Category Archives: Featured Music

Americana, Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Theme Time

Truck Drivin’ Songs

March 3, 2018 Dave

White line fever…that endless gray ribbon…asphalt mixed with bennies…and a whole lot of attitude around semis, mile markers, county mounties, and bobtail returns. Terminology you won’t hear too much on our show…except for this show which shares the songs of the long-haulers. Bill Kirchen, Red Simpson, Buck Owens, and Merle Haggard are just a sample of the performers joining in the fun where Cliff Bruner & His Boys introduce us to the first truck driving song “Truck Driver Blues” right up to that bad boy honky tonkin’ guitar trucker Dale Watson. You can’t escape the 18 wheel energy on Sonoma County Community Radio…straight from the Bakersfield asphalt to yours.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Dick Curless	A Tombstone Every Mile (1)	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD4 (1950-1969)
2	Red Simpson	Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
3	Lyle Lovett	The Truck Song	Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man
4	Joe Ely	White Line Fever	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
5	Marty Stuart	Truck Drivers' Blues	Nashville Vol. 1: Tear The Woodpile Down
6	Bill Kirchen	Hillbilly Truck Drivin' Man	Tied to the Wheel
7	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Diesel Smoke	Country Legends
8	Burl Ives With Grady Martin & His Slew Foot Five	Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves	Roughneck Blues 1949 – 1956
9	Bill Neely	I'm A Truck Drivin' Daddy	Texas Law & Justice
10	Bob Ensign	Midnight Trucker	Front Porch Pickin': Bluegrass Instrumentals ('60s)
11	Bill Kirchen & Too Much Fun	Semi-Truck	Rig Rock Deluxe
12	Red Simpson	Happy Go Lucky Truck Driver	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
13	Jimmy Martin	Truck Driving Man	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3]
14	Buck Owens	Truck Drivin' Man	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
15	Norton Buffalo	Eighteen Wheels	Lovin' In The Valley Of The Moon
16	Dale Watson	Been A Long Truckin Day	The Trucking Sessions Vol 3
17	Merle Haggard	Truck Driver's Blues	Working In Tennessee
18	Buck Owens	Will There Be Big Rigs In Heaven	Rig Rock Deluxe
19	Dave Dudley	Six Days On The Road	Classic Country
20	Bill Kirchen	Mama Hated Diesels	Seeds and Stems
21	Cliff Bruner & His Boys	Truck Driver's Blues (1939)	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, & Cowboys – Tobacco State Swing [Disc 3]
22	Jess Willard	Truck Driver's Boogie	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
23	Jimmy Martin	Truck Driver's Queen	Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 3]
24	Parker Millsap	Truck Stop Gospel	Parker Millsap
25	Asleep at the Wheel/Leon Rausch	Truck Driver's Blues	It's A Good Day
26	Jim Lauderdale	Diesel, Diesel, Diesel	The Other Sessions
27	Leon Russell	Truck Drivin' Man	Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks]
28	BR5-49	18 Wheels And A Crowbar	Big Backyard Beat Show
29	Bill Kirchen	Roll Truck Roll	Tied to the Wheel
30	Dale Watson	Jack's Truck Stop & Cafe	I Hate These Songs
31	Little Willies	Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves	For the Good Times

