Of This World	Harlem Street Singer
28	Jorma Kaukonen	Blues Stay Away From Me	Blue Country Heart
29	Big Daddy Wilson	Couldn't Keep It to Myself	Deep in My Soul
30	Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos	Love Is Coming Back	The Hotel Child
31	Hot Tuna	Candy Man	Hot Tuna

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Theme Time, Urban Blues

Deeper Roots of Rock

August 10, 2025 Dave

Deeper Roots means just that…and this week we’re spinning some blues, gospel, r&b, and swing … all music that introduced the rhythm that would become known as rock ‘n roll. We’ll go as far back as the late 1930s with Joe Turner and Pete Johnson and make the picaresque journey across the alleys, juke joints, and house parties where tradition and urban electric blues became the foundation of a sound. We’ll share blues from Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker and a handful of others. Also on tap, Goree Carter, Sticks McGhee, Amos Milburn and Julia Lee with some rhythm and blues and jump whose beat and attitude would influence many a rock ‘n roll musician and songwriter. Also on board: Hadda Brooks, Ray Charles, Louis Jordan and Tiny Bradshaw. Don’t miss a wailin’, rockin’ morning here on KOWS Community Radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Big Joe Turner	Roll 'em Pete	Malcolm X: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
2	Champion Jack Dupree	Junker's Blues	Junker's Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.59)
3	Joe Liggins	The Honeydripper Part 1	The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 3]
4	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Strange Things Happening Every Day	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
5	Charles Brown	Driftin' Blues	Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him
6	Hadda Brooks	Swingin' The Boogie	I've Got News For You [Disc 2]
7	The Ravens	Write Me A Letter	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
8	T-Bone Walker	Call It Stormy Monday	Raw Blues
9	Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends	Snatch It And Grab It	Kuties And Krooners
10	Roy Brown	Good Rockin' Tonight	Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
11	John Lee Hooker	Boogie Chillen	The Definitive Collection
12	Amos Milburn	Chicken Shack Boogie	Devil in a Blue Dress
13	Goree Carter & His Hepcats	Rock Awhile	Electric BluesPart 1: Beginnings 1939-1954
14	Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	My Baby Left Me [Remastered 2002]	That's All Right (When the Sun Goes Down series)
15	Percy Mayfield	Please Send Me Someone To Love	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
16	Tiny Bradshaw	The Train Kept a-Rollin'	Breaking Up the House [Disc 2]
17	Sticks McGhee	Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-o-Dee	The Atlantic Story [UK]
18	Lloyd Price	Lawdy Miss Clawdy	Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1]
19	Little Junior Parker	Mystery Train	MOJO: Rock! Rock! Rock!
20	Jimmy Liggins And His Drops Of Joy	Drunk	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
21	Muddy Waters	Got My Mojo Workin	Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 1]
22	Little Walter	My Babe	Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1]
23	Sonny Boy Williamson II	Don't Start Me Talkin'	Blues Masters, Vol. 2: Postwar Chicago Blues
24	Howlin' Wolf	Smokestack Lightnin'	Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 7]
25	Louis Jordan	Caldonia	Number Ones
26	John Lee Hooker	Dimples	The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 1]
27	Slim Harpo	I Got Love If You Want It	Roll Your Moneymaker
28	Lazy Lester	I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
29	Ray Charles	Night Time Is the Right Time	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
30	Bo Diddley	Say Man	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley
31	Billy Boy Arnold	I Ain't Got You	Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 2]
32	Sonny Boy Williamson	Good Morning Little Schoolgirl	The History of Rhythm & Blues 1925-1942

A Century of America's Music