Category Archives: African American Gospel

Blind Willie Johnson’s music seems to resurface through discovery with each generation and understandably so. Because tied to the meager catalog of thirty songs that he recorded over some four sessions between December, 1927 and April, 1930, is a dark and foreboding voice in the night. Its glow is that of a solitary candle in a room of shadows in a house whose bones have fallen to derelict and decay. Willie is telling us to take notice.

The story of Blind Willie Johnson was best transcribed in Sam Charters’ introduction and liner notes for Columbia’s Roots & Blues Series’ “The Complete Works of Blind Willie Johnson”. We’ll go a bit deeper, dedicating our two hours to Blind Willie Johnson featuring tracks from the new tribute album “God Don’t Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson”, some classic recordings of Blind Willie, as well as covers of every stripe and style.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Reverend Lewis Jackson & Charlotte Rucell	Dark Was The Night	Classic Sounds of New Orleans
2	Blind Willie Johnson	Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground	Blues Masters, Vol. 15: Slide Guitar Classics
3	Derek Trucks And Susan Tedeschi	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
4	Hot Tuna	Keep Your Lamps Trimmed And Burning [Live]	Live In Japan
5	Bruce Cockburn	Soul of a Man	Nothing But a Burning Light
6	Ry Cooder	Dark Was The Night	Paris, Texas
7	Maria Muldaur	Oh, the Rain	Any Woman's Blues
8	Sinead O'Connor	Trouble Will Soon Be Over	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
9	Ella Mae Wilson, Lillie B. Williams, and Richard Williams	Motherless Children	Drop On Down in Florida [Disc 2]
10	John Hammond, Jr.	Motherless Willie Johnson	Country Blues
11	Odetta	Motherless Children	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
12	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Nobody's Fault	Diamond Jubilation: 75th Anniversary
13	Arizona Dranes	Bye & Bye We're Going To See The King	He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes
14	Blind Willie Johnson	Trouble Will Soon Be Over	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
15	Blind Willie Johnson	Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version]	The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
16	Rev. Pearly Brown	God Don't Never Change	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
17	The Staple Singers	Samson And Delilah	Freedom Highway
18	Lee Roy Parnell/The Fairfield Four	John the Revelator	Peace in the Valley [Arista]
19	The Venice Four with Rose Stone and The Abbot Kinney Lighthouse Choir	Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version]	The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture
20	Blind Willie Johnson	Church, I'm Fully Saved To-Day	The Complete Blind Willie Johnson
21	The Levon Helm Band	God Don't Never Change	The Midnight Ramble Sessions Vol 3
22	David Bromberg Band	Nobody's Fault But Mine	Only Slightly Mad
23	The Blasters	Samson and Delilah	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)
24	Blind Willie Johnson	If I Had My Way I'd Tear The Building Down	ABC Of The Blues Vol 20
25	Johnny Shines	It Ain't Nobody's Fault But Mine	Traditional Delta Blues
26	Irma Thomas	Soul of a Man	After the Rain
27	Tom Waits	The Soul Of A Man	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
28	Taj Mahal	You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond	The Real Thing
29	Rev. Gary Davis	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed And Burning	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs

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Deeper Roots Ragtime

February 27, 2016 Dave

Our theme this evening is ragtime and it’s impact on the past century of America’s music. Join Dave Stroud for a themed collection of early and mid-century ragtime beginning with Cliff Edwards and running all the way through to some modern sounds out of Hamilton County, Tennessee. We’ll explore the Tiger Rag, the Maple Leaf Rag, the Black Mountain Rag, and then settle in for some of the sounds of Deep Elem. Music embellished with the stories of the performers, the theme, the songs, and the time…something you can’t get but on community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Cliff Edwards	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	grimriper2u@yahoo.com
2	The Hillbillies	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
3	Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks	Ragtime Cowboy Joe	Tangled Tales
4	Blind Blake	Diddie Wa Diddie	Ragtime Guitar's Foremost Fingerpicker
5	Sol Ho'opi'i	Twelfth Street Rag	Master of the Hawaiian Guitar Vol 1
6	Riley Puckett And Ted Hawkins	Hawkins Rag	Serenade The Mountains: Early Old Time Music On Record, [Disc 3]
7	Sons of the Pioneers	'A' Rag	Songs of the Prairie – CD5
8	Leon McAuliffe	Twin Fiddle Rag	Tulsa Straight Ahead
9	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Down Home Rag	Shame On You
10	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Tiger Rag	The Best of the Capitol Masters: Selections From "The Legend and the Legacy" Box Set
11	Pearl Bailey	Johnson Rag	Chronological Pearl Bailey (1947-1950)
12	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	Beaumont Rag	Songs For Rounders
13	David Miller	Jailhouse Rag	Old-Time Mountain Guitar
14	The McCormick Brothers	Bugle Call Rag	Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3]
15	Merle Travis	Guitar Rag	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
16	David Grisman	Black Mountain Rag	Early Dawg
17	Doc Watson	Black Mountain Rag	Foundation: Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection, 1964-1998
18	Chet Atkins	Dill Pickle Rag	Reflections with Doc Watson
19	Duck Baker	Maple Leaf Rag	Advanced Fingerpicking Guitar Techniques
20	Scott Joplin	The Entertainer	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
21	Gram Parsons	Brass Buttons	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
22	Hamilton County Ramblers	Hard Times	Hamilton County Ramblers
23	Red Allen	Deep Elem Blues	The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983
24	Bill Neely	Deep Elm Blues	Texas Law & Justice
25	Buddy Jones	Rockin' Rollin' Mama (1940)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
26	Cliffie Stone	Jump Rope Boogie	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
27	Big Bill Broonzy	Down by the Riverside	Absolutely the Best
28	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Down by the Riverside	The Gospel of Blues
29	Mance Lipscomb	Darktown Strutters' Ball	Ash Grove 12/6/1964
30	Fats Domino	Darktown Strutters' Ball	They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3
31	The Davis Sisters	Jesus Steps Right In	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 4]
32	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	You've Got To Bear The Consequence	Shakin' The Rafters
33	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Pure Religion	Gospel Quartets 1921-1942 Vol. 2
34	Duke Robillard	I'm Gonna Buy Me A Dog (To Take The Place Of You)	The Acoustic Blues & Roots of Duke Robillard

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Roots of Doo Wop

December 12, 2015 Dave

The early fifties brought the dawn of a musical form that became popular with a younger crowd although it was simply a version of a vocal harmony form born in the early century, if not long before. The street corner harmonies were a big hit as this new form of rhythm called ‘doo-wop’ saturated the top 40 R&B (and mainstream) airwaves. But the influences themselves had huge followings. We’ll hear from some of the early gospel inspirations like the Heavenly Gospel Singers as well as the vocal groups who were dominant in the form’s lineage: The Ink Spots, The Mills Brothers, and The Ravens. We’ll also hear from the groups who introduced ‘doo wop’ as we know it in the early fifties.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Turbans	When You Dance	Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 2]
2	Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet	Golden Gate Gospel Train	Vol. 1-(1937-38)
3	Heavenly Gospel Singers	The Prodigal Son	Halleluja Gospel & Prayers
4	The Heavenly Gospel Singers	When Was Jesus Born?	Goodbye, Babylon – Salvation [Disc 4]
5	The Deep River Boys	Melody of Love	The Dark Ages: Our Music From The Beginning
6	The Charioteers	All God's Chillun Got Shoes	The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
7	The Mills Brothers	Paper Doll	Best of the Decca Years
8	The Mills Brothers with Duke Ellington & Orchestra	Diga, Diga, Do	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2
9	Lewis Bronzville Five	Low Down Gal Blues	Black Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 3
10	The Ink Spots	We Three (My Echo, My Shadow and Me)	40 Your Hit Parade
11	The Ink Spots	My Prayer	Greatest Hits
12	The Cats & The Fiddle	I Miss You So	The Very Best Of
13	The Cats & The Fiddle	We Cats Will Swing For You	The Very Best Of
14	The Cats & The Fiddle	Killin' Jive	The Very Best Of
15	The Delta Rhythm Boys	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
16	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Do You Care	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
17	Slim & Slam	The Flat Foot Floogie	Slim Gaillard & Slam Stewart Columbia (Disc 1)
18	Five Red Caps	Mama Put Your Britches On (alt. Take)	Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 4 (1926-1947)
19	The Cap-Tans	I'm So Crazy For Love	Vocal Group Harmony Vol 8
20	The Ravens	Count Every Star	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
21	The Ravens	My Baby's Gone	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
22	The Ravens	Write Me A Letter	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
23	The Moonglows	Sincerely	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
24	The Toppers	If Money Grew on Trees	Stompin' at the Savoy: Harlem Nocturne, 1944 – 1947
25	The Five Keys	The Glory of Love	The Aladdin Story (Pt. 1)
26	The Orioles	It's Too Soon to Know	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
27	The Orioles	You Belong to Me	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
28	The Cardinals	Wheel Of Fortune	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]
29	The Crows	Gee	Feelin Fine
30	The Flamingos	Would I Be Crying	Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 3
31	The Flamingos	Golden Teardrops	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
32	The Five Satins	In The Still Of The Night	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
33	The Penguins	Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine)	Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2)
34	The Cadillacs	Speedo (Cadillac)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
35	The Jewels	Hearts of Stone	Doo Wop Box Disc 1

