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Workin’ Man Blues

We’ll be spending two hours on a century of hard work, little pay, striking it rich as well as failing to do so. Songs about working the mines, panning in the mother lode, welfare and pittance wages, as well as the country sounds of Merle’s Working Man Blues. Plenty to keep us reflecting on a lifetime of keeping afloat knowing full well that you can’t take it with you. Not necessarily money for nothing and kicks for free but we’ve also got songs about blowing it all on a Saturday night. Join us for music from Johnny Horton, Wynn Stewart, Tex Ritter, Merle, Hazel Dickens, Roy Orbison and a cast of the very best of performances from the past century here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Tex Williams Money Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
2Howard Vokes The Miner Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
3Tex Ritter A Working Man's Prayer Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
4Doc Watson Dream of the Miner's Child 1964-1965 (Warped 6411F) Amazon
5Loretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter Coal Miner's Daughter Amazon
6Merle Haggard And The Strangers Workin' Man Blues (2006 Digital Remaster) Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard Amazon
7Lyle Lovett Working Too Hard My Baby Don't Tolerate Amazon
8Slaid Cleaves Working Stiff Unsung Amazon
9Perry Tonightus And The Heart Burn Living On The Welfare Check Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
10Buck Owens Waitin' In Your Welfare Line The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1 Amazon
11Johnny Paycheck Take This Job And Shove It Superstars Of Country: Easy Loving [Disc 1] Amazon
12Roy Orbison Working for the Man The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument] Amazon
13Brennen Leigh North To Alaska Too Thin To Plow Amazon
14Mudcrutch Six Days On the Road Mudcrutch Amazon
15Wynn Stewart Another Day, Another Dollar California Country Amazon
16The Westport Kids You Kaint Take It With You Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
17Billy Parker It Takes A Lot Of Money Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
18Bobby Barnett Workin' Man Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
19Arlie Duff Money Hungry Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
20Faron Young I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night 1953-1956 (Warped 5455) Amazon
21Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws I Ain't Lazy Baby I'm Just Tired The Best Of Western Swing Amazon
22Jim Nesbitt Working All My Life Cash-A-Likes Amazon
23Marty Stuart Hard Working Man Ghost Train: The Studio B Sessions Amazon
24Dick Curless I've Been Working On the Railroad A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD3 (1950-1969) Amazon
25John Prine & Mac Wiseman Saginaw Michigan Standard Songs for Average People Amazon
26Dolly Parton 9 To 5 Dolly [Disc 4] Amazon
27Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands Working Girl Blues (Featuring Andrew Conklin, Alice Gerrard, Tom Rozum & Patrick Sauber) The Hazel and Alice Sessions Amazon
28Tom Waits Heigh Ho Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards [Disc 3] Amazon
29Lee Dorsey Working In A Coal Mine Soul Mine Amazon
30Johnny Horton North To Alaska Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
31The Dwarf Chorus Heigh-Ho Classic Disney, Vol. II: 60 Years Of Music Magical Amazon
32Adriana Caselotti Whistle While You Work Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2] Amazon

Not Above The Law

Welcome to a common theme we share on Deeper Roots:  an eclectic blend of stories featuring grifters, the gallows, the law and prison time. Today we’ll be mixing current events with the rule of law and the focus takes on historic anthems of good versus evil. Playlists will feature topics of blind justice, the fate of liars and thieves, and stories of false prophets and demagogues. We’ll welcome them in their own words with pearls of justice that even the January 6th looters, traitors and thieves cannot escape. It’s a cult…and neither democracy nor faith abide much by the cult of personality that’s soiling our Constitution. We’ve got tracks from Dr. John, Three Dog Night, Hugh Laurie, Booker T and Ted Hawkins this week. Join us here on Deeper Roots for an expose about “Fear and Loathing at Mar-a-Lago”.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Booker T. & The MG's Hang 'Em High The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 1] Amazon
2The Fabulous Thunderbirds Can't Tear It Up Enuff T-Bird Rhythm Amazon
3Ted Hawkins The Constitution Happy Hour Amazon
4Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin) The Hazel and Alice Sessions Amazon
5The Louvin Brothers Cash On The Barrelhead Close Harmony [Disc 3] Amazon
6Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra Call The Police Jumpin' With the Big Swing Bands Amazon
7Ray Lum A Trader Is Voices of Mississippi: Artists and Musicians Documented by William Ferris Amazon
8Bill Phillips The Yankee Trader Bill Phillips 1958-1961 Amazon
9Dr. John Trader John The Blues Biography Amazon
10Three Dog Night Liar The Complete Hit Singles Amazon
11Julia Lee Lies Kansas City Star [Disc 2] Amazon
12JD McPherson Mother Of Lies Let The Good Times Roll Amazon
13Julie London Little White Lies 36 All-Time Greatest Hits Disc 1 Amazon
14Jackie Greene About Cell Block #9 Sweet Somewhere Bound Amazon
15Bill Carter with The Cooper Brothers Jailer Man The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972) Amazon
16Buck Owens In the Jailhouse Now Honky Tonk Man: Buck Sings Country Classics Amazon
17Hugh Laurie Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair Didn't It Rain (Deluxe) Amazon
18Elton Britt Uranium Fever Atomic Platters Amazon
19Sam Hinton Old Man Atom Atomic Platters Amazon
20Dan Reeder 2016 Election Song Every Which Way (Deluxe Edition) Amazon
21Fay Simmons You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb Atomic Platters Amazon
22Fred Kirby When That Hell Bomb Falls Atomic Platters Amazon
23George Kent I Always Did Like Leavenworth The Hangman's Blues: Prison Songs In Country Music (1956-1972) Amazon
24The Bobby Fuller Four I Fought The Law The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four Amazon
25George Jones/Johnny Cash I Got Stripes [*] Silver Amazon
26Rico Bell Death Row The Executioners Last Songs, Volume 2 Amazon
27Doodle Duncan Death Row Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2 Amazon
28Marty Robbins Hanging Tree A Lifetime of Song (1951-1982) Amazon
29Ralph Stanley O Death O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
30Roy Zimmerman The Don Rize Up Amazon
31Thomas E. Dewey Election Eve Campaign Speech Great Speeches of the 20th Century Amazon
32Paul Stookey Nukes R Nuts Just Causes Amazon
33Roy Zimmerman The Liar Tweets Tonight The Liar Tweets Tonight (Single) Amazon
34Earle Hagen I Spy Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene Amazon

Celebrating 10 Years

Break out the libations! Deeper Roots celebrates it’s ten year anniversary on Sonoma County Community Radio and today’s show takes some time to celebrate the blend of sounds we’ve featured with the focus being on our first ten shows. I’ll be grabbing some of my very favorites from those early playlists and sharing them with everyone this morning. Great sounds featured include a trip to Chickashay with Roy Rogers, gospel tradition from Fern Jones, jitterbugging with The Roosevelts, some Duke, Fats, The Louvins, and, of course, Miss Morse (Ella Mae, that is). I’ll look back at some of the shows featured, the many sites visited and the folks that dropped by along the way. A little nostalgia on a Friday morning on KOWS radio and Saturday morning on KRJF and KWTF.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Geraint Watkins Go West Dial 'W' for Watkins Amazon
2Mae West I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love The Mae West Collection Amazon
3Roy Rogers with Country Washburne My Chickashay Girl 26 All-Time Country Classics Amazon
4Patsy Montana My Poncho Pony Cowgirl's Best Amazon
5Bob Wills The Devil Ain't Lazy Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar) Amazon
6Doug Sahm (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1 Amazon
7The Louvin Brothers Cash On The Barrelhead Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon
8The Louvin Brothers The Great Atomic Power Hand-Picked Amazon
9Kitty Wells Amigo's Guitar Greatest Songs Amazon
10Lefty Frizzell Saginaw, Michigan Look What Thoughts Will Do Amazon
11The Americans Sweet and Low Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys Amazon
12The Ink Spots Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees) Greatest Hits Amazon
13Julia Lee And Her Boyfriends (Opportunity Knocks But Once) Snatch And Grab It Blues Classics 1945-1949 Amazon
14Duke Ellingtion Take The "A" Train Stompin' At The Savoy Amazon
15The Roosevelts Jitterbug Special The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2 Amazon
16Fats Waller & His Rhythm Hey! Stop Kissin' My Sister 100 Ans De Jazz Amazon
17Nina Simone Children Go Where I Send You The Best Of Nina Simone: The Colpix Years Amazon
18Gospel Hebrews Jesus Is All Over Me Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio Amazon
19Fern Jones Just A Little Talk With Jesus The Glory Road Amazon
20Sister Rosetta Tharpe Shout Sister Shout Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2 Amazon
21Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra Male Call Barrell House Boogie and the Blues Amazon
22Fats Domino Sleeping on the Job This Is Gold Disc 2 Amazon
23Ivory Joe Hunter Worried Mind Since I Met You Baby Amazon
24Arthur Alexander You Better Move On The Greatest Hits Amazon
25Nellie Lutcher Hurry On Down From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944 Amazon
26Jewel Paige & Her Brown Brownies Give It Up If You Take Me Back Amazon
27Freddie King Lonesome Whistle Blues Ultimate Collection Amazon
28Blue Lu Barker At The Animal Ball: (Sic – At The Animal Fair) Chronological Blue Lu Barker (1946-1949) Amazon
29The Kingston Trio Scotch and Soda Absolutely the Best Amazon
30Slim & Slam Huh! Uh-Huh! Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 2) Amazon
31Dave Van Ronk Would You Like to Swing on a Star? Sunday Street Amazon
32Charles Brown I Wanna Go Home The 15 Greatest Hits On Ace Records Amazon
33Shirley Gunter Ipsie Opsie Ooh Shirley Gunter Amazon
34Ivory Joe Hunter Shooty Booty Since I Met You Baby Amazon
35Rocky Porter The World Is A Monster The World Is A Monster Amazon

A Taste of Sixties Soul

What a decade. The Sixties. There was, of course, the mainlining of rock that took place, The Beatles, The Stones, Dylan, folk-rock, a rediscovery of tradition and the blues…and then there was something that had been bubbling underneath the pop, gospel, jazz, and rock elements. It would come to be called ‘soul’ and the sixties urban explosion out of a post-war northern cities like Chicago and (especially) Detroit, gave us something uniquely American. And the sixties charts were brimming with Motown, funk, cold sweat, and brassy ballads with a back beat and synchronicity of voice that established itself for good. The Isley Brothers, The Four Tops, The Supremes, Chuck Jackson, Mary Wells, The Temptations, The Impressions…the list goes on…all of these acts and hundreds of others staked their claim to the charts, easily competing (if not comfortably sharing) with the British wave and psychedlic sounds that had stormed the gates. Join Dave Stroud for a taste of 60s soul.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Miracles Shop Around [National Hit Version] The 35th Anniversary Collection Amazon
2Ike & Tina Turner It's Gonna Work Out Fine Birth Of Soul: 3 Amazon
3Sugar Pie DeSanto A Little Taste of Soul A Little Bit of Soul (1957-1962) Amazon
4Chuck Jackson Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird) Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 2] Amazon
5Sam Cooke Send Me Some Lovin' The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (3 of 4) Amazon
6Mary Wells Bye Bye Baby Looking Back 1961-1964 Amazon
7The Impressions I'm So Proud Glory of Love: Sweet & Soulful Love Songs-'60s Amazon
8The Supremes Come See About Me Gold Disc 1 Amazon
9Mary Wells My Guy Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2) Amazon
10Brenda Holloway Every Little Bit Hurts Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1 Amazon
11The Tams What Kind Of Fool (Do You Think I Am) Classic Rock: 1964 A Go Go Amazon
12Jimmy Hughes Steal Away The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1 Amazon
13King Curtis Soul Serenade Instant Soul: The Legendary King Curtis Amazon
14The Funk Brothers Too Many Fish in the Sea 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Funk Brothers Amazon
15The Supremes Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart Gold Disc 1 Amazon
16The Four Tops I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) The Ultimate Collection Amazon
17The Isley Brothers This Old Heart Of Mine (Is Weak For You) The Essential Isley Brothers [Disc 1] Amazon
18The Temptations Get Ready The Best Of The Temptations, Vol. 1: The 60s Amazon
19Stevie Wonder Uptight (Everything's Alright) The Classic Sixties: 1965 Amazon
20Spooner's Crowd Two In The Morning Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
21The Mar-Keys Philly Dog The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9) Amazon
22Carla Thomas A Woman's Love The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4 Amazon
23Carla Thomas/Otis Redding Tramp The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9) Amazon
24Arthur Conley Sweet Soul Music The Muscle Shoals Sound Amazon
25Sam & Dave When Something Is Wrong With My Baby The Very Best of Sam & Dave Amazon
26Marvin Gaye If I Could Build My Whole World Around You Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
27Jimmy Ruffin What Becomes of the Brokenhearted Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1 Amazon
28Jackie Wilson (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher Red, White & Rock Disc 3 Amazon
29James Brown Cold Sweat 20 All Time Greatest Hits! Amazon
30Martha Reeves & The Vandellas Jimmy Mack The Ultimate Collection Amazon
31Johnnie Taylor Who's Making Love Stax Number Ones Amazon
32Marvin Gaye Too Busy Thinking About My Baby Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
33Jean Knight Mr. Big Stuff Stax Number Ones Amazon

Country Crossovers

Country music started genre-life out as something different. Searching for a term more palatable than simply ‘folk’ or, more so, ‘hillbilly’, or ‘western’ music, music industry marketing found the term ‘country’ or ‘country and western’ a much smoother alternative. It softened the fiddle and accordion sounds and, at the same time, tempered the fears of human de-evolution through cultural disappropriation. Although what passes for country music today is more a caricature of itself, the Golden Age of country, running through the decades of the fifties, sixties and the early seventies built a solid foundation with some of the great songwriters and performers that weren’t from the big east and west coast hubs. And their music would often be heard ‘peeking through’ the pop charts in a big way, reinforcing the notion that it was, and always had been, a common cultural denominator. Our show this week features some of the very greatest of the latter. Join us!


No.Artist Title Album BuyEddy Arnold The Cattle Call (1) Eddy's Song: The Cattle Call AmazonHank Williams Why Don't You Love Me Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 11 AmazonHank Snow I'm Moving On The Essential Hank Snow AmazonHank Thompson The Wild Side Of Life 30 Years Of No.1 Country Hits 1/4 AmazonHank Williams Your Cheatin' Heart 24 Greatest AmazonTennessee Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons Classic Country AmazonJohnny Cash I Walk The Line Classic Country AmazonMarty Robbins Singing the Blues Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 8 AmazonJimmie Rodgers Kisses Sweeter Than Wine Heatin' Up AmazonMarty Robbins A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation) A Lifetime of Song (1951-1982) AmazonPatsy Cline Walkin' After Midnight Country Legends AmazonFerlin Husky Gone Ferlin Husky Singles AmazonDon Gibson Oh Lonesome Me A Legend In My Time AmazonJim Reeves He'll Have To Go Classic Country AmazonJohnny Horton The Battle Of New Orleans Classic Country AmazonMarty Robbins El Paso Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. AmazonPatsy Cline Crazy Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1] AmazonWanda Jackson Right or Wrong Golden Age of Country Volume 6: Hillbilly Heaven AmazonSkeeter Davis The End of the World Red, White & Rock Disc 2 AmazonJohnny Cash Ring Of Fire Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound AmazonRoger Miller King Of The Road Classic Country AmazonJeannie C. Riley Harper Valley P.T.A. Superstars of Country Easy Loving [Disc 2] AmazonJerry Reed Amos Moses The Essential Jerry Reed AmazonGlen Campbell Galveston Greatest Hits AmazonTammy Wynette Stand By Your Man Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound AmazonLoretta Lynn Coal Miner's Daughter Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer AmazonJohn Denver Take Me Home, Country Roads 70s Music Explosion – Miracles AmazonJohn Denver Rocky Mountain High Singers And Songwriters 1972-1973 [Disc 1] AmazonCharlie Rich The Most Beautiful Girl Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich AmazonCharlie Rich Behind Closed Doors Country: The American Tradition [Disc 2] AmazonJohnny Cash One Piece at a Time 16 Biggest Hits AmazonWaylon Jennings Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) Classic Country 1975 – 1979 AmazonThe Oak Ridge Boys Elvira The Best Of Classic Country 80's AmazonWillie Nelson On The Road Again Superstars of Country Easy Loving [Disc 2] Amazon

