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Trouble Bound

July 18, 2026 Dave Leave a comment

Free form and completely eclectic—that is the absolute best way to introduce this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. Every so often, we love to shake things up by forgoing our usual archival explorations of specific genres, artists, or historical themes. Instead, Dave is opening up his personal vault for a special curation of deep tracks and personal favorites that he has been setting aside over the past couple of months just to share with you. We are bridging eras and styles in a way only Deeper Roots can. Expect a magical blend of sounds, including early Cotton Club sounds of Cab Calloway alongside beach music from The Catalinas, rocking guitar fuzz with Grady Martin paired with the Buckaroo guitar sounds of Don Rich, and some Dylan, Merle, Berigan and Clooney. Join us for a scenic, unpredictable journey through the back roads of American music each and every Friday morning at 9am Pacific on KOWS Community Radio, streaming 24/7 at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Elvis Presley	A Mess Of Blues	The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1]	1960	00:00
2	John Hiatt	Dust Down a Country Road	Walk On	1995	05:01
3	Jay & The Americans	This Magic Moment	Come A Little Bit Closer – The Best of Jay and The Americans	1968	08:59
4	Emmylou Harris	Save The Last Dance For Me	Profile II: The Best Of Emmylou Harris	1978	11:50
5	The Neville Brothers	Sitting in Limbo	Fiyo on the Bayou	1981	15:23
6	Jackson Browne	Everywhere I Go	I'm Alive	1993	19:18
7	Grady Martin	The Fuzz	I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 3]	1961	28:31
8	Ricky Nelson	My Babe	James Burton – The Early Years 1957-1969	0	30:48
9	Don Rich & The Buckaroos	I'm a-Comin' Back Home to You	Guitar Pickin' Man	2016	33:20
10	Merle Travis	Pretty Girl (Jolie Fille)	The Guitar Picker CD4 (1954-56)	0	35:17
11	Chet Atkins	Blue Angel	The Essential Chet Atkins [RCA]	1996	37:16
12	Doc Watson	Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar	1964-1965 (Warped 6411F)	2016	39:35
13	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Wreck on the Highway	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1	1972	48:30
14	Red Simpson	The Highway Patrol	Swing West 1: Bakersfield	1966	51:50
15	The Blasters	Trouble Bound	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)	2002	54:00
16	Dave Edmunds	Trouble Boys	Single Trax 1970-1981	1978	57:43
17	Lee Hazlewood	Trouble Is A Lonesome Town	400 Miles From L.A. 1955-56	1956	1:00:54
18	Buck Owens	Hello Trouble	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)	1964	1:03:07
19	Ernest Tubb & The Texas Troubadors	This Troubled Mind O'Mine	Daddy of 'Em All	1957	1:04:52
20	Bob Dylan	If Not for You	Biograph Disc 1	1985	1:12:00
21	Ruben Blades	Ollie's Doo-Wop	Nothing But The Truth	1988	1:14:37
22	The Treniers	Go! Go! Go!	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'	1951	1:17:01
23	The Chanters	No No No	Doo Wop Box Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1	2000	1:19:21
24	The Catalinas	You're Driving Me Crazy	Dance The Night Away	1999	1:21:30
25	Cab Calloway	Mama I Wanna Make Rhythm	Chronological 1937-38	1937	1:30:40
26	Peggy Lee	Alright OK You Win	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)	2004	1:33:42
27	Rosemary Clooney	Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)	Tenderly	1952	1:36:32
28	Bunny Berigan & His Boys	I Can't Get Started	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.	1936	1:38:46
29	Bob Dylan	4th Time Around	Blonde on Blonde	1966	1:42:06
30	Buddy Holly	Bo Diddley [1963 Album Version]	Rave On: The Very Best Of ?	1963	1:46:33
31	Bo Diddley	Don't Let It Go (Hold On To What You Got)	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley	1959	1:48:50
32	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	(I've Got A) Humpty Dumpty Heart	Vintage Collections	1947	1:54:44
33	Dean Martin	I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine	Capitol Records' From The Vaults	1950	1:57:05

