Category Archives: Featured Music

100 Years Ago

July 21, 2018 Dave

We’re taking this ‘Century of America’s Music’ theme quite serious this week. The tracks we’ll be playing are from the the first few decades of the 20th Century. Parlor music had lost its attraction by the turn of the century in favor of minstrel, vaudeville, and the emergence of Tin Pan Alley. Ragtime and jazz would evolve in an organic manner and blues would inform much of the jazz and band music that would become popular with the advent of the Victrola. Music today includes tracks from Vernon Dahlart, Billy Murray, Frank Crumit, and Ben Selvin & His Orchestra as we find the music of the teens and early 20s on a show that keeps our tagline strong. Tune in for this celebration of American popular music in its infancy.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	W.C. Handy	Livery Stable Blues	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
2	Burt Williams	Nobody	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
3	Felix Arndt	Desecration Rag	The Big Broadcast vol. 9
4	Paramount Symphony Orchestra	Made In America (Pm 2008, 60-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
5	Harry McClaskey	Your Country And My Country (Pm 2011, 2011-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
6	Arthur Fields	Good Morning, Mr. Zip, Zip, Zip (Pm 2052, 2052-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
7	Whit Cunliffe	Hoch, Hoch Der Kaiser!	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
8	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Tiger Rag	78s
9	Billy Murray	The Little Old Ford	Novelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & Obscure
10	Edith Day, Rosario Bourdon	Alice Blue Gown	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
11	Paul Whiteman	Whispering	Greatest Hits
12	Billy Murray	I'll See You In C-U-B-A	Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1
13	Ben Selvin & His Orchestra	Dardanella	Dardanella
14	Ben Selvin & His Orchestra	I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles	Dardanella
15	Al Jolson	Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go With Friday On Saturday Night (1916)	Columbia-1976
16	Al Jolson	Hello Central, Give Me No Man's Land (World War I Song) (1918)	Columbia-2542 (77753)
17	Vernon Dalhart	Can't Yo' Hear Me Callin' Caroline?	Puttin on the Style
18	Fisk Jubilee Singers	O Mary Don't You Weep Don't You Mourn	Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920
19	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Shout All Over God's Heaven	Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920
20	Van Eps Trio	Ragging The Scale (Pm 2050, 87R-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
21	Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band	Everybody's Crazy 'Bout The Doggone Blues	Jazz In The Charts Vol. 1 – Tiger Rag
22	Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band	Indianola (Those Draftin' Blues)	Jazz In The Charts Vol. 1 – Tiger Rag
23	Pale K. Lua	The Rosary	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
24	Frank Crumit	I'm a Lonesome Little Rain Drop (1920)	Columbia-3332 (79460)
25	Louise, Ferera and Rose	Aloha Land (Pm 30060, 245-1)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
26	Helen Louise & Frank Derera's Hawaiians	Kai Maia O ka Maoli	With My Little Ukulele in My Hand
27	Helen Louise & Palakiko Ferreira – Moana Lua	Hawaiian Hula Medley	Hawaiian Rainbow – Hawaiian Music on Edison Records
28	Ford's Hawaiian Orchestra	Kahola March	Hawaiian Rainbow – Hawaiian Music on Edison Records
29	Al Jolson	Swanee	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
30	Bert Williams	Moon Shines On The Moonshine, The	A Tribute To Black Entertainers #1
31	Mamie Smith	Crazy Blues	American Roots Music [Disc 2]

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Free Form, Gospel, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Soul

Tell Old Bill

July 14, 2018 Dave

We’ve got another free form collection of sounds for a Friday in Sonoma County. The July heat has us moving a little slower as everything around us appears to move at breakneck speed. So the idea is to help us find our center and we do that with sounds from the islands with Joe Keawe and Arthur Lyman, soul from the heart by Solomon Burke and Betty Everett, and some tradition with a mix of Johnny Cash, Ry Cooder, and Bob Wills. We find our muse throughout with David Lindley and El Rayo-X. Join us.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Dave Van Ronk	Tell Old Bill	Down In Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection
2	K.C. Douglas	Mercury Blues	Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
3	Jackson Browne & David Lindley	Mercury Blues	Love Is Strange [Disc 1]
4	Warren Zevon	Gorilla, You're A Desperado	I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) [Disc 1]
5	Billy Butler & The Enchanters	I Can't Work No Longer	Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
6	The Temptations	Papa Was A Rollin' Stone	Anthology, Vol. 2 [Disc 2]
7	Chris Barber's Jazz Band	Petite Fleur (Little FLower)	Your Hit Parade -1959
8	Joanie Sommers	Johnny Get Angry	Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)
9	Arthur Lyman Group	Maui Chimes	The Best of the Arthur Lyman Group
10	Sol K. Bright's Hollywaiians	Tomi Tomi	Vintage Hawaiian Music: The Great Singers 1928 – 1934
11	Joe Keawe	My Little Grass Shack	Hapa-Haole Hawaiian Hula Classics – Vintage Hawaiian Treasures: Vol. I
12	Dave Van Ronk	My Little Grass Shack (In Kealakekua, Hawaii)	A Chrestomathy [Disc 2]
13	Ry Cooder	Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)	Jazz (Remaster 2013)
14	Rhiannon Giddens	Up Above My Head	Tomorrow Is My Turn
15	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Singing in My Soul	The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]
16	Etta James	Something's Got a Hold on Me	Chess Blues Disc 4
17	Betty Everett	You're No Good	Something's Got A Hold On Me
18	Solomon Burke	If You Need Me	Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis)
19	The Impressions	Gypsy Woman	Hit The Road Jack: The ABC-Paramount Story
20	Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns	Tu-Ber-Cu-Lucas And The Sinus Blues	Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1
21	Wild Tchoupitoulas	Brother John	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]]
22	Nappy Brown	Goody Goody Gum Drop	Night Time Is the Right Time [Disc 1]
23	Johnny Cash	Understand Your Man	16 Biggest Hits
24	Johnny Cash	Cindy[w. Nick Cave]	Unearthed Vol 3 – Redemption Songs
25	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys	Get Along Home, Cindy	Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 8
26	The Louvin Brothers	I Wonder Where You Are Tonight	Close Harmony [Disc 3]
27	Jimmy Dean	Big Bad John (Uncensored Version)	Best of Answer Songs vol 3
28	Big Brother & the Holding Company/Janis Joplin	Bye Bye Baby	Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits
29	Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers	Get Along Home, Miss Cindy	Arkansas at 78 RPM: Corn Dodgers & Hoss Hair Pullers
30	David Lindley & El Rayo-X	Texas Tango	Very Greasy
31	David Lindley	Mercury Blues	El Rayo-X

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

Carl Sandburg’s Songbag

July 7, 2018 Dave

Published in 1927, populist poet Carl Sandburg’s anthology of American folksongs was in print for over 70 years. It influenced generations of musicians and is a cornerstone in the foundation of American folk and tradition. Sandburg himself described it as a “ragbag of stripes and streaks of color from nearly all ends of the earth…rich with the diversity of the United States.” Today’s show pulls samples from the book featuring performances by Dan Zanes, Bob Dylan, The Weavers, The Blue Sky Boys, and David Rawlings. True Americana from the deeper wells of America’s music.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Zora Layman & The Hometowners	When The Curtains Of The Night Are Pinned Back By The Stars	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
2	Johnny Cash	The Streets of Laredo	Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 2]
3	Sons of the Pioneers	Lone Star Trail	Songs of the Prairie – CD2
4	Tex Ritter	Whoopee Ti Yi Yo (Git Along Little Dogies)	Have I Stayed Away Too Long
5	The Weavers	Get Along Little Dogies	The Weavers Almanac
6	Woody Guthrie	Buffalo Skinners (traditional, arr. Woody Guthrie)	Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection [Disc 2]
7	Oscar Brand	The Tenderfoot	Pie In The Sky
8	The Blue Sky Boys	Trail To Mexico	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1]
9	Marc Williams	The Little Old Sod Shanty On My Claim	Howdy! 25 Hillbilly All-Time Greats
10	Mac Wiseman	Turkey In The Straw	Sings Old Time Country Favorites
11	The Blue Sky Boys	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet	Presenting The Blue Sky Boys
12	Dan Zanes	I Was Born Almost Ten Thousand Years Ago	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
13	Dan Zanes	California	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
14	Hylo Brown	Sweet Betsy From Pike	Legends & Tall Tales
15	BR5-49	Sweet Betsy from Pike	Song of America
16	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Who Will Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot	This Lusty Land
17	Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers	The Old Gray Mare	And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 2
18	David Rawlings	Money Is the Meat in the Coconut	Poor David's Almanack
19	Kilby Snow	Chicken Reel (Folk)	Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp
20	The Everly Brothers	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet	Songs Our Daddy Taught Us
21	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Sourwood Mountain	Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind
22	Molly Mason & Jay Ungar	The Lover's Lament	The Lovers' Waltz
23	Marty Robbins	Red River Valley	All-Time Greatest Hits
24	Dick Curless	Red River Valley	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD2 (1950-1969)
25	The Doc Watson Family	One Morning In May	Tradition
26	Dave Van Ronk	Kentucky Moonshiner	Inside Dave Van Ronk
27	Otis Redding	Down In The Valley	Dreams To Remember: The Otis Redding Anthology [Disc 1]
28	Slim Whitman	Down In The Valley	Country Greats #2
29	Bob Dylan	Froggie Went A-Courtin'	Good As I Been To You
30	Tex Ritter	Froggie Went A-Courtin'	Singing In The Saddle
31	Dan Zanes	The Monkey's Wedding	Parades And Panoramas: 25 Songs Collected By Carl Sandburg For The American Songbag
32	Doc Watson	The Ship That Never Returned	My Dear Old Southern Home
33	Hank Penny	It Ain't Gonna Rain No More	King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 1]

