Harlan Howard is said to have coined the term “three chords and the truth”. He’s also the guy that gave Willie Nelson his first job as a songwriter after the two met up at Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge in Nashville in 1960. Harlan was a well-established songwriter in Nashville by then and would go on to become one of the most prolific songwriters of his generation, having penned over 4,000 songs. To lead off next month’s release of Willie Nelson’s 73rd solo album, a tribute to Howard called “I Don’t Know A Thing About Love”, Deeper Roots will share a small sampling of Harlan Howard’s music. Songs that played a big part in defining the Golden Age of Country Music featuring the likes of Waylon Jennings, Skeeter Davis, Jan Howard, Buck Owens, and Patsy Cline. We’ll also hear a couple of Harlan’s own performances as well. Friday morning country on Sonoma County Community Radio.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
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1
Porter Wagoner
Harlan Howard Medley
1964-1965 (Warped 6508)
2
The Collins Kids
Soda Poppin' Around
Hop, Skip & Jump [Disc 1]
3
Al Brumley
Someone's Gonna Get Hurt
The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
4
Herb Henson
Up the Path and in My Door
The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
5
Wanda Jackson
Just A Queen For A Day
Wanda Jackson
6
Buck Owens
Above and Beyond
Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
7
Ray Price
Heartaches By The Number
Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
8
Harlan Howard
Be Just a Little Meaner
1959-1963
9
Harlan Howard
She Called Me Baby
1959-1963
10
Patsy Cline
He Called Me Baby
The Patsy Cline Collection
11
Patsy Cline
I Fall to Pieces
12 Greatest Hits
12
Patsy Cline
When I Get Thru With You (You'll Love Me Too)
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Classic Patsy Cline
13
Charlie Walker
Pick Me Up on Your Way Down
1952-1958 (Warped 5230)
14
Kay Starr
Foolin' Around
Capitol Collectors Series
15
The Kingston Trio
Everglades
Capitol Collector's Series
16
Skeeter Davis
Where I Ought To Be
The Essential Skeeter Davis
17
George Jones
You Comb Her Hair
The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
18
Patsy Cline
That's How A Heartache Begins
The Patsy Cline Collection
19
Waylon Jennings
The Chokin' Kind
The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 1
20
Nanci Griffith
The Streets of Baltimore (feat. John Prine)
Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful)
21
Emmylou Harris/George Jones
All Fall Down
Friends in High Places
22
Willie Nelson
Busted
I Don't Know A Thing About Love
23
Ray Charles
Busted
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
24
Lefty Frizzell
She's Gone, Gone, Gone
Look What Thoughts Will Do
25
Jan Howard
Evil on Your Mind
Decca Country Classics 1934-1973
26
Waylon Jennings
What Makes a Man Wander
Folk Country
27
The Time Jumpers
Someone Had To Teach You
The Time Jumpers
28
Candi Staton
He Called Me Baby
Evidence: The Complete Fame Records Masters [Disc 1]
We’re going silent today. Vocals-wise, anyway. Tune in Friday morning for the best rock instrumentals from the late fifties through the sixties as we journey through a slick set of the very best from Santo and Johnny to Mason Williams with our core focus being on the wild chart sounds of Duane Eddy, Sandy Nelson, The Tornados, Link Wray and more teen beat, pop and rock favorites from a particularly fertile time for rock n’ roll. Whether they were riffing on classic sounds of the past or blasting off into the outer stratosphere with sounds of space and surf, the instrumentals peppered the charts with themes for the time, owing more to roots than we appreciate. Join the fun on KOWS’ Friday mornings at 9 Pacific on Deeper Roots.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
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1
Bill Justis
Raunchy
Teen Beat Volume 4
2
Chuck Berry
Deep Feeling (Instrumental)
Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
The landscape this morning is smothered in ominous clouds as the music we have for you features the gospel beat with a blend of suggestive celebratory, suspicious, and devil-may-care songs. We’ve got the fire and brimstone bible-thumping sounds of Brother Claude Ely, some classic gospel warnings from The Golden Gate Quartet, a pastiche of British Clerkenwell nuggets from The Real Tuesday Weld, The Weavers, Lonnie Johnson, and a whole lot more. An eclectic blend of songs of Satan, dark nights, and sinner’s bemoaning their dirty little religion on another Friday morning collection of sounds on Deeper Roots. Tune in. The ground is saturated with blues, gospel, country, and even some hillbillies from hell…just for you.
