Category Archives: Featured Music

Flying Home

A fine blend of vintage sounds on the show today, all driving down a free form track. The blend mixes gospel from Mavis Staples, some classic mid-century rock from Little Feat and Rick Nelson, all dressed up alongside to lounge and cool jazz sounds of Frank Sinatra, Lionel Hampton, Pearl Bailey, and a some classic and contemporary tunes featuring the late, great Tony Bennett. We’ve got Zydeco, classic and contemporary country, some alternative sounds from E and the Eels to share as well. We enjoy sharing a mix of the very best in a free form show every month or so and today will not disappoint. There will also be some recent tracks from Sarah Jarosz, Charley Crockett and The Brother Brothers to measure up against the throwback sounds. We’d be glad to have you once again; just dial-up your internet browser to kowsfm.com/listen or, if you’re on the run, take us with you on your mobile device by installing the KOWS app from the Google Play store or Apple App Store.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Lionel Hampton Flying Home Flying Home (His 48 Finest) Amazon
2Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots I'm Making Believe R&B Jukebox Hits 1944 Amazon
3The Ink Spots Whispering Grass BMG Vol. 01 Disc 01 1937-1958 Amazon
4Dinah Washington Manhattan Bob Dylan: Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 5 [Disc 4] Amazon
5Herb Jeffries and Shades Of Rhythm At Least You Could Save Me A Dream Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang Amazon
6Buddy & Ella Johnson (Gotta Go) Upside Your Head Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
7Wynonie Harris I Feel That Old Age Coming On (12-19-48) Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949 Amazon
8Pearl Bailey I Can't Rock And Roll To Save My Soul The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 8 Amazon
9The Amazing Rhythm Aces Third Rate Romance Stacked Deck Amazon
10Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson Swinging Doors Django and Jimmie Amazon
11Whitney Rose Honky Tonk in Mexico Rosie Amazon
12Little Feat Willin' Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (1 of 4) Amazon
13Sarah Jarosz Simple Twist of Fate Build Me Up From Bones Amazon
14Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding John Wesley Harding Amazon
15The Brother Brothers That's How I Got To Memphis Cover to Cover Amazon
16The Everly Brothers A Brand New Heartache Bob Dylan: Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 5 [Disc 4] Amazon
17Levon Helm Stuff You Gotta Watch Electric Dirt Amazon
18Charley Crockett Just Like Honey The Man from Waco Amazon
19John Prine Summers End The Tree of Forgiveness Amazon
20Eels Summer In The City (Live At Kexp Seattle/2011) Wonderful, Glorious (Deluxe Version) Amazon
21Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur 99 Year Blues Penny's Farm Amazon
22Rick Nelson Garden Party Garden Party Amazon
23Tony Bennett I Wanna Be Around The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1 Amazon
24Tony Bennett & B.B. King Let The Good Times Roll Playing With My Friends Amazon
25Frank Sinatra & Tony Bennett New York, New York Duets Amazon
26Julie London Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) Mad Men: Music From the Series, Vol. 1 Amazon
27Gene Phillips & The Rhythm Aces My Mama Told Me Swinging The Blues Amazon
28The Gaylords Ma Ma Ma Marie Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1 Amazon
29Rosemary Clooney Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina) Tenderly Amazon
30The David Thom Band Windy City That Old Familiar Amazon

