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Highway to Heaven

June 10, 2018 Dave

The first of two gospel Friday mornings coming up on Deeper Roots in June. This week, we’ll follow a ‘heavenly’ theme. The Christian vision of afterlife’s reward is expressed in music on a Friday morning in West County (of all places). There will be country and black gospel sounds emanating from the UMC in downtown Sebastopol on KOWS radio as we share performances about heaven including the electric voices of Marion Williams and Marie Knight; the rocking celebration of the good book from Sister Rosetta and Brother Claude Ely; and country gospel enlightenment from Willie and Bobbie Nelson. This one is worth the wait and worth it’s weight in heavenly gold. Tune in!

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Thomas A. Dorsey with Alex Bradford	It's A Highway To Heaven	Precious Lord Recordings Of The Great Gospel Songs Of Thomas A. Dorsey
2	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Shout All Over God's Heaven	Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920
3	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	Heaven Belongs To You	Shakin' The Rafters
4	The Staple Singers	What Are They Doing? (In Heaven Today)	Amen/Why
5	Washington Phillips	What Are They Doing In Heaven Today	Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
6	Mahalia Jackson	A City Called Heaven	Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns
7	Mahalia Jackson	Walk Over God's Heaven	16 Most Requested Songs
8	Clara Ward	When We All Get To Heaven	The Very Greatest
9	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Walk All Over To God's Heaven	Sister Rosetta Tharpe
10	Original Gospel Stars	I Want To Go To Heaven	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
11	Blind Gussie Nesbit	Canaan's Land	When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
12	Mother McCollum	When I Take My Vacation In Heaven	When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
13	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	When We All Get To Heaven	Farther Along
14	Patsy Cline	Life's Railway to Heaven	Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century
15	Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys	I'll Reap My Harvest In Heaven	King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail
16	Alison Krauss & The Cox Family	Walk Over God's Heaven	New Country December 1994
17	The Stanley Brothers	Angels Are Singing (In Heaven Tonight) [Album Version]	The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers
18	Jimmy Martin	Little Angels In Heaven	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
19	Ethel Davenport & Ehel Davenport Singers	Heavenly Express	Powerhouse Gospel
20	The Staple Singers	On My Way To Heaven	Four Classic Albums
21	Blind Gussie Nesbit	Pure Religion	When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
22	Sister Cally Fancy	Goin' On To Heaven In The Sanctified Way	Goodbye, Babylon – Deliverance Will Come [Disc 2]
23	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Heaven Is Not My Home	Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record
24	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Beams of Heaven	The Original Soul Sister: This Train [Disc 4]
25	Marie Knight	Seal Of Heaven	Hallelujah What A Song!
26	Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes	Heaven I Heard So Much About It	I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983
27	Dorothy Love Coates	When I Reach My Heavenly Home	The Best Of Dorothy Love Coates And The Original Gospel Harmonettes
28	Marion Williams	Sometimes I Ring Up Heaven	Packin' Up
29	The Davis Sisters	Too Close To Heaven	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 4]
30	The Swan Silvertones	Heavenly Light Shine On Me	Heavenly Light
31	The Golden Gate Quartet	No Restricted Signs (Up in Heaven)	Vol. 5 (1945-1949)
32	Brother Claude Ely	I Want To Go To Heaven	Satan Get Back
33	Bill Neely	Satan's Burning Hell	The Essential Guide To Gospel

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Pure Religion

January 28, 2017 Dave

Gospel is the order of the day … inspirational American roots music to moderate the gloomy days of mid-Winter here in Sonoma County. Blues, rock, country, and the sanctified sounds of spirituality coming to you on another Wednesday evening on Deeper Roots. Our playlist will take you to Maxwell Street with Daddy Stovepipe, the ‘heavenly shore’ with Blind Gussie Nesbit, into the deep country southern climes with Polk Miller and Mac Odell, and we’ll explore contemporary religious topics with Warren Zevon, The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, and Lucinda Williams. Tune in!

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Fern Jones	I Ain't Got Time	The Glory Road
2	Reverend Gary Davis	Pure Religion	Harlem Street Singer
3	Blind Gussie Nesbit	Pure Religion	When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
4	Rory Block	Pure Religion	I Belong To The Band: A Tribute To Rev. Gary Davis
5	Rev. Pearly Brown	God Don't Never Change	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
6	Lonnie Johnson	Devil's Got The Blues	Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1
7	The Louvin Brothers	Sinner, You'd Better Get Ready	Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music
8	Iris DeMent	I've Got That Old Time Religion (In My Heart)	Lifeline
9	Wade Mainer	Streamlined Religion	1961 King Session
10	Doug Macleod	Dubb's Talking Religion Blues	There's a Time
11	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	Old Time Religion	Farther Along
12	Pete Seeger	Old Time Religion	Singalong: Live At Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980 (1 of 2)
13	Daddy Stovepipe (Johnny Watson)	Old Time Religion	Blues From Maxwell Street
14	Polk Miller's Old South Quartette	That "Old Time" Religion	Music Of The Old South: Polk Miller & The Old South Quartette
15	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	I Claim Jesus First	The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]
16	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Good Religion	Spirit Of The Century
17	The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band	Devils Look Like Angels	Between the Ditches
18	Warren Zevon	Dirty Little Religion	Life'll Kill Ya
19	Mac Odell	One Day Religion	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
20	T. Texas Tyler	You've Got to Live Your Religion Every Day	T. Texas Tyler Hymns
21	Lucinda Williams	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion	Ramblin'
22	Rev. Pearly Brown	By And By (I'm Gonna See The King)	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
23	The Staple Singers	I Know I Got Religion	Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
24	Norridge Mayhams And The Blue Chips	Give Me That Old Time Religion	Norridge Mayhams and The Blue Chips
25	Reverend Edward Clayborn	Then We'll Need That True Religion	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
26	The Weavers	True Religion	The Weavers Almanac
27	Clara Ward & Ward Singers	You Must Have Good Religion	I Feel the Holy Spirit
28	Maria Muldaur	He Calls That Religion	Garden Of Joy
29	Reverend Gary Davis	I Didn't Want to Join the Band	Pure Religion and Bad Company
30	Rev. Pearly Brown	Ninety-Nine And A Half Won't Do	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
31	Mississippi Fred McDowell	I'm So Glad, Got Good Religion	Good Morning Little School Girl
32	Wilson Pickett	Ninety-Nine & A Half (Won't Do)	A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1]

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Leon Russell Tribute

November 19, 2016 Dave

To quote one blogger: “[Leon Russell] was one of the most adept and prolific session men of the 1960s rock scene, playing on more records and [alongside] more artists than many people could name, and his abilities and multi-instrumental proficiency would make him an unstoppable force when he debuted as an artist in his own right in the early seventies.” Summed up perfectly. And Deeper Roots will pay tribute to Leon with a look at his music, his songwriting prowess, the arc of his career, and the performances that made him that ‘unstoppable force’. We’ll hear from Joe Cocker, The Carpenters, George Benson, and (of course) Leon himself in a hastily gathered, but oh so sublime, show that honors an artist who we lost this past weekend. Tune into (and support) Sonoma County community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Leon Russell	She Smiles Like A River	Leon Russell And The Shelter People [Bonus Tracks]
2	Gary Lewis & The Playboys	Everybody Loves A Clown	The Legendary Masters Series
3	Gary Lewis & The Playboys	She's Just My Style	The Legendary Masters Series
4	Glen Campbell	Gentle On My Mind	Glen Campbell 20 Greatest Hits
5	Joe Cocker	Delta Lady	Ultimate Collection
6	Richie Havens	Tightrope	Collection
7	Freddie King	Palace Of The King	Ultimate Collection
8	Freddie King	Big Legged Woman	Ultimate Collection
9	Leon Russell	Out in the Woods	Retrospective
10	Leon Russell	Back to the Island	Retrospective
11	Amy Winehouse	A Song for You	Lioness: Hidden Treasures
12	The Carpenters	Superstar	Singles 1969-1981
13	George Benson	This Masquerade (single edit)	Breezin'
14	Leon Russell	Watching The River Flow	Tangled Up In Blues
15	Leon Russell	Dixie Lullaby	Leon Russell [Bonus Track]
16	Leon Russell	Roll Away the Stone	Retrospective
17	Leon Russell	Goodnight Irene	Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
18	Leon Russell	Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms	Best Of Hank Wilson
19	George Jones	The Window Up Above With Leon Russell	Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets
20	Leon Russell	Slow Train	A Mighty Flood
21	Elton John & Leon Russell	If It Wasn't For Bad	The Union [+digital booklet]
22	Leon Russell	Angel In Disguise	Angel In Disguise
23	Leon Russell	Come On In My Kitchen	Life Journey
24	Leon Russell	I See The Light	Snapshot
25	Leon Russell	Im Afraid the Masquerade Is Over	Life Journey
26	Leon Russell	A Song for You	Retrospective

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Gospel Dynamite II

September 24, 2016 Dave

In the second of two parts, we celebrate the very best in gospel sounds…songs and spirituals that are embedded in our culture. This week…”This Little Light Of Mine”, “How I Got Over”, “This Train”, “This Train”, and many more. We’ll play the sacred versions alongside the celebratory secular ones with performers like Sam Cooke, Curtis Mayfield, The Fisk Jubilee Singers, The Swan Silvertones, and Louis Armstrong. Tune in for two hours of rousing gospel in another two hour Americana roots journey on Sonoma County community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Hugh Laurie	Didn't It Rain	Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
2	Amy Helm	Didn't It Rain	Didn't It Rain
3	Evelyn Freeman And The Exciting Voices Chorus	Didn't It Rain	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
4	Abyssinian Baptist Radio Choir	Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody, Pts. 1&2	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
5	The Blackwood Brothers	Said I Wasn't Gonna Tell Nobody	Southern Gospel Heritage Series: The Blackwood Brothers
6	Sweet Honey In The Rock	Just a Closer Walk With Thee	African American Gospel: The Pioneering Composers
7	Sweet Honey In the Rock	Precious Memories	Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
8	Five Blind Boys of Mississippi	Precious Memories	20th Century Masters – The Best Of
9	Shirley Caesar And Ann Nesby	The Stone	Fighting Temptations
10	The Million Dollar Quartet	Old Time Religion	The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
11	The Louvin Brothers	This Little Light Of Mine	Close Harmony [Disc 3]
12	Sam Cooke	This Little Light Of Mine	Sam Cooke At the Copa
13	Sam Cooke	That's Heaven To Me	The Wonderful World Of Sam Cooke
14	Sam Cooke	Touch The Hem Of His Garment	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
15	Al Kooper	Touch The Hem Of His Garment	Naked Songs
16	The Swan Silvertones	Mary Don't You Weep	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel
17	Long John Baldry	Oh Mary Don't You Weep	Remembering Leadbelly
18	Bruce Springsteen	O Mary Don't You Weep	We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
19	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	This Train	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
20	Linda Gail Lewis	This Train	Hard Rocking Woman
21	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Joshua Fit The Battle	American Roots Music [Disc 3]
22	Mahalia Jackson	Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho [Album Version]	Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns
23	Louis Armstrong	Bye and Bye	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
24	The Golden Gate Quartet	Bye and Bye Little Children	Vol. 2 (1938-1939)
25	Reverend Robert Ballinger	How I Got Over	1950s Gospel Classics
26	Clara Ward & Ward Singers	How I Got Over	I Feel the Holy Spirit
27	The Chambers Brothers	People Get Ready	Roots Of Folk
28	Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions	People Get Ready	Akeelah And The Bee (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
29	The Selah Singers	He's My Rock, Sword And Shield	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
30	The Selah Singers	I'll Be Satisfied	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
31	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Let's Go Out to the Programs (Single)	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
32	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Two Little Fishes and Five Loaves of Bread	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of

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Gospel Dynamite I

September 17, 2016 Dave

It’s a two part celebration of the very best in gospel sounds…songs and spirituals that are embedded in our culture. There just was not enough time to capture the great songs like “I’ll Fly Away”, “This Train”, “Please In The Valley”, “Down By The Riverside”, and so many others in just a single episode…so we broke it into two parts which is still barely enough. We’ll play the influential sacred versions alongside the celebratory secular ones with performers like Chet Atkins, Mahalia Jackson, Elvis Presley, and the CBS Trumpeteers. Tune in for two hours of rousing gospel in another two hour Americana roots journey on Sonoma County community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Golden Gate Quartet	Rock My Soul	The Very Best of the Golden Gate Quartet [CD2]
2	Reverend Robert Ballinger	This Train	1950s Gospel Classics
3	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	This Train	Vintage Collections
4	Ricky Nelson	Glory Train	Legacy [Disc 2]
5	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	I Want To Ride That Glory Train	Shakin' The Rafters
6	Mahalia Jackson	I'm on My Way To Canaan	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
7	Chet Atkins	On My Way to Canaan's Land	The Essential Chet Atkins [RCA]
8	The Dillards	I'll Fly Away	There Is A Time: 1963-70
9	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	I'll Fly Away	Farther Along
10	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	I'll Fly Away	Oh Lord, Stand By Me / Marching Up To Zion
11	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Amazing Grace	Spirit Of The Century
12	Cat Power & Dirty Delta Blues	Amazing Grace	Dark Was The Night: A Red Hot Compilation [Disc 2]
13	The Golden Gate Quartet	Swing Down, Chariot (1946)	Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
14	Elvis Presley	Swing Down Sweet Chariot	He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1
15	Elvis Presley	Milky White Way	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
16	CBS Trumpeteers	Milky White Way	I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983
17	Mahalia Jackson	Take My Hand, Precious Lord	Something to Believe In
18	Fern Jones	Take My Hand, Precious Lord	The Glory Road
19	Mike Farris	Precious Lord, Take My Hand	Salvation in Lights
20	Bonnie Guitar	Down By the Riverside	The Velvet Lounge – By the Fireside
21	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Down by the Riverside	The Gospel of Blues
22	Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Anita Kerr Singers	There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
23	Johnny Cash	Peace In The Valley	Gospel Glory
24	Elvis Presley	Peace in the Valley	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
25	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	Uncloudy Day	Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
26	The Staple Singers	Uncloudy Day	Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
27	Smith Jubilee Singers	Just A Little Talk With Jesus / Smith Jubilee Singers	The History of Black Gospel Volume 6
28	Willie Nelson	Just a Little Walk With Jesus	Old Time Religion
29	Loretta Lynn	Old Time Religion	All Time Gospel Favorites [Disc 2]
30	Reverend James Cleveland And The Caravans	Old Time Religion	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
31	Evelyn Freeman And The Exciting Voices Chorus	Didn't It Rain	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
32	Fern Jones	Didn't It Rain	The Glory Road
33	Elvis Presley	Joshua Fit The Battle	Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 1)
34	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	This Little Light of Mine	Gospel Bluegrass Home Coming, Vol. 1

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Johnny Cash Tribute

July 16, 2016 Dave

Johnny Cash, like so many others, followed on the heels and inspiration of Elvis at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. But while others (save for possibly Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis) would fight for the scraps from this ‘new sound’, Johnny less-than-obligingly would ignore all the best advice. He began with the simplest of songs delivered in a farm boy’s tone and, with the Tennessee Three in tow, grew the sound into an identity. Our show this week will lean on his own recordings as well as music from performers he was inspired by…we’ll also include music from contemporaries and those who he inspired.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Johnny Cash	Ring Of Fire	Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound
2	The Chuck Wagon Gang	After The Sunrise [Album Version]	Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age
3	Brother Claude Ely	There Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down	Favorite Sacred Songs
4	Gene Autry	I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blues Eyes	The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946
5	Gene Autry	High Steppin' Mama	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2]
6	Bob Wills	Faded Love	For the Last Time
7	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	San Antonio Rose	The Country Music Hall Of Fame
8	The Carter Family	Anchored In Love	The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 1]
9	Johnny Cash	Johnny Cash – Cowboy's Prayer	Johnny Cash Interviews
10	Goebel Reeves	Cowboy's Prayer	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
11	The Chuck Wagon Gang	We Are Climbing	Flowers In The Wildwood
12	Johnny Cash	Big River	His Sun Years: Down South
13	Johnny Cash	Hey Porter	The Man In Black 1954-1958 [Disc 1]
14	Johnny Cash	Five Feet High And Rising	Songs Of Our Soil
15	Johnny Cash	Pickin' Time	The Fabulous Johnny Cash
16	Johnny Cash/The Carter Family	Keep on the Sunny Side	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
17	Johnny Cash	I Walk The Line	Classic Country
18	June Carter Cash	Oh, Susannah	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
19	Carter Sisters/Mother Maybelle Carter	Fair and Tender Ladies	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
20	Johnny Cash & June Carter	Jackson	Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter
21	Rosanne Cash	I Still Miss Someone	Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash
22	Johnny Cash & Bob Dylan	Girl From The North Country	Nashville Skyline
23	Johnny Cash	Man in Black	16 Biggest Hits
24	Johnny Cash	Ain't No Grave	American VI: Ain't No Grave
25	Johnny Cash	Tear Stained Letter	American IV: Man Comes Around
26	Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison Blues	At Folsom Prison
27	George Jones/Johnny Cash	I Got Stripes	My Very Special Guests [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
28	Rosanne Cash	Tennessee Flat Top Box	King's Record Shop
29	Emmylou Harris; The Milk Carton Kids	Apache Tears	Look Again to the Wind: Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears Revisited
30	Bruce Springsteen	Give My Love To Rose	Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash
31	Johnny Cash	Wanted Man	The Mystery Of Life
32	Bob Dylan	Train Of Love	Kindred Spirits: A Tribute To The Songs Of Johnny Cash
33	Dwight Yoakam	Understand Your Man	Dwight's Used Records

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Higher Power Country Gospel

February 4, 2016 Dave

We visit the classic sounds of country and bluegrass with thematic overtones of gospel. The love of country music often had its roots in a performer’s childhood memories of community church and the sound that would evolve from country and bluegrass provided a tone that grew from those memories…with a tenor that could easily echo the word’. The greatest of them elevated their popularity with their flock by invoking the name of that higher power of God and church in the community of bluegrass: The Stanley Brothers, Mac Wiseman, Ricky Skaggs, Doyle Lawson, and even country groups like the The Louvin Brothers and The Whitstein Brothers made gospel a core of their repertoire.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Louvin Brothers	There's A Higher Power	Satan Is Real
2	The Whitstein Brothers	Way Up On The Mountain	Sing Gospel Songs of the Louvins
3	Fern Jones	I Do Believe	The Glory Road
4	Kitty Wells	I Heard My Saviour Call	Dust on the Bible (1959)
5	Kitty Wells	(I've Got My) One-Way Ticket to the Sky	Dust on the Bible (1959)
6	Milton Estes	Hish! Somebody's Calling My Name	Favorite Sacred Songs
7	Brother Claude Ely	Fare You Well	Satan Get Back
8	King's Sacred Quartette	Turn Your Radio On	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
9	J.E. Mainer	Workin' On A Building	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
10	The Carter Family	God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
11	The Carter Family	On My Way To Canaan's Land	Take Me To The Water
12	The Delmore Brothers	The Wrath Of God	Favorite Sacred Songs
13	The Stanley Brothers	Over the Glory Land	16 Greatest Gospel Hits
14	The Stanley Brothers	My Lord's Going To Set Me Free	Hymns & Sacred Songs
15	Mac Wiseman	I'm Using My Bible For A Road Map	Grassroots To Bluegrass
16	Mac Wiseman	Dust On The Bible	Grassroots To Bluegrass
17	Ricky Skaggs	Hallelujah I'm Ready	Family And Friends
18	The Johnson Mountain Boys	Springtime in Glory	Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music
19	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Jesus Gave Me Water	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
20	George Jones & Tammy Wynette	Let's All Go Down To The River	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
21	Moore & Napier	Gathering In The Sky	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
22	Elvis Presley	I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs	He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1
23	Willie Nelson	Sweet Bye and Bye	Old Time Religion
24	Johnny Cash	Unclouded Day	Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
25	Chuck Wagon Gang/The Jordanaires	Down the Road	70th Anniversary
26	The Corley Family	Way To Glory Land (1929)	Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936
27	The Corley Family	Give The World A Smile	Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937
28	Anonymous (Knight Home-recording Disc)	Beautiful Mansions of Gold	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
29	Ex-Governor Alf. Taylor's Old Limber Quartet	Brother Noah Built an Ark	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
30	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	Long Walk to Heaven	Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
31	Elvis Presley	Working on the Building	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
32	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	I'll Fly Away	Farther Along
33	Buddy Holly	True Love Ways	From the Original Master Tapes

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Country Gospel

April 18, 2015 Dave

We’ve got a show jam-packed with gospel sounds set against a backdrop of fiery fields, unclouded days, and great speckled birds. Join us on our regular two hour Friday night show on KWTF as we take a trip down the country gospel highway, celebrating a style of music that was mostly inspired by the memories of ‘back home’ and the church, where a lot of our performers were first introduced to music. We’ll share that old time religion in spiritual and song from deep in the heartland. We open with some of the classic old time gospel sounds of The Carter Family and J. E. Mainer’s Mountaineer then go flying down heaven’s railway on the Gospel Cannonball while Johnny Cash, The Louvin Brothers, T. Texas Tyler, Hank Williams, and Kitty Wells will be preaching on that old country gospel stage alongside bluegrass gospel favorites from mid-century.And we’ll also hear a couple of new tracks from Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives.

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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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Deeper Roots on KOWS – December 27, 2014

December 27, 2014 Dave

Lots of early sounds mixed with the new this weekend. Stay tuned for music from the medicine shows, lost provinces, gospel tents, swamps, bandstands, and digital playgrounds. We’ve got Sam Samudio, Shorty Godwin, The Seldom Scene, Shel Silverstein, and Tom Russell in our bi-weekly show broadcast live from the KOWS studios in downtown Occidental, a hamlet tucked into the redwoods along the Bohemian Highway in west Sonoma County. The drought is being beat down and, while we would welcome more rain, we’re hoping that it’s dispersed so that our neighbors can manage without threat of flooding. So we’ll flood you all with a fine collection of performances from the last century of America’s music.

A Century of America's Music