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San Antone – KOWS August 10, 2015

August 11, 2015 Dave

We’re filling in once more for Mark Hogan and his Bluegrass and Old Time Hour. This week, we’ve put together another two hours of music that spans close to a full century…including Cliff Edwards from 1933, Woody Guthrie, Jimmie Lunceford, and Dave Van Ronk (just to name a few). There will be some themes and schemes built into our sets this evening including the story of Caldonia, the Texas town of San Antone, and heading down a dusty road of a century of America’s music.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Charlie Gracie	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	Angel on My Shoulder
2	Doug Sahm	Chicken and the Bop	Best of Sir Douglas 68-75
3	Charley Pride	Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone	Superstars Of Country: Good Ol' Songs [Disc 1]
4	Buddy Emmons/Ray Pennington/Swing Shift Band	Mama Was the Rose of San Antone	Swingin' by Request
5	Tommy Duncan	Stars Over San Antone	Beneath a Neon Star in a Honky Tonk
6	Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen	San Antone	Running Wild
7	Les Paul	I Ain't Gonna Be Treated This Way (feat. Bing Crosby) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
8	Bobby Bare	Going Down the Road (I Ain't Going to Be Treated This Way) fcc warning	Darker Than Light
9	Woody Guthrie	Going Down the Road (Feeling Bad)	Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection
10	Ralph Stanley & Jimmy Martin	I'm Going Down the Road	First Time Together
11	Doug Jayne	Running Lightly Down The Road	It Looks Like She's Going on a Trip
12	Leon Redbone	Ain't Gonna Give You None of My Jelly Roll	Any Time
13	The Mills Brothers	Old-Fashioned Love	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 3
14	Cliff Edwards	It's Only A Paper Moon	Columbia Records 25th
15	Frank Auburn Orchestra w/Benny Goodman	I Found a Million Dollar Baby	Vintage Music: Original Classics from the 1920s and 1930s
16	Jimmie Lunceford	Cement Mixer	Strictly Lunceford Blues In The Night
17	Frank Sinatra	I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2]
18	Ella Mae Morse	Forty Cups Of Coffee	The Morse Code [Disc 2]
19	Smiley Lewis	Cadonia's Party	Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series
20	Louis Jordan	Caldonia	Number Ones
21	B.B. King	Caldonia	Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan
22	Dave Van Ronk	Your Feet's Too Big	Sweet & Lowdown
23	Nat King Cole Trio	Honeysuckle Rose	The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 1]
24	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	It's A Sin To Tell A Lie	Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936
25	Ivory Joe Hunter	It's A Sin	Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951)
26	The Blasters	Trouble Bound	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)
27	The Staple Singers	This Train	Freedom Highway
28	The Fairfield Four	Hallelujah	Revival
29	Sam Cooke	Trouble Blues	The Rhythm And The Blues
30	Maria Muldaur	I Belong To That Band	Richland Woman Blues
31	Mother McCollum	Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!	Guitar Evangelists (1928-1951)
32	Emmylou Harris	When Halley Came To Jackson	Mark Twain: Words & Music [Disc 1]
33	Arthur Alexander	Every Day I Have to Cry Some	Lonely Just Like Me: The Final Chapter

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Wake Up! – KOWS August 8, 2015

August 8, 2015 Dave

It’s a joy to queue up a century of America’s music every other Saturday morning in West County…live from the heart and voice of West Sonoma County’s KOWS studios in downtown Occidental. A common theme will run through this morning’s show and it’s all about waking up: gospel’s Mahalia Jackson and When I Wake Up in Glory, Roy Milton and the Wake Up Blues, James Brown’s Get Up Offa That Thing … and more!

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Junior Brown	Gotta Get Up Every Morning	Semi-Crazy
2	Buck Owens	I've Got A Tiger By The Tail	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
3	Dwight Yoakam	Little Sister	Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years (1 of 4)
4	The Mavericks	All You Ever Do Is Bring Me Down	Music for All Occasions
5	Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers	Get Up John	At The Ryman [Live]
6	The Band	Get Up Jake	A Musical History [Disc 3]
7	James Brown	Get Up Offa That Thing	20 All Time Greatest Hits!
8	Lavern Baker	Get Up Get Up (You Sleepy Head)	London American Label Year By Year 1956
9	Jimmy Murphy	Wake Me up Sweet Jesus	Electricity
10	Mahalia Jackson	When I Wake Up In Glory	The World's Greatest Gospel Singer
11	Bill Landford And The Landfordaires	Trouble Of This World [Album Version]	The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
12	Reverend CL Franklin	Wings Of Faith	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
13	Clara Ward Singers	Packing Up	Somebody Bigger Than You & I
14	Charlie & His Orchestra	You're Driving Me Crazy	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
15	Bob Brozman	You're Driving Me Crazy	Devil's Slide
16	Big Joe Turner	Lipstick, Powder and Paint	Big Joe Rocks
17	Smiley Lewis	Hook Line & Sinker	Smiley Lewis Vol 1
18	Merrill Moore	Yes Indeed (EP Version)	Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1]
19	The Carlisles	Nine Have Tried (and None Have Died) (Second Countdown)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
20	Roy Milton	Waking Up Blues	ABC Of The Blues Vol 30
21	Ike & Tina Turner	Wake Up	Don't Play Me Cheap
22	The Everly Brothers	Wake Up Little Susie	5 Classic Albums
23	Roy Orbison	Ride Away	The Soul of Rock and Roll
24	Hank Garland	Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair)	Move! – The Guitar Artistry of Hank Garland
25	The Knockouts	Darling Lorrane	The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3
26	Bobby "Blue" Bland	Poverty	The Definitive Collection
27	Townes Van Zandt	Snowin' On Raton (with James McMurtry)	Texas Rain
28	Jonathan Edwards	Mole	Tomorrow's Child
29	Elvis Presley	Somebody Bigger Than You and I	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
30	Kim McLean	Somebody Bigger Than You and I	Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry
31	J.J. Cale	Money Talks	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
32	Roy Zimmerman	The Faucet's On Fire	The Faucet's On Fire

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Ladies of Gospel

July 18, 2015 Dave

The influence of gospel music on the forms of rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, and soul are fairly well documented. The elements of early black gospel music arose from a tradition of work songs, anthems, spirituals, hollers, and the stylized performance of hymns. The evolution of the form, particularly in the Church of God In Christ (COGIC), reveals a freedom of expression that made its listeners ‘move with the spirit’. We’ll hear from the ladies from the COGIC as well as the traditionalists that could bring in the masses to the church with their uplifting, sometimes roaring voices including Sister Ernestine Washington, Edna Gallmon Cooke, Sister Goldia Haynes, Mahalia Jackson, and Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Clara Ward Singers	When The Saints Go Marching In	Somebody Bigger Than You & I
2	Sister Ernestine Washington	Jesus Is All The World To Me	Sister Ernestine Washington (1943-1948)
3	Sister Ernestine Washington	I Know The Lord Will Make A Way	Sister Ernestine Washington Vol. 2 (1954-c.1958)
4	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Teach Me To Be Right	Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record
5	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down	Gospel Train
6	Marie Knight	Marie Knight – Tharpe and Singing	Interview
7	Marie Knight	Gospel Train	Hallelujah What A Song!
8	Mahalia Jackson	Move On Up A Little Higher	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel
9	Mahalia Jackson	I Have A Friend	Legend: The Best Of Mahalia Jackson [Disc 2]
10	Mahalia Jackson & Della Reese	Della Reese Interview
11	Della Reece And The Meditations	Hard To Get Along	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
12	Cora Martin	Didn't It Rain	The Great Gospel Women
13	Madam Edna Gallmon Cooke & The Mount Vernon Men's Choir	Angels, Angels, Angels	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
14	Edna Gallmon Cooke And The Radio Four	Somebody Touched Me	How Sweet it Was
15	Sister Goldia Haynes	This Old World	The Great Gospel Women
16	Lucy Smith	O What A Time	The Great Gospel Women
17	Shirley Caesar	I'd Rather Serve Jesus	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
18	Mary Deloatch	The Lord's Gospel Train	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
19	Jessie Mae Renfro	I Must Tell Jesus	The Great Gospel Women
20	Sister Lucille Barbee	Where Could I Go	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
21	Sister Emily Bram	Each Day	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
22	Bessie Griffin And The Caravans	Let Us Run	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
23	Candi Staton & The Jewel Gospel Trio	Jesus Is Listening	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
24	Marion Williams – The Stars Of Faith	When I Lay This Body Down	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
25	Clara Ward Singers	Packing Up	Somebody Bigger Than You & I
26	Roberta Martin And The Roberta Martin Singers	Rock My Soul	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
27	Clara Ward (With Unidentified Group)	Peace In The Valley	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 2]
28	Evelyn Freeman And The Exciting Voices Chorus	Didn't It Rain	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
29	Dorothy Love Coates	No Hiding Place	The Best Of Dorothy Love Coates And The Original Gospel Harmonettes
30	Albertina Walker	Albertina Walker Interview	Interview
31	Albertina Walker	Put a Little Love In Your Heart	Platinum Gospel-Albertina Walker
32	Albertina Walker & The Caravans	How Do You Feel	Precious Lord Gospel Gold
33	Marion Williams	He's A High Class Physician	How Sweet it Was
34	Thomas A. Dorsey with Marion Williams	If We Never Needed The Lord Before [Album Version]	Precious Lord Recordings Of The Great Gospel Songs Of Thomas A. Dorsey
35	Bunk Johnson/Ernestine Washington	Where Could I Go	Smithsonian Folkways: Classic African American Gospel

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Dirty Dog – KOWS July 11, 2015

July 11, 2015 Dave

West County is the place to be in summer. The inland heat is pulling in the right amount of tempered cool from the coast…and Deeper Roots sounds will ride the wave on a Saturday morning. Join us for music from Arlo Guthrie, Chubby Newsome, Jimmie Revard, Mahalia Jackson, and more. The sounds we’ll hear come from country, country swing, classic gospel, mountain tradition, and just a little bit of the blues so please join us as we fill the airwaves with classic roots music on a Saturday morning, live from the KOWS studios in Occidental.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Johnny Burnette	Let's Think About Living	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 3
2	Roy Rogers	My Chickashay Gal	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
3	Hank Snow	Music Makin' Mama From Memphis	The Essential Hank Snow
4	Asleep at the Wheel	What's the Matter With the Mill (with Pokey LaFarge)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
5	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Back Home In Indiana (LP Version)	Tiffany Transcriptions& Vol. 9
6	Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm & Gene Taylor	Coming Back Home	The Return of the Formerly Brothers
7	Jimmie Revard	Dirty Dog	Western Swing: 40 Bootstompers
8	Jimmie Revard	Holdin' The Sack	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 9]
9	The Louvin Brothers	I'm Ready To Go Home	Satan Is Real
10	Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys	Little Birdie	Ralph Stanley 1971-1973
11	Doc & Merle Watson	Corrina, Corrina	Then And Now/Two Days In November
12	Jimmie Driftwood	Soldier's Joy	Americana, Vol. 1
13	The Rice Brothers	Soldier's Joy	The Rice Brothers
14	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Don't Think Twice, It's Alright	Django and Jimmie
15	Willie Nelson & the Offenders	A Moment Isn't Very Long	Me and the Drummer
16	Red Simpson	Don't Fall Asleep At The Wheel	Lonesome Highway Songs
17	Arlo Guthrie with The Dillards	So Long It's Been Good to Know You	Thirty Two Cents Postage Due
18	Johnny Cash	Hey Porter	The Mystery Of Life
19	Elvis Presley	Memphis Tennessee	Artist of the Century Disc 2
20	Floyd Dixon	Oooh Little Girl	Marshall Texas Is My Home
21	Bob Dylan	It Takes A Lot To Laugh It Takes A Train To Cry (take 9)	No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Ser [UK] Disc 2
22	Chubby Newsome	Toodle Luddle Baby	Rock 'n' Roll Mamas Vol 3
23	Anthony Butler	Judgement's Coming Soon	Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats
24	Mahalia Jackson	Joshua Fit The Battle of Jericho	Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol.2 [Disc 1]
25	Mahalia Jackson	I'm On My Way	The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 1]
26	Howlin' Wolf	Moanin' For My Baby	Blues From Hell
27	Tampa Red	Crying Won't Help You	ABC Of The Blues Vol 38
28	Hadda Brooks	He's Coming Home	Jump Back Honey:Complete OKeh Sessions
29	The Four Lads	Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Around the World 1)	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
30	Ivie Anderson	I Got It Bad	The Collection
31	Memphis Minnie	What's The Matter With The Mill	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
32	Jim Kweskin & The Jug Band	Chevrolet	Greatest Hits
33	John Hiatt	Memphis in the Meantime	Bring the Family

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The Railroad Blues

January 25, 2015 Dave

The railroad is the muse for the morning here in Occidental as the show uses the theme of the railroad: the stories of those who built it, the promise of the golden sunrise that awaits at our destination, the sorrow of a love taken away by rail, and the lonesome whistle from some far away valley. As an aside, did you know that Occidental itself was once a bustling community where the train would haul off the timber and bring tourists from San Francisco and cities beyond?

Join us for the sacred and the secular, including Peter Rowan, ELVIS PRESLEY, Kevin Russell, Paul Warmack & His Gully Jumpers, Furry Lewis, and many others as we explore the genres of bluegrass, blues, folk, jazz, country, and so much more.
#rootsmusic #railroad #Americana

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Deeper Roots on KOWS – January 10, 2015

January 10, 2015 Dave

Deeper Roots on KOWS - January 2015 — Deeper Roots on KOWS – January 2015

Another beautiful winter Saturday morning in West Sonoma County and it’s time for a collection of hot blues, country gospel, early rock, early century pop, and swinging country on Deeper Roots… everything from Eddie Cantor’s 1922 song about a trapeze and Blind Willie McTell covering Jimmie Rodgers around mid-century, to a track from 2014 from a new band out of New Orleans called Hurray For The Riff Raff…another reason our tag line reads “A Century of America’s Music”. Join Dave Stroud on a brisk Saturday morning from the KOWS studios in downtown Occidental, California.

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Gospel and Guitar

December 26, 2014 Dave

Our show this week will focus on the fire and brimstone of the gospel guitar, including the slide guitar of Blind Willie Johnson, the evangelists like Sister O. M. Terrell, the rhythmic sounds of the Two Gospel Keys, and we’ll also devote a large block of time to the sounds of that splinter genre ‘sacred steel’. While a number of bluesmen like Blind Willie McTell or Gary Davis would use the guitar for an occasional reminder of their faith or to play guest in tent revivals, many of the performers we’ll hear in our show this coming Friday on KWTF will show the best example of the use of guitar as an integral part of the church service itself. Join Dave Stroud for another evening of Deeper Roots.

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