California Dreamin’

A little bit of surf…just a bit…and some folk favorites right alongside some local performers in this week’s episode brought your way directly from the KOWS Studios in downtown Santa Rosa, California. Our theme is the Golden State where the living may be costly but the core soul is one of progressive culture and hard work: whether that’s in the fields, behind the desk, in the service industry, or on the road. This week’s show focuses on California, from the LA Freeway to the Streets of Bakersfield, on up to Lodi and the Monterey Bay. The past century has found the state a popular subject of song and we’ve got some favorites and off-the-wall nuggets just for you this Friday morning including tracks from Dave Alvin, Albert Hammond, and Red River Dave. Tune in.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Sound Of The City KSFO 560 – San Francisco 78s Amazon
2Tony Bennett I Left My Heart in San Francisco Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S Amazon
3Danny Sorentino Sonoma County Stars Real Music (Disc 1) Amazon
4Kyle Martin Santa Rosa Kyle Martin Amazon
5Charley Crockett The Way I'm Livin' (Santa Rosa) The Valley Amazon
6Lowell Levinger Hippie From Olema Get Together- Youngblood Classics Amazon
7Kevin Russell California Cottonfields Trouble In Mind Amazon
8John Hartford California Earthquake Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 11 The South Amazon
9Norman Greenbaum Petaluma Spirit In The Sky – The Best of Norman Greenbaum Amazon
10Neil Young California Sunset Old Ways Amazon
11Joe Jones California Sun You Heard It Here First! Amazon
12Roy Orbison California Blue Mystery Girl Amazon
13The Beach Boys California Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys Disc 4 Amazon
14The Beach Boys California Girls 20 Good Vibrations: The Greatest Hits Amazon
15Jan & Dean The Little Old Lady From Pasadena Malt Shop Memories: Top Down Convertible Sound (Disc 2) Amazon
16Eric Clapton San Francisco Bay Blues Unplugged Amazon
17Dave Alvin Out in California Interstate City Amazon
18Various Artists Monterey Pop Promo – KRLA Los Angeles #2 1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials Amazon
19The Mamas & The Papas California Dreamin' Southern California With Fond Memories Amazon
20Joni Mitchell California Hits Amazon
21America Ventura Highway Southern California With Fond Memories Amazon
22Lucinda Williams Here in California Treasures left behind: Remembering Kate Wolf Amazon
23Buck Owens Streets of Bakersfield The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3 Amazon
24Randy Newman I Love L.A. Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman Amazon
25Albert Hammond It Never Rains In California Southern California With Fond Memories Amazon
26The Ink Spots When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano Greatest Hits Amazon
27The Four Preps 26 Miles (Santa Catalina) Southern California With Fond Memories Amazon
28Red River Dave California Hippie Murders Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
29John Fogerty Lodi The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty – Creedence Collection Amazon

