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Summer of Broken Hearts

The debate is over; what’s say we have ourselves another. There’s certainly no debating democracy at work. Today’s Deeper Roots show will find us circulating through the connective tissue of song: themes that connect with one another. A little bit of eclectic free form fused with all the delightful sounds of country, pop, rock and tradition. Our guiding light will be the truth and the American way. Yes, there’s always bubble gum, apple pie, and Sunday church but then we also have the bats**t crazies who will blame all the good, the bad and the ugly on those who don’t resemble themselves or their own views. So take a break with us on this summer of broken hearts and we’ll share country from Don Gibson to Rosanne Cash, rock and roll from The Stray Cats to Fats Domino, and a little bit of sass and blues from Etta James and Charles Brown. Summer’s almost over and election day is fast approaching. So make sure you vote. 

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Sarah Vaughan Broken Hearted Melody Ultimate Sarah Vaughan (Selected by Dee Dee Bridgewater) Amazon
2Chris Isaak Lonely With A Broken Heart San Francisco Days Amazon
3k.d. lang & the Reclines Trail of Broken Hearts Absolute Torch and Twang Amazon
4Rosanne Cash The Way We Make A Broken Heart [Album Version] King's Record Shop Amazon
5Al Green How Can You Mend A Broken Heart The Virgin Suicides Amazon
6Don Williams Some Broken Hearts Will Never Mend The Definitive Collection Amazon
7Don Gibson I Can Mend Your Broken Heart The Complete Recordings 1952-1962 Amazon
8Charles Brown & Johnny Moore's Three Blazers My Heart Is Mended Sunny Road Amazon
9Gram Parsons Hearts On Fire G.P. / Grievous Angel Amazon
10Kelly Dalton I'm On Fire Home – EP Amazon
11Nikki Lane Love's On Fire All or Nothin' (Deluxe) Amazon
12Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys Settin' The Woods On Fire Back At The Quonset Hut Amazon
13Fats Domino I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire This Is Gold Disc 2 Amazon
14Leon Redbone Settin' By The Fire Whistling In The Wind Amazon
15Etta James Let's Burn Down The Cornfield Enduring Soul Amazon
16Etta James Jump Into My Fire Seven Year Itch Amazon
17The Brothers Four Greenfields Best Of The Folk Era Amazon
18Peter Wolf The Green Fields Of Summer [with Neko Case] Midnight Souvenirs Amazon
19Nanci Griffith Fields Of Summer Late Night Grande Hotel Amazon
20Stray Cats Lonely Summer Nights Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92 Amazon
21The Four Preps Lazy Summer Night Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 3] Amazon
22Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta Summer Nights Grease Amazon
23Steve Forbert Steve Forbert's Midsummer Night's Toast The Best of Steve Forbert: What Kinda Guy? Amazon
24The Beach Boys Your Summer Dream Surfer Girl Amazon
25Link Wray & The Wraymen Summer Dream Destination Beach: 30 Tunes For Dancing In The Sand Amazon
26Rodney Crowell Voila, An American Dream Collection Amazon
27Hayes Carll American Dream What It Is Amazon
28Elvis Presley An American Trilogy Fifty Years Of Hits Amazon
29Willie Nelson By the Rivers of Babylon Gospel Favorites Amazon