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Heartland R&B

June 28, 2026 Dave Leave a comment

We revisit a show from ten years back that focused on R&B, sax, and a time before rock ‘n’ roll shook the world. A time of honkers and shouters. This week on Deeper Roots, we dig into the wild, joyful, and groundbreaking world of mid-century rhythm and blues through the lens of Arnold Shaw’s classic book Honkers and Shouters: The Golden Years of Rhythm and Blues. From the jump bands and saxophone blowouts to the gospel-fueled vocalists and hard-driving dance records that packed juke joints and ballrooms, we’ll explore the artists, producers, and cultural forces that gave birth to modern popular music. Join us for two hours of the sounds and stories that laid the foundation for rock ‘n’ roll and changed American music forever. We’ve got a wild one in store for you, one that we first tackled a decade ago here on Deeper Roots.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Ivory Joe Hunter	I Got Your Water On	The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter : 1947 – 1950	1949	00:00
2	Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra	Harlem Shout	Swingsation: Jimmie Lunceford	1998	05:56
3	Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra	Intro 1	Big Band Jazz Jubilee Sessions [Disc 3]	1945	08:47
4	Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra	Three Bones	Big Band Jazz Jubilee Sessions [Disc 3]	1945	10:01
5	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Shout Sister Shout	Shout Sister Shout [[Disc 1]] The Original Soul Sister	1941	19:00
6	Lucky Millinder; Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Trouble in Mind	The Gospel of Blues	2003	21:40
7	Lucky Millinder; Sister Rosetta Tharpe	I Want a Tall Skinny Papa	The Gospel of Blues	2003	24:05
8	Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra w/Myra Johnson	Silent George	Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B	1950	26:54
9	Wynonie Harris; Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra	Teardrops From My Eyes	All She Wants To Do Is Rock	1950	29:29
10	Wynonie Harris	Hard Ridin? Mama	Playful Baby	1947	37:12
11	Wynonie Harris	I Don't Know Where to Go	Women Whiskey & Fish Tails	0	39:42
12	Eddie Durham	Swingin' the Blues	King Cole Trio: Legendary 1941-44 Broadcast Transcriptions (The)	2011	41:57
13	Count Basie	Topsy	Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie	1937	43:57
14	Count Basie	Swingin' The Blues	Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie	1938	47:07
15	Joe Liggins	Daddy on My Mind	Joe Liggins 1948-1950	1950	53:54
16	Joe Liggins	Rag Mop	The Chronological Joe Liggins 1948 – 1950	1950	56:35
17	Bull Moose Jackson	Shorty's Got To Go	Bad Man Jackson	1946	59:56
18	Bull Moose Jackson	If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')	Badman Jackson Thats Me	1955	1:02:35
19	Bull Moose Jackson	Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me	Badman Jackson Thats Me	1949	1:04:57
20	Big Jay McNeely & His Blue Jays	Deacon's Hop	Jump Jive & Swing	1948	1:13:30
21	Big Jay McNeely	All That Wine Is Gone	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]	1951	1:16:16
22	Big Mcneely Jay	Willie And The Cool Cat	Swing-O-Rama : Beautiful Babies	1949	1:19:08
23	The Swallows	It Ain't the Meat	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55 vol. 2	2005	1:21:50
24	Tiny Bradshaw	The Train Kept A-Rollin'	Sentimental Journey	1951	1:26:26
25	Tiny Bradshaw	Intro 2	Big Band Jazz: The Jubilee Sessions	1944	1:29:08
26	Tiny Bradshaw	It's Sand Man	Big Band Jazz: The Jubilee Sessions	1944	1:29:26
27	Freddie Slack & His Orchestra w; T-Bone Walker	Rifette	R&B Jukebox Hits 1943	1943	1:32:05
28	Freddie Slack With The Will Bradley Trio	Down The Road A Piece	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration	1940	1:35:05
29	Ivory Joe Hunter	Stop Rockin' That Train	The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter : 1947 – 1950	1947	1:38:09
30	Earl Bostic	Flamingo	Artist's Choice: Rolling Stones	1946	1:40:52
31	Earl Bostic	Always	The E.P. Collection	1999	1:43:31
32	Big Joe Turner	Sun Risin' Blues	Big Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 1]	1940	1:46:26
33	The Cab Calloway Orchestra	Cab Calloway Introducing Illinois Jacquet	Carnegie Hall 7/6/1973	1973	1:54:40
34	The Cab Calloway Orchestra w; Illinois Jacqauet	Jumpin' Jacquet	Carnegie Hall 7/6/1973	1973	1:54:58