Dawn To Midnight

From sunrise to sunset and then back. This Friday morning we take a journey on the roller coaster of life on the big blue marble using music as our rails. We’ll rise and shine in the cold grey light before dawn and follow summer rain with the summer wind as sundown approaches. This week’s theme is a fusion of sunrise, sundown and a misty moonlight rhapsody featuring the music of Ray Charles, Norah Jones, Chet and Les, Bobby Bare, Mahalia Jackson and a couple dozen others. We’ll take you from dawn to midnight as we bring on the best of America’s music from digital, vinyl and ethereal dustbins of the past 100 years. Join us once more for music from long ago, today, and far away here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Browns The Three Bells 30 Years Of No. 1 Country Hits 2/4 Amazon
2Nick Lowe Cold Grey Light of Dawn Dig My Mood Amazon
3Emmylou Harris Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn Roses in the Snow Amazon
4Chet Atkins & Les Paul The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise Chester & Lester Amazon
5Luther Dickinson Hurry up Sunrise Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger's Songbook) Volumes I & II [amazon asin=Rodney Crowell – Don't Get Me Started [Album Version] – 00:00&title=Buy From Amazon &thumb=http://deeperrootsradio.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/buy_small.gif]
6Norah Jones Sunrise Feels Like Home Amazon
7Bruce Cockburn Sunrise on the Mississippi Dart to the Heart Amazon
8Doris Day I Got The Sun In The Morning Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2] Amazon
9Geoff Muldaur Livin' In The Sunlight (Lovin' in the Moonlight) Is Having Wonderful Time Amazon
10Petra Haden Sunshine Life for Me (with Lenny Pickett) Son of Rogues Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys Amazon
11Ray Charles You Are My Sunshine Ultimate Hits Collection [2 of 2] Amazon
12The Statler Brothers You're My Sunshine Country Roads – Ralph Emery Presents – For The Good Times Amazon
13Willie Nelson Bring Me Sunshine ("Naked" Version) Naked Willie Amazon
14Lyle Lovett Summer Wind Smile: Songs From The Movies Amazon
15Johnny Rivers Summer Rain Best Of Johnny Rivers Amazon
16Roger Miller In The Summertime (You Don't Want My Love) Super Hits Amazon
17Robbie Fulks Rose of the Summer Gone Away Backward Amazon
18The Mavericks Summertime (When I'm With You) Mono Amazon
19Dale Hawkins Summertime Down South Wildcat Tamer Amazon
20Slim Willett And His Hired Hands Come Sundown Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
21Bobby Bare Come Sundown 1970 Amazon
22Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Lonesome Sundown Echo Amazon
23J.J. Cale Long About Sundown Stay Around Amazon
24Cab Calloway Moonlight Rhapsody 1932-1934 Amazon
25Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra Let's Dream In The Moonlight Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 05] Amazon
26Dean Martin In The Misty Moonlight The Great Dean Martin Amazon
27Maria Muldaur Moonlight Love Wants to Dance Amazon
28Smokey Wood Moonlight in Oklahoma The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2] Amazon
29Frank Sinatra Moonlight in Vermont Come Fly with Me [Capitol] Amazon
30Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman New Moon Over My Shoulder Mac Doc Del Amazon
31Mahalia Jackson Dark Was The Night Moving On Up A Little Higher Amazon
32Blind Wille Johnson Dark Was The Night-Cold Was The Ground Desperate Man Blues Amazon

Double Play

Hot weather this week and we’ll be sweatin’ out the oldies in the KOWS Studio this coming Friday. Summer may be just around the corner but we’re running hot already here in Sonoma County. Today’s show features a ‘double play’ collection of traditions and covers, focusing primarily on gospel tradition and contemporary covers. Brook Benton, Josh White, Wilson Pickett, Neko Case, and Hank Williams are among the performers we’ll be featuring this week. Covers of the Gambler’s Blues, Stormy Weather, Denomination Blues, and more coming your way from the studios located in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California. Streaming at kowsfm.com/listen.


No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Freddie King Trouble In Mind King Of The Blues Amazon
2Mavis Staples Levon Helm Trouble In My Mind Carry Me Home Amazon
3Sister Rosetta Tharpe Trouble In My Mind Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of Amazon
4Washington Phillips Denomination Blues – Part 1 Manzarene Dreams Amazon
5Rodney Crowell Denomination Blues Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South Amazon
6Josh White St. James Infirmary Mojo-2010-11-Journey to Love Amazon
7Bobby "Blue" Bland St. James Infirmary Mississippi Blues Amazon
8Blind Alfred Reed You Must Unload Complete Recorded Works 1927-29 Amazon
9Ry Cooder You Must Unload The Prodigal Son Amazon
10Louis Armstrong Shadrack Louis And The Good Book Amazon
11Brook Benton Shadrack Mercury 1962 Amazon
12CBS Trumpeteers Milky White Way I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983 Amazon
13Elvis Presley Milky White Way His Hand In Mine Amazon
14Shades of Blue Oh How Happy Glory of Love: Sweet & Soulful Love Songs-'60s Amazon
15Carlene Carter Oh How Happy Carlene Carter/Blue Nun Amazon
16Jeff Lynne Stormy Weather Armchair Theatre Amazon
17Ethel Waters Stormy Weather Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
18Aaron Neville I Saw The Light Gospel Roots Amazon
19Hank Williams I Saw The Light Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel Amazon
20Arizona Dranes John Said He Saw A Number He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes Amazon
21Neko Case John Saw That Number Fox Confessor Brings The Flood Amazon
22Jimmy Reed Big Boss Man The Very Best of Jimmy Reed Amazon
23Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Big Boss Man Playback Disc 5 Amazon
24Wilson Pickett Three-Time Loser A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1] Amazon
25Dave Edmunds Three Time Loser Twangin' Amazon
26Solomon Burke Got To Get You Off My Mind Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis) Amazon
27Huey Lewis And The News Got To Get You Off My Mind Soulsville Amazon
28Peggy Lee With Dave Barbour & His Orchestra I Don't Know Enough About You I Get Ideas – A Proper Introduction To Peggy Lee Amazon
29The Mills Brothers I Don't Know Enough About You The Very Best Of The Mills Brothers Amazon
30The Bobby Fuller Four I Fought The Law The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four Amazon
31The Clash I Fought the Law Story of the Clash, Vol. 1 Disc 1 Amazon

Fogerty Revival

We make a big tip of the hat to an institutional…who turns 77 years old this coming week. John Cameron Fogerty grew up in these parts, growing up in El Cerrito to a second grade teacher and linotype operator for the Berkeley Gazette. He was a part-time Army reservist who, after completing his gig in 1968, formed a band with brother Tom called The Golliwogs and then, eventually, Creedence Clearwater. A talented songwriter clearly influenced by the core elements of gospel, bluegrass, rhythm and blues, country, and (certainly) rock ‘n roll, John’s catalog of music, his distinctive vocals, and driving melodies are immediately recognizable, if not for Doug Clifford’s percussive direction, then for the rhythm and twang that took a Northern California ensemble sound into the mossy swamps and humid climes of the deeper South. Through a messy transition to his solo career to his late career recognition, John Fogerty is a legend and our show today takes some time to reflect…with music from contemporaries, solo efforts new and old, and most certainly a collection of Creedence classics. Tune in.


No.Artist Title Album Buy
1John Fogerty Don't You Wish It Was True Revival Amazon
2The Golliwogs Action USA Promotional Spot Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967 Amazon
3The Golliwogs You Better Be Careful Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967 Amazon
4The Golliwogs Fight Fire Fight Fire: The Complete Recordings 1964-1967 Amazon
5John Fogerty Down On The Corner The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection Amazon
6Creedence Clearwater Revival The Midnight Special Hot Stuff Amazon
7Big Silver Wrote A Song For Everyone Chooglin': a Tribute to the Songs of John Fogerty Amazon
8Irma Thomas River Is Waiting Simply Grand Amazon
9John Jorgenson Lookin Out My Back Door Chooglin': a Tribute to the Songs of John Fogerty Amazon
10Earl Scruggs/John Fogerty Blue Ridge Mountain Blues Earl Scruggs and Friends Amazon
11John Fogerty Have You Ever Seen the Rain (with Alan Jackson) Wrote a Song for Everyone Amazon
12Juan Gabriel Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (Gracias al Sol) Quiero Creedence Amazon
13John Fogerty The Old Man Down The Road Centerfield Amazon
14Marc Cohn Long As I Can See The Light Listening Booth: 1970 Amazon
15Ted Hawkins Long As I Can See The Light The Next Hundred Years Amazon
16John Fogerty Almost Saturday Night (with Keith Urban) Wrote a Song for Everyone Amazon
17John Fogerty Deja Vu (All Over Again) Deja Vu All Over Again Amazon
18Carl Perkins All Mama's Children (with John Fogerty) Go Cat Go Amazon
19Jerry Lee Lewis Bad Moon Rising The London Sessions 1973 Amazon
20Elvis Presley Proud Mary [#] An Afternoon in the Garden Amazon
21Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers Lodi At The Ryman [Live] Amazon
22Creedence Clearwater Revival Green River Green River Amazon
23Buddy Guy Change In The Weather Feels Like Rain Amazon
24Creedence Clearwater Revival Hey Tonight Pendulum Amazon
25John Fogerty Blue Moon Nights Blue Moon Swamp Amazon
26Dr. John; John Fogerty New Orleans The Musical Mojo of Dr. John: Celebrating Mac & His Music Disc 2 Amazon
27John Fogerty Centerfield Centerfield Amazon
28John Fogerty River Is Waiting Revival Amazon

Your Lucky Day

Bad luck and trouble are supposed to be common watchwords on a Friday the 13th but we’re not the superstitious kind. Those vintage holdovers from a Christian time gone long past are just reminders of the stinkin’ thinkin’ that got us to where we are today. We’ll be taking our chances with a themed show today that blends vocal nuggets from Frank Sinatra and Elvis with blues from Bobby “Blue” Bland, Ray Charles, and Chester Burnett. We’ve also got some Jimmy Smith, Raul Malo, Chance Halladay, and Nappy Brown to keep you entertained while the rest of the world goes by. Tune us in on your radio at 92.5 FM or, better yet, listen to us anywhere on planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. Adopt a black cat. Despite longstanding superstitions, they have the very best of personalities.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Jim Lauderdale Lucky 13 Point of No Return: The Unreleased 1989 Album Amazon
2Chris Isaak Waiting for My Lucky Day Baja Sessions Amazon
3The Bobby Fuller Four I'm A Lucky Guy The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four Amazon
4Frank Sinatra Luck Be a Lady Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years Amazon
5Judy Garland Lucky Day Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby! Amazon
6Jimmy Smith I'm Just A Lucky So And So Standards Amazon
7Ray Charles Lucky Old Sun Hear Music Volume 1 Amazon
8Tommy Flanagan Friday The 13th For Monk-A Tribute To The Music Of Thelonious Monk Amazon
9Bobby "Blue" Bland Friday The 13th Child His California Album Amazon
10Howlin' Wolf Hard Luck The Chess Box [Disc 3] Amazon
11Chris Thomas King Superstitious Blues Me, My Guitar and the Blues Amazon
12Albert King Born Under A Bad Sign Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] Amazon
13Stevie Wonder Superstition Hitsville USA, Vol. 2: The Motown Singles Collection 1972-1992 Disc 1 Amazon
14J.J. Cale Lady Luck Travel Log Amazon
15Raul Malo Lucky One Lucky One Amazon
16Mary-Chapin Carpenter I Feel Lucky Come On Come On Amazon
17Elvis Presley Suspicious Minds Elvis Viva Las Vegas – official soundtrack Amazon
18k.d. lang & the Reclines Luck in My Eyes Absolute Torch and Twang Amazon
19Charley Crockett Lots of Luck Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza Amazon
20Johnny Cash Thirteen American Recordings Amazon
21Gale Storm Lucky Lips Dark Moon * The Best Of Gale Storm Amazon
22Ruth Brown Lucky Lips Feelin Fine Amazon
23Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody) My Lucky Day Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949 Amazon
24Howlin' Wolf I Ain't Superstitious The Chess Box Amazon
25John Fogerty Bad Moon Rising The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection Amazon
26Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes Bad Luck, Pt. 1 Greatest Hits Amazon
27Chance Halladay Lucky Me Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon