Category Archives: Featured Music

East Side West Side

From the Bowery to Brooklyn to Broadway to the Bronx…the sidewalks of New York is the topic of the morning, our Gotham theme this Friday on community radio from the Left Coast looking east. Join Dave Stroud for a handsome cab journey through the past century of iconic sounds where the heartbeat of the melting pot of America sings. You’ll be treated to some early Broadway musical samples, the imaginings of West Side Story, the hotel orchestras, and vocal elaborations from Darin, Sinatra, Ella, an Cohan. There will be no exclusion here as late century rock and vocal groups as we’ll hear from The Ad Libs, The Drifters, Garland Jeffreys and others. New York has always been a mirror into the soul of America and has always represented its humanity as a visit to any street in Manhattan would reveal; and its music is, in turn, a reflection itself of that humanity. Join us.



No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra The Sidewalks of New York Internet Archives Amazon
2George Cohan Jr. Give My Regards To Broadway The Golden Entertainers Amazon
3Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell & Co. 42nd Street – from 42nd Street Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2) Amazon
4McGlinn/London Sinfonietta Shuffle Off to Buffalo (42nd Street) The Busby Berkeley Album Amazon
5Gold Diggers Of 1935 Film Cast Feat. Winifred Shaw & Dick Powell Lullaby Of Broadway Lullaby Of Broadway: The Music Of Harry Warren Amazon
6Jo Stafford Manhattan Serenade For You Amazon
7Ella Johnson & Buddy Johnson Going To New York Go Ahead And Rock And Roll Amazon
8Ella Fitzgerald Manhattan Mad Men: Music From the Series, Vol. 1 Amazon
9Babs Gonzales Dem New York People Cool Whalin' Babs Amazon
10Betty Wand (For Rita Moreno) And George Chakiris America West Side Story Amazon
11Enrique Madriguera and His Orchestra She's a Latin from Manhattan Retro Top Charts / European Dance Orchestras F the 30s & 40s., Volume 4 Amazon
12Desi Arnaz I Come From New York The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King Amazon
13Bobby Darin Sunday in New York Wild Cool & Swingin Amazon
14Frank Sinatra Theme from New York, New York Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years Amazon
15Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Ev'ry Street's A Boulevard In Old New York The Capitol Years [Disc 1] Amazon
16Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York Best OF Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Amazon
17The Ad Libs The Boy From New York City Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2) Amazon
18The Drifters On Broadway Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
19John Barry Midnight Cowboy Moviola Amazon
20Harry Nilsson Everybody's Talkin' Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2] Amazon
21Harry Nilsson I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
22Simon & Garfunkel The Only Living Boy In New York The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2] Amazon
23Henry Mancini Rhapsody in Blue Instrumental Favorites Amazon
24Garland Jeffreys New York Skyline Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]] Amazon
25Ray Charles New York's My Home Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks Amazon
26Judy Garland I Happen To Like New York Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes Amazon
27Kirsty MacColl/The Pogues Fairytale of New York Galore Amazon
28Mel Tormi Sunday In New York Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2] Amazon
29Stevie Wonder Living for the City Innervisions Amazon
30Jay-Z Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys) The Blueprint 3 Amazon

Burnin’ Love

A hunka hunka free form sounds this morning on Deeper Roots: some thoughtful pairings and some that just need to be pushed to the surface. We’re coming up on Daylight Savings Time already as we prepare for the days to get longer shedding more light in the attic from the window up above. Songs today explore mojo, some gospel musings, concerns about a fellow named Lou whose got the flu, and some reflections on the 420 favorite. Performers include Julia Lee, Little Jimmy Dickens, Ivie Anderson, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and we’ve even got an ‘unknown’ from the mid-century wondering “Who’s Boogeying My Woogie Now”. Imagine that. Well, imagine this: Friday mornings on KOWS Community Radio are made just for the beginning of Spring. Tune in.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1John Prine Clay Pigeons Fair & Square Amazon
2Elvis Presley Burning Love Elvis 30 #1 Hits Amazon
3Sister Rosetta Tharpe 99 1/2 Won't Do Gospel Train Amazon
4Mary Deloatch The Lord's Gospel Train Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
5Nina Simone Lilac Wine Verve/Unmixed 3 Amazon
6Ivie Anderson Chocolate Shake An Introduction To Ivie Anderson Amazon
7Bette Midler Marahuana Songs For The New Depression Amazon
8Julia Lee Marijuana Kansas City Star [Disc 4] Amazon
9Buddy Holly Fool's Paradise Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants [Disc 2] Amazon
10Eddie Cochran C'mon Everybody Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1] Amazon
11Fats Domino Be My Guest Fats Domino Out of New Orleans Amazon
12Dorsey Burnette Don't Let Go The Precious Years Amazon
13Charley Crockett The Man That Time Forgot Welcome To Hard Times Amazon
14Kevin Russell Country Boy Country Swing Amazon
15Little Jimmy Dickens May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
16Buddy Emmons New Road Under My Wheels Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills Amazon
17John Prine Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement) For Better, Or Worse Amazon
18Roger Miller Lou's Got The Flu King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1) Amazon
19Roger Miller The Moon Is High (And So Am I) King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1) Amazon
20Muddy Waters Got My Mojo Working His Best, 1956 To 1964 Amazon
21Ann Cole I Got My Mojo Working Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 4] Amazon
22Unknown Artist I Wonder Who's Boogeying My Woogie Now ? Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57 Amazon
23Lightnin' Hopkins Mojo Hand The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins Amazon
24Mose Allison Mojo Woman Down Home Piano Amazon
25Willie Nelson & Lucinda Williams Overtime It Always Will Be Amazon
26John Fogerty Who'll Stop the Rain (with Bob Seger) Wrote a Song for Everyone Amazon
27Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Still the Same Greatest Hits Amazon
28Raul Malo It Only Hurts Me When I Cry After Hours Amazon
29Red Simpson Jeannie With the Light Brown Cadillac The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer Amazon
30Bruce Springsteen Pink Cadillac 18 Tracks Amazon
31Baker Knight Bring My Cadillac Back Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks Amazon
32Miley Cyrus Lilac Wine The Backyard Sessions Amazon
33Ray Charles I Believe to My Soul The Birth of Soul Disc 3 Amazon

Americana Hours Classics

We’re gathering under the Americana tent this morning; well, I guess, technically, we do each Friday morning. But this week we’ll spend some time with the classics. I’ll be sharing mid-century highlights from east, west, north and south in a show that pays tribute to some of the classic performers and performances that codified what’s become known as Americana: not a genre, but more of something in the air that makes you comfortable as a well worn blanket but also is the cold breeze that comes in through the cracks. I’ve got the celebratory sounds of The Blasters, Arlo Guthrie, and the NGDB; the painful reminders of days past from The Band, Chris Hillman, and Guy Clark; the harsh reminders of what got us here from Steve Earle, James McMurtry, and Bruce Springsteen. So much more to share in only two hours on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Dark as a Dungeon Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 Amazon
2The Byrds You Ain't Going Nowhere Sweetheart of the Rodeo Amazon
3Michael Nesmith Joanne Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 10 The West Coast Amazon
4Bobby Bare The Streets of Baltimore Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969 Amazon
5Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash Girl From The North Country Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2] Amazon
6Arlo Guthrie The City Of New Orleans Hobo's Lullaby Amazon
7Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen The Lost Highway Bakersfield Bound Amazon
8Neil Young Harvest Decade Disc 2 Amazon
9The Band The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Best of the Band Amazon
10John Fogerty Lodi The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty – Creedence Collection Amazon
11Emmylou Harris Red Dirt Girl Artist's Choice: Sheryl Crow Amazon
12John Prine Speed of the Sound of Loneliness German Afternoons Amazon
13Joe Ely Boxcars Honky Tonk Masquerade Amazon
14The Blasters Border Radio Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2) Amazon
15Steve Earle Devil's Right Hand Copperhead Road Amazon
16John Hiatt Crossing Muddy Waters Here To Stay – Best Of 2000-2012 Amazon
17Lucinda Williams Right in Time Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Amazon
18Guy Clark Boats To Build Boats To Build Amazon
19James McMurtry Childish Things Childish Things Amazon
20Bruce Springsteen Highway Patrolman Artist's Choice: Johnny Cash Amazon
21Old Crow Medicine Show Wagon Wheel O.C.M.S. Amazon
22Uncle Tupelo John Hardy No Depression Amazon
23Dave Alvin Marie Marie Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women Amazon
24Mudcrutch Shady Grove Mudcrutch Amazon
25Sturgill Simpson Life Of Sin Metamodern Sounds In Country Music Amazon
26Willie Nelson Freight Train Boogie Country Music Amazon
27The Avett Brothers This Land Is Your Land This Land Is Your Land (Single) Amazon
28Los Lobos La Bamba El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (2 of 4) Amazon

The Great American Songbook

Something different this week. We’ll be reflecting on the Spring Issue of a magazine that cuts through the heart of what we love doing here on both Blue Moon Americana as well as Deeper Roots. There are a handful of publications that make the cut but No Depression magazine is truly special and the Spring 2021 issue is something to revel in. The writing, the artists, and the arc of ‘The Great American Songbook’, from Stephen Foster to Louis Armstrong is given thoughtful and insightful treatment. Our show this week puts a soundtrack with a century of America’s music explored: Dock Boggs’ Pretty Polly, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, The Blue Sky Boys’ cover of Knoxville Girl, and some incredible Latin vocals from one Omara Portuondo. The magazine is worth the read and the music is worth a listen. Tune in on a Saturday among the Sonoma County skies for the best of community radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Paul Robeson Joe Hill Songs of Free Men Amazon
2George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's Amazon
3Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Summertime Porgy & Bess Amazon
4Chick Webb & His Orchestra A-Tisket, A-Tasket Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2] Amazon
5Loudon Wainwright III You Rascal You (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) I'd Rather Lead a Band Amazon
6Dinah Washington They Didn't Believe Me (from "The Swingin' Miss D") Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums Amazon
7Billie Holiday Autumn in New York Ken Burns Jazz Amazon
8Omara Portuondo El Hombre Que Se Fue (The Man That Got Away) Black Magic (Magia Negra) Amazon
9Desi Arnaz Holiday In Havana The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King Amazon
10Perez Prado Cuban Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
11Xavier Cugat Papa Loves Mambo Lounge Music Goes Latin Amazon
12Stephen Foster Beautiful Dreamer The Songs of Stephen Foster Amazon
13John Prine My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster Amazon
14Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick Oh! Susanna Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray Amazon
15Mavis Staples Hard Times Come Again No More Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster Amazon
16Dock Boggs Pretty Polly 78s Amazon
17Dirk Powell I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly When I Wait For You Amazon
18The Blue Sky Boys Story Of The Knoxville Girl Absolutely Bluegrass Amazon
19Nelstone's Hawaiians Village School The Harry Smith B-Sides Amazon
20Dock Boggs Oh Death Dock Boggs Is Legendary Amazon
21Ray Charles Georgia on My Mind Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2 Amazon
22Ella Fitzgerald Night And Day Night And Day: The Cole Porter Songbook Amazon
23Bettye LaVette Blues For The Weepers Blackbirds Amazon
24Carl Sandburg All Night Long Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1] Amazon
25The Carter Family Hello Stranger Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3) Amazon
26The Stoneman Family Too Late The Harry Smith B-Sides Amazon
27Mississippi John Hurt Nobody's Dirty Business The Harry Smith B-Sides Amazon
28M. Ward Along the Santa Fe Trail Migration Stories Amazon
29Ella Fitzgerald In The Still Of The Night Music & Moonlight Amazon