Celebrating Tom Waits

This week we’ll spend our two hours in a shroud of barroom musk, out-of-tune brass, and painted ladies all spent before the tunes of an American treasure. We speak of Tom Waits. The New York Times, in a review of Barney Hoskyns’ 2009 biography of Tom Waits, Lowside of The Road describes our subject today thusly: “He is as potent and unpredictable a musical force as most of us have witnessed in our lifetimes, and that’s not faint praise. The graveyard croak of his gravelly, bellowing baritone is righteous, paint-scraping, unmistakable; it scatters small animals and slaps your synapses to startled attention. With what’s left of your adrenalized wits, you can attend to his mordant lyrics, which he packs into songs he divides (as his wife, Kathleen Brennan, put it) into two primordial categories: “the grand weeper” and “the grim reaper”. He’s our neighbor here in Sonoma County and we could not be more proud of the boy…really.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1John Hammond, Jr. Clap Hands Wicked Grin Amazon
2Courtney Marie Andrews Downtown Train Come On Up To The House – Women Sing Waits Amazon
3Tom Waits Tom Traubert's Blues Small Change Amazon
4Willie Nelson;Sheryl Crow;Lukas Nelson Come On Up To The House Heroes Amazon
5The Blind Boys Of Alabama Way Down In The Hole Spirit Of The Century Amazon
6The Holmes Brothers Train Song Promised Land Amazon
7King Ernest House Where Nobody Lives Not The Same Old Blues Crap, Vol. 2 Amazon
8The Blue Hawaiians Jockey Full of Bourbon Savage Night Amazon
9Tom Waits Dead & Lovely Real Gone Amazon
10Tom Waits Ice Cream Man Closing Time Amazon
11Holly Cole (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night Temptation Amazon
12Norah Jones The Long Way Home Feels Like Home Amazon
13Tom Waits I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You Closing Time Amazon
14Hayes Carll I Don't Wanna Grow Up Trouble In Mind Amazon
15Eagles Ol' '55 The Very Best of the Eagles [2003] Disc 1 Amazon
16Willie Nelson Picture In A Frame It Always Will Be Amazon
17Tom Waits On The Nickel Heartattack And Vine Amazon
18Marc Ribot Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful) (feat. Tom Waits) Songs of Resistance 1942 – 2018 Amazon
19Tom Waits The Soul Of A Man God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
20Solomon Burke Diamond in Your Mind Don't Give Up on Me Amazon
21Tom Waits Whistlin4 Past The Graveyard Used Songs 1973-1980 Amazon
22Tom Waits Georgia Lee Mule Variations Amazon

O Brother Revisited

Roots music found commercial success in 2000 with the release of the movie O Brother Where Art Thou, a finely crafted but outrageous tale of Depression-era America with fantastical imagery of hair wax, baptisms, and chain gangs woven into a tapestry built from Homer’s Odyssey. The music, assembled by T-Bone Burnett, was a major component of the film and recorded before the film even began with Burnett working with the Coen brothers while the script was in its working phases. It would become an effort that elevated a genre at the turn of the century called Americana. This week’s show will share some of the period-specific music that helped to propel the notion that blues, jazz, bluegrass, country, and gospel could be used to put that time and a ghostly familiar culture into focus. We’ll use O Brother’s musical sensibilities to take us somewhere quite familiar (and at the same time quite terrifying) as we pay homage with Americana roots, featuring sounds from The Carters, Jesse Fuller, Dan Tyminski, Jimmie Rodgers, W. Lee “Pappy” O’Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys, among others.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Estil C. Ball Lonesome Valley Sounds of the South [Disc 3] – Negro Church Music & White Spirituals Amazon
2The Carter Family With Special Guest Johnny Cash Lonesome Valley Keep On The Sunny Side Amazon
3Harry McClintock Big Rock Candy Mountain O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
4Jimmie Davis With Charles Mitchell's Orchestra You Are My Sunshine Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1] Amazon
5Alison Krauss Down To The River To Pray A Hundred Miles Or More: A Collection Amazon
6Peasall Sisters Fair and Tender Ladies Home to You Amazon
7Roberta Martin Singers The Old Ship of Zion Halleluja Gospel & Prayers Amazon
8The Stanley Brothers A Life Of Sorrow Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys Amazon
9Dan Tyminski/Soggy Bottom Boys Man of Constant Sorrow O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
10W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys Please Pass The Biscuits Pappy Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938 Amazon
11Country Gentlemen I Am Weary (Let Me Rest) 1963 (Warped 6305) Amazon
12The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys Clinch Mountain Backstep Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 3] Amazon
13The Whites Keep on the Sunny Side O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
14Chuck Wagon Gang I'll Fly Away 1941-1948 (Warped 4128) Amazon
15Hannah Peasall/Leah Peasall/Sarah Peasall/The Peasall Sisters In the Highways O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
16Ralph Stanley Oh, Death (Featuring Gillian Welch) Clinch Mountain Sweethearts Amazon
17Jesse Fuller Amazing Grace 15 Down Home Gospel Classics Amazon
18The Statler Brothers Statler Brothers – Amazing Grace Bless This House [Disc 3] Amazon
19The Stanley Brothers Angel Band O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
20Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Cryin' Holy Unto My Lord Constant Sorrow: Bluegrass From Root To Flower [Disc 2] Amazon
21Doc Watson In the Jailhouse Now Memories Amazon
22Robert Johnson They're Red Hot ABC Of The Blues Vol 18 Amazon
23Lefty Frizzell My Rough And Rowdy Ways Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers Amazon
24Jimmie Rodgers Frankie And Johnnie Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 2] Amazon
25Peerless Four Trouble in My Way Southern Journey Vol 8 (Velvet Voices: Eastern Shores Choirs, Quartets, and Colonial Era Music) Amazon
26Chuck Wagon Gang/Jack Greene Family Bible 70th Anniversary Amazon
27J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers Goin' Down To The River Of Jordan Take Me To The Water Amazon
28The Carter Family River Of Jordan Can The Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
29W. Lee O'Daniel O'Daniel radio show sign off Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938 Amazon
30The Carter Family Can The Circle Be Unbroken Can The Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
31John Hartford Indian War Whoop [Instrumental] O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon

Soothe Me

We’re digging into the archives. Deep down into the wells…for a collection of rhythm & blues, country, gospel, and tradition with performances from Patsy Cline, Sonny Boy Williamson, Marty Stuart, Dinah Washington and nearly three dozen others. Friday morning inspiration from the courtroom bench, the gospel pew, and from the piano bench…as we bring you another episode of the very best of the past 100 years to the stream. There’s trouble and some double entendre from Julia Lee, some rousing sanctified call and response from Eugene Smith and The Roberta Martin Singers, as well as a bootleg Dylan piece that we’ll share with you. Join Dave Stroud this coming Friday morning for the very best of America’s music from the past century.
No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bob Dylan I Want You (Take 4, Alternate Take) The Cutting Edge 1965-1966: The Bootleg Series, Vol. 12 (Sampler) Amazon
2Eugene Smith And The Roberta Martin Singers Satisfied How Sweet it Was Amazon
3Marie Knight Satisfied With Jesus Hallelujah What A Song! Amazon
4Spiritual Five Satisfied With Him I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3] Amazon
5Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers I Have A Friend Above All Others The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2] Amazon
6Johnnie Taylor/The Soul Stirrers Walk With Me 20 Gospel Greats Amazon
7Sam Cooke Trouble In Mind The Rhythm And The Blues Amazon
8Steve Forbert Devil (Here She Comes Now) Compromised Amazon
9Shorty Long Devil With a Blue Dress On Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1 Amazon
10Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels Devil with the Blue Dress On /Good Golly Miss Molly Detroit Breakout! 1 Amazon
11Julia Lee Trouble In Mind Kansas City Star [Disc 1] Amazon
12Julia Lee Lotus Blossom Kansas City Star [Disc 1] Amazon
13Wynonie Harris Good Morning Judge All She Wants To Do Is Rock Amazon
14Chuck Berry Have Mercy Judge The Chess Box Disc 3 Amazon
15Carl Martin Good Morning, Judge Carl Martin, Tennessee Chocolate Drops, Louie Bluie & Ted Bogan, Willie "61" Blackwell — Complete Recorded Works Amazon
16Sonny Boy Williamson Your Funeral And My Trial His Best: Sonny Boy Williamson – The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection Amazon
17Hugh Laurie Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair Didn't It Rain (Deluxe) Amazon
18Dinah Washington Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair The Bessie Smith Songbook Amazon
19Johnny Otis Court Room Blues Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1] Amazon
20Jorma Kaukonen Judge, I'm Not Sorry The Land Of Heroes Amazon
21The Country Gentlemen The Sentence The Early Rebel Recordings [Disc 2] Amazon
22Ernest Tubb Dear Judge Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2 Amazon
23Patsy Cline A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye Live at the Opry Amazon
24Washboard Sam Bucket's Got a Hole in It [Remastered 2002] That's Chicago's South Side (When the Sun Goes Down series) Amazon
25Hank Williams My Bucket's Got A Hole In It The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18 Amazon
26Louis Armstrong & All His Stars My Bucket's Got A Hole In It The Ultimate Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
27Page & Plant My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy Of Sun Records Amazon
28Joe Ely Rock Me My Baby Musta Notta Gotta Lotta [rem] (1981) Amazon
29Marty Stuart A Satisfied Mind Country Music Amazon
30Tennessee Ernie Ford Cool, Cool Kisses Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3] Amazon
31Bea Foote Weed The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
32Sam & Dave Soothe Me The Best Of Sam & Dave Amazon
33The Persuasions Soothe Me Good News Amazon

Summer Sun

Summer’s here and you know what that means…we’ll be running through a bit of theme, this time with the focus on all that we celebrate in summer. With the Fourth of July coming up we’ll turn our attention to barbecues, baseball, ice cream treats, the warmth of the sun, swimming holes, and everything summer. Tune in for some terrific tracks from Dean Martin, Johnny Rivers, The Four Preps, Walter Wanderly and a whole lot more. It took us six months for the days to get longer and now it’s another six months of diminished daylight but that’s what make three other seasons something to relish…I guess. So whether you’re shipping kids off to summer camp, planning for this year’s visit to the Fair, or planning a trip to a ballpark or beach, know that it’ll be warmer than colder and we’re here to play the background music here on Sonoma County Community Radio, KOWS-LP, 92.5 FM Occidental, streaming to all over this big blue marble on kowsfm.com/listen.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Beach Boys All Summer Long All Summer Long Amazon
2The Donkeys Theme From The Endless Summer Theme From The Endless Summer [single] Amazon
3Jack Nitzsche The Lonely Surfer Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 2 Amazon
4The Beach Boys Keep An Eye On Summer Summer Love Songs Amazon
5Nat King Cole That Sunday, That Summer 30 Greatest Hits Disc 1 Amazon
6The Four Preps 26 Miles (Santa Catalina) Banana Split for My Baby Amazon
7The Grand Southern The Boys of Summer Don't Say Anything Amazon
8Terry Cashman Talkin' Baseball (Willie, Mickey & "The Duke") 61* [Box Set] Disc 1 Amazon
9John Fogerty Centerfield Sing America Amazon
10Sister Wynona Carr The Ball Game Baseball Anthems Amazon
11Betty Bonney & Les Brown and His Orchestra Joltin' Joe Dimaggio Baseball Anthems Amazon
12Ronnie Isle and the Blisters Bad Sunburn Banana Split for My Baby Amazon
13Dean Martin w. Dick Stabile Orchestra In The Cool, Cool, Cool Of The Evening Good Old Summertime Amazon
14The Four Mints Night Air Good Old Summertime Amazon
15Jo Ann Campbell Beach Comber Banana Split for My Baby Amazon
16Frank Triolo and the Shipmates Orchestra Ice Cream Baby Banana Split for My Baby Amazon
17The Pearls Ice Cream Baby Another Banana Split, please Amazon
18Leslie Uggams and Hugo Peretti Orchestra Ice Cream Man Banana Split for My Baby Amazon
19Fred Waring; Pennsylvanians I Scream, You Scream (We All Scream for Ice Cream) The Silly Songs (1922 to 1934) Amazon
20Walter Wanderley Summer Samba Instrumental Favorites- Latin Rhythms Amazon
21Johnny Rivers Summer Rain Anthology: 1964-1977 [Disc 2] Amazon
22Santo & Johnny Summertime Sleepwalk – The First Two Albums Amazon
23Les Paul & Mary Ford In The Good Old Summertime The Best Of The Capitol Masters: 90th Birthday Edition Amazon
24Loudon Wainwright III The Swimming Song Attempted Mustache Amazon
25Bobby Bare They Covered Up the Old Swimming Hole Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969 Amazon
26Tennessee Ernie Ford and Cliffie Stone's Music Sunday Barbecue Banana Split for My Baby Amazon
27Robert Earl Keen Barbeque Gringo Honeymoon Amazon
28Buzz Cason Barbeque Hats Off To Hank Amazon
29Wendy Waldman Long Hot Summer Nights Love Is The Only Goal: The Best Of Wendy Waldman Amazon
30Plains Summer Sun I Walked With You A Ways Amazon
31Robin Ward Wonderful Summer Vintage Collectors Series Music, Volume 11 & 12 Amazon
32Don Henley The Boys Of Summer Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits Amazon

Soul Divas

The sound of both longing and empowerment surfaces in this morning’s Deeper Roots show as we take the wayback machine to the 1960s for some of the very best in female soul. With every female vocalist, group-based or solo, that surfaced from the Motown stable there were dozens upon dozens of hopefuls lined up by other labels and producers. We’ve visited many of them in past shows but there are always more to share and some memorable performances that can get easily overlooked in the crowded field. And while we’ve heard a number of these performers in past shows: Betty Everett, Mary Wells, and Carla Thomas…there are also the unknowns who deserve attention. We’ll spend some more time with Mitty Collier, Dee Dee Warwick and Etta James and find some other names to pay attention to including Odessa Harris, Helene Smith, and Delilah Keenebruew. Tune in Friday morning at 9 Pacific for some deep tracks and favorites from a few of those 60s soul divas.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Mitty Collier Don't Let Her Take My Baby Talking With Her Man: The Chess Singles 1961-1968 Amazon
2Mitty Collier I Gotta Get Away From It All Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
3Mitty Collier I Had A Talk With My Man Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
4Carla Thomas B-a-b-y Something to Believe In Amazon
5Carla Thomas I Like What You're Doing (To Me) I'll Take You There Amazon
6Betty Everett I Can't Hear You Chapel Of Love…And Other Great Girl Group Gems [Disc 3] Amazon
7Betty Everett Trouble Over The Weekend Up All Night! 56 Northern Soul Classics Amazon
8Betty Everett You're No Good Oldies But Goodies Vol. 11 Amazon
9Yvonne Carroll Please Don't Go Up All Night! 56 Northern Soul Classics Amazon
10Tammy Montgomery It's Mine Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
11Odessa Harris A Rockin' Good Way Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4) Amazon
12Varetta & The Thomases Fly By Night Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2) Amazon
13Sugar Pie DeSanto I Want To Know Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4) Amazon
14Mary Wells Bye Bye Baby Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
15Mary Wells Can't You See (You're Losing Me) After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters Amazon
16Helene Smith Thrills and Chills I Am Controlled By Your Love Amazon
17Helene Smith Sure Thing I Am Controlled By Your Love Amazon
18Helene Smith I Am Controlled By Your Love I Am Controlled By Your Love Amazon
19Maxine Brown Am I Falling In Love Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD3) Amazon
20Dee Dee Sharp Baby Cakes Northern Soul – The Early Years (CD 1) Amazon
21Etta James Seven Day Fool Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2) Amazon
22Dee Dee Warwick We're Doing Fine Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2 Amazon
23Linda Jones A Last Minute Miracle After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters Amazon
24Linda Jones You Hit Me Like TNT Up All Night! 56 Northern Soul Classics Amazon
25Mavis Staples You're Driving Me (To The Arms Of A Stranger) The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [Disc 3] Amazon
26Colette Kelly Long And Lonely World The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [Disc 3] Amazon
27Delilah Keenebruew Bright Lights After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters Amazon
28Jean Knight You Think You're Hot Stuff The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [Disc 9] Amazon
29Shirley Walton I Was Born To Love You The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 1] Amazon
30Margie Joseph What You Gonna Do The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [Disc 4] Amazon
31Jeanne & The Darlings It's Unbelievable (How You Control My Soul) The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 1] Amazon
32Linda Lyndell What A Man The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles, Vol.2: 1968-1971 [Disc 1] Amazon
33Debbie Taylor Never Gonna Let Him Know Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2 Amazon
34Gwen Owen Lies Northern Soul Originals Amazon
35Irma Thomas Ruler of My Heart Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
36Aretha Franklin I Never Loved a Man 30 Greatest Hits Amazon

Cynthia Weil Tribute

In a June Substack tribute to Cynthia Weil’s legacy, Dan Epstein of “Jagged Time Lapse” observed that the “modern pop songbook would be significantly slimmer and less life-affirming without their work”.  The ‘their’ referring, of course, to her husband and songwriting partner Barry Mann. From their early Brill Building output which included “Uptown” (The Crystals), “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” (The Righteous Brothers), and “Walking In The Rain” (The Ronettes), to the chart-topping 80s classics of “Don’t Know Much” (Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville) and “Here You Come Again” (Dolly Parton), Cynthia Weil’s contributions to popular music were indeed affirming. This week’s Deeper Roots pays due respect to Cynthia, who was married to Barry Mann for almost 62 years, and was lyricist to his music. Their contributions to the sound of rock and roll and pop music in the 1960s rivaled luminaries like Burt Bacharach, Carole King and Neil Diamond.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Jay & the Americans Only in America Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
2The Drifters On Broadway Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
3Arthur Alexander Where Have You Been The Greatest Hits Amazon
4Tony Orlando Bless You Halfway To Paradise: The Epic Records Story Amazon
5The Cinderellas Please Don't Wake Me The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
6The Crystals Uptown Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1 Amazon
7The Crystals He's Sure the Boy I Love Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 1 Amazon
8The Ronettes Walking in the Rain The Best of the Ronettes Amazon
9The Ronettes You Baby The Best of the Ronettes Amazon
10The Lovin' Spoonful You Baby Greatest Hits [Buddha] Amazon
11Shelley Fabares Johnny Loves Me The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
12The Righteous Brothers You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' The Very Best of the Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody Amazon
13The Righteous Brothers (You're My) Soul and Inspiration The Very Best of the Righteous Brothers: Unchained Melody Amazon
14The Animals We Gotta Get Out of This Place The Singles Plus Disc 1 Amazon
15The Vogues Magic Town Greatest Hits Amazon
16Scott Walker Angelica Scott Amazon
17Max Frost & The Troopers Shape of Things to Come Shape of Things to Come – Single Amazon
18Mark Lindsay/Paul Revere Kicks Red, White & Rock Disc 3 Amazon
19Paul Revere & The Raiders Hungry Time-Life Classic Rock: 1964 – The Beat Goes On Amazon
20Mama Cass Elliot Make Your Own Kind Of Music Creeque Alley: The History Of The Mamas & The Papas [Disc 2] Amazon
21Mama Cass Elliot It's Getting Better Creeque Alley: The History Of The Mamas & The Papas [Disc 2] Amazon
22Dusty Springfield Just a Little Lovin' Dusty in Memphis [Deluxe Edition] Amazon
23The Drifters Saturday Night At The Movies The Definitive Drifters [Disc 2] Amazon
24Elvis Presley I Just Can't Help Believin' Artist of the Century Disc 3 Amazon
25Dolly Parton Here You Come Again Dolly [Disc 3] Amazon
26The Pointer Sisters He's So Shy From The Pointer Sisters With Love Amazon
27The Girls Chico's Girl The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
28The Ronettes Born to Be Together The Best of the Ronettes Amazon
29The Ronettes Woman in Love (With You) Back to Mono (1958-1969) Disc 2 Amazon
30The Monkees Love Is Only Sleeping Listen to the Band Disc 2 Amazon
31The Drifters Only In America The Definitive Drifters [Disc 2] Amazon
32Gene Pitney Angelica Sings Great Ballads Amazon

Songs About The Telephone

A theme show once again, this week with the telephone as our muse. Songs about the most important of communication devices which has fused with social media to the benefit, and equal detriment, of all mankind. From the early call from Bell to Watson to the proverbial football that our fearless leader carries around to make the one call to eradicate or, better yet, save mankind. This week we’ll visit the long lost guide known as the “operator” and the equally antiquated term “dial” with music from country, pop, soul, and rock archives of yesterday. Kick back and be entertained by the sounds of Brenda Lee, Sister Wynona Carr, Stonewall Jackson, Loretta Lynn & Ernest Tubb, and Bill Fury in a collection of the very best from multiple genres here on Sonoma County Community Radio, broadcasting in West County on 92.5 FM and streaming to all mankind on kowsfm.com/listen. Drop in why don’t you?

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Laurel And Hardy Long Distance Laurel & Hardy – Songs and Sketches from the Hal Roach Films Amazon
2The Manhattan Transfer Operator The Manhattan Transfer Amazon
3Sister Wynona Carr Operator, Operator Dragnet For Jesus Amazon
4The Spirit Of Memphis Quartet Atomic Telephone The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 Amazon
5The Golden Gate Quartet I Just Telephone Upstairs Vol. 6 (1949-1952) Amazon
6Selah Jubilee Singers Royal Telephone Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941) Amazon
7Burl Ives Royal Telephone Greatest Hits Amazon
8The Carter Family Hello Central! Give Me Heaven The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5] Amazon
9Doc Watson No Telephone In Heaven My Dear Old Southern Home Amazon
10Stuart Hamblen When My Lord Picks Up The Phone Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
11Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn Answer The Phone (w/ Loretta Lynn) A Tribute To A Legend Amazon
12Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty As Soon As I Hang Up The Phone Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
13Stonewall Jackson Can't Hang Up the Phone Singles Amazon
14Guy Mitchell with Jimmy Carroll & his Orchestra Call Rosie On The Phone The Best Of Guy Mitchell Amazon
15Dusty Owens Hello Operator Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
16Tom T. Hall Jesus On the Radio (Daddy On the Phone) The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall Amazon
17George Jones Wrong Number Star Creek Promotions 4 Amazon
18Hank Penny Hold The Phone Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
19Lattie Moore The Jukebox And The Phone Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
20The Grateful Dead Operator American Beauty Amazon
21Billy Fury Phone Call Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop Amazon
22Brenda Lee Ring-A-My-Phone Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop Amazon
23Mickey & Sylvia Can't Get You On The Phone Rock With A Sock Amazon
24Lew Williams Teenager's Talkin' On The Phone Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop Amazon
25The Big Bopper Chantilly Lace Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3 Amazon
26Boozoo Chavis Telephone Won't Ring The Lake Charles Atomic Bomb (Original Goldband Recordings) Amazon
27Cecil Gant Long Distance Call Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel Amazon
28Johnny "Guitar" Watson Telephone Boogie ABC Of The Blues Vol 49 Amazon
29Jimmy McCracklin What's Your Phone Number Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel Amazon
30Floyd Dixon Telephone Blues The Cocktail Combos [Disc 3] Amazon
31The Treniers Long Distance Blues Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues, R&B And Gospel Amazon
32Marvelettes Beechwood 4-5789 The Soul of Detroit – Disc 1 Amazon
33The Orlons Don't Hang Up Malt Shop Memories: Jukebox Gems (Disc 2) Amazon
34Mary Wells Operator The Soul of Detroit – Disc 2 Amazon
35Tommy Sands Ring My Phone Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop Amazon
36Paul Anka Kissin' On The Phone Talking On The Telephone Vol. 3 – Rock & Roll and Teen Pop Amazon
37Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Pennsylvania 6-5000 The Centennial Collection Disc 1 Amazon
38Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys Maybe She'll Write Me, Maybe She'll Phone Maybe She'll Write Me, Maybe She'll Phone Me Whoopee Hey Hey! Amazon

Sass & Gas

An eclectic episode full of sass, gas and plenty of brass. We’re going the free form route today and there’ll be plenty of embellishments to the morning as we take a blindfolded trip through a hall of mirrors with some classy vocals from Frankie, Peggy Lee and Helen Forrest; some honky tonk whiskey-in-the-bottle twangin’ from George Jones, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee; rocking rhythm passion from Tina Turner, The Marquees, and Elmore James; and much more including some little known nuggets from Bob Dylan, Merle Travis, and Daddy Cleanhead. We’re going to set the morning on fire with plenty of fuel from the deeper wells of the past century of America’s music. You don’t want to miss out. Join Dave Stroud for another Friday morning selection of wild tune-age on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Hank Penny Hold The Phone Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
2Ike & Tina Turner It's Gonna Work Out Fine Birth Of Soul: 3 Amazon
3Marshall Crenshaw Blues Is King Downtown Amazon
4Daddy Cleanhead Something's Goin' On In My Room Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2] Amazon
5The Marquees Hey Little Schoolgirl OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
6The Delta Rhythm Boys Dry Bones The Best Of 1940-50 Amazon
7James Taylor Coming Back To You Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen Amazon
8Bob Dylan Braggin' Triplicate Amazon
9Frank Sinatra I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2] Amazon
10Peggy Lee I'm Beginning To See The Light Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four Amazon
11Glen Gray & The Casa Lorne Orchestra Blue Moon Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon
12The Artie Shaw Orchestra Feat. Helen Forrest Deep In A Dream The Essential Artie Shaw [Disc 2] Amazon
13Buddy Emmons Deep In The Heart Of Texas Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills Amazon
14Geraint Watkins Deep in the Heart of Texas Aide Memoire Amazon
15Carl Perkins Matchbox Original Sun Greatest Hits Amazon
16Jimmie Dale Gilmore Train of Love Come on Back Amazon
17Slim Whitman Down In The Valley Wagon Wheels [Disc 2] Amazon
18The Handsome Family Down In the Valley of Hollow Logs Through the Trees Amazon
19The Louvin Brothers The Wreck On The Highway Sing the Great Roy Acuff Songs Amazon
20George Jones Just One More The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967 Amazon
21Geraint Watkins Heart of Stone Rush of Blood Amazon
22Merle Travis I Used To Work In Chicago The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D. Amazon
23Webb Pierce California Blues Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series Amazon
24The Carlisles Nine Have Tried (and None Have Died) (Second Countdown) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
25Hank Williams No, No Joe Beyond The Sunset Amazon
26Charlie Louvin Katy Dear Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs Amazon
27Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Cadillac in Model "A" Legends of Country Music Disc 4 Amazon
28Jerry Lee Lewis End of the Road 25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings Amazon
29Everly Brothers I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2 Amazon
30Johnny Cash Train Of Love His Sun Years: Down South Amazon
31T-Bone Burnett I'm Coming Home Truth Decay Amazon
32Bob Dylan Ring Them Bells Oh Mercy Amazon
33Steve Allen This Could Be The Start Of Something Big Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2] Amazon