Ride Away

It’s a mellow, laid back collection of sounds from the past century for you this morning. The “ember” months have arrived and we’re winding our way through the last sunsets of summer. So lay down your burdens and join us on another Deeper Roots Friday morning as we share some sweet sounds from near and far, all anchored in an American landscape of dreams and waning nights of warmth. And warmth is what we’ll focus on…from JJ Cale and Leon Russell to Leo Reisman’s Orchestra, Sam Cooke, Randy Newman and Levon Helm. All of this and more, as they say, as we approach the final two months of election promises. I’m hoping that everyone’s placed a high value on truth and goodness because the hate, the lies, the gutter talk all need to be evaporated at long last. Send the vermin back into their holes of hate and let’s get on with the business of making our lives better. Because it’s not politicians that can do that. It’s us.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1John Prine Speed of the Sound of Loneliness German Afternoons Amazon
2Roy Orbison Ride Away Classic "MGM" Roy Orbison 1965 – 68 Amazon
3Dire Straits Ticket To Heaven On Every Street Amazon
4Eddie Lang Blue Guitars Jazz Guitar Virtuoso Amazon
5Bobby "Blue" Bland Stormy Monday Blues Legends of Guitar – Electric Blues (Vol. 1) Amazon
6Ray Charles with Norah Jones Here We Go Again …Featuring Norah Jones Amazon
7Ray Charles Crying Time Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection Amazon
8Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars You Got Me Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Amazon
9Leon Russell Lady Blue Retrospective Amazon
10J.J. Cale Magnolia The Very Best of J.J. Cale Amazon
11Louis Armstrong When It's Sleepy Time Down South The Ultimate Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
12Hoagy Carmichael Lazy Bones Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody Amazon
13Leo Reisman & His Orchestra Lazy Lullaby Society Swing Amazon
14Santo & Johnny Lazy Day Santo & Johnny: Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
15Charlie McCoy Walkin' After Midnight Classic Country Amazon
16Randy Newman Baltimore The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 2 Amazon
17Sam Cooke Bring It on Home to Me Greatest Hits Amazon
18Etta James I'd Rather Go Blind Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
19The Arthur Lyman Group Yellow Bird Music For a Bachelor's Den More Of The Best Of The Arthur Lyman Group: 6 Amazon
20Willie Nelson Blue Hawaii Honeymoon in Vegas Amazon
21Chet Atkins/Mark Knopfler Tahitian Skies Neck and Neck Amazon
22Jason Wilber Your Destiny Lazy Afternoon Amazon
23John Prine & Mac Wiseman Old Cape Cod Standard Songs for Average People Amazon
24Bill Frisell Poem For Eva Good Dog, Happy Man Amazon
25Kevin Russell Lay Down Your Burden You Don't Know Me Amazon
26Mississippi John Hurt Since I've Laid My Burden Down Immortal Amazon
27Irma Thomas River Is Waiting Simply Grand Amazon
28Willie Nelson House Of Gold Country Music Amazon
29Calvin Cooke Since I Laid My Burden Down The Best Of Sacred Steel Amazon
30Emmylou Harris Mister Sandman Profile II: The Best Of Emmylou Harris Amazon