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Rhythm and Blues, Soul, Theme Time, Urban Blues

Lonely Avenue

June 30, 2018 Dave

Blues from a lonely place. From blues to doo wop to southern soul…from behind prison walls to that singular window in that singular room looking out from a high-rise hotel onto a busy street in urban anywhere, America. Today’s music is all about being alone. Our show explores songs written with the lonesome muse on the shoulder. Ray Charles, Joe Liggins, Earl King, and Champion Jack Dupree join in as we ponder lonesome times from the heart of the solitary blues.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Booker T. & The MG's	Lonely Avenue	Green Onions
2	Ray Charles	Lonely Avenue	Doc Pomus: Singer And Songwriter [Disc 2]
3	Mel Walker	Feelin' Mighty Lonesome	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2
4	Johnny Ace	So Lonely	Memorial Album
5	Smiley Turner	Lonely Boy Blues	Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 5]: West Coast Blues V1
6	Julia Lee	Have You Ever Been Lonely	Kansas City Star [Disc 2]
7	Irma Thomas	Woman Left Lonely	My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn
8	Maxine Sullivan	Kind'a Lonesome	Classic Hoagy Carmichael [Disc 1]
9	T-Bone Walker	Blue Mood	Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years
10	Shakey Jake	Gimme A Smile	The Bluesville Years Volume 10: Country Roads, Country Days
11	The Holmes Brothers	I'm So Lonely	Simple Truths
12	Joe Liggins	Blues For Tanya	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
13	Sam Cooke	Lonely Island	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (1 of 4)
14	Eddie Burns	Lonely Man Plea	Delmark: 50 Years Of Jazz & Blues: Blues [Disc 1]
15	James Winfield	Lonely, Lonely, Nights	Lonely Lonely Nights
16	Champion Jack Dupree	Lonely Road Blues	Two Classic Albums Plus Singles
17	Chris Kenner	I'm Lonely, Take Me	Land of 1000 Dances
18	Earl King	Those Lonely Lonely Nights	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
19	Eddie Boyd	Got Lonesome Here	Third Degree (The Blues Collection Vol.58)
20	Johnny Bragg	Hurt & Lonely	The Johnny Bragg Story
21	Violet Hall	(All Alone) I Sit And Cry	The Mercury Blues Story (1945-1955) – Southwest Blues, Vol. 2
22	Fats Domino	I'm Alone Because I Love You	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 8
23	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Lonely Street	Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry
24	Freddie King	Lonesome Whistle Blues	Ultimate Collection
25	Lowell Fulson	Everyday I Have The Blues	Trying to Find My Baby
26	Smiley Lewis	Lonesome Highway	ABC Of The Blues Vol 25
27	Nappy Brown	I'm Getting Lonesome	Down In The Alley – The Complete Savoy Singles A's & B's
28	Little Richard	Lonesome And Blue	The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
29	Ray Charles & Betty Carter	Alone Together	Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated To You
30	Ella Fitzgerald	I'm the Lonesomest Gal in Town	Chronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41
31	Lillie Mae Kirkman	Lonesome	Female Blues – The Remaining Titles Vol. 2 (1938-1949)
32	Julia Lee	Back Street (06-13-47)	1947