The Year 1939

While the clouds of war and fascism were spreading in earnest across Europe, here at home the movies Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz,  and Gone With The Wind premiered and Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath was first published. Lou Gehrig bid farewell,  A pound of hamburger cost 14 cents and the average price of a new car was $700. And the music was both dance crazy and uplifting, with the music of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and film dominating. This week’s show will feature the music of 1939 with performances from Crosby, Garland, The Ink Spots, Cab Calloway and Billie Holiday. We’ll also be featuring the jazz and big band sounds of Jimmie Lunceford, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, and a handful of others. Deeper Roots sounds from over eight decades past on community radio for Sonoma County coming to you each Friday morning and evening.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Louis Armstrong Jeepers Creepers Johnny Mercer (1909 – 1976) Amazon
2Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra Tain't What You Do Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
3Fats Waller Your Feet's Too Big The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
4Count Basie's Kansas City 7 Lester Leaps In Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
5Woody Herman Woodchopper's Ball Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands Amazon
6Billie Holiday Strange Fruit The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
7Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues Harold Arlen Writes the Songs Amazon
8Billie Holiday Them There Eyes Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 06] Amazon
9Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory & His Orchestra Old Man Harlem Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody Amazon
10Marlene Dietrich Falling In Love Again The Blue Angel Amazon
11Bob Hope & Shirley Ross Thanks for the Memory Hits of 30's & 40's 1 & 2 Amazon
12Judy Garland Over The Rainbow That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals Amazon
13Bing Crosby You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby The Harry Warren Songbook Amazon
14Xavier Cugat Perfidia Say "Si Si" Amazon
15Vaughn Monroe In The Still Of The Night First Crooners : Vol. 3-1935-40 Amazon
16Frankie Masters and His Orchestra Scatter-Brain (Theme Song) 50 #1 Hits Of The '20s & '30s Amazon
17Cab Calloway The Jumpin' Jive Best Of The Big Bands Amazon
18Kay Kyser Three Little Fishes Sentimental Favorites Amazon
19Coleman Hawkins Body And Soul Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3] Amazon
20The Ink Spots Address Unknown Greatest Hits Amazon
21The Ink Spots If I Didn't Care Greatest Hits Amazon
22Glenn Miller Orchestra In The Mood Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3] Amazon
23Slim Gaillard And His Flat Foot Floogie Boys Matzah Balls Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan Amazon
24Charlie Barnet Cherokee Swing Time For Dancing Vol. 3 Amazon
25Artie Shaw & His Orchestra Diga, Diga Doo Wicked Swing Amazon
26Benny Goodman & His Orchestra W. Martha Tilton And the Angels Sing Too Marvelous For Words Amazon
27Guy Lombardo Penny Serenade Enjoy Yourself: The Hits Of Guy Lombardo Amazon
28Bea Wain With Larry Clinton And His Orchestra Deep Purple White Cliffs Of Dover [Disc 1] Amazon
29Lionel Hampton I've Found a New Baby Wicked Swing Amazon
30Big Joe Turner & Pete Johnson Roll 'Em Pete Blues From The Vocalion Vaults Amazon
31Chick Webb and his Orchestra v/Ella Fitzgerald Undecided from CD; orig. Decca 2323 Amazon

Lead Belly’s Legacy

Deeper Roots goes deeper this Friday morning. We’ll be sharing the songs of tradition and folk blues from an artist who opened up a world to a generation of followers in the 1940s and 1950s. With the witting arm of Alan Lomax as his promoter and benefactor, Huddie Ledbetter’s music would get wings and find its place in America’s traditional music lexicon. This week’s show, like last week’s Bill Monroe special, revisits the music that he was identified with, much of which he is credited with bringing into this world, or at least opening our eyes to. We’ll hear from Doug Sahm, Red Smiley, Odetta, The Weavers, Bob Dylan, and many others on a show that celebrates a giant of America’s songbook. Tune into KOWS radio every Friday morning at 9 Pacific for a new episode of a show that’s heading into it’s ninth year here on KOWS Community Radio.

Covering Bill Monroe

The music of Bill Monroe is the theme of our show today. We’ll be featuring some classic tunes from the Monroe catalog including some traditional tunes as well as those written by the master himself. The performers include those from all walks:  Ray Charles, Elvis, Doc Watson, Bruce Hornsby, and a collection of bluegrass favorites including Jim & Jessie McReynods, Ricky Skaggs, The Seldom Scene and a couple dozen others; all of them covering Bill Monroe’s music with some loyal to the arrangements while others putting their own spin on it. Join Dave Stroud once again for a collection of sounds from those dusty digital bins, those deeper wells, here on Sonoma County Community’s own community radio. Free Form. Free Speech. No Bull. Your alternative radio station in the North Bay.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Elvis Presley Working On The Building Amazing Grace – His Greatest Sacred Performances (Disc 1) Amazon
2Ray Charles Blue Moon Of Kentucky (Swingova) Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2] Amazon
3John Fogerty Blue Moon Of Kentucky Songs of Bill Monroe Amazon
4Leon Russell Uncle Pen Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
5The Louvin Brothers What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul Close Harmony [Disc 8] Amazon
6The Devil Makes Three What Would You Give (In Exchange for Your Soul) Redemption & Ruin Amazon
7Jerry & Tammy Sullivan Wicked Path Of Sin Legend Lives on-a Tribute to Bill Monroe Amazon
8Jim & Jesse McReynolds Wicked Path Of Sin Music Among Friends Amazon
9Emmylou Harris & The Nash Ramblers Walls Of Time At The Ryman [Live] Amazon
10The Johnson Mountain Boys Walls Of Time Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 2 Amazon
11Hazel And Alice True Life Blues Bill Monroe Centennial Celebration: A Classic Bluegrass Tribute Disc 2 Amazon
12Bruce Hornsby & Ricky Skaggs Toy Heart (Live) Ricky Skaggs and Bruce Hornsby: Cluck Ol' Hen (Live) Amazon
13Red Allen Sweetheart, You Done Me Wrong The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983 Amazon
14The Million Dollar Quartet Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong The Million Dollar Quartet: 50th Anniversary Special Edition Amazon
15Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs Six White Horses 1957-1959 (Warped 5722) Amazon
16The Bluegrass Band Six White Horses 2nd Cut Amazon
17Doc Watson The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band Good Deal! Amazon
18Mac Wiseman The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band Great Folk Ballads Amazon
19Doc Watson/Merle Watson Roll on Buddy Doc Watson on Stage (Featuring Merle Watson) Amazon
20Ramblin' Jack Elliott Roll On Buddy The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott Amazon
21Doc Watson My Rose of Old Kentucky Memories Amazon
22Dwight Yoakam Rocky Road Blues Big Mon – The Songs of Bill Monroe Amazon
23Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps Rocky Road Blues The Forgotten 45s 1957-1959 (CD2) Amazon
24Doc & Merle Watson New River Train Remembering Merle – Live Recordings 1976-1979 Amazon
25The Seldom Scene Little Georgia Rose Act 3 Amazon
26Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt Molly and Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song) The Essential Earl Scruggs (1 of 2) Amazon
27Don Reno & Bill Harrel With The Tennessee Cut-Ups Molly And Tenbrooks 20 Bluegrass Favorites Amazon
28Tony Rice Unit Midnight on the Stormy Deep Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records Amazon
29Doc Watson Midnight on The Stormy Deep Riding the Midnight Train Amazon
30John Hartford, Ronnie McCoury Little Cabin Home On The Hill True Life Blues – The Songs of Bill Monroe Amazon
31Elvis Presley Little Cabin On the Hill Elvis Country Amazon
32Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys Uncle Pen Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 2] Amazon

Begin the Beguine

This past January was as much a month to remember as it was to forget. We’ll keep the serenity we need by softening the blow with music while also celebrating the good with swing, country, rhythm and gospel in another eclectic free form show on Sonoma County community radio. Cold weather and rain arrives so we’ll share the soul sounds of William Bell and Johnnie Taylor, some folk rock from Linda Ronstadt, swing vocals from The Mills Brothers and The Four Vagabonds, and gospel with Lou Rawls and the Pilgrim Travelers. We’ll visit Shenandoah, The Red River Valley, and Forty Miles of Bad Road in our Friday morning show, recorded this week in the Deeper Roots Den. I hope you’ll join us.



No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Michael Nesmith Begin The Beguine Tropical Campfires Amazon
2Mikki Wilcox Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
3Maria Muldaur I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues Love Wants to Dance Amazon
4The Four Vagabonds Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1 Amazon
5Jimmie Rodgers Shenandoah 40 All-Time Favorites [Disc 2] Amazon
6Duane Eddy Forty Miles Of Bad Road Dance With The Guitar Man Amazon
7Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers The Image of Me Playback Disc 5 Amazon
8Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban Patricia Hear Music, Vol. 9: Souvenirs Amazon
9The Texas Tornados Wasted Days And Wasted Nights The Best Of Texas Tornados Amazon
10Glories Dark End Of The Street Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios Amazon
11Bessie Banks Go Now Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2 Amazon
12William Bell Everybody Loves a Winner The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9) Amazon
13Wilson Pickett I'm In Love Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios Amazon
14Johnnie Taylor Who's Making Love Stax Number Ones Amazon
15Booker T. & The MG's Time Is Tight I'll Take You There Amazon
16Elvis Presley I Gotta Know Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3) Amazon
17Marshall Crenshaw I'm Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee) Downtown Amazon
18Brenda Lee That's All You Gotta Do American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 Amazon
19The Jack Fords That's All You Gotta Do Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 1 Amazon
20Big Boy Groves I Gotta New Car Fool Mule Amazon
21Corey Glover Three Time Loser Back To The Streets – Celebrating The Music Of Don Covay Amazon
22The Mills Brothers Glow Worm The Mills Brothers Golden G'ts(3) Amazon
23Charlie Barnet Flying Home Swing Time For Dancing Vol. 6 Amazon
24Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio Trouble In Mind Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
25Lou Rawls (2nd Vocal) & The Pilgrim Travelers Come Home Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
26Aretha Franklin Never Grow Old None But the Righteous: Chess Gospel Greats Amazon
27Merle Haggard I'm A Lonesome Fugitive Capitol Collector's Series Amazon
28The Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt Different Drum Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt Amazon
29Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Red River Valley 16 Great Songs Of The Old West Amazon
30Roy Rogers Moonlight On The Prairie Country Music Hall Of Fame Amazon
31Chris Hillman When I Get A Little Money Bidin' My Time Amazon
32Rick Nelson Hello Mary Lou Greatest Love Songs Amazon
33Carla Thomas/Rufus Thomas Birds and the Bees The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9) Amazon
34The Bar-Kays Soul Finger The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9) Amazon

New Orleans R&B

We just can’t get enough of this sound, a blend of sounds that cannot be pushed away with the urban renewal of auto-tune and electronic pasteurization. It’s long history of inspiration whose roots are driven by centuries of influence, from Congo Square to Rampart Street, and beyond. Our show today returns to the humid southern climes at the mouth of the Mississippi for some of the very best of rhythm, from Cosimo Matassa’s studios to the clubs that pepper the Crescent City on Bourbon Street. Popular rhythm and blues today from Nawlins inclues some Fats, Professor Longhair, Huey “Piano” Smith, Paul Gayen, Frankie Ford, and a couple dozen others giving us that signature percussive backbeat embellished by pounding piano. It’s a Friday evening celebration here on Sonoma County Community radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Big Boy Myles New Orleans The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] Amazon
2Dirty Dozen Brass Band The Monkey [Album Version] The New Orleans Album Amazon
3Fats Domino When The Saints Go Marchin' In Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2) Amazon
4Dr. John Somebody Changed The Lock Dr. John's Gumbo Amazon
5Huey "Piano" Smith Mean Mean Mean ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 40 Amazon
6Professor Longhair Got My Mojo Working Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
7Ernie K-Doe A Certain Girl Absolutely the Best Amazon
8Frankie Ford It Must Be Jelly Very Best Of Frankie Ford Amazon
9Lee Diamond&The Upsetters Hattie Malatti The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3] Amazon
10Huey "Piano" Smith Would You Believe it, I Have a Cold (Doctors) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
11Dirty Dozen Brass Band My Feet Can't Fail Me Now Our New Orleans: A Benefit Album Amazon
12Smiley Lewis Big Mamou R&B Outbreak CD 2 Amazon
13Clarence "Frogman" Henry It Won't Be Long Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry Amazon
14Edgar Blanchard Honeycomb The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3] Amazon
15Charles "Hungry" Williams So Glad You're Mine The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1] Amazon
16Champion Jack Dupree Mail Order Woman New Orleans R&B Outbreak Amazon
17Paul Marvin Hurry Up The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4] Amazon
18Paul Gayten For You My Love Chess New Orleans [Disc 1] Amazon
19Larry Williams Bad Boy The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3] Amazon
20Fats Domino Please Don't Leave Me Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1) Amazon
21Smiley Lewis Mama Don't Like ABC Of The Blues Vol 25 Amazon
22Charles Brown & Amos Milburn Educated Fool The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4] Amazon
23Kermit Ruffins Holy Cow Livin' A Tremi Life Amazon
24Barbara George I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) Highlights From Crescent City Soul: Sound Of New Orleans 1947-1974 Amazon
25Jewel King 3×7=21 Gettin' Funky [Disc 4] Amazon
26Irma Thomas Look Up (AKA Whenever) Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
27Eddie Bo Roamin-Itis The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6] Amazon
28Zorro & The Zips Frankie & Johnny Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins Amazon
29Danny White Let's Play The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1] Amazon
30The Showmen True Fine Mama The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6] Amazon
31Lee Diamond &The Upsetters It Won't Be Me The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] Amazon
32Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns Alimony Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob Dylan Amazon
33Jessie Hill Scoop Scoobie Doobie The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] Amazon
34Earl King No City Like New Orleans Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
35Galactic Go Go Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon

Songs About Singing

Sing it loud! It’s a whole new year and our country can take heart without letting our guard down. We’ll celebrate a fresh new start knowing that hard work lies ahead with a two hour show featuring the theme of ‘singing’. Join Dave Stroud once more for a mixed bag; an eclectic blend of sounds from the past century featuring the likes of Ukulele Ike, Wingy Manone, The Cats & The Fiddle, John Sebastian, Cat Power, and a couple of dozen more, all belting out songs about the very act of singing. We’ll take you down Memory Lane with old fashioned songs, simple songs of gospel and freedom, swinging low, singing high, and those joyful sing-alongs we’ve shared over the past century. That’s right. It’s theme time on this week’s Deeper Roots show and we’d love to have you. Join in the festivities.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Tony Bennett Sing You Sinners [#] The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1 Amazon
2Katie Crippen with Henderson's Novelty Ork. Play 'Em For Mamma, Sing 'Em For Me (BS 2003, P-104-1) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
3Cab Calloway I Love to Sing-A (From 'The Singing Kid') Chronological 1934-37 Amazon
4The Boswell Sisters Sing A Little Jingle The Boswell Sisters Collection Amazon
5Wingy Manone & His Orchestra Sing Me A Swing Song Swing Is Here / Small-Band Swing 1935-1939 Amazon
6Gene Kelly Singin' In The Rain Golden Memories of Stage and Screen-Disc1 Amazon
7Pat Boone It's a Grand Night For Singing The Best of Broadway: The Early '60s Amazon
8Ella Fitzgerald Sing Song Swing The Millenium Anthology – Ella Fitzgerald – [Disc 2] Amazon
9June Christy Sing Something Simple The Misty Miss Christy Amazon
10Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra SInging-ing-ing Barrell House Boogie and the Blues Amazon
11Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination Sing (A Happy Little Thing) Fascinating Rhythm 1922-1935 Amazon
12Fats Waller & His Rhythm Sing An Old Fashioned Song Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936 Amazon
13Nellie Lutcher If You Wanna Get T'Goin' (And Come Out Singing) Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 3] Amazon
14The Cats & The Fiddle I'm Singing, So Help Me The Very Best Of Amazon
15Dr. John Sing Along Song (LP Version) Destively Bonnaroo (US Release) Amazon
16Aretha Franklin Don't Play That Song 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2] Amazon
17Cat Power Aretha, Sing One For Me Jukebox Amazon
18B.B. King Why I Sing the Blues Do the Boogie! B.B. King's Early '50s Classics Amazon
19Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen One More Voice Singing In Heaven Tonight Keeper Of The Flame Amazon
20Edward W. Clayborn I Heard The Angels Singing When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel Amazon
21Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe Singing in My Soul The Gospel of Blues Amazon
22Curley Williams Just A-Picking And A-Singing Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album Amazon
23John Sebastian Singing The Blues Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings – Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings [Disc 2] Amazon
24Stonewall Jackson You're the Sad in My Songs Stonewall Jackson – 1966-1967 Amazon
25Gale Garnett We'll Sing In The Sunshine Lifetime Of Romance: Some Enchanted Evening [Disc 2] Amazon
26Louie Innis Sing Your Song Baby Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56 Amazon
27Ferlin Husky 23 – I Could Sing All Night Ferlin Husky Singles Amazon
28Carl Perkins Sing My Song (2000) Back On Top (CD 3) Amazon
29Charlie Monroe I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing (TK A) The Chronological Classics 1950-1956 Amazon
30Barbara Dane Don't Sing Love Songs (Silver Dagger) Anthology of American Folk Songs Amazon
31Tim Hardin Simple Song Of Freedom The Folk Years: Simple Song Of Freedom [Disc 1] Amazon
32Tex Ritter & His Texans Singing in the Saddle Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1] Amazon
33The New Seekers I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) 70s Music Explosion – Sunshine Amazon