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Backbeat ’50

May 2, 2026 Dave

It’s a 1950 heatwave of rhythm and blues sounds this morning on Deeper Roots. We’ll move away from anything that might be polite or polished and turn our attention to the sweat-soaked, neon-lit world of rhythm and blues, a sound that was the early morning thunder and lightning just ahead of the dawn of rock ‘n roll. We’re focusing on the year 1950 where jump blues started to grow teeth — where the saxophones were honking, the backbeats hitting harder, and indie labels from Memphis to LA were capturing lightning in a bottle. From the smoky corners of the Delta to the high voltage clubs of the North, we’re digging deep into the crates for the some pounding rhythms from Dave Bartholomew, Julia Lee, Bull Moose Jackson, Jimmy McCracklin as well as Buddy and Ella Johnson…oh, and some Tiny Bradshaw’s Breaking Up The House. As Chuck Berry pointed out: “…it’s got a backbeat, you can’t lose it, any old time you use it”.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Sister Wynona Carr	Don't Miss That Train	Dragnet For Jesus	1950	00:00
2	Buddy & Ella Johnson	Walk the Chalk Line	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2 [Disc 7]	1950	05:22
3	Ella Johnson	No More Love	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females	1950	07:56
4	Jimmy McCracklin	Rockin? All Day (a/k/a Rockin? and Reelin?)	Electric Blues?Part 1: Beginnings 1939-1954	1950	10:56
5	Bull Moose Jackson	Big Fat Mamas Are Back In Style Again	Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950	1950	13:34
6	Cleo Brown	Roll It Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57	1950	15:54
7	Eunice Davis	Rock Little Daddy	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57	1950	25:17
8	Austin McCoy	Happy Pay Day Part 1	More Mellow Cats & Kittens	1950	27:46
9	Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra w/Myra Johnson	Silent George	Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B	1950	30:56
10	Jewel King	3×7=21	Get Hot Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3	1950	33:32
11	Jewel King	I Broke My Mother's Rule	Gettin' Funky [Disc 4]	1950	36:04
12	Julia Lee	Can't Get Enough Of That Stuff	Kansas City Star [Disc 5]	1950	38:17
13	Violet Hall	He's An Ivory Beating Baby (On The Baby Grand)	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57	1950	41:16
14	Johnnie Brown	I'm Gonna Stop (Foolin' Around)	Jumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD)	1950	48:49
15	Tiny Bradshaw	Breaking Up the House	Breaking Up the House [Disc 2]	1950	51:12
16	Tiny Bradshaw	Well Oh Well	Breaking Up the House [Disc 2]	1950	53:51
17	Wynonie Harris	I Want To Love You Baby	All She Wants To Do Is Rock	1950	56:29
18	Dave Bartholomew	Ain't Gonna Do It (Rest Of My Life)	Gettin' Funky [Disc 2]	1950	59:21
19	Connie Jordan	I'm Gonna Rock (Till My Rocker Breaks Down)	Jumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD)	1950	1:07:07
20	Ruth Brown	I'll Wait For You	Miss Rhythm Greatest Hits And More Disc 1	1950	1:09:52
21	Ivory Joe Hunter	We're Going to Boogie	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]	1950	1:12:25
22	King Perry	Everything's Gonna Be Alright Tonight	Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1]	1950	1:15:25
23	Gene Phillips	Women Women Women	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52	1950	1:17:46
24	Erline Harris	Jump And Shout	Get Hot Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3	1950	1:20:35
25	Percy Mayfield	Strange Things Happening	Poet of the Blues	1950	1:25:26
26	The Robins	If It's So	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'	1950	1:28:12
27	The Dominoes	Chicken Blues	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'	1950	1:31:14
28	H-Bomb Ferguson	Rock H-Bomb Rock	Stompin' 14	1950	1:34:02
29	Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men	Love Don't Love Nobody	Original Blues/Greatest Hits	1950	1:36:10
30	Little Esther & Mel Walker w; Johnny Otis Orchestra	Cupid's Boogie	Roots of Rock 'n' Roll – Rough and Rowdy Vol. 3	1950	1:38:51
31	The Ravens	My Baby's Gone	OKeh Rhythm & Blues	1950	1:41:24
32	The Three Riffs	Cherry In My Lemon And Lime	Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm	1950	1:44:09
33	Harry Van Walls	Tee-nah-nah	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]	1950	1:46:34
34	Fats Domino	Hey La Bas Boogie	Gettin' Funky [Disc 3] – The Hitmakers	1950	1:53:53
35	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	Gettin' Funky [Disc 3] – The Hitmakers	1950	1:56:14

