Category Archives: Featured Music

Yip Harburg Tribute

October 6, 2018 Dave

Yip Harburg was a songmaker. He was part of a select few in the early to mid-century who found their calling as lyricists, writing words that transformed music to story and story to film and Broadway spectacles. We could gloss over his contributions by simply saying “he’s the guy who wrote Over The Rainbow or April in Paris or Brother, Can You Spare a Dime”. But his career was more than that. It’s no secret that Yip’s politics were carefully crafted in song. The phrases “honky-tonk parade” and “Barnum and Bailey world” were veiled criticisms of the “phony as it can be” corporate and political leadership in America, written by a freethinking, socially conscious lyricist. Our show today will honor some of his best songs and include interview excerpts featuring both Yip and his son, Ernie.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The George Shearing Quintet And Orchestra	What Is There To Say	White Satin Black Satin
2	Anita O'Day	Old Devil Moon	Anita Sings The Most
3	Frank Sinatra	It's Only A Paper Moon	Swing And Dance With Frank Sinatra
4	Peggy Lee	Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe	The Best of Miss Peggy Lee [Bonus DVD] Disc 1
5	Martha Tilton	How Are Things In Glocca Morra?	The Liltin' Miss Tilton [Disc 2]
6	Nellie Lutcher	April In Paris	Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 2]
7	Lena Horne	Ain't It The Truth	Lena Horne: A Musical Anthology
8	Lena Horne	Then I'll Be Tired of You	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
9	Nat King Cole Trio	Then I'll Be Tired Of You	The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 3]
10	Ella Logan	How Are Things in Glocca Morra?	The Best of Broadway: The Late '40s
11	Ray Bolger	If I Only Had A Brain	The Wizard Of Oz
12	Groucho Marx & Bing Crosby	Lydia The Tattooed Lady	The Marx Brothers Greatest Hits
13	Ella Logan	When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
14	Judy Garland	Over The Rainbow	That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
15	Judy Garland	We're Off To See The Wizard	The Wizard Of Oz
16	David Wayne	When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
17	Don Francks & Petula Clark	Old Devil Moon – Finian's Rainbow	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
18	Dinah Washington	Look To The Rainbow	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes [Disc 2]
19	Carmen McRae	The Eagle and Me	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
20	Blossom Dearie	Down With Love	Once Upon A Summertime
21	Jeri Southern	Down with Love	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
22	Dean Martin	I'm Yours	Late at Night with Dean Martin
23	Judy Garland	Paris Is A Lonely Town – Gay Purr-Ee	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
24	Judy Garland	The Jitterbug	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
25	Bing Crosby	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
26	Rudy Vallee	Brother Can You Spare A Dime	Vagabond Lover
27	Barbara Cook and Jerome Courtland	Here's to Your Illusions	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
28	Count Basie	April In Paris	Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie

Jukebox Saturday Night

September 22, 2018 Dave

A few years back we celebrated the record, the radio, and disc jockeys on a couple of themed shows. We’re going to rev that theme up once again, but with a bit of a twist. This morning’s show pays tribute to that nickel, dime, and quarter evaporator known as the jukebox. We’ll also extend the music selections to include sounds of record hops, soda fountains, and the healthiest way to partake in any or all of the festivities. Tune in for new and old, including country sounds from Kitty Wells, Buck Owens, and Bill Walker; R&B from Shirley & Lee, Charles Bronw, and The Marigolds; and pop straightaways from Gale Storm, Dodie Stevens, and Brook Benton. All this on a Friday evening on KWTF community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Dave Edmunds	A. 1 on the Juke Box	Tracks on Wax 4
2	Margie Singleton	Old Records	One More Record Please
3	Dodie Stevens	I Wore Out My Record	Ultimate Collection
4	Gale Storm	Love By The Jukebox Light	Dark Moon * The Best Of Gale Storm
5	Teresa Brewer	Music! Music! Music!	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
6	Kenny Loran	One More Record Please	One More Record Please
7	Shirley & Lee	Somebody Put A Jukebox In The Study Hall	Shirley & Lee Rock
8	Buck Owens	Put A Quarter In The Jukebox	Hot Dog
9	Bill Haley with the Saddlemen	Jukebox Cannonball	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (2): Rock the Joint
10	Joshua Hedley	Mr. Jukebox	Mr. Jukebox
11	Ernest Tubb	Mr. Jukebox	Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2
12	Mel Tillis	Jukebox Man (Single Version)	The Best of Mel Tillis
13	Kitty Wells	I Heard the Jukebox Playing	Singles
14	Vernon Oxford	Turn The Record Over	One More Record Please
15	Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper	Don't Play That Song (On The Juke Box Tonight)	One More Record Please
16	Katy Moffatt	Stoned At The Jukebox	A Collection Of Drinking Songs
17	Billy Walker	The Record	The World Is A Monster
18	Charles Senns	Dig Me A Crazy Record	One More Record Please
19	Willie Nelson	Mr. Record Man	Nite Life: Greatest Hits & Rare Tracks (1959-1971)
20	June Carter Cash	Juke Box Blues	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
21	Dinah Washington	Record Ban Blues	Gold
22	Slim Gaillard Quartet	Jumpin' At The Record Shop	Laughing in Rhythm: Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti) [Disc 3]
23	Jon And Sondra Steele	They All Recorded To Beat The Ban	One More Record Please
24	Bull Moose Jackson	Big Ten-Inch Record	Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B
25	Brook Benton	Hit Record	Mercury 1962
26	The Marigolds	Juke Box Rock & Roll	The Johnny Bragg Story
27	Tex Beneke, The Modernaires	Jukebox Saturday Night	Stagedoor Canteen Music Of The War Years Vol 1
28	Snookum Russell	Juke Box Boogie Woogie Chick	Swing-O-Rama : Beautiful Babies
29	Hadda Brooks	Jukebox Boogie	That's My Desire
30	Hardrock Gunter	Jukebox Help Me Find My Baby	Gonna Rock 'n' Roll, Gonna Dance All Night
31	The Hi-Flyers	Juke Box Jump	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
32	Lattie Moore	The Jukebox And The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
33	BR5-49	A1 On The Jukebox	Dog Days
34	Si Cranstoun	Jukebox Jump	Old School
35	Luke Wills Rhythm Busters	A Nickel In The Jukebox	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Pop, Early Rock, Fifties Country, Free Form, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues

Diddy Wah Diddy

September 15, 2018 Dave

This morning’s show finds a festive free form summer set featuring the usual suspects and a whole lot of fine sounds from the deeper wells. We’ll be sharing country classics from George Jones, Floyd Tillman, and Pee Wee King as well as some sweet upbeat R&B from Clyde McPhatter, Big Maybelle, and Ivory Joe. Taj Mahal, some doo wop pioneers, and the great Ella Fitzgerald will round things out in a free form fest on Sonoma County Community Radio. Tune in at 9am Pacific at www.kows.fm/listen.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Taj Mahal	Diddy Wah Diddy	Maestro
2	Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends	Oh Chuck It (In a Bucket)	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
3	Hank Williams	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18
4	Hank Williams	I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Living	The History Of Country & Western Music (Disc 19)
5	Johnny Cash	The Night Hank Williams Came To Town	Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town & Water From The Wells Of Home
6	Leon Russell	Love's Gonna Live Here	Legend in My Time – Hank Wilson Vol. III
7	Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue	Jones On the Jukebox	Set Two
8	George Jones	I Always Get Lucky With You With Mark Knopfler	Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets
9	Porter Wagoner	Highway Headin' South	The Essential Porter Wagoner
10	Red Saunders & His Orchestra	Hambone	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
11	Lillian Briggs	Can't Stop	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
12	Big Maybelle	Rock House	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
13	Clyde McPhatter	Just to Hold My Hand	Atlantic and Mercury Sessions – Disc 1
14	Ivory Joe Hunter	It's A Sin	Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951)
15	Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots	I'm Making Believe	R&B Jukebox Hits 1944
16	The Ink Spots	Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)	Greatest Hits
17	The Dubs	Could This Be Magic	The Roots Of Frank Zappa
18	The Cadillacs	Gloria	The Cadillacs Meet The Orioles
19	Pee Wee King	Slow Poke	Classic Country Hits 'Your Cheatin Heart' Disc 3
20	Rusty Draper	The Shifting Whispering Sands	Your Hit Parade – 1955
21	Floyd Tillman	This Cold War With You	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 17
22	Foy Willing	Texas Blues	History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9
23	Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)	X's From Down In Texas – 1958	Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58
24	The Light Crust Doughboys	Stay Out Of The South	1936-1941
25	Bobby Bare	They Covered Up the Old Swimming Hole	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
26	Eilen Jewell	Whispering Sea	Butcher Holler
27	Cookie & His Cupcakes	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
28	Big Jay McNeely & His Blue Jays	Deacon's Hop	Jump, Jive & Swing
29	Little Esther & the Dominoes	The Deacon Moves In	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
30	Bull Moose Jackson	Fare Thee Well, Deacon Jones, Fare Thee Well	Badman Jackson Thats Me
31	Jimmy Durante	Little Bit This, Little Bit That	The Great Schnozzle
32	Annette Hanshaw	I Want To Be Bad	Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999)
33	Ozzie & Harriet Nelson	I Want the Waiter with the Water	The Nelson Touch
34	Taj Mahal	Take a Giant Step	In Progress and In Motion (1965-1998) (3 of 3)