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Soul, Theme Time

Women of 60s Southern Soul

June 23, 2018 Dave

Their songs are iconic and their voices, unforgettable. From the deep south and southeast, from the church choirs to the small urban clubs, there were only a handful of female soul vocalists who hit it big with crossover chart sounds. But there were so many more whose voices did not find the venue or the right producer or label to take them to the next level. They were mostly unknown but in our show this week, we’ll try to share examples of what might have been. We’ll hear from Veda Brown, Carla Thomas, Ruby Johnson, and the great Judy Clay on a show full of upbeat and backbeat soul, brass, Stax, and Volt. Discover those female soul sounds that continue to inspire and influence…here on Deeper Roots on a Friday morning in West County.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Veda Brown	Short Stopping	Stax 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3]
2	Barbara & the Browns	In My Heart	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4
3	Barbara & the Browns	My Lover	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4
4	Carla Thomas	B-A-B-Y	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
5	Carla Thomas	I Want to Be Your Baby	The Queen Alone
6	Carla Thomas	Give Me Enough (To Keep Me Going)	The Queen Alone [Expanded Reissue]
7	Jean Wells	Have A Little Mercy	Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
8	Jean Wells	Ordinary Woman	Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
9	Barbara Stephens	I Don't Worry	60's Southern Soul, Vol. 2
10	Veda Brown	Take It Off Her (And Put It On Me)	Private Numbers
11	Barbara Lynn	You'll Lose A Good Thing	Art Laboe's Dedicated To You, Vol. 2
12	Barbara Lynn	You're Losing Me	After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters
13	Ruby Johnson	Come to Me My Darling	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (6 of 9)
14	Ruby Johnson	I'll Run Your Hurt Away	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
15	Irma Thomas	Gone	Soul Queen of New Orleans
16	Irma Thomas	Look Up (AKA Whenever)	Soul Queen of New Orleans
17	Irma Thomas	Ruler of My Heart	Soul Queen of New Orleans
18	Mitty Collier	I Had A Talk With My Man	Chess Uptown Soul
19	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Here You Come Running	Chess Uptown Soul
20	Fontella Bass	The Soul Of A Man	Chess Uptown Soul
21	Judy Clay	You Can't Run Away from Your Heart	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (8 of 9)
22	Judy Clay & William Bell	Private Number	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
23	Judy Clay & William Bell	Love-Eye-Tis	Private Numbers
24	Betty Harris	Cry to Me	Soul from the South
25	Betty Harris	Mean Man	Soul from the South
26	Betty Harris	I'm Evil Tonight	Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky 2-2 1957-
27	Linda Lyndell	What A Man	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]
28	Etta James	Pushover	Chess Uptown Soul
29	Wendy Rene	Give You What I Got	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 Disc 4
30	Wendy Rene	After Laughter (Comes Tears)	Oxford American 10th Anniversary Music Sampler, [Disc 1]: "Future Masters" [Oxford American, 2008]
31	Jan Bradley	Mama Didn't Lie	Chess Uptown Soul
32	Shirley Brown	Woman To Woman	Stax Number Ones

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

Dylan & The Gospel

June 16, 2018 Dave

The argument has been made that Bob Dylan’s earliest music contained more prophetic prose than his deep dive into the Christian faith in Slow Train Coming. His pen had always leaned on the big story lines of Old and New Testaments but he went all out, much as he did in his ‘rock’ conversion, when he made the direct connection to matters of the soul that he would find in the Bible. This week’s show features the gospel songs of Bob Dylan, performed by gospel greats The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Fairfield Four, The Mighty Clouds of Joy, and so many others. Tune into Sonoma County Community radio for a Dylan gospel fest including Maria Muldaur and Willie Nile.

African American Gospel, Bluegrass, Country Gospel, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition

Highway to Heaven

June 10, 2018 Dave

The first of two gospel Friday mornings coming up on Deeper Roots in June. This week, we’ll follow a ‘heavenly’ theme. The Christian vision of afterlife’s reward is expressed in music on a Friday morning in West County (of all places). There will be country and black gospel sounds emanating from the UMC in downtown Sebastopol on KOWS radio as we share performances about heaven including the electric voices of Marion Williams and Marie Knight; the rocking celebration of the good book from Sister Rosetta and Brother Claude Ely; and country gospel enlightenment from Willie and Bobbie Nelson. This one is worth the wait and worth it’s weight in heavenly gold. Tune in!