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Trouble In Mind

April 24, 2026 Dave

Get ready for a deep dive into the last 100 years of America’s musical DNA. This week’s Deeper Roots is a ‘romp’ in the truest sense—a free form show celebrating the winsome, the lonesome, and everything in between. We’ve got a heavy-hitting lineup including Etta James, Jimmie Davis, and Billie Holiday, spanning the full spectrum of gospel, country, blues, and jazz. Dave’s been digging through the “digital crates” of the past century to bring you two hours of essential, sometimes irreverent, always authentic sounds. Whether the selections are wholesome or a bit rowdy, this episode runs the full gamut of the American songbook. Pull up a chair at the Deeper Roots dining hall this Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio—there is plenty of soul to go around.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Trouble In My Mind	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of	2008	00:00
2	Louis Armstrong	Nobody Knows De Trouble I've Seen	Louis And The Good Book	1938	05:34
3	Sam Cooke	Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (4 of 4)	1963	08:34
4	The Whitstein Brothers	I'm Troubled	Old Time Duets	1989	12:04
5	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	I'm So Glad (Trouble Don't Last Always)	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2]	1955	14:42
6	The Harlem Hamfats	I'm In So Much Trouble Now	Harlem Hamfats Vol. 3 1937-1938	2005	17:53
7	Fats Domino	Bad Luck and Trouble	Fats Domino Out of New Orleans	1961	26:02
8	Mavis Staples Levon Helm	Trouble In My Mind	Carry Me Home	2022	28:38
9	Lee Hazlewood	Trouble Is A Lonesome Town	400 Miles From L.A. 1955-56	1956	33:33
10	Kay Starr	I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town	Capitol Collectors Series	1947	35:47
11	The Modernaires	It's A Lonesome Old Town (When You're Not Around)	The Complete Modernaires On Columbia Vol 2 (1946-1947)	1947	38:30
12	Jimmie Davis	Louisiana Hayride Intro	At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 9)	2017	46:03
13	Jimmie Davis	Pi-Rootin' Around	Nobody's Darlin' But Mine: 1928-1937	1937	47:13
14	Scott Miller & the Commonwealth	Drunk All Around This Town	Reconstruction	2007	49:57
15	Wayne Hancock	Life's Lonesome Road	A-Town Blues	2001	52:32
16	Rick Nelson	Lonesome Town (Unreleased)	Legacy [Disc 1]	1958	54:08
17	Happy Valley Boys	Homecoming Time In Happy Valley	Classic Field Recordings	1940	1:01:08
18	Tom T. Hall	Homecoming (Single Version)	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall	2006	1:03:54
19	Josh Ritter	Homecoming	Sermon on the Rocks	2015	1:07:00
20	Bob Dylan & The Band	Kickin' My Dog Around	The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11	2014	1:12:19
21	Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers	Ya Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog Aroun'	Various Artists: Bob Dylan – Cover To Cover – The Originals VOL. 2 [Disc 2]	1926	1:15:00
22	Leon Chappel	(I'm A) Long Gone Doggie	Automatic Mama	1951	1:17:42
23	Betty Hall Jones	This Joint's Too Hip For Me	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]	1949	1:25:17
24	Julia Lee	Tell Me Daddy	The Essential Julia Lee Vol 1	1948	1:27:47
25	Mabel Scott	Wailin' Daddy	Rhythm'n'blues Nasty	2005	1:30:34
26	Etta James	Tell Mama	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]	1967	1:33:17
27	The Shangri-Las	I'm Blue	Myrmidons of Melodrama	1965	1:35:34
28	Willy DeVille	I'm Blue So Blue	Unplugged in Berlin	2011	1:38:58
29	Dan Penn	Blues Of The Month Club	Smoke Filled Room	2026	1:42:52
30	Willie Nelson	Am I Blue	Nite Life: Greatest Hits & Rare Tracks (1959-1971)	1964	1:47:26
31	Billie Holiday	Am I Blue?	The Quintessential Billie Holiday Vol. 9 (1940 – 1942)	1941	1:53:54
32	Julie London	I Must Have That Man!	Wild Cool and Swingin'	1999	1:56:40

King Cole Covers

April 11, 2026 Dave

Nat King Cole’s transition from a respected jazz pianist to a mainstream icon was a perfect storm of technical brilliance, a groundbreaking vocal style, and a persona that radiated “suave sophistication.” While jazz purists sometimes lamented his move toward pop, it was his ability to blend jazz’s complexity with pop’s accessibility that made him a household name. He delivered hit after hit with a penchant for candidates (or entries from) the Great American Songbook. With this in mind, we’ll take this week’s show in an direction that honors the songs he became most famous for…from Bobby Troup’s Route 66 to Billy Strayhorn’s Lush Life…covered by others including some rocking tributes, some ballads in the style of country and bluesy soul numbers from Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke. We don’t stop there. Join Dave Stroud for another celebration from a hundred years of America’s music