Little Bit O’ Bad

A little bit of good, a little bit of bad, and a whole lot of Americana classics. This morning’s Deeper Roots show runs the gamut from boogie Woogie to country ballads, classic rock, soul, blues, gospel and everything but the kitchen sink. Dave Stroud will be featuring songs that celebrate the band of gold, bad boys, bad girls, schooldays nostalgia, and the silly notion that black cats are no more than a warning when, in fact, they are a sign from on high of the very best being yet to come. Tune in for the likes of Stephen Stills, Johnny Cash, Cleo Brown, NRBQ and…yes, Billie Eilish as we celebrate America’s roots from then until now where no ocean is wider nor mountain is high. Celebrate a free form extravaganza with us as we push our way through August, well past the dog days and into the breezy, cool nights of summer’s waning. All for you and the neighborhood on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1NRBQ A Little Bit Of Bad Message For The Mess Age Amazon
2Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs Stay Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2) Amazon
3Ronnie Hawkins Matchbox Duane Allman: An Anthology, Vol. 2 [Disc 1] Amazon
4The Hunt Sisters Elvis Is Rocking Again Dirty Boogie:The Fortune Records Story Amazon
5Elvis Presley Dirty Dirty Feeling Elvis Is Back! Amazon
6Cleo Brown Boogie Woogie Picking the Blues – Compiled By John Mayall – Boogie Woogie Pioneers Amazon
7Big Joe Turner Boogie Woogie Country Girl Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 3] Amazon
8Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis Boogie Woogie Country Gal Wild! Wild! Wild! Amazon
9The Drifters Let The Boogie Woogie Roll The Definitive Drifters [Disc 1] Amazon
10Robert Plant Let The Boogie Woogie Roll More Friends Amazon
11Ella Mae Morse & Her Boogie Woogie Seven Down The Road Apiece Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53 Amazon
12Billie Eilish Bad Guy When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Amazon
13Robert Gordon Bad Boy Bad Boy Amazon
14The Jive Bombers Bad Boy Cry-Baby Amazon
15Slim Rhodes Band Bad Girl Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
16The Miracles Bad Girl The 35th Anniversary Collection Amazon
17Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kin… Mama Don't Like My Man I Learned the Hard Way (Bonus Version) Amazon
18Johnny Cash I Will Rock And Roll With You The Legend: Old Favorites And New [Disc 2] Amazon
19Willie Nelson Bring Me Sunshine ("Naked" Version) Naked Willie Amazon
20Roy Orbison Dream Baby The Monument Singles: A-Sides (1960 – 1964) [Disc 1] Amazon
21Roy Orbison She Wears My Ring Crying Amazon
22Greg Brown Band of Gold Down in There Amazon
23Don Cherry Band Of Gold Rockin' & Rollin' Wedding Songs, Vol. 1 Amazon
24Elvis Presley Wear My Ring Around Your Neck 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Elvis' Gold Records – Volume 2 Amazon
25Rev. Emmett Dickinson A Black Cat Has Crossed Your Path Apple Bobbing Mix Vol. 2 Amazon
26Johnny Winter Black Cat Bone The Progressive Blues Experiment Amazon
27Memphis Minnie Black Cat Blues – Take 1 Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937) Amazon
28Johnny Cash Mean Eyed Cat The Man In Black 1954-1958 [Disc 1] Amazon
29Johnny Cash Ring Of Fire Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1] Amazon
30Roy Orbison Rock House Three Classic Albums+Singles and Sessions 1956-1962 [Disc 1] Amazon
31Pixies Havalina Bossanova Amazon
32BR5-49 I'm Going Down Dog Days Amazon
33Stephen Stills Acadienne Man Alive! Amazon
34Louis Jordan Boogie Woogie Blue Plate Number Ones Amazon
35Marty Wilde Bad Boy The Epic Story 1960 Amazon

Americana Roundup

Looking back over the past fifty-or-so years, we find a large gathering assembled under a large, all-inclusive tent, called Americana. There’s hardly a definition that’s been assigned and it’s hardly what we’d term ‘a genre’. It is, rather, a mood of the music and a narrative of the storytelling defines it. Like the dozens of genres that line it’s walls, we’ve come to know what we’re listening to: blues, gospel, folk and tradition, jazz, and everything in between. This week we’ll be stepping into that tent to congregate and celebrate that ‘sound we know’ called Americana. The digital bins will take us only so far back, celebrating the music of Bob Dylan, Buddy Miller, Gillian Welch, Joe Ely, Old Crow Medicine Show and a couple dozen others. Just what’s needed and built on playlists worthy of the very best of the Americana Hours broadcast each morning here on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Old Crow Medicine Show Wagon Wheel O.C.M.S. Amazon
2Bob Dylan Hard Times Good As I Been To You Amazon
3Keb' Mo' I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute Amazon
4Sheryl Crow No Depression In Heaven The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage Of The Carter Family Amazon
5Rosanne Cash Motherless Children The List Amazon
6Ray Wylie Hubbard Tell The Devil I'm Gettin' There As Fast As I Can Tell The Devil I'm Getting There As Fast As I Can Amazon
7Buddy Miller & Julie Miller Forever Has Come To An End Buddy & Julie Miller Amazon
8Lyle Lovett If I Had a Boat Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man Amazon
9Guy Clark Fort Worth Blues Cold Dog Soup Amazon
10Lucinda Williams Lake Charles Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Amazon
11The Texas Tornados The Gardens 4 Aces Amazon
12Buddy Miller That's How I Got To Memphis Your Love And Other Lies Amazon
13The Flatlanders Dallas More a Legend Than a Band Amazon
14Joe Ely If You Were A Bluebird Joe Ely Amazon
15Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Killing The Blues Raising Sand Amazon
16Alison Krauss & Union Station The Lucky One New Favorite Amazon
17Mark Knopfler & Emmylou Harris All The Roadrunning All The Roadrunning Amazon
18Steve Earle Copperhead Road Copperhead Road Amazon
19Blaze Foley Clay Pigeons Wanted More Dead Than Alive Amazon
20Justin Townes Earle Harlem River Blues Harlem River Blues [Explicit] Amazon
21Gillian Welch Red Clay Halo Time (The Revelator) Amazon
22Gillian Welch Caleb Meyer Hell Among the Yearlings Amazon
23Van Morrison Till I Gain Control Again Pay The Devil Amazon
24First Aid Kit Emmylou The Lion's Roar (Bonus Track Version) Amazon
25John Hiatt Drive South Slow Turning Amazon

