Category Archives: Featured Music

Cuppa Joe

April 13, 2024 Dave

The history of coffee consumption in 20th century America takes hold in the small cafes, truck stops and coffeehouses which became venues and social spaces for the community. Like music, they helped with the congregation of like minds and served as hubs for intellectual exchange, artistic expression and social activism. And it was all because of the caffeine. Instant and decaf coffees were just an aberration; much like disco. This week’s Deeper Roots drives the theme of coffee home with tracks that span the century including Emmett Miller, the King Cole Trio, The Bobs, Ella Mae Morse and Merle Travis (among others) to tell us a cuppa tale or two. It’s one more Friday show ahead of next week’s 420 observation…one more libation to celebrate.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Warren Barker	Caper At The Coffee House (From '77 Sunset Strip')	Jazz Noir
2	The Manhattan Transfer	Java Jive	Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1]
3	King Cole Trio	You're The Cream In My Coffee	The Cocktail Combos [Disc 1]
4	Ella Mae Morse	Coffee Date	Singles 3
5	Patricia Kaas	Black Coffee	Jazz a Saint Germain
6	Jack Barlow	Hot Cup Of Coffee	I Live The Country Songs I Sing
7	Merle Travis	I Can't Afford The Coffee	The Guitar Picker CD4 (1954-56)
8	Tex Ritter	01 – Coffee Pot	(2000) High Noon (CD 4)
9	Claude Gray	I4ll Have an Other Cup of Coffee	Country & Western Nuggets
10	Lefty Frizzell	Make That One for the Road a Cup of Coffee	1962-1965 (Warped 6382)
11	Curtis Gordon	Caffeine And Nicotine	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
12	Jon Rauhouse	Corn & Coffee	Steel Guitar Rodeo
13	Frank Sinatra	The Coffee Song	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan
14	Enric Madriguera And His Hotel Biltmore Orchestra	Let's Have Another Cup of Coffee	American Dance Bands – Playing the Music of Irving Berlin
15	Pancho Cantaneo y los Cubaztecas	Moliendo Cafe	Cuba. Por La Musica
16	Terry Snyder / Earl Palmer	Binga Banga Bongo-Percolator	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 8: Cocktail Capers
17	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	Forty Cups of Coffee	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
18	The Modernaires	Coffee Five, Doughnuts Five	The Very Best of the Modernaires With Paula Kelly
19	The Ink Spots	Java Jive	The Great Entertainers
20	Atilla	Coffee, Coffee	Mo 33004
21	Greg Brown	Good Morning Coffee	If I Had Known
22	Kim Lenz	Percolate	Slowly Speeding
23	Julie London	Black Coffee	36 All-Time Greatest Hits Disc 1
24	Ruth Etting	You're The Cream In My Coffee	Love Me or Leave Me CD1
25	Brook Benton	Another Cup Of Coffee	Best Of Brook Benton
26	The Boswell Sisters	Coffee In The Morning And Kisses In The Night [Album Version]	That's How Rhythm Was Born
27	Emmett Miller	You're The Cream In My Coffee	Minstrel Man From Georgia
28	The Larks	Coffee, Cigarettes And Tears	Bob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]
29	Bellevue Cadillac	Cuppa Joe	Hipsters, Zoots & Wingtips, Vol. 3
30	Lefty Frizzell	Cigarettes and Coffee Blues	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 5)
31	Otis Redding	Cigarettes And Coffee	Oxford American Southern Music Issue Vol. 25
32	Neil Young + Promise of the Real	A Rock Star Bucks A Coffee Shop	The Monsanto Years

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Rock

Rhythm Roller Coaster

April 6, 2024 Dave

Swing and jazz music of the late 1930s had just enough time to raise a small ruckus before the second World War broke out. After a celebratory wave swept the nation, there was a need for more of the same but with an upbeat but harder drive to it. It didn’t take long for pre-rock R&B to become popular across demographics as it would gain significant traction among urban youth, particularly in the central hubs of New York, Chicago, Detroit, LA, and New Orleans. This week’s show features a roller coaster of great sounds including tracks from Varetta Dillard, The Lollypoppers, The Flairs, and Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs. You don’t want to miss this wild ride.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Big Joe Turner	Love Roller Coaster	Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
2	Big Maybelle	Whole Lot-Ta Shakin' Goin' On	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
3	Ann Cole	Got My Mojo Working	The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 1]
4	Mabel Scott	Elevator Boogie	Swing Baby Swing!: House Rocking Swing and Jump Jive Boogie
5	Etta James	Spoonful	The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 1]
6	Shirley Gunter & The Queens	Oop Shoop	The Flair Story – Dust My Rhythm & Blues
7	LaVern Baker	You'd Better Find	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2 [Disc 5]
8	Little Esther & the Dominoes	The Deacon Moves In	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
9	Ruth Brown	This Little Girls Gone Rockin'	The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 1]
10	The Drifters With Clyde McPhatter	Such A Night	Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
11	Hank Ballard & The Midnighters	Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960
12	Tabby Thomas	I'd Love To Tell	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
13	Louis Jordan	Roc Doc	From the Ghetto
14	Fats Domino	Don't Come Knockin'	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
15	The Flairs	She Wants To Rock	The Flair Story – Dust My Rhythm & Blues
16	Titus Turner	Hungry Man	Exotic Blues & Rhythm Volume 7 & 8 Boom-A-Lay & Chug-A-Lug
17	Little Johnny Jones & The Chicago Hound Dogs	Dirty By The Dozen (Sweet Little Woman)	The Flair Story – Dust My Rhythm & Blues
18	The Lollypoppers	A Bottle of Pop	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
19	Julia Lee	Tell Me Daddy	The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 1]
20	Varetta Dillard	Them Their Eyes	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]
21	Varetta Dillard	Mercy, Mr. Percy	The Lovin' Bird
22	Varetta Dillard	Promise Mr Thomas	From the Ghetto
23	Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody)	Sweet Man	Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949
24	Chuck Willis & His Orchestra	Lawdy Miss Mary	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
25	Champion Jack Dupree	Shim Sham Shimmy	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 15]
26	Little Willie John	Leave My Kitten Alone	Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 10]
27	Gladys Hill	Please Don't Touch My Bowl	Get Hot Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3
28	Young Jessie	Shuffle In The Gravel	From the Ghetto
29	Roy Milton	Rhythm Cocktail	ABC Of The Blues Vol 30
30	The Ravens	Midnight Blues	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
31	The Blenders	Don't Play Around with Love	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
32	The Ebonaires	Lawd, Lawd, Lawd	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
33	Cab Calloway	Gambler's Guitar	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
34	Gloria Gunter	Move On Out	Cat Scratchin'
35	The Coasters	Yakety Yak	50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 1]
36	The Coasters	Run Red Run	50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 2]
37	Big Joe Turner	Flip Flop And Fly	Big, Bad & Blue: Anthology [Disc 2]
38	Big Joe Turner	Well, All Right	Big Joe Rocks
39	Big Joe Turner	Midnight Special Train	Atlantic Rock & Roll

Americana, Blues, Country, Jazz, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Theme Time

Don’t Wanna

March 30, 2024 Dave

Theme time and I’m going to break it to you slow…it’s all about the negative and those that refuse. If there’s something that’s more prevalent in our lives than saying that we ‘want to’…it’s when we don’t want to. The ‘desire not to’ seems to be winning over the ‘desire to’ in our show today. We’ve got a collection of songs that all begin with the phrase “I Don’t Want” in some form or another. We’ll bring you the early sounds of The Blue Sky Boys and some country sounds of Jimmy Wakely from the hayloft, blues and soul from Magic Sam and that firecracker Sugar Pie DeSanto, and plenty of Americana from The Blasters, Wanda Jackson and Doug Sahm in our show today. It’s going to be a romp because there’s a lot of fodder to choose from when stubbornness is the theme. Tune into community radio for Sonoma County to find out. I don’t want to spoil the theme…but not ‘wanting to’ isn’t always a bad thing…

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Chuck Willis	Hang Up My Rock And Roll Shoes	I Remember Chuck Willis / The King Of The Stroll
2	The Ravens	Honey, I Don't Want You	Rhythm 'N' Blues Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 4
3	The Blasters	I Don't Want To	American Music
4	Wanda Jackson	I Don't Wanta Go	Wonderful Wanda
5	Doc Williams	Don't Want To Work	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
6	Tom Waits	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	Beautiful Maladies: The Island Years
7	Hayes Carll	I Don't Wanna Grow Up	Trouble In Mind
8	Tex Williams	I Don't Want To Be Free	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2
9	Jimmy Wakely w/Margaret Whiting	I Don't Want to Be Free	The Collection 1940-53 CD3
10	Sir Douglas Quintet	I Don't Want To Go Home	Mono Singles '68-'72
11	The Blue Sky Boys	I Don't Want Your Greenback Dollar	Presenting The Blue Sky Boys
12	Iris DeMent	I Don't Want To Get Adjusted	Lifeline
13	Carrie Rodriguez	I Don't Want To Play House Anymore	Seven Angels on a Bicycle
14	Tammy Wynette	I Don't Wanna Play House	Super Hits
15	Dr. John	I Don't Wanna Know	The Best Of The Parlophone Years
16	Fernest Arceneaux & His Louisiana French Band	I Don't Want Nobody	Putumayo Presents: Blues Party
17	Leonard Carbo	I Don't Want To Lose Her	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3]
18	Slim Harpo	I Don't Want No One	The Scratch
19	Barbara Lynn	I Don't Want A Playboy	A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979
20	Magic Sam	I Don't Want No Woman	West Side Soul
21	Susan Tedeschi	I Don't Want Nobody	Better Days
22	Buddy & Ella Johnson	I Don't Want Nobody ( To Have My Love But You)	Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 2]
23	Sugar Pie DeSanto	I Don't Wanna Fuss	Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966)
24	Johnnie Taylor	I Don't Wanna Lose You	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 7]
25	Barbara & The Browns	I Don't Want To Have To Wait	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
26	The Drifters	I Don't Want To Go On Without You	All-Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965 [Disc 2]
27	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	I Don't Want To Cry	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
28	Pearlean Gray And The Passengers	I Don't Want To Cry	Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 2]
29	The Ink Spots	I Don't Want The Set The World On Fire	Your Hit Parade – 1941
30	Fats Domino	I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire	This Is Gold Disc 2
31	Billie Holiday	I Don't Want To Cry Anymore	Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years [Disc 1]
32	Big Maybelle	I Don't Want To Cry	Blues, Candy & Big Maybelle
33	Ted Fio Rito & His Orchestra	I Don't Want to Love You	Spotlighting the Ted Fio Rito Orchestra

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Oldies, Theme Time

Space Race Rock

March 29, 2024 Dave

What a time it was. The surprise of Sputnik in the early fifties led to a space race, a technological competition that had a profound impact on popular music (not to mention popular culture), providing musicians (and would-be musicians) a rich source of inspiration and contributed to some of the most iconic, as well as comic and out of this world, songs of the era. Themes of space travel, the moon and Mars, and even flying saucers were rampant on the airwaves. And one can only ascribe the fear of aliens to the number attempted novelty bits that reflected that trepidation. Laughter is, after all, a natural way for fear to be released in humankind. This week we’ll be sharing some of the classics, as well as the unknowns, including Jesse Belvin & His Space Riders, The Drivers, Merv Griffin, The Big Bopper, Dave & The Detomics and quite a few more that even if we were to share their names, you’d probably scratch your head anyway.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Mello-Tones	Flying Saucer	Vocal Groups
2	Jerry Engler	Sputnik (Satellite Girl)	That'll Flat Git It, Vol. 6 (Us Decca, Vol. 2)
3	Harmonica George	Sputnik Music	This Is The Blues Harmonica
4	Roosevelt Sykes	Sputnik Baby	Voodoo Lou
5	Astronaut Neil Armstrong	The Moon Landing	Great Speeches of The 20th Century – Volume 3 – the Dreams, Inspirations & Accomplishments
6	Gil Scott-Heron	Whitey On The Moon	The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
7	Hightower, Dean (George Barnes)	Moon Rocket	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
8	Chris Kenner	Rocket To The Moon	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]
9	The Drivers	My Astronaut	The King Records Story – Part 1
10	Johnny Greco	Rocket Ride	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
11	Vernon Green & The Medallions	Rocket Ship	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
12	Jesse Belvin & His Space Riders	My Satellite	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
13	The Larks	Rockin' In The Rocket Room	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
14	Educational	Duck and Cover	Educational
15	The Tornados	Telstar	Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2
16	Jimmie Haskell & His Orchestra	Rockin' In The Orbit (Space Satellite)	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
17	Don Lang & His Frantic Five	Red Planet Rock	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
18	Speedy West	Space Man In Orbit	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
19	Joe Montgomery	Planetary Run	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
20	Galen Denny	Gonna Build A Rocket	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
21	Merv Griffin	The Screamin' Meemies From Planet 'X'	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
22	The Royal Guardsmen	Smallest Astronaut	The Best of the Royal Guardsmen
23	Sheb Wooley	The Purple People Eater	Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time [Disc 1]
24	The Big Bopper	The Purple People Eater Meets The Witch Doctor	The Greatest Novelty Songs, Disc 2
25	John Mauceri: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra	Herrmann: Outer Space [From "The Day the Earth Stood Still"]	Journey To The Stars: A Sci-fi Fantasy Adventure [John Mauceri The Sound of Hollywood Vol. 10]
26	Buddy Morrow & His Orchestra	Men Into Space	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
27	Billy Riley, The Little Green Men	Flyin' Saucers Rock & Roll	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
28	The Marketts	Out of Limits	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1964
29	Nervous Norvus	Kibble Kibble (The Flying Saucer Song)	Stone Age Woo
30	Freddy Sunder	Flying Saucers	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
31	Dave & The Detomics	Detomic Orbit	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
32	The Equadors	Sputnik Dance	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
33	Leonard Nimoy	A Visit To A Sad Planet	Spaced Out – The Best of Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner
34	Lightnin' Hopkins	Happy Blues For John Glenn	The Complete Prestige-Bluesville Recordings [Disc 3]
35	David Rose & His Orchestra	Forbidden Planet	Destination Forbidden Planet (37 Outer Space Shock Treatments)
36	David Bowie	Space Oddity	Singles: 1969-1993 Disc 1

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Scenes Of Devastation

March 16, 2024 Dave

There’s going to be a free form mix of sounds this week with some ‘scenes of devastation’ as well as some blues and tradition. We’ll set the tone with a song that inspired the title lines from The Pine Hill Project and then head into some tradition and some covers that speak in the language of the sacred and secular…from Saturday night at the juke to Sunday morning in the pew. A great mix of sounds from some classic female blues gems from the 1940s like Wea Bea Booze and Ethel Waters. We’ll also go down to the crossroads and Deep Elem with the likes of Champion Jack Dupree and T-Bone Walker, some deeper/darker blues from Geeshie Wiley and Blind Lemon Jefferson as well. But we’ll also fill the air with the tops in great interpretations from Van Dyke Parks, Willie Watson and Bob Brozman. Join us for some ‘last kind words’ from the Rocky Road Blues to James Alley on a Friday morning in West County.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Pine Hill Project	Battlefield	Tomorrow You're Going (Featuring Lucy Kaplansky & Richard Schindell)
2	Son House	John the Revelator	Death Letter
3	Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers	John The Revelator	Songs Of Anarchy: Music From Sons Of Anarchy Seasons 1-4
4	Blu Lu Barker	Don't You Feel My Leg	Don't You Feel My Leg
5	Wea Bea Booze	These Young Men Blues	Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949)
6	Champion Jack Dupree	Dirty Woman	Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
7	T-Bone Walker	It's a Lowdown Dirty Deal	The Very Best of T-Bone Walker [Koch]
8	Geeshie Wiley	Last Kind Words	Mississippi Masters
9	David Johansen	The Last Kind Words	Shaker
10	Woody Guthrie	When That Great Ship Went Down	This Land Is Your Land: The Asch Recordings Vol. 1
11	Rory Block	Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down)	Confessions of A Blues Singer
12	The Million Dollar Quartet	Great Speckled Bird	The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition
13	Willie Watson	James Alley Blues	Folk Singer Vol. 1
14	Doc Watson	Little Omie Wise	1964-1965 (Warped 6411F)
15	Blind Lemon Jefferson	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Black Swan Sampler
16	B.B. King	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	One Kind Favor
17	Van Dyke Parks/Mondrian	Sail Away Lady	The Harry Smith Project Live Vol. 2
18	Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers	Sail Away Ladies	The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of
19	Bob Brozman	Rocky Road	Snapping the Strings
20	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Rocky Road Blues	The Essential Bill Monroe [Disc 1]
21	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	Mule Skinner Blues	East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series)
22	Dolly Parton	Mule Skinner Blues	Country USA 1970
23	Rev. J. M. Gates	Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting	The Harry Smith B-Sides
24	The Persuasions	Dry Bones	Gospel Brunch Classics
25	Maria Muldaur	A Little Bird Told Me	Don't You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker)
26	Jim Kweskin	Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me	Vanguard Visionaries
27	Ethel Waters	Honey In The Honeycomb	On Stage And Screen 1925 – 1940
28	Baby Dee	Look What Baby's Got For You	Don't You Feel My Leg
29	Ames Brothers The	The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane	Your Hit Parade – 1955
30	Bill & The Belles	Finger Pointin' Mama	Dreamsongs, Etc.
31	Paul Thorn	Come On Let's Go	Don't Let The Devil Ride

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Rhythm and Blues, Rock, Theme Time

Your Lucky Day

March 16, 2024 Dave

Mining the archives we find that bad luck and trouble are not a concern as Spring peeks around the corner. Luck is our watchword on this March morning and we’ll try to keep our superstitions in check. We’ll be taking our chances with a themed show today that blends some vocals from past and present and with this being an election year…we need all the luck we can get. Tune in for some Raul Malo, Charley Crockett, Howlin’ Wolf, Judy Garland and a couple dozen others following the theme of ‘Your Lucky Day’. Let us keep you entertained while the rest of the world goes by. Tune us in on your radio at 92.5 FM or, better yet, listen to us anywhere on planet Earth on kowsfm.com/listen. You can change your luck by adopting a cat, you know. And black cats have, despite longstanding superstitions, the best of personalities.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Jim Lauderdale	Lucky 13	Point of No Return: The Unreleased 1989 Album
2	Chris Isaak	Waiting for My Lucky Day	Baja Sessions
3	The Bobby Fuller Four	I'm A Lucky Guy	The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four
4	Frank Sinatra	Luck Be a Lady	Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
5	Judy Garland	Lucky Day	Ultra-Lounge: Vegas Baby!
6	Viola Wells (Miss Rhapsody)	My Lucky Day	Were Sisters Under the Skin – Female Blues & Boogie 1944 to 1949
7	Jimmy Smith	I'm Just A Lucky So And So	Standards
8	Ray Charles	Lucky Old Sun	Hear Music Volume 1
9	Tommy Flanagan	Friday The 13th	For Monk-A Tribute To The Music Of Thelonious Monk
10	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	Bad Luck, Pt. 1	Greatest Hits
11	Howlin' Wolf	Hard Luck	The Chess Box [Disc 3]
12	Chris Thomas King	Superstitious Blues	Me, My Guitar and the Blues
13	Chance Halladay	Lucky Me	Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2
14	John Fogerty	Bad Moon Rising	The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
15	Stevie Wonder	Superstition	Hitsville USA, Vol. 2: The Motown Singles Collection 1972-1992 Disc 1
16	Howlin' Wolf	I Ain't Superstitious	The Chess Box
17	J.J. Cale	Lady Luck	Travel Log
18	Raul Malo	Lucky One	Lucky One
19	Charley Crockett	Lots of Luck	Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza
20	Johnny Cash	Thirteen	American Recordings
21	Nick Lowe & His Cowboy Outfit	Lucky Dog	The Rose of England
22	Tommy Collins	Black Cat	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
23	The Band Of Heathens	Black Cat	Black Cat (Single)
24	Albert King	Born Under A Bad Sign	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
25	Dr. John	Witchy Red	Television
26	Eels	Your Lucky Day In Hell	Beautiful Freak
27	Joe "Papoose" Fritz	I'm Not Suspicious, But	Boogie Uproar – Gems From The Peacock Vaults

Blues, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition

In Honor Of Mississippi John Hurt

March 2, 2024 Dave

There was some devastating new this past week…nothing new; and certainly, it seems, not in Mississippi. The Mississippi John Hurt Museum, a small sanctuary of tribute located on the Mississippi Blues Trail, burned down last week. While authorities in Carroll County try to determine the cause, we mourn the loss of John Hurt’s home, a small house that had just been given landmark status on the national historical registry just hours before. Join Dave Stroud this week on Deeper Roots as he combines notes from a 2018 tribute to Mississippi John Hurt with some of the news of the day and keep with the sounds of his contemporaries (of which there are few), Taj Mahal, Ben Harper, Chris Smither and Rory Block. All paying tribute with songs of Avalon, Creole Belle, Spike Driver Blues, and Mermaids. Tune in on Radio Rethink radio or KOWSFM.COM.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Bruce Cockburn	Avalon, My Home Town	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
2	Jesse Colin Young	Creole Belle	Together
3	John Oates	Spike Driver Blues	Arkansas
4	Doc & Merle Watson	Got the Blues (Can't Be Satisfied)	Live & Pickin'
5	Taj Mahal	Frankie And Albert	The Best Of Taj Mahal
6	Dave Van Ronk	Spike Driver Blues	Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
7	Rhiannon Giddens	The Angels Laid Him Away	Freedom Highway
8	David Johansen	Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me	Shaker
9	JL Stiles	Trouble I Had All My Days	Solo Sessions
10	Bill Morrissey	Avalon Blues	The Essential Collection
11	Mississippi John Hurt	Farther Along	Deadwood
12	Mississippi John Hurt	Spider, Spider	The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 3
13	Bettye LaVette	Nobody's Dirty Business	American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2]
14	Dave Alvin With Dean Schlabowske	Louis Collins	The Executioner's Last Songs, Volume 2
15	Rory Block	Candy Man	Avalon: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
16	R.L. Watson & Johnny Woods	Praying On The Old Campground & Lonesome Blues	Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis
17	Beck	Stagolee	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
18	Doc Watson	My Creole Belle	Songs From Home
19	Doc & Merle Watson	Stack O'lee	Ballads From Deep Gap
20	Mississippi John Hurt	Chicken	Best Of Mississippi John Hurt [Live]
21	Mark Selby	Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
22	Mississippi John Hurt	Richland Woman Blues	Immortal
23	Taj Mahal	Satisfied 'N' Tickled Too	The Essential Taj Mahal
24	Mississippi John Hurt	Let The Mermaids Flirt With Me	Discovery:The Rebirth Of Mississippi John Hurt
25	John Fahey	Requiem for John Hurt	Essential John Fahey

Family Affair

March 2, 2024 Dave

We’ve got the family trees for you on Deeper Roots this week; proof positive that music can very well run in the family. Our show will share music from just a few of the families that have made their own way in a host of different genres. We’ll hear from the Nelsons (both of them), the family Marsalis, the Hiatts, the Wainwrights, the brothers Neville and a few others this week, spanning both the 20th and 21st centuries. Tune in to this week’s two hour mixed bag with some of the very best performances from some different lineages, here on KOWS Community Radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Nat King Cole & Natalie Cole	Straighten Up And Fly Right	Re: Generations
2	Art Neville	That Old Time Rock And Roll	His Specialty Recordings
3	Aaron Neville	Let's Live	Brother To Brother ([Disc 1]: Aaron)
4	The Neville Brothers	Run Joe	Fiyo on the Bayou
5	Hank Williams Sr.	I Saw the Light	Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century
6	Hank Williams Jr.	Mind Your Own Business	Country Gold 1984-1986
7	Hank Williams III	I'm A Long Gone Daddy	Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute
8	Wynton Marsalis Septet	My Baby Don't Tolerate	United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas
9	Branford Marsalis	Fool For You	A Tribute To Curtis Mayfield
10	Ozzie Nelson And His Orchestra	About A Quarter To Nine	Paper Moon
11	Rick Nelson	Poor Little Fool	Malt Shop Memories: Top Down Convertible Sound (Disc 2)
12	Dionne Warwick	Anyone Who Had A Heart	Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits
13	Dee Dee Warwick	We're Doing Fine	Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
14	Whitney Houston	I Will Always Love You	The Bodyguard
15	Willie Nelson	Mr. Record Man	One Hell Of A Ride
16	Willie Nelson;Lukas Nelson;Micah Nelson	Come On Back Jesus	Heroes
17	Bobbie Nelson	The House of Blue Lights	Audiobiography (iTunes Exclusive)
18	Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real	If I Didn't Love You	Sticks and Stones
19	Bob Dylan	High Water (For Charley Patton)	Love and Theft
20	Jakob Dylan	Oh, Mama, Come Home	The Lost Notebooks of Hank Williams [LP/CD]
21	John Hiatt	Crossing Muddy Waters	Here To Stay – Best Of 2000-2012
22	Lilly Hiatt	Walking Proof	Walking Proof
23	Loudon Wainwright III	Dead Skunk	Album III
24	Rufus Wainwright	Greek Song	Poses [US Bonus Track]
25	Martha Wainwright	Prairie Lullaby	Martha Wainwright Lullaby Record
26	Johnny Cash with The Carter Sisters & The Statler Brothers	Belshazzar (w/ The Carter Sisters & The Statler Brothers)	The Johnny Cash TV Show (1969-1971)
27	Johnny Cash	I Can't Go On That Way	Life
28	Rosanne Cash	Black Cadillac	Black Cadillac
29	June Carter Cash	Keep On The Sunny Side	Wildwood Flower
30	The Carter Family	Anchored In Love	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2]

Hive Harmony

February 17, 2024 Dave

The bouffant and the beehive…hairstyles with a tease and some backcombing, were all the rage in the sixties. Like pop music, it had a short life before the British wave. Unlike pop music, whose sound endured, the fashion was washed away at the salon in favor of the next big thing. Girl groups set the tone for the harmonious sounds of the time, and our nostalgia cruise will be tooling the AM radio sounds of the very best of the beehive and flip hairstyles of groups like The Shangri-Las, The Paris Sisters, The Angels, Lesley Gore and a couple dozen others in this week’s show. Join Dave for the hits, the misses, and the near misses along with some of the unheard in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. He’ll also share a number of tracks from an excellent 2018 release from Chicago’s Numero Group featuring some of ‘the others’. Girl groups emerged as a dominant force in the music industry, characterized by harmonious vocals, catchy melodies, and often choreographed performances.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Shangri-Las	Sophisticated Boom Boom	Myrmidons of Melodrama
2	Reparata And The Delrons	Whenever A Teenager Cries	Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 3]
3	The Angels	Cry Baby Cry	Ultimate Rock 'n Roll Time Capsule – Volume 2 [Disc 5]
4	The Angels	The Guy With The Black Eye	Second Helpings: Sequels To The Songs That Left 'Em Hungry For More!
5	Shirley Ellis	I See It, I Like It, I Want It	The Clapping Song… And More
6	Shirley Ellis	The Clapping Song	We Love Pirate Radio – 60s Favourites
7	Dee Dee Sharp	I Sold My Heart to the Junkman	It's Mashed Potato Time
8	The Blossoms	Hard To Get	Love Charms: California Girls And Groups
9	The Ribbons	Ain't Gonna Kiss Ya	Love Charms: California Girls And Groups
10	The Dreamers	Do Not Forget	Love Charms: California Girls And Groups
11	Nancy Sinatra	Like I Do	Love Charms: California Girls And Groups
12	Lesley Gore	Look Of Love	The Golden Hits Of Lesley Gore
13	Lesley Gore	Maybe I Know	The Golden Hits Of Lesley Gore
14	The Shangri-Las	He Cried	Myrmidons of Melodrama
15	The Ronettes	Do I Love You?	The Best of the Ronettes
16	The Ronettes	Everything Under the Sun	The Best of the Ronettes
17	The Jelly Beans	I Wanna Love Him So Bad	The Best Of The Girl Groups, Vol. 1
18	The Cookies	I Never Dreamed	Birth Of Soul: 2
19	The Murmaids	Popsicles And Icicles	Early Girls: 1
20	The Petites	Lonely Girl	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
21	The Monzas	Ain't It the Truth	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
22	The Vandelettes	He's All Mine	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
23	The Contessas	Gimme Gimme	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground
24	Paris Sisters	Be My Boy	Early Girls – vol 5
25	The Chantels	Look In My Eyes	Four By Four – Girl Groups
26	The Chiffons	Stop, Look And Listen	One Fine Day And Other Favorites
27	The Chiffons	A Love So Fine	One Fine Day And Other Favorites
28	The Dixie Cups	Gee The Moon Is Shining Bright (Mono Single)	The Complete Red Bird Recordings
29	The Dixie Cups	Another Boy Like Mine	The Complete Red Bird Recordings
30	The Shirelles	Baby, It's You	Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 1)
31	The Shangri-Las	Remember (Walkin' in the Sand)	Myrmidons of Melodrama
32	Peggy March	Hello Heartache, Goodbye Love	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
33	Vickie & The Van Dykes	Baby I'm Crying	Basement Beehive: The Girl Group Underground

Heart of Saturday Night

February 3, 2024 Dave

Where else but the heart of Saturday night? We’ve got an eclectic collection of performances that take you ‘there and back’ this Friday morning on Deeper Roots. No theme. No tribute. No genre sweep. Just a collection of some great sounds from the past (and present). Little themes that reach deep and a few awesome covers that you may not be familiar with. We’re making our way to the outskirts of the bayou with Cookie & The Cupcakes and Jo-el Sonnier, then into some gritty blues from Muddy Waters and RL Burnside, and we’ll also have some rollicking country and soul from Big Maybelle, Buck Owens, Mickey Baker, and The Ink Spots. Add a dose of Billie Holiday, LaVern Baker, and Tow Waits…and there you have it. Some surprises and some favorites all rolled up on this Friday morning blue plate special.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Tom Waits	(Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night	Used Songs 1973-1980
2	The Ink Spots	The Gypsy	Your Hit Parade 1946
3	The Impressions	Gypsy Woman	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
4	Joe Ely	The Gypsy Lady	Flatland Lullaby
5	Jo-el Sonnier	Say You Love Me	The Complete Mercury Sessions
6	Cookie & the Cupcakes	Mathilda	Swamp Gold, Volume 1
7	Bill Hayes	Poor White Trash	Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5
8	George Jones	Just One More	The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967
9	Patsy Cline	A Poor Man's Roses (Or A Rich Man's Gold)	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Classic Patsy Cline
10	Buck Owens	Hot Dog (with Danny Dedmon)	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
11	Big Maybelle	Don't Leave Poor Me	Roll Your Moneymaker
12	Eilen Jewell	Don't Leave Poor Me	Down Hearted Blues
13	Jessie Mae Hamphill	Lord Help The Poor And Needy	Goin' Down South Blues Sampler Vol. 2
14	Shemekia Copeland	Lord Help the Poor and Needy	Outskirts of Love
15	Robert Belfour	Old Black Mattie	Goin' Down South Blues Sampler Vol. 2
16	Samantha Fish	Poor Black Mattie	Belle of the West
17	Leon Russell	It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry	Leon Russell And The Shelter People [Bonus Tracks]
18	Bob Dylan	Down Along The Cove	John Wesley Harding
19	Bob Dylan	Alberta #1	Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 Deluxe-Edition 4 (Self Portrait. Original Edition; Rem. 2013)
20	The Cactus Blossoms	If Not For You	If Not For You (Bob Dylan Songs Vol. 1)
21	Sarah Jarosz	Ring Them Bells	Follow Me Down
22	Jubilaires	Casey Jones	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
23	Mickey Baker	Gloomy Sunday	The Wildest Guitar
24	Billie Holiday Feat. Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra	Gloomy Sunday	Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday On Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 10]
25	LaVern Baker	Soul on Fire (Japan 2012 Remaster)	Atlantic Rock & Roll
26	The Browns	Shenandoah	Classics 1960 (Warped 6062)
27	Elvis Presley	I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine	Date with Elvis
28	Elvis Presley	Poor Boy	For LP Fans Only
29	Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels	Jenny Take a Ride!	Let There Be Drums Vol 2: The 60's
30	Little Richard	Jenny Jenny	The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
31	Muddy Waters	Young Fashioned Ways	The Anthology [Disc 1]
32	Shakey Jake	Roll Your Moneymaker	Roll Your Moneymaker

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