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Tiny Bradshaw	Straighten Up and Fly Right	Breaking Up the House [Disc 1]
2	The Andrews Sisters	Straighten Up and Fly Right	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 1]
3	Oscar Brown Jr.	Straighten Up And Fly Right [Album Version]	Sin & Soul… And Then Some
4	Bobby Darin	Nature Boy	As Long As I'm Singing: The Bobby Darin Collection [Disc 2]
5	Aaron Neville	Nature Boy	Nature Boy: The Standards Album
6	Madeleine Peyroux	Smile	Half The Perfect World
7	Jimmy Durante	Smile	As Time Goes By: Best of
8	Chuck Berry	Route 66	Cars
9	Asleep at the Wheel	Route 66	The Best of Asleep at the Wheel
10	Wayne Newton	L-O-V-E	Wild Cool & Swingin'
11	Natalie Cole	L-O-V-E	Unforgettable: With Love
12	Charley Pride	Ramblin' Rose	20 Classics
13	Slim Whitman	Ramblin' Rose	All-Time Greatest Hits Vol 2
14	Raul Malo	Ramblin' Rose	Quarantunes
15	Brenda Lee	Pretend	This Is Brenda
16	Carl Mann	Pretend	The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD3)
17	Dinah Washington	Unforgettable	Jazz 'Round Midnight: Dinah Washington
18	Peggy Lee	Unforgettable	Peggy Lee – The Marvelous Miss Lee
19	Jimmy Wakely	Mona Lisa	The Collection 1940-53 CD2
20	Carl Mann	Mona Lisa	Where Rock Was Born
21	The Neville Brothers	Mona Lisa	Fiyo on the Bayou
22	Marvin Gaye	Too Young	Ballads
23	Frankie Laine	Too Young	I Hear Music
24	Linda Ronstadt	Lush Life	Round Midnight [Disc 2]
25	Sammy Davis Jr.	Lush Life	I've Gotta Be Me: The Best Of Sammy Davis Jr.
26	Little Joe Cook	I Love You for Sentimental Reasons	Peanuts and Other Delicacies: The Little Joe Cook Story (1951-1962)
27	Sam Cooke	(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons	Greatest Hits
28	Raul Malo	(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons	The Nashville Acoustic Sessions
29	Ray Noble	The Very Thought of You	Love Is the Sweetest Thing(Disc 2)
30	Nancy Wilson	The Very Thought Of You	Lady Sings The Blues [Disc 1]
31	Leon Redbone	Sweet Lorraine	Any Time
32	Frank Sinatra	Sweet Lorraine	Reprise Collection [Disc 4]
33	Nat King Cole	The Frim Fram Sauce	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
34	Nat King Cole	Paradise	The Very Thought Of You

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Heavenly Day

March 21, 2026 Dave

It’s a free form morning as Dave once again digs out some favorites and some deep tracks from the last century of America’s music. He’ll be paying his respects to Doug Sahm’s keyboard master, Augie Meyers, while at the same time picking on some thematic tones, including that of heaven, an early century legend by the name of Lulu, early rhythm and western from 1950 as well as a collection of soul tracks that glistened in the winds from 1967. Tune in for The Ink Spots, Jimmy Newman, John Prine, The Castaleers and Fats Waller…a sampler from the past one hundred years. Free form mornings here on KOWS occur only once in a blue moon so you’ll want to be tuning in for more music discovery from all genre corners. You’re invited to come on up to the house where we’re ready, willing and waiting to entertain, putting the madness of a wannabe king behind you for a two-hour joyful jaunt where you’ll find three chords and the truth.

Women’s History Month

March 14, 2026 Dave

This week we celebrate Women’s History Month the way we know best — by following the music. For more than a century, women have shaped the sound of America’s story. They didn’t just sing the songs — they wrote them, bent them, electrified them, sanctified them, and sometimes had to fight just to be heard over them. From the tent shows and juke joints of the 1920s to arena stages and global spotlights, women have carried rhythm, blues, gospel, country, rock, pop — and the truth — on their shoulders. Tune in this coming Friday morning for a journey that begins at the foundation. Before rock and roll. Before crossover radio. When the blues was still carving its name into shellac and history. We’ll then make our way into the genres of jazz, country, rock, and gospel where women’ influenced the deeper roots of American music and you find their fingerprints everywhere — in the blues phrasing, in the gospel shout, in the country confession, in the pop hook, in the rock-and-roll roar.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Ma Rainey	Ma Rainey's Black Bottom	Ma Rainey
2	Keb' Mo' Featuring Rosanne Cash	Put A Woman In Charge	Put A Woman In Charge
3	Bessie Smith & Louis Armstrong	St. Louis Blues	I Heard It On NPR: Shake These Blues
4	Memphis Minnie	Me And My Chauffeur Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 2]
5	Ethel Waters	Heat Wave	Ethel Waters 1929 -1939 (feat. Duke Ellington & Benny Goodman)
6	Billie Holiday	God Bless The Child	Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 10]
7	Ella Fitzgerald	Goody, Goody	75th Birthday Celebration [Disc 2]
8	Dinah Washington	What a Diff'rence a Day Makes	The Essential Dinah Washington: The Great Songs
9	Jimmie Grier	The Object Of My Affection	50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s
10	Ivie Anderson	It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)	An Introduction To Ivie Anderson
11	Tommy Dorsey, The Pied Pipers, Jo Stafford	Embraceable You	I Got Rhythm: The Music of George Gershwin
12	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Rock Me	Oxford American 10th Anniversary Southern Music CD [Disc 2] "Past Masters" [2008]
13	Mahalia Jackson	Move On Up A Little Higher, Pt. 1	Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
14	Nina Simone	See Line Women	The Ultimate Nina Simone
15	Betty Carter	Open the Door	American Beauty
16	Judy Garland	Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart	Your Hit Parade – 1943
17	Sarah Vaughan	I Feel So Smoochie	September Song
18	Kay Starr	Rock and Roll Waltz	Your Hit Parade – 1956
19	Peggy Lee	Sugar (That Sugar Baby O' Mine)	The Capitol Collector's Series
20	Katie Shore	You're From Texas	It's All Her Fault: A Tribute To Cindy Walker
21	Mother Maybelle Carter	Keep on the Sunny Side	Ash Grove (Live April 20, 1963)
22	Patsy Cline	Why Can't He Be You	The Patsy Cline Collection
23	Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	American Roots Music (Disc One-Country)
24	Dolly Parton	Jolene	Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2]
25	Loretta Lynn	She's Got You	Classic Country 1975-1979 [Disc 2]
26	Wanda Jackson	Funnel Of Love	Queen Of Rockabilly
27	Etta James	Come What May	The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1
28	Aretha Franklin	Think	30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
29	Ruth Brown	Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean	Ruth Brown: The Definitive Soul Collection [[Disc 1]]
30	The Crystals	Da Doo Ron Ron	The Best Of The Crystals
31	LaVern Baker	Jim Dandy (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
32	Carole King	I Feel the Earth Move	A Natural Woman: The Ode Collection (1968-1976) (1 of 2)
33	Joni Mitchell	Chelsea Morning	Hits
34	Joan Baez	Farewell, Angelina	Baez Sings Dylan
35	Emmylou Harris	If I Could Only Win Your Love	Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol 5