Tell Me a Story

Storytelling in song is not new. It’s mankind’s way of conveying, in both accuracy and reflection, the narrative from one perspective. Embellishments and hooks have long been the best way to make the story easy to digest and, if need be, to get a point (likely sociopolitical) across. We’ll be doing just that in this Friday’s episode: stories based in war, natural disasters, national tragedies and personal conflict. We’ll take a hundred year tour of storytelling from Bessie Smith to the Drive-by Truckers, from Memphis Minnie and The Tex-I-An Boys to Calexico, The Staple Singers and Marty Robbins. There are floods, murders, environmental catastrophes, bombings, and some wartime solemnity to be shared today. Tune into KOWS Community Radio every Friday morning for some fresh musical linens, curated by the outdoors and streaming to all of planet Earth on KOWSFM.COM/listen

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Mac Wiseman Wreck Of The Old '97 Sings Old Time Country Favorites Amazon
2Jimmie Driftwood The Battle of New Orleans Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles Amazon
3Marty Robbins Ballad Of The Alamo My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
4Johnny Horton Sink The Bismark Classic Country Great Story Songs [Disc 2] Amazon
5Calexico Victor Jara's Hands Carried To Dust Amazon
6Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Ohio So Far Amazon
7Joni Mitchell Woodstock Hits Amazon
8Grateful Dead New, New Minglewood Blues What a Long Strange Trip It's Been Disc 1 Amazon
9Grateful Dead New Speedway Boogie What a Long Strange Trip It's Been Disc 1 Amazon
10Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards Ludlow Massacre Thirty Two Cents Postage Due Amazon
11Tom Petty Jefferson Jericho Blues Mojo (Extra Mojo Version) Amazon
12Randy Newman Burn On Sail Away Amazon
13Charlie Haden Is This America? (Katrina 2005) Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy Amazon
14Johnny Cash Five Feet High And Rising Songs Of Our Soil Amazon
15Kansas Joe And Memphis Minnie When the Levee Breaks People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature Amazon
16Sin-Killer Griffin Wasn't That A Mighty Storm Field Recordings, Vol. 5: Louisiana, Texas, Bahamas (1933-1940) Amazon
17The Tex-I-An Boys Wasn't That A Mighty Storm? Classic American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
18Bessie Smith Backwater Blues Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
19Rory Block Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down) Confessions of A Blues Singer Amazon
20Chill Pill Dancers Zoot Suit Riot Swing: Next Generation Amazon
21Mimi & Richard Fariqa Birmingham Sunday Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 10 The West Coast Amazon
22Archie Shepp Blues for Brother George Jackson Verve Unmixed, Vol. 2 Amazon
23Drive-By Truckers What It Means American Band Amazon
24Will And Jehnean Trail of Tears Song of America Amazon
25Don McLean American Pie Songs For The Open Road [Platinum Legends] Amazon

Freedom Train

Summer’s in full tilt and we’re not ready quite yet for the heat. But that won’t stop us cartwheeling down the musical halls as we take an eclectic ride on a free form Friday. Themes and tradition will rule today’s playlists, making way for some great roots rock favorites from Elvis, Chuck Berry and Roy Orbison. Country music is well represented with a lonesome George Strait train song, some hellbound Billy Strange, and a trip to Texas with Iris DeMent. KOWS Community Radio features Deeper Roots each and every Friday morning at 9 Pacific and this particular morning is no different save for a few snowflakes in the wind. We’ll also dig deeper for some tracks from The Ravens, The Golden Nuggets, The Beach Boys and a little bit of Dr. John. Join us on our free form journey!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bing Crosby The Freedom Train [Single Version] Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 1] Amazon
2Iris DeMent Goin' Down To Sing In Texas Workin' On A World Amazon
3Randy Newman Political Science Sail Away Amazon
4Simon & Garfunkel America Old Friends Disc 2 Amazon
5Louis Armstrong Summer Song This Is Jazz Sampler Amazon
6The Ravens Summertime Old Man River Amazon
7Jim Byrnes Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City Long Hot Summer Nights Amazon
8Roy Orbison Summer Song Crying Amazon
9The Chimes Summer Night Another Banana Split, please Amazon
10The Beach Boys Your Summer Dream Surfer Girl Amazon
11Dr. John Such A Night The Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974 Amazon
12Elvis Presley Such A Night The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1] Amazon
13Chuck Berry Downbound Train The Chess Box Disc 1 Amazon
14Billy Strange Hell Train Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
15The Golden Nuggets Gospel Train Oxford American Music Issue #13-Mississippi Amazon
16George Strait Trains Make Me Lonesome Strait Out of the Box [Disc 3] Amazon
17Mudcrutch Shady Grove Mudcrutch Amazon
18Doc Watson Shady Grove Songs From Home Amazon
19The Campbell Brothers Feat John Medeski Amazing Grace Can You Feel It? Amazon
20Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues Amazing Grace Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 2] Amazon
21Norma Jean Let's Go All the Way 30th Anniversary Collection Disc 1 Amazon
22Ray Charles Let's Go Get Stoned Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection Amazon
23The Isley Brothers Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go [Remastered 1991] Complete United Artists Sessions Amazon
24Al Greene/Soul's Mate Back up Train Smooth Grooves: The '60s, Vol. 3: Late '60s Amazon
25Johnny Bond Lonesome Train Put Me To Bed Amazon
26Robert Gordon Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track) Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials Amazon
27Elvis Presley Mystery Train Lonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad Song Amazon
28Robert Gordon Drivin' Wheel [*] Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials Amazon
29Chuck Berry Brown Eyed Handsome Man The Chess Box Disc 1 Amazon