Liberty Rocks

Liberty Records was founded in 1955 by Simon Waronker after his cousin, Herb Newman, suggested they go into the record business. The early years found the label in the deep end of easy listening pop with the likes of Julie London, novelty music featuring The Chipmunks, Patience and Prudence, Martin Denny, and Henry Mancini. But rock n’ roll was hitting its stride, and in the late fifties they released a blend of pure rock and rockabilly with Eddie Cochran. But the 60s found a more tame version with hitmakers like Bobby Vee, Johnny Burnette, Timi Yuro, Buddy Knox, and the post-Buddy Holly Crickets. At the peak of it’s hit-making machine the whole lot was sold to an umbrella company that also featured the catalogs of Imperial, Aladdin, Minit, and Dolton…we’ll share a host of Liberty releases with you in the show today. With the exception of Eddie Cochran, we’ll just call it rock ‘n roll ‘lite’.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Eddie Cochran C'mon Everybody Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1] Amazon
2Eddie Cochran Hallelujah I Love Her So Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1] Amazon
3Eddie Cochran Nervous Breakdown Eddie Cochran Singles Album Amazon
4Shirley & Lee Hey Little Boy Shirley & Lee Rock Amazon
5Rick Nelson Teenage Idol Greatest Love Songs Amazon
6Sandy Nelson &And Then There Were Drums Their Greatest Misses Amazon
7Buddy Knox Open (Your Lovin' Arms) Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
8Bobby Vee Sharing You Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
9Roosevelt Grier The Mail Must Go Through Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
10Jackie DeShannon Just Like In The Movies Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
11Warren Smith Book Of Broken Hearts Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
12The Rivingtons Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
13Gene McDaniels Chip Chip Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
14Johnny Burnette The Fool Of The Year Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
15Matt Monroe Softly As I Leave You Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
16Betty O' Brian Money Honey Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
17The Crickets Little Hollywood Girl Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
18Bobby Vee The Night Has A Thousand Eyes Easy Listening Gold 1962-1963 Amazon
19Jackie DeShannon Needles And Pins The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
20The Ventures Walk, Don't Run 61* [Box Set] Disc 1 Amazon
21Jan & Dean Linda Jan & Dean Anthology Album Amazon
22Jan & Dean Honolulu Lulu Surf City + Folk 'n Roll Amazon
23The Fleetwoods (Goodnight My Love) Pleasant Dreams Come Softly To Me: The Very Best Of The Fleetwoods Amazon
24Wilson Pickett It's Too Late A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1] Amazon
25Irma Thomas Break-A-Way Time Is on My Side: The Best of Irma Thomas, Vol. 1 Amazon
26Johnny Rivers Memphis Greatest Hits [Capitol] Amazon
27Johnny Rivers Seventh Son Best Of Johnny Rivers Amazon
28Johnny Rivers Mountain Of Love Best Of Johnny Rivers Amazon
29Gary Lewis & the Playboys This Diamond Ring Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
30Cher All I Really Want To Do Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1] Amazon
31Del Shannon The Big Hurt The Complete Recordings 1960-1970: Home and Away Amazon
32Mel Carter Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me Music to Shag By Amazon
33Mel Carter Band of Gold The Best of Jukebox Rock – 1966 – Volume 2 Amazon
34Johnny Rivers The Poor Side of Town Greatest Hits [Capitol] Amazon
35Gene McDaniels Point of No Return The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1) Amazon