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Imperial Rhythm & Rockabilly

May 19, 2023 Dave

The Imperial label will be the subject of this week’s Deeper Roots show. Founded in 1947 by Lew Chudd, it’s early years featured some of the very best rhythm and blues and early rock you could find. Their lineup included some of the big names of early rock, not least of which was Roy Brown, Fats Domino, Frankie Ford and Ricky Nelson. They would dabble in country and jazz but also looked to strike while the iron was hot when Elvis hit with a blend of country and rhythm and blues in the mid-50s. They did so by looking for new names with ducktails and driving combos in the rockabilly era. This episode focuses primarily on the 1950s with a future episode taking us further into the label’s sale to Liberty Records in 1963 but not before Lew Chudd purchased Aladdin and Minit Records, bringing over even more of the R&B talent that they would be known for. It’s another Deeper Roots Friday morning on KOWS.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood
2	Smiley Lewis	Tee-Nah-Nah	I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 1
3	Guitar Slim and His Band	Bad Luck Is On Me [Woman Troubles]	Louisiana Swamp Blues
4	Big Jay McNeely	All That Wine Is Gone	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
5	T-Bone Walker	Cold Cold Feeling	Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years
6	Fat Man Matthews & the Four Kittens	Later Baby	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 3
7	Fats Domino	Goin' Home	Rock And Rollin
8	Lil' Son Jackson	Get High Everybody	Vol. 2 1950-1952
9	Smiley Lewis	Big Mamou	I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 2
10	Hawks	I-Yi	Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
11	Pee Wee Crayton	Win-O	Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings
12	Joe Houston Orchestra	All Night Long	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
13	The Pelicans	Ain't Gonna Do It	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
14	The Spiders	I Didn't Want To Do It	Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
15	Dave Bartholomew	Another Mule	1952-1955
16	James "Sugar Boy" Crawford	She Gotta Wobble (When She Walks) (Imperial 5424)	R&B Humdingers Volume 12
17	Bobby Mitchell with Dave Bartholomew's Orch.'	Try Rock And Roll	Blowing The Fuse: 1956
18	Lew Williams	Cat Talk	Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks
19	Lew Williams	Gone Ape Man	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
20	Merle Kilgore	Ernie	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
21	The Strikes	Baby I'm Sorry	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
22	Bob Luman	Red Hot	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
23	Ricky Nelson	Stood Up	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
24	Ricky Nelson	Boppin' The Blues	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
25	Ricky Nelson	Waitin' In School	Legacy [Disc 1]
26	Dennis Herrold	Hip Hip Baby	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
27	Weldon Rogers	So Long, Good Luck & Goodbye	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
28	Dorsey & Johnny Burnette	My Honey	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
29	Dorsey & Johnny Burnette	Warm Love	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
30	Slick Slavin	Speed Crazy	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
31	Bill Allen	Please Give Me Something	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
32	Jackie Walker	Only Teenagers Allowed	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
33	Billy Eldridge	Let's Go	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
34	Faye Adams	Keeper Of My Heart	Crescent City Soul
35	Roy Brown	Let the Four Winds Blow	The Complete Imperial Recordings
36	Ricky Nelson	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	Legacy [Disc 1]

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Rhythm & Blues Jezebels

May 12, 2023 Dave

Wild and sassy sounds from the archives of 40s and 50s rhythm & blues featuring some of the female dynamos of the genre coming your way on a Friday morning here on Deeper Roots. We’ll be featuring some great performances from the catalog of Jubilee Records (those Jubilee Jezebels) and a host of peers including some early scorchers from Little Sylvia (Robinson), Big Maybelle, Viola Watkins, Fay Simmons, and Ruth Brown. For the first three or four decades of the recorded blues and jazz, women played a major part in black music’s popularity and there was a resurgent ‘boom’ post-war that played a bigger part than we imagined in that tidal wave of wild rhythm beat that would become rock and soul. These are some classic tracks that don’t always get the attention they deserve…but they will here on Deeper Roots on a Friday morning on KOWS.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Strange Things Happen Every Day	Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan
2	Miss Rhapsody (Viola Wells)	Sweet Man	Blues Women
3	Mabel Scott	Catch Em Young Treat Em Rough Tell Em Nothing	Blues Women
4	The Enchanters	Boogie Woogie Daddy	Jubilee Jezebels
5	Enchanters	Housewife Blues	Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
6	Jeanne Gayle	Bim Bam Baby	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
7	Little Sylvia	Drive Daddy Drive	Jubilee Jezebels
8	Little Sylvia	Everything I Need But You	Jubilee Jezebels
9	Little Sylvia	Ain't Gonna Do It	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
10	Viola Watkins	It Must Be Love	Jubilee Jezebels
11	Viola Watkins	Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
12	Viola Watkins	Really Real	Jubilee Jezebels
13	Varetta Dillard	Mercy, Mr Percy	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
14	Mabel Scott	Mr Fine	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
15	LaVern Baker	Voodoo Voodoo	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
16	Edna McGriff	Oh Little Daddy	Stompin' 34
17	Edna McGriff	I'll Surrender Anytime	Jubilee Jezebels
18	Edna McGriff & The Tomcats	Mambo Baby	Rumba Gone Mambo
19	Big Maybelle	One Monkey Don't Stop No Show	The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55
20	Big Maybelle	Ring Dang Dilly	The Very Best Of Big Maybelle
21	Big Maybelle	Hair Dressin' Women	ABC Of The Blues Vol 29
22	Ruth Brown	Smooth Operator	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
23	Fay Simmons	You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb	Atomic Platters
24	Fay Simmons	Ella Weaver	Dapper Dan
25	Fay Simmons	Hangin' Around	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
26	Patti Jerome	No Mama, No Papa	Stompin' 22 – Crazed Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders!
27	Linda Hopkins	Rock And Roll Blues	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
28	Carol Fran	Knock Knock	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies
29	Carol Fran	I'm Gonna Try	Cat Scratchin'
30	Carole Fran	You Can't Stop Me	Jubilee Jezebels
31	Marie Knight	Grasshopper Baby	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
32	Dolly Cooper	Ay La Bah	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
33	Dolly Cooper	Tell Me, Tell Me	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
34	Ella Mae Morse	How Can You Leave A Man Like This?	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
35	Annisteen Allen	Fujiyama Mama	From The Ghetto

Covers Time

May 7, 2023 Dave

Another morning of covers, from country to soul and a little bit of rhythm and roll in store. This week’s show celebrates the songwriters and performers who found themselves honored with tributes and covers that honor the sense of a piece. We’ll hear covers of Tom T. Hall, Arthur Alexander, Robert Hunter, Derek Martin, Hank Snow and JJ Cale in the show today. The idea is to find a cover worth noting and put it up alongside the original. Just over a dozen songs to pick from in our two hours this morning featuring covers by Shannon McNally, Charley Crockett, Amy Black and Teddy Thompson. Join Dave Stroud for another episode from those dusty digital bins and turn up the volume for straight interpretations and a few wild takes in another covers show on a Friday morning from the KOWS studio in downtown Santa Rosa, California.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Everly Brothers	Bowling Green	Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 3]
2	Neko Case	Bowling Green	The Virginian
3	Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels	Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly	Red, White & Rock Disc 3
4	Bill Kirchen	Devil With The Blue Dress (Album Version)	Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods
5	Willie Nelson	Busted	I Don't Know A Thing About Love
6	Ray Charles	Busted	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3
7	Red Foley	Midnight	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
8	Kevin Russell	Midnight	Plain Dirt Fashion
9	Elvis Presley	It's Now Or Never	Elvis 30 #1 Hits
10	Chris Isaak	It's Now or Never	Beyond the Sun (Deluxe Version)
11	Elvis Presley	Don't Be Cruel	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 1)
12	The Mavericks	Don't Be Cruel	Play the Hits
13	Derek Martin	Daddy Rollin' Stone	Birth Of Soul: 1
14	The Blasters	Daddy Rollin' Stone	4-11-44
15	Wilson Pickett	In the Midnight Hour	Red, White & Rock Disc 2
16	James Taylor	In The Midnight Hour	Other Covers
17	Bob Luman	Let's Think About Living	Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)
18	Teddy Thompson	Let's Think About Living	Up Front And Down Low
19	Tom T. Hall	I Hope It Rains At My Funeral	Tom T. Hall – Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher
20	Charley Crockett	I Hope It Rains At My Funeral	Lil G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley
21	The Impressions	Gypsy Woman	Birth Of Soul: 1
22	Aaron Neville	Gypsy Woman	My True Story
23	Arthur Alexander	You Better Move On	The Greatest Hits
24	Amy Black	You Better Move On	The Muscle Shoals Sessions
25	Hank Snow	I'm Moving On	The Essential Hank Snow
26	Willie Nelson	I'm Movin' On	Remember Me, Vol. 1
27	John Martyn	Don't Want to Know	Solid Air
28	Dr. John	I Don't Wanna Know	Anutha Zone
29	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Sugar Moon	Legends of Country Music Disc 4
30	k.d. lang	Sugar Moon	Shadowland

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Payday Saturday Night

April 29, 2023 Dave

The pickins are thin until payday rolls around. Money is short and there’s none to spare. Although we’ve been wanting to save for a rainy day, the cupboards still need fillin’ and we also need enough to have some fun. If that eagle flies on Friday then Saturday night is when the time is right. This week we’ll be banking on that combined theme of payday, money and taxes. Belly up to the barroom country sounds of Faron Young, Lefty Frizzell and The Sons of the Pioneers and then find some rhythm and blues with The Fiestas, The Harlem Hamfats, Bobby Charles and Dom Flemons. It’s all about cashing out every couple of weeks and spreading thin with savings being thinner. We’ve got greenbacks, dollar down payments, songs about payday, the taxman and that almighty dollar to remind us that, as Peter Case points out, that “there’s two kinds of justice everybody knows, one for folks up on the hill and one for the others down below”.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Zeke Clements	Payday Saturday Night	Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5
2	The Sons Of The Pioneers	When Payday Rolls Around	Symphonies Of The Sage
3	Lefty Frizzell	When Payday Comes Around	1950-1951 (Warped 5061)
4	Faron Young	I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night	The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (1 of 2)
5	Wynn Stewart	Another Day, Another Dollar	Very Best of: 1958 – 1962
6	Dan Hicks	Payday Blues [Album Version]	The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks]
7	Austin McCoy	Happy Pay Day Part 1	Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951
8	The Fiestas	Dollar Bill (stereo)	Oh So Fine (Ace)
9	Hank Penny	Taxes, Taxes	Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions
10	Johnny Cash	After Taxes	I Would Like to See You Again
11	Gene Autry, Jimmy Wakely's Trio	I Paid My Income Tax Today	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1
12	The Harlem Hamfats	Sales Tax On It	Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936
13	Stan Farlow	1040 Blues	Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)
14	Mississippi John Hurt	Payday	The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 1
15	Lucious Curtis	Payday	Deep River of Song: Mississippi – Blues Lineage
16	Bobby Charles	Nickles, Dimes and Dollars	Timeless
17	The Limeliters	A Dollar Down	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
18	Oscar Brand	A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore	A Taste of Tradition – Volume 3
19	Freddie Hart And The Heartbeats	That Almighty Dollar	Age of WorryFrom Country-Pop to Freak-Folk: The Space Age Relics of Monument Records 19601970
20	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	Vintage Collections
21	Aloe Blacc	I Need A Dollar	I Need A Dollar
22	J.J. Cale	Money Talks	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
23	Roomful Of Blues	Money Talks	Dressed Up To Get Messed Up
24	Dom Flemons	Big Money Blues	Traveling Wildfire
25	Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	For The Love Of Money	If You Don't Know Me By Now
26	The Lovin' Spoonful	Money	Greatest Hits [Buddha]
27	Sierra Ferrell	Silver Dollar	Long Time Coming
28	Van Morrison	Greenback Dollar	Moving On Skiffle
29	The Kingston Trio	Greenback Dollar	Capitol Collector's Series
30	Randy Newman	It's Money That Matters	Land of Dreams
31	Mel Blanc	Money	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]]
32	Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis	The Money Song	Cocktail Hour Disc 1

Lonesome Train

April 21, 2023 Dave

Free form! That’s right. No theme, no genre exploration, no tribute or topical show today. Only topical playlists embellishing the show today including New Orleans memories from Bobby Mitchell, Fats Domino and Dr. John, country nuggets from Merle, Buck and Elvis as well as some fancy shmancy crooning from a Perry, Blue Eyes and Dino. We’ll also be digging into some classic rockabilly tunes and some canciones de Flaco and Los Lobos. Here in Sonoma County we’re going from three years of drought, wildfires and the Santa Ana winds to preparing for levee breaches and floods with the snow melts. We also get to behave like adults in the face of biased and inhumane Supreme Court decisions and moronic Texas politicians. Because we know who they are and what they represent: book burners and religious zealots with white hoods. While nobody is without sin, we’ll go with Newsom’s ability to employ the right critical thinking at the right time. I told you it would be a free form morning.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Geraint Watkins	Deep in the Heart of Texas	Aide Memoire
2	Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra	Big Mamou	Barrell House Boogie and the Blues
3	Wanda Jackson	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	Queen Of Rockabilly
4	Matchbox	Rockabilly Rebel	Rockabilly Rebel
5	Johnny Burnette	Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track)	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1
6	Sonny Burgess	Tomorrow Never Comes	We Wanna Boogie
7	Warren Smith	Got Love If You Want It	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
8	Bobby Mitchell	I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday	The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2]
9	Fats Domino	I Want To Walk You Home	Heatin' Up
10	Dr. John	Back By The River	Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 2]
11	Tommy McLain	Before I Grow Too Old	The Essential Collection
12	Buck Owens	Made In Japan	Country USA 1972
13	Merle Haggard & the Strangers	Please Mr. D.J.	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
14	Merle Haggard	I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me	Country USA 1972
15	Elvis Presley	After Loving You	Artist of the Century Disc 3
16	The Devil and Bunny Show	Crossing Muddy Waters	The I-10 Chronicles 2 – One More For The Road
17	Los Lobos	Set Me Free (Rosa Lee)	El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
18	Flaco Jiminez	Margarita	Los Super Seven
19	The Band	Ophelia	To Kingdom Come [Disc 2]
20	Linda Ronstadt	Hurt So Bad	Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt
21	April Stevens	I Want A Lip	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
22	Nino Tempo & April Stevens	Deep Purple	Teach Me Tiger
23	April Stevens	Teach Me Tiger	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
24	April Stevens	Do It Again	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 6: Rhapsodesia
25	Wayne Newton	Danke Schoen	Jackpot! The Las Vegas Story
26	Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra/Perry Como/Ray Charles Singers	Round and Round	The Very Best of Perry Como
27	Tony Bennett	In the Middle of an Island	Your Hit Parade – 1957
28	Thomas A. Dorsey with Alex Bradford	It's A Highway To Heaven	Precious Lord Recordings Of The Great Gospel Songs Of Thomas A. Dorsey
29	Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Singing in My Soul	The Gospel of Blues
30	Michelle Lanchester/Sweet Honey in the Rock	I Was Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor ( If You See My Saviour)	Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection
31	Aretha Franklin	Don't Play That Song	Spirit in the Dark
32	Aretha Franklin	Try Matty's	Spirit in the Dark
33	The Band	The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down	The Best of the Band

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Country Rhythm & Blues

April 15, 2023 Dave

We’ll be covering the covers once more this week but this time we’ll be burrowing into a cross section of genres to get to the heart of the matter. It’s country songs with rhythm & blues interpretations, all from the decades of the fifties and sixties. We’ll hear from a few familiars rhythm rockers including The Coasters, Fats Domino, King Curtis and Ruth Brown as they take on the very best of country and tradition with a style all their own. But there’s also the surprises and unknowns like Thin Man Watts, Piney Brown, and The Ray-o-Vacs to fill out the show this morning. From Jambalaya to Tumbling Tumbleweeds, we’ve got some fine soul and R&B interpretations for you. Tune in and find out.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Ray-O-Vacs	Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
2	Piney Brown	Ooh You Bring Out The Wolf In Me	Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
3	Joe Liggins	Whiskey, Women And Loaded Dice	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
4	Billy Ward & The Dominoes	Lonesome Road	Vol. 4-21 Hits
5	The Hurricanes	Pistol Packin' Mama	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1]
6	Scatman Crothers	Ghost Riders In The Sky	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
7	Andre Williams	You Are My Sunshine	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
8	Jimmy Ricks	Do You Promise	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
9	Thin Man Watts	Walking The Floor Over You	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
10	Mickey & Sylvia	To The Valley	Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
11	The Coasters	Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To Pass	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
12	Clyde McPhatter	I'm Movin' On	More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
13	Little Junior Parker	Walking The Floor	More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
14	Guitar Jr	Pick Me Up On Your Way Down	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
15	Ruth Brown	I Burned Your Letter	Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
16	Fats Domino	Don't Come Knockin'	A Lot Of Dominos
17	Varetta Dillard	A Little Bitty Tear	The Lovin' Bird
18	Bobby Hebb	Night Train To Memphis	Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
19	Esther Phillips	Release Me	Your Hit Parade – The Early '60S
20	King Curtis	Your Cheatin' Heart	Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
21	King Curtis	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
22	The Marvellettes	Love Letters	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
23	Damita Jo	Jambalaya (On The Bayou)	Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
24	Travis Ricks	No Need To Cry	Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
25	Little Mack	Let Hootenanny Blues	Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
26	Joe Hinton	Lovesick Blues	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
27	Big Maybelle	Cold Cold Heart	Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
28	Fats Domino	Your Cheatin' Heart	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2)
29	Ray Charles	I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (Swingova)	Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
30	Esther Phillips	Am I That Easy To Forget (LP Version)	Country Side Of Esther
31	Esther Phillips	I've Forgotten More Than You'll Ever Know About Him (LP Version)	Country Side Of Esther
32	O. C. Smith	The Son Of Hickory Holler Tramp	More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
33	Ray Charles	When I Stop Dreamin'	Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
34	Little Richard	Settin' the Woods on Fire	King of Rock and Roll [Collectors' Choice Music]
35	Little Richard	Joy, Joy, Joy (Down In My Heart)	Rhythm & Western Volume 6 – I'm Moving On
36	Koko Taylor	Honky Tonky	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide

Cool Daddy

April 12, 2023 Dave

Welcome to the club. We’ve got some cool sounds from the jazz lounges and clubs blended with some beat generation salutations for you this morning. Beatniks, boppers, lounge chanteuse performances, saxophones, and some cool fifties sounds. Tune in for Patsy Raye and The Beatniks, Earl Bostic, Mose Allison, Charlie Parker’s Quintet, and a BeBop blend of out-of-this-world swing and percussion. From the Gaslight Café to Slim Gallaird’s Yep Roc sounds…we’ll have your foot tappin’ and your fingers snappin’ on a magical blend of cool ultra-lounge and café sounds from mid-century. Tune in on the web or grab our free app out on the Apple Store or Google Play. You can find them by searching for KOWS.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra	Salt Peanuts	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
2	Gerry Mulligan Quartet	Swinghouse	The Beat Generation, Vol 3
3	Charles Kuralt	The Greenwich Village Poets	The Beat Generation, Vol 3
4	King Pleasure	Don't Get Scared	The BeBop Singers
5	Mose Allison	Your Mind Is On Vacation	Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1]
6	Earl Bostic	Up There In The Orbit	Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space
7	J. J. Johnson Beboppers	Coppin' The Bop	J. J. Johnson: Bone-O-Logy (Proper Introduction)
8	Peggy Lee	The Boy from Ipanema	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 15: Wild Cool & Swingin' Too
9	Richard Marino & His Orchestra	Fever	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 6: Rhapsodesia
10	Martin Denny	Cool	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood
11	Patsy Raye And The Beatniks	Beatnik's Wish	The Beat Generation, Vol 3
12	Carl Sandburg	On Beatniks	The Beat Generation, Vol 3
13	Three Bips, A Bop	Professor Bop	The Beat Generation, Vol 3
14	Charlie Parker Quartet	Cosmic Rays	The Beat Generation [Disc 2]
15	Charlie Parker Quintet	Scrapple From The Apple	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3]
16	Charlie Ventura & His Orchestra	Ha	The Beat Generation [Disc 2]
17	Kenny Clarke & His 52nd Street Boys	Oop-Bop Sh-Bam	The Beat Generation, Vol 3
18	Elmer Bernstein	Like Having Fun	The Beat Generation, Vol 3
19	Del Close & John Brent	Cool	The Beat Generation, Vol 3
20	Slim Gaillard, The Middle Europeans	Yip Roc Heresy	The Beat Generation [Disc 2]
21	Oscar Brown Jr.	But I Was Cool	The Beat Generation, Vol 3
22	The Playboys	Charge It	Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
23	Joe Carroll	Got A Penny Benny	The BeBop Singers
24	Lambert, Hendricks & Ross	Twisted	The Beat Generation [Disc 2]
25	Ken Nordine	Hunger Is From	The Beat Generation [Disc 2]
26	Eddie Jefferson	Old Shoes	The BeBop Singers
27	Serge Chaloff	Gabardine And Serge	Birth of Bebop
28	Julie London	Daddy	Wild Cool and Swingin'
29	Edd Kookie Byrnes	Kookie's Mad Pad	The Beat Generation [Disc 2]
30	Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes And Connie Stevens	Kookie Kookie [Lend Me Your Comb]	The Greatest Novelty Songs, Disc 2
31	Mabel Scott	Yes	Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A.
32	Julie London	Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast	Wild Cool and Swingin'
33	Cooltrane Quartet	Some Like It Hot	Vintage Cafi Vol.3

Georgia Peaches

April 2, 2023 Dave

This week’s show takes us across the landscape of the state of Georgia and then reminisces about ladies that share her name. No genre is off limits and no era too far in the past is excluded in this latest Deeper Roots show that takes on a theme. We’re also hoping that the will of the people is not interfered with in a state that’s struggling to awaken; a lumbering giant of democracy still haunted (and celebrated at the highest levels) by plantation politics. Our music this week will feature some tradition from Georgia’s own Jake Xerxes Fussell, country tunes from Lefty Frizzell and Charley Crockett, jazz from Nina Simone and Joe Venuti, and we’ll visit a Georgia Camp Meeting and One More Sunday in Savannah. Tune in for a collection of tunes about a state of mind and some fine women who share the name of a southern state where peaches and a darker past prosper. Tune in on Friday morning here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Swe-Danes	Georgia Camp Meeting	New Discgems From Warner Brothers
2	The Mills Brothers	That's Georgia	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2
3	The Boswell Sisters	The Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia	The Boswell Sisters Volume 2
4	The Andrews Sisters	Atlanta G.A.	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 3]
5	Kacey Musgraves	When It's Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia	Wanted: One Good Cowboy
6	Waylon Jennings	Cedartown, Georgia	The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 1
7	Charley Crockett	All the Way from Atlanta	The Man from Waco
8	Ryan Bingham	Long Way from Georgia	Mescalito
9	Tony Joe White	Rainy Night in Georgia	Collected [CD1]
10	Joan Osborne	Midnight Train to Georgia	Breakfast In Bed
11	Art Kahn's Orchestra v. Chick Bullock	Two Tickets To Georgia	Victor Young & Brunswick Studio Orchestra (1932-1934)
12	Nina Simone	One More Sunday In Savannah	The Tomato Collection [Disc 1]
13	Little Feat	Oh, Atlanta	Feats Don't Fail Me Now
14	Alison Krauss	Oh, Atlanta	Now That I've Found You
15	Dirty Cello	The Devil Went Down To Georgia	By Request
16	Tennessee Ernie Ford	I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 1]
17	Jake Xerxes Fussell	Georgia Buck	Jake Xerxes Fussell
18	Johnny Gimble	Sweet Georgia Brown (Featuring Merle Haggard)	Celebrating With Friends
19	Mac Wiseman	The Georgia Mail	Sings Old Time Country Favorites
20	Boz Scaggs	Georgia	Silk Degrees
21	Charley Crockett	Help Me Georgia	Lonesome As A Shadow
22	Duke Robillard	Sweet Georgia Brown	After Hours Swing Sessions
23	Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang	Georgia On My Mind	The Best Of Joe Venuti And Eddie Lang
24	Justin Townes Earle	South Georgia Sugar Babe	The Good Life
25	Robbie Fulks	Georgia Hard	Georgia Hard
26	Iris DeMent	Waycross Georgia	Workin' On A World
27	Hank Penny	Tell Me All About Georgia	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2]
28	Eartha Kitt	Atlanta Blues	The RCA Recordings 1953-1958
29	Five Red Caps	Atlanta G.A.	Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 4 (1926-1947)

Drive In Music

March 18, 2023 Dave

Memories of summer nights where the aroma of popcorn, car exhaust and nature fused as the car windows steamed up and the tin can speaker sounds synchronized with the silver screen…at the drive in movie. For the decades of the fifties, sixties, and seventies you could bring a car load of friends and find your spot across the little hills that pointed you skyward towards the glow of a billboard of dreams. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll visit some performances that include on-screen legends as well as legends that tried to make music outside of their lane. Some that we’ll hear from succeeded and some…well…went back to their day job. Tune in for music from Robert Mitchum, Bette Davis, Jack Webb, Marilyn Monroe, and a couple dozen others on a fun little romp on another Friday episode of Deeper Roots on KOWS 92.5 FM.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Don Francks & Petula Clark	Old Devil Moon – Finian's Rainbow	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
2	Ray Davies	Oklahoma U.S.A.	Our Country: Americana Act II
3	Shirley Jones, James Whitmore, Gordon MacRae	Oklahoma	Oklahoma (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
4	Robert Preston & Company	Ya Got Trouble – The Music Man	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
5	Lucille Ball/Bea Arthur	Bosom Buddies – Mame	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
6	Kirk Douglas	And The Moon Grew Brighter	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
7	James Stewart	The Legend Of Shenandoah	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
8	Robert Mitchum	Ballad of Thunder Road	That Man, Robert Mitchum, Sings
9	Lee Marvin	Wand'rin' Star	Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3)
10	Bill Hayes	Message from James Dean	So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 3
11	Varetta Dillard	I Miss You Jimmy (Tribute to James Dean)	Got You On My Mind
12	Eagles	James Dean	The Very Best of the Eagles [2003] Disc 1
13	Dooley Wilson	As Time Goes By – from Casablanca	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
14	Bette Davis	They're Either Too Young Or Too Old -from Thank Your Lucky Stars	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
15	Mae West	I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love	The Mae West Collection
16	Jack Webb	Try a Little Tenderness	Golden Throats: The Great Celebrity Sing-Off!
17	Clint Eastwood	Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive	Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil
18	Gene Pitney	(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance	Anthology: 1961-1968
19	Tony Perkins	Moonlight Swim (Bonus Track)	On a Rainy Afternoon
20	Marilyn Monroe	River Of No Return	The Essential Marilyn Monroe
21	Roy Rogers	My Chickashay Gal	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
22	Elvis Presley	Wooden Heart	G.I. Blues
23	Dean Martin,John Wayne & Ricky Nelson	My Rifle, My Pony And Me	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
24	Ricky Nelson & Walter Brennan	Get Along Home, Cindy	Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3)
25	Fess Parker	Ballad Of Davy Crockett	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
26	James Stewart	You Can`t Get Far Without A Railroad	Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3)
27	Dean Martin	Rio Bravo	My Rifle, My Pony And Me
28	Dean Martin	King Of The Five Card Stud	Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3)
29	Steve Martin & The Toot Uncommons	King Tut	Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time [Disc 2]
30	Gene Kelly	Singin' In The Rain	Somewhere Over The Rainbow: The Golden Age Of Hollywood Musicals [Disc 1]
31	Garland Jeffreys	35 Millimeter Dreams	Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Oldies, Rockabilly, Theme Time

Streets of Bakersfield

March 6, 2023 Dave

It was Nashville West but with a decidedly more amount of midwestern flavoring. Bakersfield was the terminus of most of the migrant traffic from the dust bowl where the hope for a better life was not always fulfilled. So many landed square on the Central Valley and for those who grew up it became a whirlwind post-war prosperity that was familiar: oil drilling, agriculture, almond orchards, cattle raising, and a transportation industry to support it. Those who were raised on country swing and the classic country sounds coming out of Nashville were lucky given Bakersfield’s proximity to the studios of Hollywood and Los Angeles. We’ll hear from many of them, digging into the early years of Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Tommy Collins, Wynn Stewart and a host of other performers who made that blend of rough country, trucking songs, and honky-tonk swing what it would become.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield	All-Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
2	Bill Woods & His Orange Blossom Playboys	Have I Got A Chance With You	Swingbillies
3	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
4	Jean Shepard with Ferlin Husky	A Dear John Letter	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
5	Bud Hobbs	Louisiana Swing	Defining Country Music – The Sounds of Bakersfield
6	Billy Mize	Who Will Buy the Wine	Billy Mize and the Bakersfield Sound (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
7	Rose & The Maddox Brothers	Why Don't You Haul Off & Love Me	Maddox Brothers & Rose
8	Alvadean Coker	We're Gonna Bop	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
9	Tommy Collins	What'cha Gonna Do Now?	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
10	Ferlin Husky	I Feel Better All Over	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
11	Bonnie Blue Bell & Leon Reach & Chic Adams Band	Let's Go	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
12	Billy Mize	Solid Sender	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
13	Bill Carter	I Wanna Feel Good	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
14	Johnny Bond	Three Or Four Nights	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
15	Herb Henson	Goodbye, Baby, Goodbye	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
16	Wynn Stewart	Playboy	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
17	Buck Owens	Hot Dog (with Danny Dedmon)	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
18	Buck Owens	The Key's In The Mailbox	Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard
19	Buck Owens	Love's Gonna Live Here	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
20	Buck Owens	Together Again	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
21	Ferlin Husky	Six Days on the Road	Defining Country Music – The Sounds of Bakersfield
22	Red Simpson	Truck Drivin' Man	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
23	Red Simpson	The Highway Patrol	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
24	Bonnie Owens	Just for the Children's Sake	Warped 6534 – Bonnie Owens – 1964 – 1966
25	Bobby Austin	Apartment #9	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
26	Merle Haggard	Okie From Muskogee	Capitol Collector's Series
27	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Mama Tried (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
28	Dallas Frazier	California Cotton Fields	Singing My Songs
29	Abe Mulkey	Packed Up And Shoved Off	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
30	Wynn Stewart	It's Such A Pretty World Today	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
31	Wynn Stewart	Donna On My Mind	California Country
32	Buck Owens	Act Naturally	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1]
33	Merle Haggard & the Strangers	Please Mr. D.J.	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
34	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield [With Dwight Yoakam]	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
35	Maddox Brothers & Rose	The Death of Rock 'n' Roll	Classic Rockabilly

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