Tex Mex Fest

We took a journey to the south in last week’s show and this week, we head further west where we’ll share a vibrant and dynamic genre that reflects the rich cultural fusion of its geographic origins, combining traditional Mexican folk music with contemporary American influences of country, rhythm and blues, and rock. With the accordion and bajo sexto, drums, bass and guitar punching a hefty rhythm whose lyrics are often filled with catchy hooks and danceable beats, it is prominently featured in festivals, celebrations and public events across the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. We’ll share some of the influentials from across the border like Lydia Mendoza as well as the mainstays and popular artists of the past half century including Freddy Fender, Doug Sahm, The Texas Tornados, Flaco Jimenez, The Mavericks and a dozen others in this week’s Deeper Roots fest.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Conjunto Sotavento de Nacho Fierro La Bamba Tex Mex Folk 1920s to 1950s Amazon
2Lydia Mendoza Jurame Lone Star Amazon
3Lydia Mendoza Mal Hombre American Roots Music [Disc 4] Amazon
4Las Hermanas Mendoza Mis pensamientos The Rough Guide to Tex-Mex Amazon
5Little Joe & La Familia Las Nubes American Roots Music [Disc 4] Amazon
6Conjunto Bernal Mi Unico Camino Lone Star Amazon
7Ritchie Valens La Bamba Southern California With Fond Memories Amazon
8Freddy Fender Before The Next Teardrop Falls Before The Next Teardrop Falls Amazon
9Los Super Seven Cupido (ft. Freddy Fender & Rick Trevino) Heard It On The X Amazon
10Freddy Fender Wasted Days And Wasted Nights Country Crossroads Amazon
11The Texas Tornados Who Were You Thinkin' Of Texas Tornados Amazon
12Doug Sahm Nuevo Laredo Best of Sir Douglas 68-75 Amazon
13Sir Douglas Quintet Dynamite Woman Mono Singles '68-'72 Amazon
14Sir Douglas Quintet She's About A Mover Sir Douglas Amazon
15Tejas Brothers (w/ Augie Meyers and Larry Joe Taylor) Rosa Live a Little More Amazon
16Los Lobos Will the Wolf Survive? El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4) Amazon
17The Mavericks Volver, Volver Collection [2003] Amazon
18The Mavericks Ven Hacia Mi (Come Unto Me) [Conjunto Version] In Time (10th Anniversary Deluxe) Amazon
19Eddie "Lalo" Torres Y Su Conjunto Arriba San Antonio The Rough Guide to Tex-Mex Amazon
20Santiago Jimenez Jr. Alma de Tejas The Rough Guide to Tex-Mex Amazon
21Flaco Jimenez El Pesudo Flaco Jimenez Amazon
22Flaco Jiminez The Girls From Texas featuring Ry Cooder (Album Version) Partners Amazon
23Flaco Jimenez Por Una Mujer Bonita Flaco Jimenez Amazon
24Linda Ronstadt Mi Ranchito (My Little Ranch) Mas Canciones Amazon
25Ry Cooder w/Sam Samudio No Quiero The Border/Alamo Bay Amazon
26Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs Wooly Bully Memphis Celebrates 50 Years Of Rock 'n' Roll Amazon
27David Lindley & El Rayo-X Texas Tango Very Greasy Amazon
28Charley Pride Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone Country USA 1970 Amazon
29Marty Robbins El Paso All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon

Swamp Pop Fest

Swamp pop. What is it and where does Tex Mex begin and country blues end? Well, just listen for that Louisiana backbeat, a taste of torch song and rocking rhythm. We’ll take on the music of Tex Mex next week but this week we’ll be sampling some of the greats of that splinter genre referred to as ‘swamp pop’; music that was grafted from a number of different root source sounds. Swamp pop remains an important cultural expression of the Acadiana region, celebrated for its heartfelt and nostalgic qualities. While it never achieved the widespread commercial success of other genres, swamp pop has maintained a dedicated following and continues to be performed by contemporary musicians. We’ll share the sounds of some of the genre’s most popular:  Warren Storm, Tommy McLain, Rod Bernard, Clint West and so many others. Drop on by.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Cookie & the Cupcakes Mathilda Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
2Joe Barry I'm A Fool To Care Don't Do It: The Smash Record Story 1961-1962 [Disc 2] Amazon
3Joe Barry Teardrops in My Heart I'm a Fool to Care: The Complete Recordings 1958-1977, Vol. 1 Amazon
4Joe Barry Little Jewel of the Vieux Carre I'm a Fool to Care: The Complete Recordings 1958-1977, Vol. 1 Amazon
5Rockin' Sidney Shirley Jean Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
6John Fred Shirley The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3] Amazon
7Rod Bernard This Should Go On Forever Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
8Rod Bernard Diggy Liggy Lo Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
9Rod Bernard Colinda Swamp Gold, Vol. 2 Amazon
10Warren Storm Prisoner's Song Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
11Warren Storm Hey Ma Ma Boppin' By The Bayou – Made In The Shade Amazon
12Lil' Band Of Gold/Warren Storm Please Mr. Sandman Americana Roots Songbook: Louisiana Amazon
13Little Bob & The Lollipops Nobody But You Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009 Amazon
14Lil' Bob & the Lollipops I Got Loaded Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
15Johnnie Allan Lonely Days & Lonely Nights Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
16Jivin' Gene Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
17Dale & Grace I'm Leaving It All Up to You Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
18Clint West Our Love Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
19Clint West Big Blue Diamonds Swamp Gold, Vol. 2 Amazon
20Cookie & His Cupcakes Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups Amazon
21Cookie And The Cupcakes Until Then Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
22Cookie & The Cupcakes Got You on My Mind Swamp Gold, Vol. 2 Amazon
23Shelton Dunaway & The Cupcakes Mary Lou Doing The Popeye The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] Amazon
24Tommy McLain Sweet Dreams Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
25Tommy McLain Before I Grow Too Old The Essential Collection Amazon
26Tommy McLain Before I Grow Too Old I Ran Down Every Dream Amazon
27Tommy McLain Somebody (Radio Edit) I Ran Down Every Dream Amazon
28The Uniques All These Things Swamp Gold, Vol. 2 Amazon
29Randy & the Rockets Lets Do the Cajun Twist Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
30Joe Barry Just Because Don't Do It: The Smash Record Story 1961-1962 [Disc 2] Amazon
31Cookie & The Cupcakes I Cried Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
32Tommy McLain I Ran Down Every Dream (feat. Elvis Costello) I Ran Down Every Dream Amazon
33Rockin' Sidney My Toot-Toot Alligator Stomp: Cajun Zydeco Classics Amazon

White Powder Muse

Cocaine is one of a few substances that have served as a muse, both in word and effect, in various forms of art throughout history, particularly in the 20th century. Its influence can be found repeatedly in the music industry, peaking in use during the 1980s when it was used by performer and listener as the disco and party-going atmosphere exploded, Contributing to this bacchanal were films depicting its use (and abuse) with plot themes embracing the white powder in storytelling. Cocaine’s impact is predominant in the genres of rock, jazz, and hip-hop and many performers have openly discussed their cocaine use, and its influence can be heard in lyrics, musical styles, and even album artwork. This week’s show looks at this muse with sounds from Margo Price, The Reverend Horton Heat, Lucille Bogan, Fred Neil and a host of others from 1929 to the present.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Roy Hogsed Cocaine Blues Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
2Hank Williams III Cocaine Blues Risin' Outlaw Amazon
3Dick Justice Cocaine Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi Amazon
4Carl Martin That New Kind Of Stuff Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works Amazon
5Lucille Bogan Baking Powder Blues Cocaine Blues Amazon
6Johnny Cash Cocaine Blues Silver Amazon
7Billy Hughes Cocaine Blues Country & Western Hit Parade 1947 Amazon
8Son Volt Cocaine and Ashes American Central Dust Amazon
9The Reverend Horton Heat Bales of Cocaine Holy Roller Amazon
10Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Cocaine Blues Dance Ranch Amazon
11Miss Marcy & Her Texas Sugardaddy's Whiskey And Cocaine Deep Ellum Amazon
12Grateful Dead Casey Jones Workingman's Dead Amazon
13The Byrds Take A Whiff On Me Untitled / Unissued [Disc 1] Amazon
14Fred Neil Sweet Cocaine The Many Sides Of Fred Neil [Disc 1] Amazon
15Woody Guthrie Take A Whiff On Me Muleskinner Blues (The Asch Recordings, Vol. 2) Amazon
16Woody Guthrie Bad Lee Brown (Cocaine Blues) (traditional, arr. Woody Guthrie and Cisco Houston) Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
17Jackson Browne Cocaine Running On Empty Amazon
18Dave Van Ronk Cocaine Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk Amazon
19Eric Clapton Cocaine Slowhand Amazon
20Margo Price Cocaine Cowboys All American Made Amazon
21Doc & Merle Watson Let the Cocaine Be Live & Pickin' Amazon
22The Manhattan Transfer That Cat Is High Anthology – Down In Birdland (Disc 2) Amazon
23Chick Webb & His Orchestra Wacky Dust Cocaine Blues Amazon
24Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra Kickin' The Gong Around Cocaine Blues Amazon
25Cab Calloway & His Cotton Club Orchestra Kickin' The Gong Around Chronological Cab Calloway (1932-1934) Amazon
26Mills Blue Rhythm Band Kokey Joe Cocaine Blues Amazon
27The Spirits of Rhythm Junk Man Cocaine Blues Amazon
28Curtis Mayfield Pusherman The Very Best Of Curtis Mayfield Amazon
29The Ink Spots That Cat Is High Cocaine Blues Amazon
30Memphis Jug Band Cocaine Habit Blues Cocaine Blues Amazon