Jazz Guitar Redux

February 24, 2018 Dave

Jazz guitar masters take center stage on a February Friday in Sonoma County on community radio. Join Dave Stroud as he revisits some of the great jazz guitar performances including tracks from Charlie Christian, Eddie Lang, Teddy Bunn, and Kenny Burrell. This week’s two hour show will also include some country and rock favorites whose guitar work stands alongside the great influential performers of the day….Les Paul, Chet Atkins, and Hank Garland among them.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Django Reinhardt & Stiphane Grappelli	Jeepers Creepers	Swing 39
2	Carl Kress	Jazz in G	Presenting& The Great Guitarists
3	Stiphane Grappelli & Barney Kessel	It Don't Mean A Thing, If It Ain't Got That Swing	The Original Jazz Masters Series, Vol. 2 [Disc 2]
4	Teddy Bunn	I've Got The World on A String	Hittin' On All Six (A History of Jazz Guitar)
5	Charlie Christian	Solo Flight	Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution
6	Gaillard, Slim Quartette	Tee Say Malee	Laughing in Rhythm: Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti) [Disc 3]
7	Slim Gaillard	Blue Heaven	ABC Of The Blues Vol 12
8	Eddie Lang	Add A Little Wiggle	Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The New York Sessions 1926-35
9	Eddie Lang	Eddie's Twister	Jazz Guitar Virtuoso
10	John Trueheart	Lonesome Moments	Hittin' On All Six (A History of Jazz Guitar)
11	Dick Bernstein	Ramble	HIttin' On All Six (A History of Jazz Guitar)
12	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Jazz Me Blues	Les Paul: Guitar Wizard
13	Chet Atkins	Mountain Melody	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
14	Chet Atkins, George Barnes, Henry Haynes, Kenneth Burns, Charles R. Grean, Irving Goldberg, Bob Davis	I'll See You In My Dreams	Jazz from the Hills
15	George Barnes	Little Rock Getaway	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
16	Oscar Aleman	Bye Bye Blues	Theme Time Radio Hour – Season 3 – [Disc 1]
17	Tal Farlow	Yardbird Suite	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
18	Lonnie Johnson & Eddie Lang	Guitar Blues	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
19	Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne & Ray Brown	On Green Dolphin Street	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
20	Joe Pass	Night and Day	100 Jazz Guitar Favorites
21	George Benson with Jack Mc Duff	Easy Living	George Benson & Jack McDuff
22	Kenny Burrell	Chitlins Con Carne	Midnight Blue
23	Jim Hall	Autumn Leaves	Hallmarks: The Best Of Jim Hall (1971-2000)
24	Pat Martino	Road Song	Footprints
25	Wes Montgomery	The Surrey With The Fringe On Top	Willow Weep For Me
26	Hank Garland	Some of These Day	Move! – The Guitar Artistry of Hank Garland
27	Grant Green	Jean De Fleur	Idle Moments

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

The Old Chisholm Trail

February 17, 2018 Dave

Songs about moonlight on the trail this week. We revisit songs about Old Paint, cowpokes, outlaws, and the wide expanse of the range in this week’s show. Tradition, temperance, and memories of the Red River Valley with Michael Martin Murphey, Jimmie Driftwood, Rex Allen, Powder River Jack (featuring Kitty Lee), and many more cowboys from Hollywood and the old Navajo Trail. Storytelling and nostalgic novelties, most elevating the hardscrabble life of the West to a Disney featurette. Right here on Sonoma County community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Norman Luboff Choir	Shenandoah	Songs of the South and Songs of the Sea
2	Gene Autry	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1]
3	Gene Autry	Back In the Saddle Again	Don't Fence Me In:Western Music Early Golden Era
4	The Western Flyers	Along The Navajo Trail	Wild Blue Yonder
5	Marty Robbins	The Strawberry Roan	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
6	Duane Eddy	Streets of Laredo	Rebel Rouser
7	Ernest Tubb	The Yellow Rose Of Texas	Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours
8	Gene Autry & Jimmy Long	The Yellow Rose Of Texas	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2]
9	Marty Robbins	Red River Valley	All-Time Greatest Hits
10	Johnny Bond	Red River Valley	History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9
11	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	The Old Chisholm Trail	16 Great Songs Of The Old West
12	Ken Curtis & The Sons of the Pioneers	Home On The Range	The Cowboy Album
13	Ken Maynard	Home On The Range	When I Was A Cowboy, Volume 2
14	Judy Canova	Along The Navajo Trail (Radio)	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1
15	The Sons Of The Pioneers	Along The Santa Fe Trail	Sons Of The Pioneers
16	Rex Allen	Riding Down To Mexico	The Last of The Great Singing Cowboys
17	Johnny Bond	Goodbye Old Paint	Standard Transcriptions
18	Cisco Houston	I Ride An Old Paint	The Folkways Years: 1944-1961
19	Michael Martin Murphey	I Ride An Old Paint/Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo/Git Along Little Doggies	Cowboy Songs
20	Eddy Arnold	Cattle Call	Stampede! Western Music's Late Golden Era
21	Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers	Blue Shadows On The Trail (From Walt Disney's "Melody Time")	Country Legends
22	Ken Maynard	Lone Star Trail	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
23	Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)	Strawberry Roan	Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58
24	Wilmer Watts And The Lonely Eagles	Sleepy Desert	Gastonia Gallop – Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues 1927-1931
25	Carson Robison's Buckaroos	Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots
26	Crowder Brothers	Wild West Rambler	When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1
27	Powder River Jack, Kitty Lee	Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail	When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West, Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1
28	Jimmie Driftwood	Billy The Kid	Americana, Vol. 2
29	Don Edwards	Sam Bass	Saddle Songs (1 of 2)
30	The Light Crust Doughboys	Oh Susannah	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 1] Hot Mama Stomp)
31	Tex Ritter	My Darling Clementine	Have I Stayed Away Too Long
32	Tex Ritter	Chisholm Trail	High Noon
33	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	The Streets Of Laredo	16 Great Songs Of The Old West
34	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans With Frank Worth & His Orchestra	Happy Trails	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3]