African American Gospel, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Gospel, Theme Time

Great Gospel

September 8, 2018 Dave

Deeper Roots goes to the deeper wells of black American gospel which is one of the more powerful examples of bedrock sounds that we play here on our show. This show includes hand-picked classics such as “The Old Rugged Cross”, “Joshua Fit the Battle”, “Trouble in My Way”, and a medley of freedom classics from the SNCC Freedom Singers. It’s a mix of jubilee quartets, female gospel greats, sensational musical sermons, as well as Aretha, Sister Tharpe, Mahalia, and The Staples. Tune in for more….a whole lot more.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Freedom Road	Higher Ground
2	Mahalia Jackson	Didn't It Rain	16 Most Requested Songs
3	Marie Knight	The Old Rugged Cross	Hallelujah What A Song!
4	Marie Knight	Walk With Me	The Great Gospel Women
5	SNCC Freedom Singers	Woke Up This Morning	Crossroads: Southern Roots
6	The Freedom Singers	Freedom Medley:Freedom Chant, Oh Freedom, This Little Light Of Mine	Voices Of the Civil Rights Movement
7	Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalist	Free At Las'	2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
8	Southern Sons	I'm Free At Last (1942)	1940's Vocal Groups: Southern Sons (1941-44) & Richmond's Harmonizing Four (1943)
9	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	Mean Old World	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
10	Aretha Franklin	Precious Lord (Part One)	Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues
11	Marion Williams	Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares	The Great Gospel Women
12	Clara Ward Singers	Somebody Bigger Than You & I	Somebody Bigger Than You & I
13	Morris Brown Quartet	Climbing Up The Mountain	I Hear Music In The Air
14	Southern Sons	Lift Every Voice And Sing	I Hear Music In The Air
15	The Swan Silvertones	Trouble In My Way	Love Lifted Me
16	Bill Landford And The Landfordaires	Trouble Of This World [Album Version]	The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
17	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Joshua Fit The Battle	American Roots Music [Disc 3]
18	Leonard de Paur conducting choir	We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder	5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
19	Gospel Tones	Roll, Jordan, Roll	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
20	The Sensational Nightingales	Freedom After a While	Great Gospel – People Get Ready
21	Reverend Robert Ballinger	So Glad	1950s Gospel Classics
22	Mahalia Jackson	I'm on My Way To Canaan	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
23	The Trumpeteers	I'll Fly Away	Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
24	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Stand By Me	Complete Recorded Works, 1938 – 1944; Volume 1
25	The Belleville A Cappella Choir of the Church of God and Saints of Christ	Great Camp Meeting… – Swing Low… – Steal Away – What Kind… – Oh Them… – I'm a Soldier… (Medley of Spirituals)	Southern Journey Vol 11: Honor the Lamb
26	The Staple Singers	Swing Down, Chariot	Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
27	The Staple Singers	Uncloudy Day	Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
28	Golden Gate Quartet	God's Gonna Cut 'em Down	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
29	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Christian's Automobile	Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
30	Southern Sons	Above My Head, I Hear The Music In The Air	I Hear Music In The Air
31	Arizona Dranes	Bye & Bye We're Going To See The King	He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition, Oldies

Deeper Merle Travis

August 26, 2018 Dave

Merle Travis’ influence on country music cannot be ignored. Along with a select few entertainers of the mid-century, he bridged the hillbilly and Appalachian folk institutions to the Golden Age of Country. His influences were not only the ‘picking style’, but also his keen sense of populist stories told from the front lines. We’ll hear from and early influence, Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers, as well as those he influenced. All songs written by Merle and some performed by Merle himself. Our show will also feature Merle Travis interview excerpts from the sixties. It’s a Friday morning collection of the very best of Merle Travis.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Merle Travis	I'll See You In My Dreams	The Guitar Picker CD3 (1951-53)
2	Joe Maphis & Merle Travis	Alabama Jubilee	Country Guitar Thunder (Joe Maphis & Merle Travis 1977-1981)
3	John McEuen	Merle Travis Story	Live in L.A.
4	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Cannonball Rag	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
5	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Dark as a Dungeon	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
6	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Doc Watson and Merle Travis: First Meeting	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
7	Willie Nelson	Dark As A Dungeon	Country Music
8	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Dark As A Dungeon	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2]
9	Willie Nelson	Sixteen Tons	Remember Me, Vol. 1
10	The Platters	Sixteen Tons	The Magic Touch: An Anthology
11	James & Bobby Purify	16 Tons	The Best Of
12	Hank Penny	Merle's Buck Dance	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
13	Merle Travis	Introduction / Nine Pound Hammer	Ash Grove 12/9/1966
14	The Kentucky Colonels	Nine Pound Hammer	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
15	The Country Gentlemen	I Am a Pilgrim	On the Road (And More)
16	Johnny Cash	Loading Coal [Album Version]	Ride This Train
17	Merle Travis	Start Even	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
18	Merle Travis	No Vacancy	The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.
19	Ernest Tubb	So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
20	Gid Tanner, Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Lowe Stokes, Fate Norris	Possum Hunt on Stump House Mountain, Part 1	Lead Kindly Light
21	Bill Frisell	Cannonball Rag (Merle Travis)	Guitar In The Space Age
22	Johnny Bond	Divorce Me C.O.D.	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
23	Tex Ritter	Everybody Likes A Little Lovin'	High Noon
24	Tex Williams & His Western Caravan	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
25	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra	Steel Guitar Rag	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
26	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys With Merle Travis	Wildwood Flower	Swing West – vol 2 – Guitar Slingers
27	Merle Travis	Philosophy	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
28	Merle Travis	Too Much Sugar For A Dime	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
29	The Everly Brothers	Muskrat	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
30	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Smoke, Smoke, Smoke	Black Mountain Rag
31	Tennessee Ernie Ford	That's All	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
32	Ricky Skaggs	Sweet Temptation	Favorite Country Songs
33	Merle Travis	When My Baby Double Talks To Me	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
34	Merle Travis	When Rosie Riccoola Do The Hoola Ma Boola	The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition

Tragic Country Tales

August 26, 2018 Dave

Tales of lonesome saddles, lost loves, broken hearts, and lonely rooms…a mood, a tone, and short vignettes so common among those themes of country music. We’ve got that and much more in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. Performances from Grandpa Jones, The Stanley Brothers, Lefty Frizzell, Mel Tillis, and many others, will take us on a ride on a country road, drinking new wine from an old jug. That will also include stories of highway mishaps, the bottom of the bottle, and a mystery of the Tallahatchie Bridge. Friday solemn sounds from the past century on Sonoma County community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Bobbie Gentry	Ode To Billie Joe	Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967
2	Elvis Presley	Don't Cry Daddy	Always on My Mind
3	Tammy Wynette	D-I-V-O-R-C-E	Country Legends
4	Hank Williams	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	24 Greatest
5	Bobby Bare	Jeannie4s Last Kiss (1963)	All American Boy – CD 2
6	Doc & Merle Watson	The Tragic Romance	Ballads From Deep Gap
7	David Grisman w/Alan O'Bryant	Tragic Romance	Life Of Sorrow
8	Grandpa Jones	Tragic Romance	Makes The Rafters Ring
9	The Stanley Brothers	Tragic Love	An Evening Long Ago: Live 1956
10	Lefty Frizzell	The Tragic Letter (& Wayne Raney) 1965	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 3)
11	Red Fox Chasers	Wreck On The Mountain Road	People Take Warning [Disc 1] – Man Vs. Machine
12	Esco Hankins	Wreck on the Highway	1947-1951 (Warped 4732)
13	Vernon Dalhart	The Wreck Of The Old '97	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1]
14	Lefty Frizzell	Long Black Veil	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
15	Mel Tillis	Life Turned Her That Way	36 All Time Greatest Hits
16	Mary Gauthier	Mercy Now	Mercy Now
17	Townes Van Zandt	Waiting Around to Die	Legend: The Very Best Of Townes Van Zandt
18	Vern Gosdin	Chiseled in Stone	Chiseled in Stone
19	Ray Charles & Willie Nelson	Seven Spanish Angels	The Many Sides Of Willie Nelson [Cd 3 "Duets"] (1992)
20	James King	He Stopped Loving Her Today	Three Chords & The Truth
21	Lucinda Williams	Sweet Old World	Sweet Old World
22	Dwight Yoakam	I Sang Dixie	Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
23	Willie Nelson	Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain	Artist's Choice: Sheryl Crow
24	Merle Haggard	Sing Me Back Home	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
25	Red Foley	Old Shep	Smoke on the Water / Hillbilly Fever
26	Walter Brennan	Old Rivers	Classic Country Great Story Songs [Disc 2]
27	Charlie Louvin	Wreck on the Highway	Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs
28	Doc & Merle Watson	The Wreck of The Old #9	Ballads From Deep Gap
29	Faron Young	Hello Walls	Hello Walls / The Young Approach
30	Merle Haggard	If We Make It Through December (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
31	Johnny Cash	Hurt	Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American

Americana, Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Gospel, Theme Time

Lies and Liars

August 26, 2018 Dave

A notorious theme in our world today. But it’s not like there is a thin line between truth and lies in the end. The line is clearly defined and yet people would rather imagine anything but what is clearly painted before them. Our show today looks at what the worst often looks like. Dirty lies, white lies, poison lies, and all of those falsehoods made in earnest or in self promotion. There are those who proudly wear the color of lies and hate to remind us that vigilance is more important now than ever. Call out the lies. This week, we look at it through the gospel lens with Sister Rosetta Tharpe, swim into the rock oldies pool with The Knickerbockers, swing soft and winsome country with Carl Smith and The Carters, and we’ll also bring in some contemporary sounds including tracks from Mavis Staples, David Olney, and Robert Ellis. I don’t know about you but I’m sick about what’s happening.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Mavis Staples	We Go High	If All I Was Was Black
2	Fats Domino	Telling Lies	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
3	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	No Room In the Church for Liars	Precious Memories
4	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Let That Liar Alone	ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
5	Reverend A. Johnson	Let That Liar Pass On By	1950s Gospel Classics
6	Radio Yesterday	Lights Out	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
7	Martha Fields	Southern White Lies	Southern White Lies
8	Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands	Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)	The Hazel and Alice Sessions
9	The Carter Family	You Better Let That Liar Alone	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
10	David Olney	No Lies	One Tough Town
11	Rosalie Allen	Hitler Lives	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
12	Carl Smith	Wicked Lies	Kisses Don't Lie
13	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	The Biggest Liars in Town	Home of the Blues
14	Flatt & Scruggs	Poison Lies	The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
15	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Lies	Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary
16	Cyndi Lauper	Lies	A Hat Full Of Stars
17	The Roosevelts	Tell Only Lies	The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn
18	Ian Gomm	Dirty Lies	Summer Holiday
19	The Castaways	Liar, Liar	Good Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack]
20	The Knickerbockers	Lies	Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
21	Tex Grande & His Range Riders	Hitler's Reply to Mussolini	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
22	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	Tellin' Lies	The Eyes of Texas
23	John Hartford	Politic	Hamilton Ironworks
24	Mimi & Richard Farina	House Un-American Blues Activity Dream	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
25	Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone Walk	All Men Are Liars	Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe
26	J.J. Cale	Lies	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
27	Frankie Boots And The County Line	Pack Of Lies	Frankie Boots And The County Line
28	Neko Case	Lonely Old Lies	The Virginian
29	Johnnie Taylor	Running Out Of Lies	Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3]

The Object of My Affection

August 11, 2018 Dave

It’s a free form episode that follows the American songbook stream of musical consciousness from the early twentieth century right up through some contemporary sounds. A river of rhythm and song…. doo wop shoo wops, the 88 key bounce of boogie woogie, master jelly roll bakers, and sweet confections for you on a warm summer Friday morning from the West County studios of KOWS radio. Performances will include Les Paul, Peggy Lee, Levon Helm, The Adderly Brothers, Jesse Winchester, and a couple dozen more of your favorites. Settle in for a free form collection of memories and musical gems from the past century with your host, Dave Stroud.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Mavis Staples	We Go High	If All I Was Was Black
2	Fats Domino	Telling Lies	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
3	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	No Room In the Church for Liars	Precious Memories
4	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Let That Liar Alone	ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
5	Reverend A. Johnson	Let That Liar Pass On By	1950s Gospel Classics
6	Radio Yesterday	Lights Out	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
7	Martha Fields	Southern White Lies	Southern White Lies
8	Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands	Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)	The Hazel and Alice Sessions
9	The Carter Family	You Better Let That Liar Alone	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
10	David Olney	No Lies	One Tough Town
11	Rosalie Allen	Hitler Lives	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
12	Carl Smith	Wicked Lies	Kisses Don't Lie
13	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	The Biggest Liars in Town	Home of the Blues
14	Flatt & Scruggs	Poison Lies	The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
15	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Lies	Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary
16	Cyndi Lauper	Lies	A Hat Full Of Stars
17	The Roosevelts	Tell Only Lies	The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn
18	Ian Gomm	Dirty Lies	Summer Holiday
19	The Castaways	Liar, Liar	Good Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack]
20	The Knickerbockers	Lies	Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
21	Tex Grande & His Range Riders	Hitler's Reply to Mussolini	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
22	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	Tellin' Lies	The Eyes of Texas
23	John Hartford	Politic	Hamilton Ironworks
24	Mimi & Richard Farina	House Un-American Blues Activity Dream	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
25	Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone Walk	All Men Are Liars	Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe
26	J.J. Cale	Lies	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
27	Frankie Boots And The County Line	Pack Of Lies	Frankie Boots And The County Line
28	Neko Case	Lonely Old Lies	The Virginian
29	Johnnie Taylor	Running Out Of Lies	Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3]

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Fifties Country, Oldies, Rock, Theme Time

Answer Songs

August 4, 2018 Dave

Answer songs. A novelty of the music business that has always had a place but it truly exploded, becoming habit-forming with the advent of Top 30 radio in the fifties and sixties. Seldom was there an answer song that responded to a question that was not a big success. This week on Deeper Roots, it will be a ’round robin’ of ‘question followed by answer’ songs including the obscure (which about 99% of the so-called answer songs were). You’ll be treated to the sounds of Tennessee Ernie Ford, Muddy Waters, Rufus Thomas, Dodie Stevens, and Elvis (of course) on a summer Friday in West Sonoma County.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Ernest Tubb	Rainbow At Midnight	The Texas Troubadour ([Disc 1] – Walking The Floor Over You (The Hits Vol.1)
2	Slim Bryant and his Wildcats/Lost John Miller	Answer to Rainbow At Midnight	Answer to Rainbow At Midnight
3	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	The Wild Side Of Life	Vintage Collections
4	Kitty Wells	It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels	The Complete Country Hits
5	Hank Locklin	Please Help Me, I'm Falling	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's. Vol. 2
6	Skeeter Davis	(I Can't Help You) I'm Falling Too	The Essential Skeeter Davis
7	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Sixteen Tons	Vintage Collections
8	Patsy Montana	16 Pounds	Best of Answer Songs vol 2
9	Merle Haggard	Okie From Muskogee	Capitol Collector's Series
10	Lowell Levinger	Hippie From Olema	Get Together- Youngblood Classics
11	Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
12	Rufus Thomas	Bear Cat	Living The Blues – 1953-1954 Blues Classics
13	Elvis Presley	Little Sister	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
14	Lavern Baker	Hey Memphis	Best of Answer Songs vol 2
15	Elvis Presley	Are You Lonesome Tonight	Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3)
16	Dodie Stevens	Yes, I'm Lonesome Tonight	Ultimate Collection
17	Claude King	Wolverton Mountain	Classic Country
18	Jo Ann Campbell	(I'm the Girl From) Wolverton Mountain	Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 2
19	Roy Drusky & Priscilla Mitchell	Yes Mr. Peters	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
20	Justin Tubb & Lorene Mann	Hurry Mr. Peters	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
21	Muddy Waters	(I'm Your) Hoochie Coochie Man	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues
22	Bo Diddley	I'm A Man	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley
23	Muddy Waters	Mannish Boy	The Definitive Collection
24	The Dominoes	Sixty Minute Man	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'
25	Billy Ward & the Dominoes	Can't Do Sixty No More	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
26	The Bobbettes	Mr. Lee	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era
27	The Bobbettes	I Shot Mr. Lee	Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
28	Neil Sedaka	Oh! Carol	All Time Greatest Hits
29	Carole King	Oh Neil	Best of Answer Songs vol 1
30	Sam Cooke	Bring It on Home to Me	Greatest Hits
31	Carla Thomas	I'll Bring It Home To You	Gee Whiz & Other Hits
32	Ben E. King	Stand By Me	Heatin' Up
33	Damita Jo	I'll Be There	Best of Answer Songs vol 1
34	Ernie K-Doe	Mother-In-Law	Absolutely the Best
35	Paul Peek	Brother-In-Law	Best of Answer Songs vol 2

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Political Science

July 28, 2018 Dave

The winds of social change become the storm from every direction when authoritarianism, tyranny, and facism begin to take shape. And music has always played a part when speaking truth to power. The most important role of an American citizen is to vote. There is no greater enemy than apathy. The songs we share on Deeper Roots today focus on Civil Rights, war for the cause of oil, voting as voice, and the fight for power in the New World Order. Tune in for performances from Phil Ochs, Ben Harper, Drive-By Truckers, Roy Zimmerman, and Iris DeMent on a show that explores some political science in harmony, vocals, and melodies to make a stand.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Roy Zimmerman	Real America	Real American
2	Jackson Browne	The Dreamer	The Dreamer
3	Steve Earle with Townes Van Zandt and Guy Clark	16 Immigrant Eyes	Together at The Bluebird Cafe
4	Steve Earle	City Of Immigrants (With Forro In The Dark)	Washington Square Serenade
5	Roy Zimmerman	My Vote My Voice My Right	The Faucet's On Fire
6	Phil Ochs	I Ain't Marching Anymore	There But for Fortune
7	The Byrds	Draft Morning	The Notorious Byrd Brothers
8	Barry McGuire	Eve of Destruction	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1965
9	Bruce Cockburn	If I Had A Rocket Launcher	Waiting For A Miracle: Singles 1970-1987
10	Randy Newman	Political Science	The Randy Newman Songbook Vol. 1
11	Joan Baez	The President Sang Amazing Grace	Whistle Down the Wind
12	Drive-By Truckers	What It Means	American Band
13	Drive-By Truckers	Guns Of Umpqua	American Band
14	Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals	Call It What It Is	Call It What It Is
15	Mavis Staples	We Go High	If All I Was Was Black
16	Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come	Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964
17	C.O.R.E. Freedom Singers	Get Your Rights, Jack	Voices Of The Civil Rights Movement, [Disc 2] (Ensembles)
18	Nina Simone	To Be Young, Gifted And Black	Forever Young, Gifted & Black: Songs Of Freedom And Spirit
19	The Staple Singers	Freedom Highway	Freedom Highway
20	The Almanac Singers	Dear Mr. President	Woody Guthrie And American Folk Giants
21	Woody Guthrie	This Land Is Your Land	American Roots Music [Disc 3]
22	Joan Baez	I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill	Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 4]
23	Marvin Gaye	Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 2
24	Randy Newman	Every Man a King	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
25	Randy Newman	Rednecks	Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
26	The Blind Boys of Alabama	Pray for Peace	Almost Home
27	Public Enemy	Fight The Power	Capturing Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music

A Century of America's Music