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If You’re Ready

Free form this morning, live from the studios in downtown Santa Rosa. Deeper Roots shares a rare mix of sounds including jug band sounds from Jim Kweskin, a new track from Maria Muldaur, The Ink Spots, Gal Holiday, and Pee Wee Crayton…oh what a mix. Dave hosts a unique blend of sounds each Friday morning and he’ll be setting aside a playlist or two that scratches the surface of the Burnette clan including Johnny, Dorsey, Billy and Rocky including a wrap up of some tracks from the great Bay Area-based  Solid Smoke reissue from the early 80s of the Rock n’ Roll Trio. Tune in for some Hash House Hattie and One Eyed Jacks, this Friday evening at 9

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Staple Singers If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 2] Amazon
2Jay & The Americans Cara Mia Come A Little Bit Closer – The Best of Jay and The Americans Amazon
3Marvin & Johnny Cherry Pie Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll Amazon
4Chuck Willis It's Too Late The King of the Stroll Amazon
5The Ink Spots You're Breaking My Heart The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1 Amazon
6Johnny Burnette Moody River The Ballads Of Amazon
7Johnny & Dorsey Burnette One Eyed Jacks Life is Like a Card Game (US Gambling Songs 1920s  1950s) Amazon
8Dorsey Burnette Hey Little One American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 Amazon
9Rocky Burnette Tired Of Toein' The Line Sounds Of The Eighties: 1980 Amazon
10Billy Burnette Crazy Like Me Crazy Like Me Amazon
11Jim Kweskin Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me Vanguard Visionaries Amazon
12Ames Brothers The The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane Your Hit Parade – 1955 Amazon
13Maria Muldaur Scat Skunk Don't You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker) Amazon
14Cliff Edwards & His Hot Combination Good Little Bad Little You Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The New York Sessions 1926-35 Amazon
15Rudy Vallie & His Connecticut Yankees You Oughta Be In Pictures The Voice That Had Them Fainting 1928-1937 Amazon
16John Hartford Late Last Night When My Willie Came Home Morning Bugle Amazon
17Roy Rogers You Can't Break My Heart 1942-1947 (Warped 4561) Amazon
18Tommy Duncan Please Come Back Home Texas Moon Amazon
19Dick Reinhart Hash House Hattie You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942 Amazon
20Living Sisters Make Love To Me Run For Cover – EP Amazon
21Bobby Bare Come On Home (And Sing Blues To Daddy) The Best Of Bobby Bare Amazon
22Gal Holiday and the Hony Tonk Revue Come Home Lost & Found Amazon
23Paul Simon Mother And Child Reunion Greatest Hits: Shining Like A National Guitar Amazon
24Sonia Ross Breaking My Heart Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels Amazon
25Marvin Gaye Baby Don't You Do It Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
26The Band Don't Do It (Baby Don't You Do It) To Kingdom Come [Disc 2] Amazon
27Pee Wee Crayton Don't Break My Heart Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings Amazon
28Buddy Johnson When My Man Comes Home R&B Jukebox Hits 1944 Amazon
29Rosemary Clooney Cherry Pies Ought To Be You Tenderly Amazon
30Frankie Yankovic The Happy Wanderer The Happy Wanderer-Frankie Yankovic & The Yanks Amazon
31Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio Sweet Love On My Mind Tear It Up Amazon
32Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio Your Baby Blue Eyes Tear It Up Amazon

Hello Operator

Long before we were graced with the voices of SAM, Siri, or Alexa, and before we could carry our smart devices around like a wallet or clutch…there were the women and men who served us from behind the receiver: the telephone operator. Maybe they didn’t have the answer to everything but they could connect us to about anyone anywhere in the world. But it usually cost more than we were willing to admit. This week’s Deeper Roots show takes on the theme of the telephone operator, the long distance connector, and the person with a soul…and usually a quick hangup if there were not enough coins to drop in the pay phone. It was the penalty for human interaction I guess. We’ll let Jorma, Johnny Otis, Wanda Jackson, and Eddie Floyd take us on a trip back to rotary dials and party lines in this week’s episode, live from the Santa Rosa studios at KOWS.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Mary Wells Operator Looking Back 1961-1964 Amazon
2Dusty Owens Hello Operator Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
3Rusty McDonald Call Operator 210 Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
4Hank Snow I Just Telephoned Upstairs The Chronogical Classics 1951-1952 (Warped 5244) Amazon
5Bonnie Guitar Hello, Hello, Please Answer The Phone Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
6Wanda Jackson Between The Window And The Phone Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
7The Blue Sky Boys The Royal Telephone Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
8Johnny Burnette Operator The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 9 Amazon
9Howard Crockett Please Answer The Phone Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
10Jorma Kaukonen Operator River Of Time Amazon
11The Band Long Distance Operator A Musical History [Disc 2] Amazon
12The Golden Gate Quartet I Just Telephone Upstairs Vol. 6 (1949-1952) Amazon
13The Jordaniares I Telephoned Upstairs The Jordaniares Gospel Amazon
14Selah Jubilee Singers Royal Telephone Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941) Amazon
15Sister Wynona Carr Operator, Operator Dragnet For Jesus Amazon
16Spirit Of Memphis Quartet The Atomic Telephone The Best Of King Gospel Amazon
17Sister Wynona Carr Don't Miss That Train Dragnet For Jesus Amazon
18Johnny Otis Call Operator 210 Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2 Amazon
19Tony & Tyrone Please Operator After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters Amazon
20Gladys Knight & The Pips Operator Soul Grooves Amazon
21The Marvelettes Beechwood 4-5789 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes Amazon
22Eddie Floyd 634-5789 Stax Profiles – Eddie Floyd Amazon
23Ry Cooder 634-5789 Borderline Amazon
24Tommy Tutone 867-5309/Jenny Radio Hits of the '80s Amazon
25Rosanne Cash Radio Operator Black Cadillac Amazon
26Jim Croce Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits Amazon
27The Manhattan Transfer Operator Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1] Amazon
28The Grateful Dead Operator American Beauty Amazon
29Bob Gaddy Operator The Classic Old Town Records Amazon
30Effie Smith Dial That Telephone (07-27-51) 1945-1953 Amazon
31Floyd Dixon Call Operator 210 The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2) Amazon

8 Songwriters 3 Hours

A special three hour show has Dave filling in for KC and I Hear You Rockin’ on KOWS Community Radio, live from the KOWS studios in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa. Dave will walk through some of performances of songwriters who were influential in the rise of Americana sounds including blues, rock, rhythm & blues, pop, folk, and country in the late half of the 20th century. Who you might ask? In addition to the pairings of Carole King and Gerry Goffin as well as Fats Domino and Dave Bartholomew, we’ll also be sharing songs written by Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, and Tom Waits.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Peter Green Splinter Group If I Had Possession Over Judgment Day Me & the Devil Disc 2 Amazon
2Eric Clapton 32-20 Blues Me & Mr. Johnson Amazon
3Keb' Mo' Love in Vain Slow Down Amazon
4Leon Russell Come On In My Kitchen Life Journey Amazon
5Otis Spann Dust My Broom The Blues Never Die Amazon
6Huey Lewis & The News Blue Monday Four Chords & Several Years Ago Amazon
7Mitch Woods I Hear You Knockin Gumbo Blues Amazon
8Los Lobos I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4) Amazon
9Robert Gordon All by Myself [*] Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials Amazon
10Brenda Lee Let the Four Winds Blow Queen of Rock 'N' Roll Amazon
11Doug Kershaw I'm Walkin' The Best Of Doug Kershaw Amazon
12John Lennon Ain't That A Shame Rock 'n' Roll Amazon
13George Thorogood & The Destroyers Hello Josephine The Hard Stuff Amazon
14Bonnie Raitt & Jon Cleary I'm In Love Again/All By Myself Goin' Home: A Tribute To Fats Domino [Disc 1] Amazon
15Ray Charles Move It On Over Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2] Amazon
16Sleepy LaBeef The Blues Come Around Tomorrow Never Comes Amazon
17Raul Malo Weary Blues from Waitin' The Nashville Acoustic Sessions Amazon
18The Secret Sisters Why Don't You Love Me The Secret Sisters Amazon
19Tompall And The Glasier Brothers A Mansion On The Hill American Legends – Hank Williams Amazon
20Emmylou Harris & Mark Knopfler Lost On The River Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute Amazon
21Taj Mahal Mind Your Own Business Sekno Blues Amazon
22Willie Nelson Mr. Record Man A Horse Called Music Amazon
23The Little Willies Night Life The Little Willies Amazon
24Johnny Burnette Hello Walls The Ballads Of Amazon
25Jamey Johnson Everything But You (featuring Leon Russell, Willie Nelson, Vince Gill) Living For A Song- A Tribute To Hank Cochran Amazon
26Bryan Ferry If Not For You Dylanesque Amazon
27Madeleine Peyroux You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go Careless Love Amazon
28Mason Jennings The Times They Are A-Changin' I'm Not There [Disc 2] Amazon
29The Blind Boys Of Alabama Way Down In The Hole Spirit Of The Century Amazon
30Los Lobos Jockey Full Of Bourbon Ride This: The Covers [EP] Amazon
31The Devil Makes Three Come On Up to the House Redemption & Ruin Amazon
32John Hammond, Jr. Clap Hands Wicked Grin Amazon
33The Eagles Ol' 55 On The Border Amazon
34Dolly Parton Jolene Jolene Amazon
35Linda Ronstadt I Will Always Love You Prisoner In Disguise Amazon
36Alison Krauss/Shania Twain/Union Station Coat of Many Colors Just Because I'm a Woman: The Songs of Dolly Parton Amazon
37Bill Philips Put It Off Until Tomorrow Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 Amazon
38The Drifters Some Kind of Wonderful Drifters' Golden Hits Amazon
39The Cookies Chains The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
40The Drifters Up On The Roof All-Time Greatest Hits & More: 1959-1965 [Disc 2] Amazon
41Maxine Brown Oh No Not My Baby Time-Life Classic Rock: 1964 – The Beat Goes On Amazon
42Aretha Franklin (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman Smooth Grooves: The '60s, Vol. 2: Mid-'60s Amazon
43Taj Mahal Take A Giant Step Giant Step & De Ole Folks At Home Amazon
44The Byrds Goin' Back The Notorious Byrd Brothers Amazon
45Skeeter Davis I Can't Stay Mad At You Early Girls: 1 Amazon
46The Band I Shall Be Released Music From Big Pink Amazon
47The Brothers and Sisters All Along the Watchtower When Gospel Sings Bob Dylan Amazon
48Rick Nelson She Belongs To Me The Best Of 1964-1975 Amazon

Mambo Baby!

Well, it might be a bit of a stretch, and it might have been a bit of a fad, but it also flavored the beverage. Mambo. A lively mix born of a Latin dance of Cuban descent in the 30s and introduced by Perez Prado to an American audience in the 40s. It found it’s way into the popular music culture from big band to jazz and R&B. This week’s show samples some of the performances that were totally infected by its rhythm. We’ll hear from Mickey Baker, Wynonie Harris, and Tiny Grimes on the R&B side as well as the bandleaders who brassed it up including Perez Prado, Desi Arnaz, and Xavier Cugat.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Wynonie Harris All She Wants to do is Mambo Lovin' Machine Amazon
2Perez Prado Mambo #5 Cocktail Hour : Mambo Jambo Amazon
3The Andrews Sisters The Mambo Man Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 4] Amazon
4Tito Puente Cuban Pete Mambo Kings Amazon
5Tiny Grimes Showboat Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
6Xavier Cugat Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) The Original Mambo King [Disc 2] Amazon
7Desi Arnaz Holiday In Havana The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King Amazon
8Desi Arnaz;Amanda Lane Cuban Pete The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King Amazon
9J.J. Jones After Hours Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
10Mickey Baker Guitar Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
11Ruth Brown Mambo Baby Miss Rhythm Greatest Hits And More Disc 2 Amazon
12Joe Liggins & His Orchestra They Were Doing the Mambo Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2 Amazon
13Cherokee & Band Mambo Blues Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
14The Treniers Who Put The 'Ungh' In The Mambo You're Killin' Me Amazon
15Don Swan El Cumbanchero [Guaracha-Fast Rhumba] Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever Amazon
16Fay Simmons Big Joe Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
17Big Maybelle New Kind Of Mambo The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55 Amazon
18Earl Bostic Mambostic Earl Bostic Flamingo Amazon
19Cozy Cole Cozy's Mambo 1 Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
20Jack Costanzo Peter Gunn Mambo Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever Amazon
21Bill Doggett Real Gone Mambo (Si Si Nova) Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
22Esther Sutherland Clock Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
23Xavier Cugat Cuban Mambo Cocktail Hour : Mambo Jambo Amazon
24Link Wray & The Wraymen Rumble Mambo Walkin' With Link Amazon
25Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban Patricia Mambo Sinuendo Amazon
26Yma Sumac Taki Rari Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever Amazon
27Billy May Hernando's Hideaway Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever Amazon
28The Manhattan Transfer The Speak Up Mambo (Cuentame) Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1] Amazon
29Young-Holt Trio Wack Wack Big Noise: A Mambo Inn Compilation Amazon
30Tito Puente Hong Kong Mambo Cocktail Hour : Mambo Jambo Amazon
31Wynonie Harris Good Mambo Tonight Lovin' Machine Amazon
32Sonny Rollins Mambo Bounce Best of Sonny Rollins, the (Riverside) Amazon
33J.J. Jones Night Train Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
34Norton Buffalo & The Knockouts Harmonica Mambo King of the Highway Amazon

Western Sunsets

This week’s show has us revisiting the Old Chisholm Trail and prairie passages that resemble all things that follow those romantic icons whose life on the range was less than what their songs usually embellish. In the western sunsets where John Lomax first went out in search of the ‘cowboy song’, we’ll explore more enlightened performances from the silver screen to the deep folk traditions that have become so laminated with romance that it’s hard to see the images beneath. This week’s show will take us from Carl T. Sprague, the original cowboy crooner, to Johnny Horton, Fess Parker, Rex Allen, and Roy Rogers. The music is sometimes sappy (Rick Nelson’s My Rifle, My Pony, and Me), sometimes light (Roy Rogers’ My Chickashay Girl), and other times full of storytelling and history. So many performances to light up the evening sky…just before dusk…just before that ceiling of stars appears in the night sky. Join us for our first live show from our new KOWS studios in downtown Santa Rosa.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Rex Allen The Covered Wagon Riding All Day Amazon
2Jimmie Rodgers Prairie Lullaby Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5] Amazon
3Carl T. Sprague O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie …I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces Amazon
4The Carter Family Cowboy Jack On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 2 Amazon
5Rhubarb Red Little Green Valley (Radio) Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1 Amazon
6The Riders Of The Purple Sage Cool Water (Radio) Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1 Amazon
7Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers The Strawberry Roan Saturday Night Rag 1934-1936 Vol. 1 Amazon
8Hank Snow I Traded My Saddle for a Rifle 1942-1943 (Warped 4206) Amazon
9Rex Allen Dreaming of the Western Plains Riding All Day Amazon
10Roy Rogers My Chickashay Girl 1942-1947 (Warped 4561) Amazon
11Roy Rogers Don't Fence Me In My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
12Sons of the Pioneers Moonlight On the Prairie Songs of the Prairie – CD1 Amazon
13Sons of the Pioneers Cool Water Cool Water & 17 Western Favorites Amazon
14Charlie Haden Oh Shenandoah Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy Amazon
15Al Caiola & His Orchestra Bonanza TV Land presents Favorite TV Theme Songs Amazon
16Various The Virginian Television's Greatest Hits Vol.II – 65 More TV Themes 50s and 60s Amazon
17Johnny Western The Ballad Of Paladin Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
18Johnny Cash The Rebel Johnny Yuma My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
19Lee Marvin Wand'rin Star Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1 Amazon
20Dean Martin Rio Bravo My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
21Rick Nelson My Rifle My Pony And Me (w/ Dean Martin) Legacy [Disc 1] Amazon
22Marty Robbins Ballad Of The Alamo My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
23Frankie Laine Rawhide The Cowboy Album Amazon
24Johnny Horton Sleepy-Eyed John Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (2 of 2) Amazon
25Patsy Montana My Dear Old Arizona Home The Best Of Patsy Montana Amazon
26Roy Rogers Rock Me to Sleep in My Saddle 1942-1947 (Warped 4561) Amazon
27Fess Parker The Ballad Of Davy Crockett The Cowboy Album Amazon
28Vaughn Monroe (Ghost) Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend) The Cowboy Album Amazon
29Johnny Cash The Sons Of Katie Elder My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
30Gene Autry Red River Valley The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946 Amazon
31Johnny Bond Twilight On The Trail Country Hits Vol. 6 Amazon
32The Sons Of The Pioneers O Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie Sons Of The Pioneers Amazon
33The Cinema Sound Orchestra High Noon Western Film Themes Amazon
34Willie Nelson Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys [Album Version] Willie Nelson's Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be) Amazon

Bayou R&B

Back to the bayou once more. This time we keep our focus with laser precision on the rhythm and the blues swirling around in the stew that is Louisiana and the southern climes. You can look forward to some straight ahead blues from Katie Webster, B. B. King, and Lonesome Sundown as well as rhythm vocals from the likes of Art Neville, The Del-Chords, and Joe Richards. I’m telling you…you won’t be hearing anything like it anywhere on Sonoma County radio. It’s a down and dirty bayou collection including selections from the Ace UK archives, the Chess label, and includes some special treats from Little Richard, The Spiders, and King Karl.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1James Booker Junco Partner Junco Partner Amazon
2Little Richard Directly from My Heart The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2] Amazon
3Joe Richards You'd Better Change Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin' Amazon
4Tabby Thomas I'd Love To Tell Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies Amazon
5Johnnie Allan Lonely Days & Lonely Nights Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
6Cookie & His Cupcakes Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups Amazon
7The Velvetiers Feelin' Right On Saturday Night Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups Amazon
8The Del-Chords Help Me Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups Amazon
9The Hi-Fi's I'm So Lonely Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups Amazon
10The Spiders I Didn't Want to Do It Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 3 Amazon
11Art Neville House On The Hill Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art) Amazon
12Art Neville What's Going On The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4] Amazon
13Clarence "Frogman" Henry Ain't Got No Home Chess New Orleans [Disc 2] Amazon
14Earl King Feeling My Way Around Chess New Orleans [Disc 2] Amazon
15Sugar Boy Crawford What's Wrong Chess New Orleans [Disc 1] Amazon
16Chris Kenner Something You Got Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
17Katie Webster Hoo Wee, Sweet Daddy Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies Amazon
18Jimmy Dotson I Need Your Love Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies Amazon
19Lionel Torrance Rooty Tooty Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies Amazon
20King Karl Walking Through The Park Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin' Amazon
21B.B. King Bad Case of Love Blues on the Bayou Amazon
22Lonesome Sundown California Blues Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin' Amazon
23Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns Don't You Just Know It Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1 Amazon
24Fats Domino Whole Lotta Loving Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2) Amazon
25Bobby Mitchell I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
26Clifton Chenier The Big Wheel (Squeeze Box Shuffle) Chess New Orleans [Disc 1] Amazon
27Smiley Lewis Shame, Shame, Shame I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3 Amazon
28John Fred Shirley Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
29Ernie K-Doe Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta Absolutely the Best Amazon
30Big Boy Myles New Orleans The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] Amazon
31Frankie Ford Roberta Very Best Of Frankie Ford Amazon
32Charles Brown & Amos Milburn Educated Fool The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4] Amazon
33Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow Jumping At The Zadacoe Louisiana Swamp Blues Amazon
34Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns Don't You Know Yockomo Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1 Amazon
35Clarence "Frogman" Henry It Won't Be Long Chess New Orleans [Disc 2] Amazon
36Fats Domino The Fat Man Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1 Amazon

Country Songwriters

This week’s Deeper Roots pays tribute to a collection of country songwriters who made an impact on the American musical art form, defining the tone and story that was told. We’ll walk through nearly a hundred years of performances by the familiars: Emmylou Harris, Jim Reeves, Johnny Cash, and Ray Charles, all taking on the songs of A.P. Carter, Jimmie Rodgers, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, and Cindy Walker. We’ll also hear from Dolly, Willie, and Elvis on a cold and wet January Friday in West Sonoma County. Join Dave Stroud as he enters his seventh year hosting our two hour show live from the Sebastopol studios of KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Emmylou Harris Gold Watch and Chain Roses in the Snow Amazon
2Rosanne Cash Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow The List Amazon
3Jorma Kaukonen You & My Old Guitar Blue Country Heart Amazon
4Ricky Skaggs I Don't Care The Essential Ricky Skaggs Amazon
5The Louvin Brothers The Precious Jewel Sing The Great Roy Acuff Songs Amazon
6Leon Russell I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
7Jerry Lee Lewis You Win Again A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
8Dwight Yoakam Always Late (With Your Kisses) Hillbilly Deluxe Amazon
9Ray Charles Busted Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2] Amazon
10Buck Owens Together Again The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1 Amazon
11Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen Take Me Back Again Running Wild Amazon
12Cyndi Lauper Night Life (Featuring Willie Nelson) Detour Amazon
13Willie Nelson Crazy One Hell Of A Ride Amazon
14Hank Snow/Willie Nelson Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On In the Jailhouse Now/Brand on My Heart Amazon
15Patsy Cline I Fall To Pieces The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
16Burl Ives A Little Bitty Tear (Single Version) 20th Century Masters :The Millennium Collection: Best of Burl Ives Amazon
17Les Paul I'm Movin' On Legend and Legacy [Disc 3] Amazon
18Elvis Presley Guitar Man Artist of the Century Disc 2 Amazon
19John Cowan Devil Woman (feat. John McFee) Sixty Amazon
20Jim Reeves Home Essential Jim Reeves Amazon
21Roger Miller Husbands And Wives Country Legends Amazon
22Merle Haggard And The Strangers Branded Man (2006 Digital Remaster) Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard Amazon
23Dave Alvin Kern River Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard Amazon
24Tom T. Hall A Week In A Country Jail Classic Country: Great Story Songs [Disc 1] Amazon
25Johnny Cash I'll Go Somewhere And Sing My Songs Again The Mystery Of Life Amazon
26Dolly Parton Jolene Jolene Amazon
27Alison Krauss/Shania Twain/Union Station Coat of Many Colors Just Because I'm a Woman: The Songs of Dolly Parton Amazon
28Willie Nelson Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down ["Naked" version] Naked Willie Amazon
29Bobby Bare Miller's Cave The Best Of Bobby Bare Amazon
30Steve Earle Tecumseh Valley Train a Comin' Amazon

Goodnight Irene

Free form this week. We’re pulling out the stops with a mix of gospel from the King’s Sacred Quartette, Band memories from Steve Forbert and Rick Danko, some sixties garage band, classic R&B from Shirley & Lee and Lloyd Price, and the Motown sounds of Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, and Stevie Wonder. The mix includes country, blues classics, and an After Hours mash-up…all for you…all for community radio on a Friday morning in West County. Join in the revelry.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Dr. John Good Night, Irene Goin' Back To New Orleans Amazon
2Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos After Hours The Hotel Child Amazon
3Willie Dixon And Friends After Hours Willie Dixon And Friends, Vol. 9 Amazon
4Ivory Joe Hunter I Almost Lost My Mind The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter : 1947 – 1950 Amazon
5Fats Domino The Girl I Love [Version 2] This Is Gold Disc 1 Amazon
6Sister Rosetta Tharpe Beams of Heaven Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of Amazon
7The Soul Stirrers Slow Train Tribute to Sam Cooke Amazon
8King's Sacred Quartette Turn Your Radio On Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel Amazon
9Rick Danko When I Get My Just Rewards Cryin' Heart Blues Amazon
10Steve Forbert Wild as the Wind Just Like There's Nothin' to It Amazon
11Bob Dylan & The Band The Shape I'm In Before The Flood [Live] [Disc 2] Amazon
12The Byrds You Ain't Going Nowhere Sweetheart of the Rodeo Amazon
13Maria Muldaur Sweetheart Waitress In a Donut Shop Amazon
14Sam Cooke Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (2 of 4) Amazon
15Kermit Ruffins When It's Sleepy Time Down South We Partyin' Traditional Style Amazon
16The Fabulous Thunderbirds Stagger Lee Porky's Revenge! [Expanded] Amazon
17Cannibal & the Headhunters Land of 1000 Dances Classic Rock: 1965 – Shakin' All Over Amazon
18Lloyd Price Rock 'n' Roll Dance Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants [Disc 3] Amazon
19Shirley & Lee I Want To Dance Shirley & Lee Rock Amazon
20Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels Mitch Ryder Radio Promo Detroit Breakout! 1 Amazon
21Booker T. & the MG's Time Is Tight The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's Amazon
22The Four Tops It's the Same Old Song Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
23Marvin Gaye Stubborn Kind of Fellow The Soul of Detroit – Disc 1 Amazon
24Little Stevie Wonder Contract On Love The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta! Amazon
25Richard Lanham On Your Radio Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
26Johnnie & Joe Over the Mountain, Across the Sea, Pt. 2 The Very Best of Johnnie & Joe – Over the Mountain, Across the Sea Amazon
27Blu Lu Barker That Made Him Mad Don't You Feel My Leg Amazon
28Wanda Jackson Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
29Levon Helm False Hearted Lover Blues Dirt Farmer Amazon
30Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur Diamond Joe Penny's Farm Amazon
31The Louvin Brothers There's A Higher Power Long Play Collection Amazon
32Warren Zevon Excitable Boy A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon Amazon
33Dale Evans My Heart Is Down Texas Way (Radio) Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1 Amazon

Who We Lost 2018

We’ll circle back to the past twelve months on Deeper Roots’ Friday evening with a little bit of reverence and a whole lot of thanks.  While this past year struck what could be a mortal blow to democracy as we know it, a number of greats (both high profile and ‘under the radar’) were lost along the way.  The names may not be so easy to collate with only two hours to share but we’ll do our best. Remembering Clarence Fountain, Eddy Clearwater, Otis Rush, Eugene Pitt, Marty Balin, Lorrie Collins, Tony Joe White, Roy Clark, and so many others on a Friday evening on  Sonoma County community radio. Tune into our last show of the year and help us remember what these performers brought us.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Buddy Holly Peggy Sue From the Original Master Tapes Amazon
2Tony Joe White Polk Salad Annie Classic Rock: 1969 – The Beat Goes On Amazon
3Roy Clark Yesterday When I Was Young Superstars Of Country Hello Darlin' [Disc 2] Amazon
4Freddie Hart Easy Loving Superstars Of Country: Easy Loving [Disc 1] Amazon
5Don Cherry Band Of Gold Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1) Amazon
6Lorrie Collins Another Man Done Gone Hop, Skip And Jump [Disc 2] Amazon
7Jefferson Airplane It's No Secret Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970 Disc 1 Amazon
8The Edwin Hawkins Singers Oh Happy Day Oh Happy Day: The Best Of The Edwin Hawkins Singers Amazon
9The Blind Boys Of Alabama Stand By Me Higher Ground Amazon
10Neville Brothers Brother Blood Uptown Rulin' / The Best Of The Neville Brothers Amazon
11Hugh Masekela Grazing In The Grass Easy Listening Gold 1968-1969 [Disc 2] Amazon
12Nancy Wilson You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes Amazon
13Bob Dorough Your The Dangerous Type Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour – Best Of The Second Series Amazon
14Roy Hargrove Afrodisia Habana Amazon
15Aretha Franklin Think Queen Of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings [Disc 2] Amazon
16The Temptations Cloud Nine Anthology, Vol. 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
17Denise Lasalle You Shoulda Kept It in the Bedroom On the Chitlin Circuit Amazon
18Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater Back Down to Earth Rock 'n' Roll City Amazon
19Otis Rush & His Band Violent Love The Cobra Records Story (Disc 1) Chicago Rock and Blues 1956-1958 Amazon
20Lazy Lester I Hear You Knockin' The Best Of Excello Records Amazon
21Big Jay McNeely & His Blue Jays Deacon's Hop Jump, Jive & Swing Amazon
22Irma Thomas With Henry Butler River Is Waiting Putumayo Presents Rhythm & Blues Amazon
23Tab Hunter I'm A Runaway My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
24Cyril Pahinui & Bob Brozman Hilo E/E Lili'u E Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar: Masters Collection, v2 Amazon
25Jack Costanzo Peter Gunn Mambo Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever Amazon
26Joe Rene & Orchestra/The Jive Five My True Story Doo Wop Box Disc 4 Amazon
27The Crystals Uptown The Best Of The Crystals Amazon
28Chairmen of the Board Give Me Just A Little More Time 70s Music Explosion – Sunshine Disc 2 Amazon
29The Ventures Walk, Don't Run 61* [Box Set] Disc 1 Amazon
30Lynyrd Skynyrd Sweet Home Alabama Pure 70's Amazon