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Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Harry James & His Orchestra/Dick Haymes/Helen Forrest/Dalton Rizzotto & Orchestra
The Devil Sat Down And Cried
Best Of The Big Bands
2
Golden Gate Quartet
Atom and Evil
101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
3
Warren Zevon
Dirty Little Religion
Life'll Kill Ya
4
Kane Welch Kaplin
Satan's Paradise
Lost John Dean
5
Johnny Cash
Rusty Cage
Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American
6
Lonnie Johnson
Devil's Got The Blues
Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1
7
Bob Brozman
Devil's Slide
Devil's Slide
8
The Real Tuesday Weld
It's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Got to Do It
I, Lucifer
9
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Changes
The Great Gospel Women Vol. 2
10
The Real Tuesday Weld
The Life and Times of the Clerkenwell Kid
I, Lucifer
11
The Gospeleers
The Devil's Gonna Get You
Black Vocal Groups Vol. 5 (1923-1941)
12
Brother Claude Ely
Farther On
Satan Get Back
13
Steve Earle
Devil's Right Hand
Ain't Ever Satisfied: The Steve Earle Collection (2 of 2)
14
Uncle Tupelo
Satan, Your Kingdom Must Come Down
March 16-20, 1992
15
The Louvin Brothers
Satan And The Saint
The Family Who Prays: 26 Classic Tracks
16
Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws
Dance Of The Dodo Bird
The Best Of Western Swing
17
Chiwetel Ejiofor
I Want To Be Evil (Original Version)
Kinky Boots
18
The Robins
That Old Black Magic
Apple Bobbing Mix Vol. 2
19
The Swan Silvertones
Sinner Man
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
20
The Weavers
Sinner Man
Traveling on With The Weavers
21
The Harmonizing Four
Oh Sinner
Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
22
Jesse Winchester
Evil Angel
Gentleman Of Leisure
23
Calexico
Sinner in the Sea
Algiers
24
Jimmy Minor
Satan's Chauffeur
Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
25
Rusty Dean
Sinner Beware
Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5
26
Fern Jones
This World Is Not My Home
The Glory Road
27
Roscoe Robinson With Huey Brown & The Silver Quintette
It may be Friday the 13th, but we won’t be bothered with the superstitious. Instead, we’ll go with traditional and popular country nuggets as our topics with some couplings of contemporary and vintage. We’ve gathered a collection of modern country covers from the likes of Rosanne Cash, Solitaire Miles, Charley Crockett, Chuck Mead and others and we’ll be coupling them up with originals and favorites from the distant past. Merle Travis, Red Foley, Hank Williams, and The Louvin Brothers take the stage from a dream-filled past. We’re celebrating country classics from fifties, sixties and seventies and having fun doing it while kicking back. You don’t need to be wearing pretentious boots and hats to appreciate the easy sway of classic country … you just need to close your eyes and appreciate the performances … well, unless you’re driving.
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Artist
Title
Album
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1
The Band
Long Black Veil
Music From Big Pink
2
Rosanne Cash Featuring Jeff Tweedy
Long Black Veil (Feat. Jeff Tweedy)
The List
3
Lefty Frizzell
Long Black Veil
Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
4
Johnny Bond
Goodbye Old Paint
Standard Transcriptions
5
Pharis and Jason Romero
Goodbye Old Paint
A Wanderer I'll Stay
6
McKinley James
Who Will The Next Fool Be
Who Will The Next Fool Be (Single)
7
Charlie Rich
Who Will the Next Fool Be
Sun Ballads 1953-62
8
Johnny Cash
We Must Believe In Magic
The Adventures Of Johnny Cash
9
Matt Urmy
We Must Believe in Magic (feat. Cowboy Jack Clement)
Out of the Ashes
10
The Malpass Brothers
Hello Walls
The Malpass Brothers
11
Willie Nelson
Hello Walls
Mr. Record Man – The Early Singles As & BS
12
Henson Cargill
Skip a Rope
Skip a Rope
13
Charley Crockett
Skip A Rope
Music City USA
14
Kevin Russell
Are You Teasing Me
Plain Dirt Fashion
15
The Louvin Brothers
Are You Teasing Me
Capitol Country Music Classics
16
Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plowboys
Anytime
Nipper's Greatest Hits – The 40's Vol 2
17
Chuck Mead
Anytime
You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold
18
Dirty Cello
Sixteen Tons
I May Not Be Perfect
19
Merle Travis
Sixteen Tons
Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
20
Spade Cooley & His Orchestra feat. Tex Williams
Crazy 'Cause I Love You
That's What I Like About The West
21
Solitaire Miles
Crazy Cause I Love You
Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas
22
Whitney Rose
There's A Tear In My Beer
Heartbreaker of the Year
23
Hank Williams & Hank Williams, Jr.
There's A Tear In My Beer
Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 10
24
Solitaire Miles
I Hear You Talkin'
Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas
25
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
I Hear You Talkin'
The Tiffany Transcriptions Volume 1
26
Hank Williams
You're Gonna Change
Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 11
27
Tom Petty
You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)
Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
28
Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys
Settin' The Woods On Fire
Back At The Quonset Hut
29
Hank Williams & The Drifting Cowboys
Settin' The Woods On Fire
Steelin' It: Steeling The Mood
30
Red Foley
Tennessee Border
Tennessee Saturday Night
31
Chuck Mead & His Grassy Knoll Boys
Tennessee Border
Back At The Quonset Hut
32
BR5-49
The Price of Love
This Is BR549
33
The Everly Brothers
The Price of Love
Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 2
The river of time flows on as our sturdy yet terminal transport is like any raft, a fragile one as our bindings become untethered. Let’s tip our hats and remember those who, over the past century, have contributed to American culture. This morning’s show is about the performers, the songwriters, the session musicians, and those behind the scenes who made a lasting contribution. We thank them as 2022 comes to a close. Tune in for a comprehensive and reflective show, our final Deeper Roots show of 2022, as we look ahead to the new year that is filled with so much promise.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Robert Gordon
The Way I Walk
Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials
2
Buddy Holly
Peggy Sue
Rave On: The Coral Story
3
Little Richard
Keep A Knockin' (ART RUPE)
The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
4
Ronnie Hawkins
Wild Little Willy
Ronnie Hawkins
5
Jerry Lee Lewis
Great Balls Of Fire
30 Years Of No. 1 Country Hits 2/4
6
Sandy Nelson
&And Then There Were Drums
Their Greatest Misses
7
Loretta Lynn
The Pill
Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
8
The Judds
Why Not Me
The Best Of Classic Country 80's
9
Jody Miller
Queen Of The House
All-Time Country Hits 1
10
C.W. McCall
Convoy
Super Hits Of The '70s – Have A Nice Day, Vol. 15
11
Mickey Gilley
Room Full Of Roses
Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
12
Bill Staines
Rompin' Rovin' Days
Journey Home
13
Bobbie Nelson
Death Ray Boogie
Audiobiography (iTunes Exclusive)
14
The Ronettes
Be My Baby
The Best of the Ronettes
15
Bobby Rydell
Forget Him
Cameo Parkway 1957-1967
16
Adam Wade
The Writing On The Wall
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
17
The Five Satins
In the Still of the Night
Doo Wop Box Disc 2
18
The Ventures
Perfidia
Teen Beat, Volume 3
19
Brian Hyland
Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini
Another Banana Split, please
20
Dwayne Hickman
Don't Send a Rabbit
Great Googly Moo: Silly Songs from the American Charts
21
Robert Morse
I Believe In You
The Best of Broadway: The Early '60s
22
The Poppy Family
Which Way You Goin' Billy? (SUSAN JACKS)
Sounds of the Seventies Pop Nuggets: Early '70s
23
The Spinners
I'll Be Around
One of a Kind Love Affair Disc 1
24
The Seekers
I'll Never Find Another You
Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1]
25
Mary McCaslin
Last Cannonball
Mystery Train; Classic Railroad Songs, Volume 2
26
Paul Siebel
Louise
Woodsmoke and Oranges
27
Kelly Joe Phelps
Lead Me On
Lead Me On
28
Judy Henske
High Flying Bird
Troubadours Of The Folk Era Volume Two (Rhino)
29
The Green Fields of America
Down By the Tanyard Side (SONG)
The Green Fields of America
30
The Young Rascals
Good Lovin' (DINO DANELLI)
Red, White & Rock Disc 3
31
Syl Johnson
I Resign From Your Love
Welcome To The Club
32
The Isley Brothers
This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)
Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2
33
Mable John
Your Good Thing (Is About To End)
Stax 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3]
34
Betty Davis
Shoo-b-doop And Cop Him
Up South The Great Migration Of Southern Sound, Oxford American Southern Music Issue Volume 23
This week’s show looks back at the year 2022 with a focus on the umbrella genre known as Americana. We’ll be digging deep into the releases that mattered last year, sharing some of the fresh new releases that made an impression. There are the singer/songwriters, the old hands with fresh perspectives, as well as those who have taken tradition and dressed it up fresh for the party. We’ll hear tracks from some of the very best albums of the year, including a few off the beaten one. Some great sounds coming your way from Aoife O’Donovan, The Black Keys, Tami Neilson, and Hurray for the Riff Raff. Pour yourself a cup of your favorite fresh brew, put on the headphones, and find yourself some new favorites from under that big tent they call ‘Americana’ on KOWS Community Radio.
December’s arrived and we’re going to get ourselves warmed up for the Hot Stove League, New Year’s Eve, football playoffs, reindeer on the roof and all the rest of it. But our show today will take on a common thread: songs about ‘the street’ or streets or boulevards, avenues … only the surface streets, not the highways. Dave’s picked out a collection of songs that are sure to stir emotion bringing home music that take on the ‘street’ topics from the genres of country, early pop, rock, folk, blues and all the rest. We’ll hear from Dylan, The Ink Spots, Tony Rice, Charlie Spand, the Orlons and a couple dozen others taking on an eclectic blend of songs where the streets as the muse. Tune into Sonoma County Community Radio’s KOWS 92.5 FM, streaming to all of planet earth on kowsfm.com/listen. Deeper Roots brings you a morning of sounds from the locales of Easy Street, Lonely Street and 4th Street…directly from Orchard and 7th.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Various Artists
Wild In the Streets Trailer
1960s Psychedelic Radio Commercials
2
Garland Jeffreys
Wild in the Streets
Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
3
Orlons
South Street
Cameo Parkway: The Greatest Hits
4
The Royals
Fifth Street Blues
The Very Best of the Royals & the Midnighters
5
Patti La Belle & The Blue Belles
Decatur Street
Patti La Belle & The Blue Belles
6
Eddie Floyd
Soul Street
Stax Profiles – Eddie Floyd
7
Glories
Dark End Of The Street
Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios
8
Bobby Womack
Across 110th Street
Jackie Brown OST
9
Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Lonely Street
Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
10
Little Ann
One Way Street
Funk Soul Sisters
11
Charlie Spand
Hastings Street
Black Swan Sampler
12
Jack Teagarden
Basin Street Blues
An Introduction To Jack Teagarden
13
Cab Calloway
Beale Street Mama
Best Of The Big Bands
14
The Ink Spots
Street Of Dreams
Greatest Hits
15
The Boswell Sisters
Forty-Second Street
The Boswell Sisters Volume 2
16
Julie London
Easy Street
Julie Is Her Name & Lonely Girl
17
Dean Martin
On the Street Where You Live
Swingin' with Dino
18
Keely Smith w. Billy May Orchestra
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Summer Days And Summer Nights – 31 Beach Pearls
19
George Shearing Quintet Feat. Nancy Wilson
On Green Dolphin Street
The Swingin's Mutual!
20
T-Bone Walker
Street Walking Woman
Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years
21
Bob Dylan
Positively 4th Street
Biograph Disc 2
22
Bruce Springsteen
Streets of Philadelphia
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
23
The Doobie Brothers
Takin' It To The Streets
Takin' It To The Streets
24
Utah Phillips
Larimer Street
The Telling Takes Me Home
25
Gram Parsons
Streets Of Baltimore
Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 1] – GP
26
Buck Owens
Streets of Laredo
I've Got a Tiger by the Tail
27
Buck Owens
Streets Of Bakersfield
Buck 'Em! Volume Two: The Music Of Buck Owens (1967-1975)
When trying to put together a Deeper Roots episode that covered the great session masters from the past one hundred years it became exceedingly clear that the show would need to be broken up into multiple parts. Percussion, keyboards, brass, bass and all the rest will follow but this week we’re going to focus on the string masters; those guitar stars who account for the bulk of Top 30 hits that graced our lives over the second half of the 20th century. They include Hank Garland, Grady Martin, James Burton, Joe Messina, Glen Campbell, Jimmy Johnson and, of course, Tommy Tedesco. There are many others who deserve the recognition but our show is only a two hour show and, even at that, picking only three or four examples per performer doesn’t do it justice. We’re going to give credit where it’s due…those who stood in the shadows.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Brenda Lee
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Queen of Rock 'N' Roll
2
Jimmy Lloyd
I Got A Rocket In My Pocket
100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
3
Elvis Presley
A Big Hunk O' Love
Elvis 30 #1 Hits
4
Little Jimmy Dickens
(I Got) A Hole In My Pocket
Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
5
Simon Crum
Stand Up, Sit Down, Shut Your Mouth
Country & Western Nuggets
6
Bobby Helms
Jingle Bell Rock
Making Merry
7
Dale Hawkins
Susie-Q
The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957
8
Ricky Nelson
Stood Up
Legacy [Disc 1]
9
Jim & Joe
Fireball Mail
James Burton – The Early Years 1957-1969
10
Gram Parsons
Return Of The Grievous Angel
G.P. / Grievous Angel
11
Buffalo Springfield
A Child's Claim To Fame
Buffalo Springfield Again
12
Elvis Presley
Please Don't Drag That String Around
Grady Martin
13
Johnny Horton
The Battle Of New Orleans
Classic Country
14
Brenda Lee
Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar)
Grady Martin
15
Merle Haggard
Mama Tried
The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
This past October, we lost a couple of very important ties to two whose stars shone bright in both the Golden Age of Country and the Golden Age of Rock ‘n Roll. We’ll take on a dual tribute to the passing of Loretta Lynn and Jerry Lee Lewis. The torch has surely passed but their fire burned white hot as their stars rose, both sharing controversy and almost overnight fame. They also continued to perform into their later years, teaming up with songwriters and performers who were relevant to new generations, but true to their core calling. Our first hour take time to visit Loretta Lynn’s humble but no-nonsense storytelling and the second hour will take us into the whirlwind of unapologetic badassness that was Jerry Lee Lewis.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Loretta Lynn
You Ain't Woman Enough
Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 1]
2
Loretta Lynn
Coal Miner's Daughter (Recitation)
Still Woman Enough
3
Loretta Lynn
Coal Miner's Daughter
Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1]
4
Loretta Lynn,Margo Price
One's On the Way (feat. Margo Price)
One's On the Way (feat. Margo Price)
5
Loretta Lynn & Jack White
Portland Oregon
Van Lear Rose
6
Loretta Lynn
The Pill
Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
7
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
After the Fire Is Gone
Decca Country Classics 1934-1973
8
Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn
Answer The Phone (w/ Loretta Lynn)
A Tribute To A Legend
9
Ernest Tubb/Loretta Lynn
Thanks a Lot
Legendary: It's Been So Long, Darling
10
Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly
Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 3]
11
Loretta Lynn
She's Got You
Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
12
Loretta Lynn
Success
I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 1]
13
Loretta Lynn
This Old House
Van Lear Rose
14
Loretta Lynn
First City
Loretta Lynn Legendery Country Singer
15
Loretta Lynn
Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)
Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 1]
16
Loretta Lynn
In the Sweet Bye and Bye
All Time Gospel Favorites [Disc 1]
17
Jerry Lee Lewis/Jimmy Page
Rock and Roll
Last Man Standing
18
Jerry Lee Lewis
Crazy Arms
All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1)
19
Jerry Lee Lewis
End Of The Road
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 4]
20
Jerry Lee Lewis
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]
21
Jerry Lee Lewis
Great Balls of Fire
Red, White & Rock Disc 1
22
Jerry Lee Lewis
High School Confidential
Sun Recordings Greatest Hits
23
Jerry Lee Lewis
Breathless
All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1)
24
Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins
I Saw The Light (With Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins)
The Survivors
25
Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis & Carl Perkins
Whole Lot Of Shakin' Going On (With Jerry Lee Lewis)
The Survivors
26
The Million Dollar Quartet
You're the Only Star in My Blue Heaven
The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
27
Jerry Lee Lewis
What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me)
The 40s and 50s post-war migration brought tough working conditions in Chicago which offered stability over the miserable sharecropper existence of the Delta. Both were fodder for the some of the very best in classic blues. The production lines of Detroit and other cities on the Eastern seaboard were models of a different kind of work that the Industrial Age had to offer. But the West Coast wasn’t the place you’d expect to find the blues: shipyards, agriculture, and urban sprawl would aggregate so many different styles that rhythm and blues was a fusion of the many different sensibilities that were brought with both performer and listener alike westward from east of the Mississippi. Having the hub of the world of entertainment in the Southland didn’t hurt either. We’ll be browsing the sounds of some of the greats: McCracklin, Fulson, Otis, Mayfield, and (of course) T-Bone Walker in the Deeper Roots morning show today. West Coast Blues led to blues-based rock in large part because of the exposure to the many different styles of the mid-century blues bands and solo rockers. West Coast Blues Roots is the name of our show this morning on KOWS-LP Occidental.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Gangster Of Love
Living The Blues: 1957-1959 Blues Classics
2
Lowell Fulson
Blue Shadows
Chess Blues Disc 4
3
T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Shuffle
Living The Blues: Blues Greats
4
Ivory Joe Hunter
Boogin' In The Rain
The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter 1947
5
Amos Milburn
One, Two, Three, Everybody
Amos Milburn Rocks
6
Amos Milburn
One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer
Amos Milburn Rocks
7
Floyd Dixon
Hey Bartender
Marshall Texas Is My Home
8
Big Jay McNeely
The Deacon's Hop
Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie
9
Percy Mayfield
Please Send Me Someone To Love
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
10
Johnny Guitar Watson
Mortorhead Baby
So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1
11
Little Esther And Willie Littlefield
Turn the Lights Down Low
Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
12
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson
Gonna Send You Where I Got You From
Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1
13
Peppermint Harris
I Got Loaded
Loaded, Vol. 1
14
Jimmy McCracklin
The Walk
Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1]
15
Little Willie Littlefield
K. C. Loving
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 10]
16
T-Bone Walker
Stormy Monday
The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch]
17
Roy Milton
The Hucklebuck
Specialty Profiles: Roy Milton
18
Floyd Dixon
Call Operator 210
The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3]
19
Johnny Otis
Baby Baby Blues
Mercury Blues 'n' Rhythm Stars
20
Johnny Otis
Head Hunter
The Roots Of Frank Zappa
21
Etta James
Good Rockin Daddy
The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1
22
Pee Wee Crayton
Blues After Hours
ABC Of The Blues Vol 7
23
Johnny Moore's Three Blazers
Driftin' Blues
Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood