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Mid-Century Modern Jazz

February 27, 2026 Dave

Blue and cool is the mood as we spin the dial back to the 1950s — a decade of chrome, tailfins, Cold War tension, Beat poetry, and late-night cigarette smoke curling toward the ceiling of a dimly lit club. Beneath the middle class culture of the day, there was a restless heartbeat of jazz. This was the era when bebop matured into cool, hard bop caught fire, and modal explorations began reshaping the language of improvisation. Artists like Miles Davis refined understatement into revolution, John Coltrane stretched harmony toward spiritual searching, Thelonious Monk bent notes and expectations alike, and Ella Fitzgerald turned the human voice into a virtuosic instrument. Jazz in the ’50s wasn’t background music — it was conversation, protest, poetry, and possibility. Dave’s selected some important landmarks and deep tracks that take you into those dusty digital bins of jazz and improvisation this morning on Deeper Roots.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	George Shearing Quintet Feat. Nancy Wilson	Lullaby Of Birdland	The Swingin's Mutual!
2	Charlie Parker	Blues For Alice	Confirmation: The Best Of The Verve Years
3	Charlie Parker	Au Privave	Confirmation: The Best Of The Verve Years
4	Horace Silver & The Jazz Messengers	Doodlin'	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 4]
5	Sal Salvador	Round Trip	Capitol Jazz 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3]
6	The Modern Jazz Quartet	Django	Django
7	Chet Baker	My Funny Valentine	Closer Than A Kiss: Crooner Classics
8	Erroll Garner Trio	Misty	Your Hit Parade – 1954
9	Clifford Brown & Max Roach	I Get A Kick Out Of You	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 4]
10	Sonny Rollins	St. Thomas	Saxophone Colossus
11	Sonny Rollins	Oleo	Prestige Profiles Bonus
12	Eddie Heywood	Soft Summer Breeze	Great Instrumental Hits Of The 50s-80s (10 Songs)
13	Thelonious Monk	Nice Work If You Can Get It	The Original Jazz Masters Series – Vol. 4 [Disc 5]
14	Count Basie	Li'l Darlin'	Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie
15	Lee Morgan	I Remember Clifford	Side Man
16	John Coltrane	Blue Train	Blue Train
17	Cannonball Adderley	Dancing In The Dark	Somethin' Else
18	Johnny Hodges	Satin Doll	Blues A Plenty
19	Miles Davis	Blue in Green	Kind of Blue
20	Charles Mingus	Goodbye Pork Pie Hat	Mingus Ah Um

Flour Power

November 29, 2025 Dave

What a show for the day after Thanksgiving! This week we roll out a two-hour celebration of bakery-inspired tunes—an irresistible mix of cakes, pies, donuts, cookies, and every sugary delight ever to find its way into a lyric. We’ll be mixing up a blend from a century’s worth of music, from early jazz confections and country-fried treats to soulful blues pastries, golden-era pop indulgences, and rock-and-roll slices served hot from the oven. It’s all about how bakery imagery has sweetened American music’s storytelling. Jazz bands swing like a spoon in batter; country artists offer homestyle wisdom baked into every verse; blues singers lean into the bittersweet with slow-cooked grooves; and rock outfits bring the heat with songs that crust, crackle, and pop. Whether it’s a dusty 78 from the 1920s or a modern track with sprinkles of retro charm, the playlist draws straight from the musical pantry of the past hundred years. This week’s highlights include performances from Dan Hicks, NRBQ, Curtis Salgado, Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Waller and a whole lot more. Tune into community radio for West Sonoma County. KOWS-LP 92.5 FM Occidental, streaming to planet Earth at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Paul Chaplain And His Emeralds	Shortnin' Bread	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
2	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	Sweetheart (Waitress In A Donut Shop)	The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
3	Warren Smith	Singing the Blues (& Donut Ad)	At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 18)
4	Johnny Cash	Give My Love to Rose (& Donut Ad)	At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 20)
5	The Carolyn Sills Combo	That Doughnut Song	That Doughnut Song
6	Andy Kirk	Dunkin' A Doughnut	An Anthology Of Big Band Swing 1930-1955 [Disc 1]
7	The Modernaires	Coffee Five, Doughnuts Five	The Very Best of the Modernaires With Paula Kelly
8	Rosemary Clooney	Cherry Pies Ought To Be You	Tenderly
9	Eileen Barton & The New Yorkers	If I Knew You Were Comin' (I'd've Baked a Cake)	Cookin' Choice Cuts from the Famous Fifties
10	Art Mooney & His Orchestra	If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked A Cake	Meet Me At The Candy Store: 31 Sweets For The Dentist's Joy
11	Nat Russell	Chocolata	Meet Me At The Candy Store: 31 Sweets For The Dentist's Joy
12	Galactic	Baker's Dozen	Late For The Future
13	Curtis Salgado	Cookie Dough	Americana Roots Songbook: Modern Blues
14	Jay & The Techniques	Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie	45's on CD, Vol. 4: 1967-1969
15	Linda Martell	The Wedding Cake (Remastered 2022)	Color Me Country (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022)
16	Fats Waller & His Rhythm	Shortnin' Bread	100 Ans De Jazz
17	Fats Waller	You Can't Have Your Cake (And Eat It)	The Definitive Fats Waller: His Rhythm, His Piano, Vol. 1 [Disc 2]
18	Frank Zappa	Muffin Man	The Best Of Frank Zappa
19	Chuck Cabot & His Orchestra	Chocolate Cha Cha	Meet Me At The Candy Store: 31 Sweets For The Dentist's Joy
20	Ella Mae Morse	The Patty Cake Man	Barrelhouse, Boogie, And The Blues [Disc 1]
21	Texas Top Hands	You Can't Have Your Cake	Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 9]
22	NRBQ	RC Cola And A Moon Pie	Peek-A-Boo: The Best Of NRBQ, 1969-1989 [Disc 1]
23	NRBQ	Hot Biscuits and Sweet Marie	Kick Me Hard
24	Mamie Bradley	The Patty Cake	Meet Me At The Candy Store: 31 Sweets For The Dentist's Joy
25	Marvin & Johnny	Cherry Pie	Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll
26	The Four Clefs	I Like Pie, I Like Cake	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
27	The Newbeats	Bread and Butter	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1964
28	Ella Fitzgerald	The Muffin Man	Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41
29	Louis Jordan	Beans and Corn Bread	Number Ones
30	Billy Hughes Buckaroos	Take Your Hands Off It (Birthday Cake)	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies
31	Johnny Cash & The Light Crust Doughboys	W. Lee O'Daniel (And The Light Crust Dough Boys)	Johnny Cash is Coming To Town
32	Lonnie Johnson	He's A Jelly Roll Baker	RCA Record Label: The 1st Note In Black Music [Disc 1]

Mean Old Frisco

October 4, 2025 Dave

It’s a City (with a capital ‘C’ to locals) whose cultural history practically hums with musical possibilities. This is due in large part to how the city has always been a meeting point for restless ideas and diverse communities. From the Gold Rush boomtown that lured fortune-seekers from every continent, to the Beat poets of North Beach and the psychedelic counterculture that turned Haight-Ashbury into a world stage, it’s been an easy mark for songwriters. This week’s show will visit that blend of beauty, grit and idealism with performances for and about San Francisco. Join us for a whole batch of vintage sounds covering any old genre we care to share with the likes of Harry “The Hipster” Gibson, Little Walter, Charlie Musselwhite, Linda Martell, and, of course, Tony Bennett. We’ll celebrate from a short distance away with memories of Broadway, the fog rolling through the Golden Gate, and that endless palette of imagery and mood that is a living chorus always ready to be set to music.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Sound Of The City	KSFO 560 – San Francisco	78s
2	Tony Bennett	I Left My Heart in San Francisco	The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
3	Logan Ledger	The Lights Of San Francisco	Logan Ledger
4	Chris Isaak	San Francisco Days	San Francisco Days
5	Journey	Lights	Journey's Greatest Hits
6	Eric Clapton	San Francisco Bay Blues	Unplugged
7	Linda Martell	San Francisco is a Lonely Town (Remastered 2022)	Color Me Country (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022)
8	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Hello, San Francisco (Part I)	Putumayo Presents: American Blues
9	The Teskey Brothers	San Francisco	Run Home Slow
10	Otis Redding	(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay	The Dock of the Bay
11	Little Walter	Mean Old Frisco	Blues With A Feeling [Disc 2]
12	Charlie Musselwhite	When The Frisco Left The Shed	Mississippi Son
13	Richie Havens	San Francisco Bay Blues	Mixed Bag
14	Eric Lindell	Here In Frisco	Matters Of The Heart
15	Mark Spoelstra	San Francisco Zoo Song	Out Of My Hands
16	Marty Robbins	San Francisco Teardrops	San Francisco With Fond Memories
17	Dom Flemons	San Francisco Baby	Prospect Hill
18	Jimmy Martin	Fly Me To Frisco – 1973	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 5]
19	Johnny Paycheck	The Ballad Of Frisco Bay	Nowhere to Run: the Little Darlin' Years 1966-1970
20	Merle Haggard	Return to San Francisco	Like Never Before
21	Harry "The Hipster" Gibson	I Flipped My Wig In San Francisco	Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine?
22	Connie Russell	Foggy Night In San Francisco	San Francisco – With Fond Memories
23	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	San Francisco Bay Blues	South Coast
24	Jeanette McDonald – San Francisco O.S.T.	San Francisco (Soundtrack Version)	The 30s: Hollywood's Best
25	Tee Vee Toons	Streets Of San Francisco	Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70's & 80's
26	Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup	Mean Ole Frisco	That's All Right (Mama)
27	Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton	Lonesome Frisco Line [Album Version]	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
28	Memphis Minnie	'Frisco Town	Queen Of Country Blues
29	Scott McKenzie	San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)	San Francisco – With Fond Memories
30	Cab Calloway & His Orchestra	San Francisco Fan	Jazz Noire (Darktown Sleaze of 1940s L.A.)

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