Stay a Little Longer

Country swing is the thing this morning on Deeper Roots. We won’t be spending time on the ancestral roots as much as we’ll be exploring the small local bands of the Southwest. We’ll use Jean A. Boyd’s excellent reference “Dance All Night : Those Other Southwestern Swing Bands Past and Present” as our rudder and guidebook in the show. The heartbeat of any American genre is usually the local band and during the later years of the Great Depression and throughout the Second World War people were looking for something uplifting to dance to. In Texas (and really all across the Southwest) the sound was country swing: a mix of jazz, blues, polka, latin and hillbilly fiddle. We’ll be featuring the small time big names like The Tune Wranglers, Cliff Bruner, Leon Selph, Floyd Tillman, and Adolph Hofner and so many more in our show this morning, direct from our studios in downtown Sebastopol.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Adolph Hofner Let's Count The Stars You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942 Amazon
2The Tune Wranglers Red's Tight Like That The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1] Amazon
3The Tune Wranglers Up Jumped The Devil Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp) Amazon
4The Tune Wranglers El Rancho Grande The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – The Eyes of Texas [Disc 1] Amazon
5Jimmy Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys Dirty Dog Western Swing  40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1] Amazon
6Jimmie Revard & The Oklahoma Playboys Lose Your Blues and Laugh At Life The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2] Amazon
7Adolph Hofner & His Texans I'll Keep My Old Guitar (1938) The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3] Amazon
8Bar X Cowboys Underneath The Sun Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp) Amazon
9Bar X Cowboys When Mama Goes Out Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 3] Amazon
10Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers Bring It On Home To Grandma Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1] Amazon
11Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers I Was A Gambler In Texas Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 4] Saturday Night Rag) Amazon
12Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) Hillbilly Fever! Vol. 1: Legends Of Western Swing Amazon
13Shelly Lee Alley & His Alley Cats Women Women Women Western Swing  40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1] Amazon
14Shelly Lee Alley & The Alley Cats Try It Once Again King Of Western Swing Volume One Amazon
15Leon Selph When You Smile You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942 Amazon
16Leon Selph In My Dreams You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942 Amazon
17Leon Selph's Blue Ridge Playboys, feat. Floyd Tillman Why Do I Love You Country Music Hall Of Fame Amazon
18Floyd Tillman & The Village Boys Daisy May Country Music Hall Of Fame Amazon
19Village Boys Boogie Woogie In the Village Boogie Man Boogie Amazon
20Village Boys Old Joe Is At It Again The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 8 Amazon
21Modern Mountaineers Getting That Lowdown Swing Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp) Amazon
22Smokey Wood & The Woodchips Keep On Truckin' King Of Western Swing Volume One Amazon
23Ocie Stockard & His Wanderers Bass Man Jive Western Swing: Hot Hillbilly Jazz & Blues – 1935-1947 Amazon
24Ocie Stockard Twin Guiter Polka Country Hits Vol. 6 Amazon
25Ocie Stockard There'll Be Some Changes Made Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp) Amazon
26Bill & Boyd Drink The Barrel Dry Western Swing  40 Bootstompers From The Golden Age [Disc 1] Amazon
27Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers (When I Had) My Pony On the Range Swing With Bill Boyd's Cowboy Rambers Amazon
28Bill & Boyd Jitterbug Jive Country & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 4] Amazon
29The Hi-Flyers Watcha Gonna Do The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4] Amazon
30The Hi-Flyers I'm Doing It Too You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942 Amazon
31Adolph Hofner South Texas Swing South Texas Swing Amazon