Category Archives: Featured Music

Peace and Happiness

We’ve got ourselves a blend of free form sounds from the Deeper Roots archives with themes of midnight runs, trains, and happiness spiced with instrumental punch. Tune in on a Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio for some oddball tunes from John D. Loudermilk, Bob Gibson, and Chip Taylor and The New Ukrainians. We’re already halfway through the month and we’ll find ourselves with a brighter eclectic blend of sounds from the past century. The antenna is installed and now the volunteers who pedal the wheels to churn those dynamos will soon have our signal spreading it’s joy throughout the county. Go volunteers!!
Tune in why don’t you…

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Chip Taylor & The new Ukrainians Be Kind (Clean) Radio Safe Fuck All The Perfect People Amazon
2Ted Hawkins Peace and Happiness 25 Years of Rounder Records (Disc1) Amazon
3Big Joe Turner Feeling Happy Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]] Amazon
4Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin Feeling Happy Lost Time Amazon
5The Jive Five I'm A Happy Man Rock Is Dead, But It Won't Lie Down: 24 Greatest Hits Of All Time, Vol. 2 Amazon
6Bob Gibson Joy Joy Joy Joy! The Young and Wonderful Bob Gibson Amazon
7John D. Loudermilk He's Just a Scientist Blue Train Amazon
8The Friends Of Distinction Grazing In The Grass Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's, Vol. 1 Amazon
9Sandy Nelson Chop Chop Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats – The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection Amazon
10The String-A-Longs Wheels Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
11Ray Bryant Combo The Madison Time, Pt. 1 Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
12Hank Penny Jersey Bounce (Instrumental) King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2] Amazon
13The Bobby Fuller Four A New Shade Of Blue The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four Amazon
14Bob Dylan Soon After Midnight Tempest Amazon
15Marc Cohn After Midnight Listening Booth: 1970 Amazon
16Arthur Alexander In The Middle Of It All The Greatest Hits Amazon
17Roger McGuinn Anna Adios Amigo: A Tribute to Arthur Alexander Amazon
18Carlene Carter/Paul Carrack Oh How Happy Twenty-One Good Reasons: The Paul Carrack Collection Amazon
19Johnny Cash Casey Jones (Blood, Sweat & Tears) Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 1] Amazon
20Mabel Scott Boogie Woogie Choo Choo Train Blues Women Amazon
21Chuck Berry Down Bound Train Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings Amazon
22Dick Flood Hellbound Train Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
23Precious Bryant Morning Train Black Snake Moan Soundtrack Amazon
24John Prine Morning Train Fair & Square Amazon
25Harry Nilsson Turn on Your Radio Son of Schmilsson Amazon
26John Hartford Turn Your Radio On Aereo-Plain Amazon
27Rambling Rod Foley Yodeling Radio Joe American Yodeling Amazon
28The Shootouts Radio Jesus Quick Draw Amazon
29The Bootleg Honeys Radio Paint It Red Amazon
30Carlene Carter Radio Sweetheart Two Sides to Every Woman/Musical Shapes Amazon
31B. Bumble & the Stingers Bumble Boogie Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2 Amazon
32The Stampeders Sweet City Woman Les stars du country, vol. 2 Amazon
33The Ink Spots Address Unknown Greatest Hits Amazon
34Fiona Prine/John Prine My Happiness For Better, Or Worse Amazon

Doug Sahm Retrospective

This week we’re taking a look back at a songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, musician, and performer who helped to enlighten a younger set to Tex Mex music, even making inroads into the sixties San Francisco ‘summer of love’ with a top 20 hit in 1965. Considered a child prodigy, he would appear on the Louisiana Hayride by the age of eight and would find his influences in blues, country, r&b, and conjunto sounds from across the border. Our retrospective will feature contemporaries and music from his close-knit cadre of compadres that would go on to form a sort-of supergroup called The Texas Tornados. Tune in on a Spring morning in April for a collection of pure Americana treats from Texas as we overlook (for a brief two hours) its abhorrent decline into a state of hate and anti-democratic principles.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Doug Sahm (Is Anybody Going To) San Antone Best of Sir Douglas 68-75 Amazon
2Doug Sahm & The Knights Crazy Daisy Wild Streak, Vol. 1 Amazon
3Sir Douglas Quintet She's About A Mover Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet Amazon
4Sir Douglas Quintet The Rains Came Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet Amazon
5Sir Douglas Quintet Mendocino Best of Sir Douglas 68-75 Amazon
6Freddie Fender Before the Next Teardrop Falls Classic Country 1975 – 1979 Amazon
7Doug Sahm It's Gonna Be Easy Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1 Amazon
8Doug Sahm Faded Love Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1 Amazon
9Frank Black Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day Honeycomb Amazon
10The Texas Tornados Little Bit Is Better Than Nada 4 Aces Amazon
11The Texas Tornados Who Were You Thinkin' Of The Best Of Texas Tornados Amazon
12The Texas Tornados Wasted Days And Wasted Nights The Best Of Texas Tornados Amazon
13Jerry Lee Lewis The Revolutionary Man Southern Roots Amazon
14Townes Van Zandt Pancho & Lefty (with Freddy Fender, Rubin Ramos & The Texas Revolution, Doug Sahm & Augie Meyer) Texas Rain Amazon
15Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm & Gene Taylor Big Mamou The Return of the Formerly Brothers Amazon
16Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm & Gene Taylor Smack Dab in the Middle The Return of the Formerly Brothers Amazon
17The Mavericks Nitty Gritty (Bonus Track) Mono Amazon
18Uncle Tupelo Give Back The Key To My Heart (feat. Doug Sahm) Anodyne Amazon
19Dwight Yoakam/Flaco Jimenez Carmelita Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years Disc 2 Amazon
20Flaco Jiminez The Girls From Texas featuring Ry Cooder (Album Version) Partners Amazon
21Flaco Jiminez Las Golondrinas (Album Version) Partners Amazon
22Augie Meyers Matilda Trippin Out On Triplets Amazon
23Dave Alvin Dynamite Woman Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm Amazon
24Los Lobos It Didn't Even Bring Me Down Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm Amazon
25Delbert McClinton Texas Me Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm Amazon
26The Gourds Nuevo Laredo Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm Amazon
27Freda and the Firedogs Be Real Keep Your Soul: A Tribute To Doug Sahm Amazon
28Doug Sahm Crazy Crazy Baby The San Antonio Hipster Amazon
29Doug Sahm Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day Best of Sir Douglas 68-75 Amazon
30The Texas Tornados Soy De San Luis Texas Tornados Amazon

Fool’s Day

It’s a fool’s paradise for all of us as April Fool’s Day lands on a day where Deeper Roots debuts a new episode. So why not take advantage, I say! We’ll fill the airwaves today with songs about fools today and add a garnish of novelty to keep the show moving on notes that are as light as air. Foolish hearts, king of fools, poor little fools, and fools who fall in love. We’ll be featuring a blend of country from Charlie Rich and Dwight Yoakam, blues with Etta James and Delbert McClinton, vocals from The Cadillacs and Frankie Lymon, and the so many more on this April Fool’s Day, 2022. Come on along…and don’t forget that tomorrow is the annual April Fool’s Day Parade in Occidental, home to KOWS.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Chico Marx Piano playing with Chico & Groucho Horse Feathers Amazon
2Cliff Edwards I'm No Fool Ukulele Ike Amazon
3Charlie Rich Who Will The Next Fool Be Feel Like Going Home: The Essential Charlie Rich Amazon
4The Mavericks Foolish Heart From Dusk Till Dawn Amazon
5Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis Foolmaker Wild! Wild! Wild! Amazon
6Charley Crockett Fool Somebody Else Welcome To Hard Times Amazon
7Jerry Reed Pity the Fool 1958-1963 (Warped 6141) Amazon
8Johnny Cash Fools Hall Of Fame His Sun Years: Down South Amazon
9Brandi Carlile Sinners Saints and Fools In These Silent Days Amazon
10Rick Nelson Poor Little Fool Greatest Love Songs Amazon
11Connie Francis Everybody's Somebody's Fool Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 1) Amazon
12Brenda Lee Fool No. 1 I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 3] Amazon
13Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers Why Do Fools Fall In Love Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 1] Amazon
14The Excels My Foolish Heart From The Vaults of Gone Vol. 2 Amazon
15The Cadillacs Cool It, Fool For Collectors Only (Disc 3) Amazon
16Johnny Burnette The Fool Of The Year Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
17Etta James Seven Day Fool Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2) Amazon
18Etta James Fool That I Am Her Best: The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection Amazon
19Ray Charles A Fool for You Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8) Amazon
20Percy Mayfield What a Fool I Was Poet of the Blues Amazon
21Joe Barry Je suis bet pour t'aimer (French version of i'm a fool to care) I'm a Fool to Care: The Complete Recordings 1958-1977, Vol. 1 Amazon
22Mose Allison Fool's Paradise Western Man / Mose In Your Ear Amazon
23Mose Allison Foolkiller Oxford American 10th Anniversary Southern Music CD [Disc 2] "Past Masters" [2008] Amazon
24Aretha Franklin Chain Of Fools Let's Dance: The Best Of Ballroom: Swing, Lindy, Jitterbug and Jive Amazon
25The Pulsators Fool Let's Play! Amazon
26Bobby "Blue" Bland I Pity the Fool Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 2] Amazon
27Logan Ledger River of Fools Produced by T-Bone Burnett Amazon
28Delbert McClinton Solid Gold Plated Fool Honky Tonk 'n Blues Amazon
29Billie Holiday I'm A Fool To Want You Lady In Satin Amazon
30Sarah Vaughan Fool's Paradise Young Sassy: It's Magic [Disc 3] Amazon
31Ethel Ennis There's No Fool Like an Old Fool Have You Forgotten? Amazon
32Tony Perkins April Fool On a Rainy Afternoon Amazon
33Professor Longhair Who's Been Fooling You 'Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon

Americana Covers 2022

We’re taking a bit of a break to pull the covers out. A lot of the covers we’ll be sharing today come from recent years and cut a broad swath through the past, with a special emphasis on ‘modern sounds’ including new wave, country and rock covered by some of the modern Americana performers that you hear on KOWS Community Radio’s Blue Moon Americana each week (and mornings at 5). Tune in for Jason Isbell, Bill Kirchen, Carrie Rodriguez, Sarah Jarosz, Nick Lowe, and a host of others. A fun run of sounds this morning as we kick off spring with fresh Americana covers.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Solid Air Spirit In The Sky Sonoma County Covers Project Amazon
2Pete Yorn They Don't Know They Don't Know Amazon
3The Teskey Brothers Never Tear Us Apart Never Tear Us Apart (Single) Amazon
4Sarah Jarosz I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For / my future Amazon
5Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Driver 8 feat. John Paul White Georgia Blue Amazon
6Mo Kenney Yer So Bad Covers Amazon
7Anna Elizabeth Laube Time To Move On Annamania Amazon
8The Band of Heathens featuring Robert Ellis Walls Remote Transmissions Vol 1 Amazon
9Carsie Blanton Party at the End of the World Party At The End of the World (Single) Amazon
10The Dead South People Are Strange Easy Listening For Jerks Part II Amazon
11The WildRoots 01 634-5789 WildRoots Sessions Vol. 1 Amazon
12The Grand Southern The Boys of Summer Don't Say Anything Amazon
13Clint Roberts Just Like Heaven Rose Songs Amazon
14Puss N Boots Joey Sister Amazon
15Tyler Ramsey Back On The Chain Gang Found a Picture of You Amazon
16Vandoliers I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (Single) Amazon
17The Revenue Man (What's So Funny About) Peace, Love and Understanding 25 Years Behind Amazon
18Carrie Rodriguez Big Love Love and Circumstances Amazon
19Nick Lowe Here Comes That Feeling Lay It On Me Amazon
20Bill Kirchen Shelly's Winter Love (feat. Nick Lowe & Paul Carrack) The Proper Years Amazon
21Dylan LeBlanc Expecting to Fly Pastimes Amazon
22Britta Phillips I Am a Child Cinnamon Girl – Women Artists Cover Neil Young for Charity Amazon
23Yonder Mountain String Band Ever Fallen In Love Black Sheep Amazon
24Dwight Yoakam Train in Vain Under the Covers Amazon
25The Dandy Warhols Hells Bells EMI Film & TV – Covers (Disc 2) Amazon
26The Shootouts I Wanna Dance With Somebody Don't Bring Me Down (Single) Amazon

The Year in Music 1955

The year was 1955. Bill Haley’s Rock Around The Clock blasted off and just around the corner on the charts was Elvis who had a minor hit in 1954 that made some waves with That’s Alright, Mama and Good Rockin’ Tonight.  RCA bought his contract from Sun Records for $35K. The minimum wage reached new heights of $1.00 per hour. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in the World Series. The Honeymooners and Gunsmoke debuted on television. And we’ll be digging through the top ten charts of country, rhythm & blues, and pop in a year where the Cold War was a fact of life leading us to duck and cover. Tune in for some Webb Pierce, Eddy Arnold, Four Aces, Mitch Miller, Fats Domino, and Chuck Berry this week on our show that browses those dusty digital bins on a weekly basis on Community Radio here in Sonoma County.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Little Walter My Babe Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1] Amazon
2Etta James The Wallflower The Complete Modern & Kent Recordings 1 Amazon
3Ray Charles I Got a Woman Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1 Amazon
4Al Hibbler Unchained Melody Your Hit Parade – 1955 Amazon
5Johnny Ace Pledging My Love The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962 Amazon
6The Penguins Earth Angel (Will You Be Mine) Street Corner Symphonies (Disc 2) Amazon
7Fats Domino Ain't That A Shame Rock And Rollin Amazon
8The Platters Only You (And You Alone) All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
9Chuck Berry Maybellene Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings Amazon
10The Platters The Great Pretender All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
11Hank Snow Let Me Go Lover The Essential Hank Snow Amazon
12Faron Young Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young 1953-1956 (Warped 5455) Amazon
13Eddy Arnold That Do Make It Nice Warped 5543 – Eddy Arnold – 1955 Amazon
14Webb Pierce I Don't Care Singles Amazon
15Carl Smith Loose Talk Country: The American Tradition [Disc 1] Amazon
16Webb Pierce In The Jailhouse Now 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce Amazon
17Webb Pierce Your Good For Nothing Heart All Hits! [Disc 2] Amazon
18Webb Pierce Love, Love, Love 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce Amazon
19Slim Whitman Rose-Marie Vintage Collections Amazon
20Tennessee Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons Classic Country Amazon
21Georgia Gibbs Dance With Me Henry The Wallflower Your Hit Parade – 1955 Amazon
22Pat Boone Ain't That A Shame Pat Boone/I'll Be Home Amazon
23The McGuire Sisters Sincerely The Sisters Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
24The Four Aces Love Is A Many Splendored Thing The Envelope Please…Academy Award Winning Songs, Volume 2 (1946-1957) Amazon
25Bill Hayes Ballad of Davy Crockett London American Label Year By Year 1956 Amazon
26Les Baxter Unchained Melody Instrumental Gold [Disc 1] Amazon
27Roger Williams Autumn Leaves Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3) Amazon
28Mitch Miller & His Orchestra The Yellow Rose Of Texas Your Hit Parade – 1955 Amazon
29Bill Haley & The Comets Rock Around The Clock Rock N' Roll Greats Volume 1 Amazon
30Pirez Prado Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2] Amazon
31The Moonglows Sincerely Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 2] Amazon
32Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra Melody Of Love Your Hit Parade – 1955 Amazon
33Eddy Arnold Just Call Me Lonesome Welcome To My World [Disc 1] Amazon

Doo Wop Dreams

In today’s show we’ll be spinning up some special doo wop tracks, and not necessarily the ‘big hits’. We’ll be sharing some under-the-radar sounds from some of the greats and some of the ‘never-heards’. Doo wop’s heyday was clearly brief, running from the early urban street corner sounds of the early 1950s to the more commercially viable and polished sounds of the early 1960s. Tune in for the popular sounds of The Cadillacs, Little Anthony, The Flamingos, and The El Dorados as well as off chart vocal gems from The Pastels, The Quotations, The Kodaks, and The Fascinators. All with a story and all in clean fun on Sonoma County Community Radio.



No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Priscilla Bowman With The Spaniels A Rockin' Good Way The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 2] Amazon
2The Spaniels Stormy Weather The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3 Amazon
3Ernest Harriston/The Bop Chords Castle in the Sky The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
4The Velvets Spring Fever Spring Fever – 28 Easter Nuggets For Your Spring Season Amazon
5The Quotations Imagination Doo Wop Box Disc 4 Amazon
6The Chimes Once in a While The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4 Amazon
7The Flamingos Lovers Never Say Goodbye The Best Of The Flamingos Amazon
8The Fascinators Chapel Bells Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2 Amazon
9Little Anthony & The Imperials So Much The Best of Little Anthony & The Imperials Amazon
10Accents Wiggle, Wiggle Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1 Amazon
11The Kodaks Oh Gee Oh Gosh Ultimate Rock 'n Roll Time Capsule – Volume 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
12The Cadillacs Peek-A-Boo The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD3) Amazon
13The Cadillacs Oh Oh Lolita For Collectors Only (Disc 3) Amazon
14The Edsels Rama Lama Ding Dong The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
15The Monotones Tom Foolery Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962 Amazon
16Dion & The Belmonts No One Knows Greatest Hits Amazon
17The Pastels So Far Away Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962 Amazon
18The Students I'm So Young Book Of Love: The Argo Records Story 1956-1962 Amazon
19The Heartbeats One Day Next Year The Best of the Heartbeats [Rhino] Amazon
20The Corsairs Smokey Places (1962 #12) Greatest Hit Singles Collection Amazon
21The Penguins Memories Of El Monte Oldies But Goodies Vol. 3 Amazon
22The Desires Rendezvous With You The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 3 Amazon
23The Moonglows See Saw Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1] Amazon
24The Crests The Angels Listened In The Best of the Crests Featuring Johnny Maestro [Rhino] Amazon
25The Velvetones The Glory of Love The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2) Amazon
26The Timetones In My Heart The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4 Amazon
27The Genies Who's That Knocking Doo Wop Box Disc 3 Amazon
28The Silhouettes Miss Thing Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8] Amazon
29Anthony & The Sophomores Play Those Oldies Mr. Dee Jay The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4 Amazon
30The Capris Morse Code of Love Doo Wop Box Disc 4 Amazon
31The Videos Trickle, Trickle The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 1] Amazon
32The El Dorados I'll Be Forever Loving You The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 1] Amazon
33The Platters You're Making A Mistake The Magic Touch: An Anthology Amazon
34The Avalons Heart's Desire Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2 Amazon
35The Cleftones Why Do You Do Me Like You Do Spotlight Series : Vol. 2-Gee Records Amazon
36The Classics Till Then Doo Wop Love Songs Amazon
37The Velvetones The Glory of Love The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
38The Cadillacs Buzz Buzz Buzz For Collectors Only (Disc 1) Amazon

Sagebrush Sweethearts

When we say roots, we mean roots. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll kick off Women’s History Month by paying tribute to the many female performers from early country, the Golden Age, and well into our latest century. Influential, talented, and more than many of the opposite sex, not afraid to make a political statement now and then. We’ll also be sharing some recent Americana ‘cowboy sweethearts’ with songs that are both winsome and traditional. Tune in to Community Radio for Sonoma County as we go back to the 30s with the Girls of The Golden West, Patsy Montana, and The Tune Wranglers. We’ve also got some favorites from Margo Smith, Dale Evans, Rose Maddox and Dolly Parton to share with you.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Margo Smith Hand Clappin' Foot Stompin' Country Music The Best Of The Tennessee Yodeler Amazon
2Patsy Montana My Poncho Pony Flowers In The Wildwood Amazon
3Patsy Montana Old Nevada Moon The Best Of Patsy Montana Amazon
4Patsy Montana Out on the Lone Prairie Yodeling Mad! The Best of Country Yodel Vol. 1 Amazon
5Rickie Jones 'Neath The Blue Western Skies I Love To Yodel! The Best Of Country Yodel Volume Two Amazon
6Dale Evans When the White Roses Bloom The Rage of the Sage Amazon
7Dale Evans Don't Ever Fall in Love with a Cowboy The Rage of the Sage Amazon
8Margo Smith I Want To Be Your Cowboy Sweetheart The Best Of The Tennessee Yodeler Amazon
9Margo Smith Cowboy Yodel Song The Best Of The Tennessee Yodeler Amazon
10Teresa Tudury Ride 'Em Cowboy Such Fine Things Amazon
11Kacey Musgraves Whatever Happened To The Yodelin' Cowgirls Movin On Amazon
12Kacey Musgraves Cherokee Maiden Wanted: One Good Cowboy Amazon
13Girls Of The Golden West My Love Is A Rider (Bucking Bronco) Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots Amazon
14Girls Of The Golden West Will There Be Any Yodelers In Heaven? American Yodeling Amazon
15Judy Canova Along The Navajo Trail (Radio) Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1 Amazon
16Judy Canova No Letter Today Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2 Amazon
17Maddox Brothers and Rose Cowboy Bugle Boy 1950-1951 (Warped 5076F) Amazon
18Rose Maddox & Her Brothers I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies Amazon
19Wanda, Ruth Neal Round Town Girls Flowers In The Wildwood Amazon
20Polly Jenkins W. Texas Rose I'm Gonna Straddle My Saddle Yodelling Mad! The Best Of Country Yodelling Vol 1 Amazon
21Rosalie Allen I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart Yodelling Mad! The Best Of Country Yodelling Vol 1 Amazon
22June Holms Song Of Queensland I Love To Yodel! The Best Of Country Yodel Volume Two Amazon
23Dolly Parton Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel – No. 8) 1970 Amazon
24Nora Jane Struthers Cowgirl Yodel #3 Nora Jane Struthers Amazon
25Shannon McNally Mamas Don?t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys The Waylon Sessions Amazon
26Kacey Musgraves Texas Yodeler Wanted: One Good Cowboy Amazon
27Sweetback Sisters Cowboy Ham And Eggs Looking For A Fight Amazon
28Ramona Reed If I Could Only Learn To Yodel (Live) Big "D" Jamboree, Gals Of The Amazon
29The DeZurik Sisters The Arizona Yodeler American Yodeling Amazon
30Ann Jones Baby Sitter's Blues Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
31Hank Penny & Jaye P Morgan Fan It Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
32Sweethearts of the Rodeo Get Rhythm Rodeo Waltz Amazon
33Judy Canova Walkin' The Floor Over You Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2 Amazon
34Carolina Cotton I Love To Yodel I Love To Yodel! The Best Of Country Yodel Volume Two Amazon
35Patti Page I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart Country Music On the Mercury Label Amazon

Higher and Higher

A carefully curated concoction of sounds on a Friday morning will keep you on your toes going into the weekend here in Sonoma County. We’ll pay tribute to Beverly “Ruby” Ross, a songwriter and musician who co-wrote some early rock n’ roll classics who passed away last week. And there’s no stopping the classics from rolling in with some country from the Golden Age including The Browns and Johnny Horton, an eclectic run of blues with Jimmy Reed and BB King, and some of the sweeter sounds from Patti Page, Jo Stafford, and Linda Ronstadt. Jackie Wilson will open our show this morning and we’ll be sure to feed your soul with some Geraint Watkins from across the pond. Join us on the stream at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Jackie Wilson (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher Something to Believe In Amazon
2Cissy Houston Deep River/Campground Testify! The Gospel Box Amazon
3The Fairfield Four Roll Jordan Revival Amazon
4Bob Dylan Someday Baby Modern Times Amazon
5Geraint Watkins I'm Just Crazy About You Dial 'W' for Watkins Amazon
6The Chordettes Lollipop Red, White & Rock Disc 1 Amazon
7The Earls Remember Then The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
8Roy Orbison Candy Man The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 2] Amazon
9Bill Haley & His Comets Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) (Single Version) Rock Around The Clock Amazon
10Lesley Gore Judy's Turn to Cry (Single) 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lesley Gore Amazon
11Elvis Presley The Girl Of My Best Friend The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1] Amazon
12The Browns Cool Water 1959-1960 (Warped 5995) Amazon
13The Sons Of The Pioneers Wagon Wheels Tumbling Tumbleweeds Amazon
14Patti Page I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart Country Music On the Mercury Label Amazon
15Jo Stafford Ragtime Cowboy Joe Capitol Collectors Series Amazon
16Johnny Horton North To Alaska My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
17Gene Pitney (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance The Look Of Love [Disc 1] Amazon
18Dinah Washington Somebody Loves Me (from "The Swingin' Miss D") Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums Amazon
19Linda Ronstadt Perfidia Mambo Kings Amazon
20Carla Thomas B-a-b-y Something to Believe In Amazon
21Brenda Lee Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar) Grady Martin Amazon
22Brenda Lee That's All You Gotta Do 36 All-Time G.H. V2 Amazon
23Dave Edmunds Deep in the Heart of Texas D.E. 7th Amazon
24Geraint Watkins Oobee Doobee Eyes Watkins Bold as Love Amazon
25Jimmy Reed Take Out Some Insurance Blues Masters: The Very Best Of Jimmy Reed Amazon
26Henry Spaulding Cairo Blues American Primitive: Pre-War Revenants 1897-1939, Vol. 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
27B.B. King * Eric Clapton Rollin' & Tumblin' Riding With The King Amazon
28Chubby Checker Hey Bobba Needle The Best Jukeboxhits 3 Amazon
29Sir Douglas Quintet Nuevo Laredo Mono Singles '68-'72 Amazon
30Johnny Restivo The Shape I'm In Lost Male Hits Of The 50's Amazon
31Rockin' Sidney My Toot-Toot Alligator Stomp: Cajun Zydeco Classics Amazon
32Los Super Seven My Window Faces The South (ft. Lyle Lovett) Heard It On The X Amazon
33Nora Jane Struthers Cowgirl Yodel #3 Nora Jane Struthers Amazon
34Shirley & Lee Let The Good Times Roll Shirley & Lee Rock Amazon
35Sam Cooke Good Times Ain't That Good News Amazon

A Bowl Of Soul

This Friday’s Deeper Roots takes another dip into the brass and sass of soul and funk sounds from Duke, Kent, Motown, and beyond. We’re taking a bright and soulful circuitous route from Detroit to Memphis, Chicago, Philly, and the Chitlin’ Circuit. A little bit of rare soul beach music thrown in with some northern soul. We’ll hear from Mitty Collier, Donnie Elbert, Eddie Floyd, Willie Tee and an incredible roster of the known and not-so known from the past century. We’ll also pay tribute to Betty Davis, a soul and funk pioneer songstress who we lost this past week. Dial us up every Friday morning at 9 Pacific.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Jimmy Hughes You Can't Believe Everything The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1 Amazon
2Johnny & Jackey Someday We'll Be Together Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4) Amazon
3Quinn Golden Party On the Weekend On the Chitlin Circuit Amazon
4Pat & the Blenders Hard Workin' Man Conquer the World: The Lost Soul of Philadelphia International Records Amazon
5Rufus Thomas All Night Worker All Night Worker: Rare Soul Sides Amazon
6Jerry Butler I'm A Telling You Northern Soul – The Early Years (CD 1) Amazon
7Eddie Floyd I Need You Woman Rare Stamps Amazon
8Donnie Elbert Everything To Me Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
9Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band Love Land Rare Soul Beach Music Classics: Vol. 3 Amazon
10James Carr These Ain't Raindrops Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 5 Amazon
11Carla Thomas Stop! Look What You're Doing Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2 Amazon
12Matilda Jones Wrong Too Long Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 4 Amazon
13Jean Wells After Loving You Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition Amazon
14Eula Cooper Shake Daddy Shake Let Our Love Grow Higher Amazon
15Mitty Collier Don't Let Her Take My Baby Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4) Amazon
16Madeline Bell One Step At A Time Bell's A Poppin' Amazon
17James Ray I've Got My Mind Set On You (Part 1 & 2) The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta! Amazon
18The Fantastic Epics We Do It All Up Here Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 4] Amazon
19Reggie Smith Soul Walkin' Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 4] Amazon
20Carl Hall Mean It Baby You Don't Know Nothing About Love: The Loma/Atlantic Recordings 1967-1972 Amazon
21Betty Davis Shoo-b-doop And Cop Him Up South The Great Migration Of Southern Sound, Oxford American Southern Music Issue Volume 23 Amazon
22L. C. Cooke Let's Do It Over Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios Amazon
23The Artistics You Left Me Brunswick Lost Soul – Volume 1 Amazon
24Bobby Womack What You Gonna Do (When Your Love Is Gone) On The Soul Side Amazon
25Willie Tee Walking Up A One Way Street Rare Soul Beach Music Classics: Vol. 3 Amazon
26James Brown Lost Someone Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
27Etta James Only Time Will Tell Enduring Soul Amazon
28Sugar Pie DeSanto A Little Taste of Soul A Little Bit of Soul (1957-1962) Amazon
29Roscoe & Barbara It Ain't Right Heavy Soul: Old Town & Barry's Deep Down & Dirty Sides Amazon
30Howard Tate Sweet Love Child Get It While You Can: The Comp Amazon
31Roddie Joy Come Back Baby Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2 Amazon
32Ollie & The Nightingales You're Leaving Me Stax Southern Soul Amazon
33Chuck Jackson I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near) Oxford American 10th Anniversary Music Sampler, [Disc 1]: "Future Masters" [Oxford American, 2008] Amazon
34Ralph Soul Jackson You Left the Water Running Hall of Fame – Volume 3 Amazon
35William Bell I Forgot To Be Your Lover The Very Best Of William Bell Amazon

Flotsam & Jetsam

Music comes in all shapes and sizes. There are always the also-rans, the one hit wonders, the bright little shiny piece that gets lost among the thousands of others of the same mint, the ones that couldn’t afford to compete, as well as all the B-sides and album leftovers. We’re picking a few of those and a couple dozen others that we found as we ‘walked the beach’ in search of the perfect playlist to share this morning.  Tune in for a sweet mix of just about everything featuring David Seville, Scatman Crothers, Lou Monte, Neil Young, Esquivel, and Johnny Cash as we lay out a brimming sea of sound like so much flotsam and jetsam on the Sonoma County airwaves this morning. Tune in for an earful and more.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Trini Lopez The Search Goes On Exotic Blues & Rhythm Volume 7 & 8 Boom-A-Lay & Chug-A-Lug Amazon
2Raphael Saadiq Stone Rollin' Stone Rollin' – Single Amazon
3Esquivel! Mucha Muchacha Watchamacallit Amazon
4David Seville Almost Good Exotic Blues & Rhythm Volume 7 & 8 Boom-A-Lay & Chug-A-Lug Amazon
5Betty Wright Clean Up Woman The Best of Betty Wright Amazon
6Cliff Edwards A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody Ukulele Ike Amazon
7Dolly Parton Joshua Ultimate Dolly Parton Amazon
8Skeeter Davis I Can't Stay Mad At You The Essential Skeeter Davis Amazon
9The Everly Brothers Wake Up Little Susie The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957 Amazon
10Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks Wonderin' Everybody's Rockin' Amazon
11The Du Droppers I Wanna Know We Loved You Madly, Chapter 78: Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young Amazon
12Mavis Staples Down In Mississippi (Cd) We'll Never Turn Back Amazon
13Johnny Cash Personal Jesus American IV: Man Comes Around Amazon
14Greg Brown Boomtown Poet Game Amazon
15Florence + The Machine Dog Days Are Over Lungs Amazon
16Leon Redbone All I Do Is Dream of You Any Time Amazon
17Steve Forbert Any Old Time Any Old Time Amazon
18Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers Romeo's Tune An American Troubadour: The Songs of Steve Forbert Amazon
19Scatman Crothers Hot Rod Harry So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 4 Amazon
20Lou Monte The Italian Cowboy Song Songs for Pizza Lovers – Lou Monte Sings Amazon
21Danny Kaye Beatin', Bangin' 'N' Scratchin' Danny Kaye The Best of Amazon
22Bobby Troup Seventh Son Make Mine Mondo Amazon
23Natalie Cole Route 66 Unforgettable: With Love Amazon
24Nat King Cole Sweet Lorraine Nat King Cole [Disc 1] Amazon
25Hem Radiation Vibe No Word From Tom Amazon
26Frank Black Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day Honeycomb Amazon
27Fats Domino Make Me Belong To You Fats Is Back Amazon
28Roy Brown I'm Convicted of Love The Complete Imperial Recordings Amazon
29June Christy This Year's Crop Of Kisses Jazz Greats Amazon
30Eels Love Of The Loveless Shootenanny! Amazon
31Bruce Springsteen I'm Goin' Down Born in the U.S.A. Amazon
32Cab Calloway Minnie The Moocher Best Of The Big Bands Amazon