Bad Road To The River

It’s been a while since we went free form so today’s show takes our regular breather from genre-focused explorations, theme, retrospectives and artist-inspired shows. There will be all of that found in the mix this morning. Interspersed between some fresh sounds from the likes of Dylan LeBlanc, Charley Crockett, and a newly revealed Johnny Cash nugget, we’ll be sharing everything from Dave Brubeck to Los Indios Tabajaras, Marvin Rainwater, and Johnny Thunder in our show today. From a pair of Memphis Minnie covers, some country classics from Patsy Cline, swinging rhythm from Louis Jordan, and straight-ahead rock from The Doobie Brothers and The Georgia Satellites…it’s a Friday morning full of Duane Eddy tributes and we’ve even got Slim Whitman…just for you on Sonoma County Community Radio, broadcasting on the FM airwaves out of Occidental, California, and streaming to the whole wide world on kowsfm.com/listen. KOWS-LP 92.5 FM is “Free Speech. No Bull” Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Duane Eddy Forty Miles Of Bad Road Dance With The Guitar Man Amazon
2Dylan LeBlanc Sensitive Kind Pastimes Amazon
3Down Like Silver To the River Light That Match – Single Amazon
4Johnny Thunder Loop De Loop The Very Best Of Johnny Thunder Amazon
5The Georgia Satellites Almost Saturday Night / Rockin' All Over the World Rubaiyat Elektra's 40th Anniversary [Disc 2] (1990) Amazon
6The Doobie Brothers Long Train Runnin' The Very Best Of The Doobie Brothers [Disc 1] Amazon
7Patsy Cline Got A Lot Of Rhythm In My Soul Volume 3 Amazon
8Linda Martell I Almost Called Your Name (Remastered 2022) Color Me Country (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022) Amazon
9Slim Whitman Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection  2013 Amazon
10Willie Nelson Made In Texas The Border Amazon
11Duane Eddy Dance With The Guitar Man Dance With The Guitar Man Amazon
12Johnny Cash Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 2] Amazon
13T Bone Burnett He Came Down The Other Side Amazon
14Charley Crockett Hard Luck & Circumstances $10 Cowboy Amazon
15Jorma Kaukonen Red River Blues Blue Country Heart Amazon
16Jefferson Airplane Embryonic Journey Surrealistic Pillow [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
17The Dave Brubeck Quartet Unsquare Dance Silver Linings Playbook: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Amazon
18Los Indios Tabajaras Always In My Heart Maria Elena/Always In My Heart Amazon
19Ria Valk Santo Domingo (Fernando, Alfredo En Jose) The Wanda Jackson Connection (30 Roots And Covers Of Wanda Jackson) Amazon
20Eileen Barton Fujiyama Mama The Wanda Jackson Connection (30 Roots And Covers Of Wanda Jackson) Amazon
21Marvin Rainwater Baby, Don't Go Whole Lotta Woman Amazon
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