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Thomas A. Dorsey with Alex Bradford	It's A Highway To Heaven	Precious Lord Recordings Of The Great Gospel Songs Of Thomas A. Dorsey
2	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Shout All Over God's Heaven	Recordings In Chonological Order, Vol. 2: 1915-1920
3	The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir	Heaven Belongs To You	Shakin' The Rafters
4	The Staple Singers	What Are They Doing? (In Heaven Today)	Amen/Why
5	Washington Phillips	What Are They Doing In Heaven Today	Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
6	Mahalia Jackson	A City Called Heaven	Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns
7	Mahalia Jackson	Walk Over God's Heaven	16 Most Requested Songs
8	Clara Ward	When We All Get To Heaven	The Very Greatest
9	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Walk All Over To God's Heaven	Sister Rosetta Tharpe
10	Original Gospel Stars	I Want To Go To Heaven	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
11	Blind Gussie Nesbit	Canaan's Land	When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
12	Mother McCollum	When I Take My Vacation In Heaven	When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
13	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	When We All Get To Heaven	Farther Along
14	Patsy Cline	Life's Railway to Heaven	Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs of the Century
15	Roy Acuff & His Smoky Mountain Boys	I'll Reap My Harvest In Heaven	King of Country Music [Disc 3] : Fireball Mail
16	Alison Krauss & The Cox Family	Walk Over God's Heaven	New Country December 1994
17	The Stanley Brothers	Angels Are Singing (In Heaven Tonight) [Album Version]	The Complete Columbia Stanley Brothers
18	Jimmy Martin	Little Angels In Heaven	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 2]
19	Ethel Davenport & Ehel Davenport Singers	Heavenly Express	Powerhouse Gospel
20	The Staple Singers	On My Way To Heaven	Four Classic Albums
21	Blind Gussie Nesbit	Pure Religion	When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel 1926 – 1936
22	Sister Cally Fancy	Goin' On To Heaven In The Sanctified Way	Goodbye, Babylon – Deliverance Will Come [Disc 2]
23	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Heaven Is Not My Home	Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record
24	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Beams of Heaven	The Original Soul Sister: This Train [Disc 4]
25	Marie Knight	Seal Of Heaven	Hallelujah What A Song!
26	Dorothy Love Coates & The Original Gospel Harmonettes	Heaven I Heard So Much About It	I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983
27	Dorothy Love Coates	When I Reach My Heavenly Home	The Best Of Dorothy Love Coates And The Original Gospel Harmonettes
28	Marion Williams	Sometimes I Ring Up Heaven	Packin' Up
29	The Davis Sisters	Too Close To Heaven	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 4]
30	The Swan Silvertones	Heavenly Light Shine On Me	Heavenly Light
31	The Golden Gate Quartet	No Restricted Signs (Up in Heaven)	Vol. 5 (1945-1949)
32	Brother Claude Ely	I Want To Go To Heaven	Satan Get Back
33	Bill Neely	Satan's Burning Hell	The Essential Guide To Gospel

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Free Form, Oldies

Springtime in Alaska

June 2, 2018 Dave

Winsome sounds from every corner, opening with Johnny Horton and closing somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon line with the soul of Barbara Lynn. Today’s show reaches into the jazz bins for something new and old…a Duke Ellington cover by Wynton Marsalis; gospel covers by Nick Lowe, tradition from Bill Monroe, and Johnny Cash along with a number of so-called Cash-a-likes. It’s a free form collection in our Friday morning show from West County. So what’s it all got to do with Alaska, you ask. Not much, only a great song name to suggest cool music and a Friday full of colorful music.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Johnny Horton	When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)	Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (2 of 2)
2	Bobby Bare	Delia's Gone (1965)	All American Boy – CD 4
3	Josh White, Jr.	Delia's Gone	Classic African-American Ballads (Smithsonian Folkways)
4	David Johansen & The Harry Smiths	Delia	David Johansen and the Harry Smiths
5	Waylon Jennings	Cedartown Georgia	Singles
6	Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys	In The Pines	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Best Of Bluegrass
7	Marty Robbins	Big Iron	All-Time Greatest Hits
8	John Prine	The Lonesome Friends Of Science	The Tree Of Forgiveness
9	Spuyten Duyvil	The Cruel War	Social Hour Music
10	Madam Edna Gallmon Cooke & The Mount Vernon Men's Choir	Angels, Angels, Angels	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
11	Nick Lowe	Children Go Where I Send Thee	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
12	Sons Of South	Didn't It Rain Children	The Best Of Nashboro Gospel
13	Gospel Creators	I'm a Child of My God	This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982
14	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Atom Bomb	Atom Bomb
15	The Impressions with the Riley Hampton Orchestra	Shorty's Got To Go	Bandera Doo Wop
16	Ella Mae Morse	Smack Dab In The Middle	Best Of The Rockabilly Rockin' Years
17	Big Bill Broonzy	You've Changed	Four Classic Albums
18	Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five	Junco Partner	Louis Jordan: Let the Good Times Roll – The Anthology 1938-1953
19	Dr. John	Somebody Changed The Lock	Definitive Pop Collection
20	Wynton Marsalis Septet	Creole Love Call	United We Swing: Best of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Galas
21	Duke Ellington & His Orchestra	Creole Love Call	Jazz in the Charts – Disc 7 – 1928
22	Carlos Zuleta Y Su Conjunto "El Abuelo"	Los Bomberos (Cha Cha Cha)	Vintage Cuba Selection from EPs Collectors
23	Johnny Cash	Waiting For A Train	Unearthed, Vol.1: Who's Gonna Cry
24	Johnny Doe	Devil Train	Cash-A-Likes
25	Bobby Wayne	Big Train	Cash-A-Likes
26	Dane Stinit	Muddy Ole River [Near Memphis Tennessee]	Original Sun Recordings
27	Fred Carter	(You'll Have To) Come And Get It	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins
28	Elvis Presley	King Creole	2nd To None
29	Jean Wells	Your Lovin's Got The Best Of Me (John Morales Mix)	Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition
30	Little Esther Phillips	Better Beware	Heart to Heart
31	The Chantels	Maybe	The Best of the Chantels
32	Barbara Lynn	Nice And Easy	A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979
33	Joan Baez	The President Sang Amazing Grace	Whistle Down the Wind

Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Rhythm and Blues, Theme Time, Urban Blues

Naughty Blues

May 26, 2018 Dave

For goodness sake! We’re going to toss aside our puritan ethics (what ethics, you ask) and look towards the sideways glances and double entendres for our inspiration this week on Deeper Roots. Songs about Sam The Hot Dog Man, keyholes, sugar bowls, poodles, jockeys, and lemons…all subjects that find their way in and around the blues in an auspiciously direct route to the heart of the matter. We’ve got the naughty blues today…songs that will encourage a blush or two…or three. We’ve got The Swallows, Lil’ Johnson, Emma Barrett, Tampa Red, and a host of other blues greats on a Sonoma County spring morning. Be sure to tune in and find your own blush point…

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
2	Crown Prince Waterford	Move Your Hand Baby	Vintage Sex Songs
3	Barrelhouse Annie	If It Don't Fit, Don't Force It	Vintage Sex Songs
4	Memphis Minnie	Dirty Mother For You	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
5	Tampa Red	Let Me Play With Your Poodle	ABC Of The Blues Vol 38
6	Lightnin' Hopkins	Let Me Play With Poodle	Vintage Sex Songs
7	Hattie Hart	I Let My Daddy Do That	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
8	Emma Barrett	I Ain't Gonna Give Nobody None Of This Jelly Roll	Sweet Emma
9	Butterbeans & Susie	I Wanna Hot Dog For My Roll [Explicit]	Those Dirty Blues Volume 1 [Explicit]
10	Lil Johnson	Sam The Hot Dog Man	Vintage Sex Songs
11	Mabel Scott	Just Give Me A Man	Vintage Sex Songs
12	Connie Allen	Rocket 69	Vintage Sex Songs
13	The Swallows	It Ain't The Meat It's The Motion	Vintage Sex Songs
14	Julia Lee	My Man Stands Out	The Essential Julia Lee Vol 1
15	Julia Lee	King Size Papa	Kansas City Star [Disc 3]
16	Al Miller	I Found Your Keyhole	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
17	Charlie Pickett	Let Me Squeeze Your Lemon	Vintage Sex Songs
18	Bessie Smith	Kitchen Man	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
19	Bessie Smith	Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl	The Essential Bessie Smith
20	Hunter & Jenkins	Lollypop	Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops
21	Frankie Half Pint Jaxon and The Harlem Hamfats	Wet It [Explicit]	Those Dirty Blues Volume 1 [Explicit]
22	Victoria Spivey	How Do You Do It That Way?	Black Snake Blues – The Best Of
23	Madelyn James	Stinging Snake Blues	Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
24	Lucille Bogan	Skin Game Blues [Album Version]	Shave 'Em Dry: The Best Of Lucille Bogan
25	Lil Johnson	Get 'Em From The Peanut Man (Hot Nuts) [Album Version]	Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops
26	Lonnie Johnson	I Got The Best Jelly Rollin In Town	Dirty Blues [Disc 2]
27	Wynonie Harris	Hard Ridin Mama	Playful Baby
28	Bull Moose Jackson	Big Ten Inch Record	Badman Jackson Thats Me
29	Blu Lu Barker	Don't You Feel My Leg	Chronological Blue Lu Barker (1946-1949)
30	Blu Lu Barker	Buy Me Some Juice	Don't You Feel My Leg
31	Lillie Mae Kirkman	He's Just My Size	Raunchy Business: Hot Nuts & Lollypops
32	Lil Johnson & Black Bob	Press My Button, Ring My Bell	Flashbacks #3 CopulationBlues 1926-1940

Early Female Pop Vocals

May 19, 2018 Dave

Here’s to the pioneering pop mavens. Don’t think we won’t draw a little bit outside the lines as well in this show, bringing in flappers, jazz, and novelty sounds. The groups and solo acts are thoroughly represented with the likes of Marion Harris, Ruth Etting, Billie Holiday, Kate Smith, and The Andrews Sisters. We’ll go a little bit further and bring you songs to uplift in hard times, ring with a bit of jingoism in war time, and celebrate the good times in every way possible. West County radio will get a good dose of the best of the early and mid-century popular music…all from the ladies.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Boswell Sisters	Heebie Jeebies, #1	The Boswell Sisters Collection
2	Marion Harris	There'll Be Some Changes Made	Echoes From The 1920's Disc 1
3	Helen Kane, Leonard Joy	I Wanna Be Loved By You	Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
4	Lee Morse	If You Want the Rainbow	The First Torch Singers, the Twenties
5	Lee Morse	If I Can't Have You	The First Torch Singers, the Twenties
6	Annette Hanshaw	I Want To Be Bad	Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999)
7	Annette Hanshaw	I Get The Blues When It Rains	The Girl Next Door
8	Ethel Shutta With George Olsen & His Music	I'm On A Diet Of Love	The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2
9	Ruth Etting	My Blackbirds Are Bluebirds Now	Love Me or Leave Me CD1
10	Ruth Etting	Ten Cents a Dance	The Boop Boop a Doop Girls
11	Vaughn De Leath	Ukulele Lady	With My Little Ukulele In My Hand (Disc 4 Of 4)
12	Vaughn De Leath	Banana Oil	The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2
13	Marion Harris	Spring Is Here Again	The Big Broadcast vol. 6
14	Boswell Sisters	Put That Sun Back In the Sky	Boswell Sisters
15	The Boswell Sisters	Shuffle Off To Buffalo	The Boswell Sisters Volume 2
16	Kate Smith	Twenty Million People	Emergence Of A Legend
17	Kate Smith	Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen	Emergence Of A Legend
18	Josephine Baker	Confessing	1926-1932
19	Billie Holiday	My Last Affair	Billie Holiday: The Legacy Box 1933-1958 Disc 2
20	Billie Holiday	I Wished On The Moon	Billie Holiday: The Lady Sings CD 1- This Year's Kisses
21	Billie Holiday	What A Little Moonlight Can Do	Billie Holiday: The Lady Sings CD 1- This Year's Kisses
22	Ella Fitzgerald	Hallelujah!	Cryin' Mood
23	Chick Webb & His Orchestra	A-Tisket, A-Tasket	Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
24	Helen Forrest	Two Blind Loves	Harold Arlen Writes the Songs
25	The Andrews Sisters	Rhumboogie	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2]
26	The Andrews Sisters	East of the Sun (And West of the Moon)	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 4]
27	Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters	I'll Si-Si Ya In Bahia [Single Version]	Their Complete Recordings Together [Disc 2]
28	Dinning Sisters	Beg Your Pardon	Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1]
29	Dinning Sisters	Oh Monah	Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1]
30	The McGuire Sisters	Sugartime	The McGuire Sisters Greatest Hits
31	Helen Kane	Button Up Your Overcoat	The Boop Boop a Doop Girls

A Century of America's Music