African American Gospel, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Rock

Rockin’ Rhythm & Gospel

February 10, 2018 Dave

We gravitate towards gospel because it’s roots are so entwined with virtually every form of music we feature on Deeper Roots; so we’ll revisit the sound once more. However, in this episode we’ll focus on the rock and rhythm inspiration…gospel performances that were more worldliness than holiness. Jesus Rocked The Jukebox is the name of an album that we’ve leaned on in this episode and expanded from there with examples of over-the-top performances in the key of the sacred but with the pounding rhythmic syncopation of the secular. Join Dave Stroud as he pulls out the stop with the likes of The Dixie Hummingbirds, The Detroiters, The Highway QCs, Fannie Bell Chapman, and a host of others. Breathtaking gospel for a Friday evening in Sonoma County.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Pilgrim Travelers	After While (Take 8)	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
2	The Detroiters	Let Jesus Lead You	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
3	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Jesus Children of America	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds
4	The Swan Silvertones	Trouble In My Way	Love Lifted Me
5	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Trouble In My Way	The History of Black Gospel Volume 6
6	Lou Rawls & The Chosen Gospel Singers	Walk With Me	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
7	The Original Blind Boys	People Don't Sing Like They Used To Sing	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
8	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	He's Alright	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
9	Fannie Bell Chapman	He's My Rock, My Sword, My Shield	Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007
10	The Chosen Gospel Singers	Ananais	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
11	The Chosen Gospel Singers	Trouble Of This World's Condition	I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From The Nashboro Label 1951-1983
12	Rosa Shaw	On The Highway	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
13	Sister Emily Bram	Each Day	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
14	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Up Above My Head There's Music In The Air	Gospel Train
15	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Rock Me	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 3
16	Lucky Millinder/Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Shout, Sister, Shout!	The Gospel of Blues
17	The Staple Singers	Wade In The Water	Freedom Highway
18	The Staple Singers	Jacob's Ladder	Freedom Highway
19	The Golden Gate Quartet	Wade In The Water (1946)	Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
20	Gospel Hummingbirds	Pray On	Taking Flight
21	The Highway QC'S	Walk with Me	Great Gospel – People Get Ready
22	The Highway Q.C.'s	The Way Up The Hill	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
23	Brother John Sellers	He's My Rock	Smithsonian Folkways: Classic African American Gospel
24	The Swan Silvertones	My Rock	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 2: More Black Gospel
25	Roberta Martin And The Roberta Martin Singers	Rock My Soul	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
26	Gospel Silhouettes	Rock In A Weary Land	Powerhouse Gospel Vol 1
27	The Swan Silvertones	Sinner Man	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
28	Gospel Supremes	Sinner Man	Local Customs: Downriver Revival
29	Silvertone Quintet	Stand By Me	Powerhouse Gospel
30	Mary Deloatch	The Lord's Gospel Train	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
31	Roscoe Robinson With Huey Brown & The Silver Quintette	Sinner's Crossroads	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
32	The Harmonizing Four	Hallelujah	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)
33	The Staple Singers	Will The Circle Be Unbroken	Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2
34	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Christian's Automobile	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds

Blues, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Gospel, Oldies

Elvis’ Roots

February 3, 2018 Dave

The influence of gospel, blues, country, and tradition has always informed the music of Elvis…and while we’re not digging too far into the later works, we’ll go sit with Elvis on the sofa with our ears to the Victrola and the crackling of WDIA Memphis and the smattering of black blues and gospel over the air. We’ll hear The Carters, Jimmy Reed, Smiley Lewis, Little Junior Parker, Mahalia Jackson, and a couple dozen more in this episode. Keep an ear out for some rare recordings including those whose meager popularity evaporated once Elvis went on to cover them. Names like Joe Dowell, The Eagles (not the LA band), Deacon Tom Foger, and Charlie Blackwell bely their contributions to the Elvis catalog.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 2]
2	Bill Monroe And His Bluegrass Boys	Blue Moon Of Kentucky	Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age
3	Ernest Tubb	I Love You Because	The Texas Troubadour ([Disc 2] – Slippin' Around (The Hits Vol.2)
4	Gene Austin	Love Letters In The Sand	A Time To Relax
5	Eddy Arnold	It's a Sin	Country & Western Hit Parade 1947
6	Red Foley	Old Shep	Tennessee Saturday Night
7	The Lone Star Cowboys	Just Because	East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series)
8	The Carter Family	I'm Working On A Building	The Carter Family: 1927-1934 [Disc 5]
9	Deacon Tom Foger & The Camp Meeting Choir	Working On The Building	Powerhouse Gospel
10	Kokomo Arnold	Milk Cow Blues	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
11	Arthur Gunter	Baby Let's Play House	The Best Of Excello Records
12	Jimmy Reed	Big Boss Man	The Very Best of Jimmy Reed
13	Jimmy Reed	Baby What You Want Me To Do	The Very Best of Jimmy Reed
14	Arthur Big Boy Crudup	So Glad You're Mine	Rock Me Mama (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
15	Arthur Big Boy Crudup	So Glad You're Mine	Rock Me Mama (The Blues Collection Vol.47)
16	Little Junior Parker	Mystery Train	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
17	Little Richard	Long Tall Sally	Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
18	Chuck Berry	Promised Land	The Chess Box Disc 2
19	Lloyd Price	Lawdy Miss Clawdy	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
20	The Eagles	Trying To Get To You	Mercury R+B '46-'62 [Disc 1]
21	Smiley Lewis	One Night	I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3
22	Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters	Money Honey	Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four
23	Roy Brown	Good Rockin' Tonight	Gettin' Funky [Disc 3] – The Hitmakers
24	Ivory Joe Hunter	I Need You So	The Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter : 1947 – 1950
25	Billy Bunn & His Buddies	That's When Your Heartaches Begin	Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
26	Charlie Blackwell	The Girl of My Best Friend	Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1)
27	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle & Roll	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
28	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	I Believe	Sister Rosetta Tharpe
29	The Golden Gate Quartet	Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (1946)	Vol. 5 (1945-1949) (Complete Recorded Works In Chronologial Order, Vol. 5, 1939-1949)
30	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	Peace In The Valley	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 1]
31	Mahalia Jackson	How Great Thou Art	Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns, Vol.2 [Disc 1]
32	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Precious Memories	Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4)
33	Joe Dowell	Wooden Heart	Easy Listening Gold 1960-1961
34	Glen Gray & The Casa Lorne Orchestra	Blue Moon	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals

Free Form – January 2018

January 13, 2018 Dave

We open 2018 with a mix of jazz, R&B, New Orleans piano, gospel, and country… nothing that you would not expect from the show. Here’s hoping to something much better from all of us…as a democracy and a society. While the 1 percent have fooled the desperate we’ll be spending time with the passions of Ivie Anderson, Ray Charles, Madeline Bell, Doug Sahm, and Sam Cooke to keep our hearts, minds, and eyes on the prize. Join Dave Stroud for a free form exploration of American roots music every other Friday morning at 9am on KOWS and weekly (Friday evenings at 9) on KWTF.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Blossom Dearie	Everything I've Got	Got Nothing But Song
2	Professor Longhair	Mean Old World	Fess: The Professor Longhair A
3	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	Mean Old World	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
4	Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalist	Free At Las'	2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
5	Anthony Butler	Judgement's Coming Soon	Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats
6	Cowboy Junkies	Jesus Is Coming Soon	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
7	Madeline Bell	Can't Get Used To Losing You	Bell's A Poppin'
8	Laura Lee	Up Tight, Good Man	The Muscle Shoals Sound
9	Jean Wells	Have a Little Mercy	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures: Taken From Our Vaults, Vol. 1
10	Varetta Dillard	I Can't Help Myself	Got You On My Mind
11	The Orioles	You Belong to Me	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
12	The Commands	No Time For You	Eccentric Soul: The Dynamic Label
13	Slim Gaillard	Blue Heaven	ABC Of The Blues Vol 12
14	The Cats & The Fiddle	Darling, Can't We Make A Date	The Very Best Of
15	Ivie Anderson	I'm Checkin' Out, Goo'm Bye	An Introduction To Ivie Anderson
16	Ivie Anderson	Oh Babe! Maybe Someday	An Introduction To Ivie Anderson
17	Louis Jordan	I Seen What'cha Done	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
18	Ray Charles & Willie Nelson	Seven Spanish Angels	The Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 4]
19	Willie Nelson	Let's Face The Music And Dance	Let's Face The Music And Dance
20	Asleep at the Wheel	Dance With Who Brung You	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
21	Leon McAuliffe	Tulsa, Straight Ahead	Tulsa Straight Ahead
22	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Better Do It Now	Shame On You
23	Doug Sahm	I Wanna Be Your Mama Again	Best of Sir Douglas 68-75
24	Bruce Daigrepont	Acadie A la Louisiane	Alligator Stomp 3: Cajun Zydeco Classics
25	Elijah & The Ebonites	Hot Grits!!!	Eccentric Soul – The Capsoul Label
26	Lee Dorsey	Work, Work, Work	The Ep Collection…Plus
27	Bo Diddley	You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover	The Chess Box
28	Magic Sam	Feels So Good (I Wanna Boogie)	Living The Blues – 1965 – 1969 Blues Classics
29	Howlin' Wolf	Smokestack Lightnin'	Blues From Hell
30	Ella Mae Morse	Jumpin' Jack	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
31	The Boswell Sisters	Gee, But I'd Like To Make You Happy	The Object Of My Affection
32	Ethel Waters	Stormy Weather	The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp
33	Juan Gabriel	Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (Gracias al Sol)	Quiero Creedence

Bluegrass, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music

Dead Roots

January 7, 2018 Dave

While the lyrics and music of Robert Hunter took the Grateful Dead into remarkable directions, codifying their place among the bands of the latter half of the 20<sup>th</sup> century, by the time they reached their peak their roots were already firmly established. Their early music was clearly anchored in the sounds of tradition, reaching from the Appalachians to the Texas Gulf Coast. We’ll hear early (and contemporary) performances that inspired the band with songs of Blind Willie Johnson, Red Allen, The Mississippi Sheiks, Henry Thomas and Obray Ramsey. The landscape we’ll traverse includes blues, gospel, hillbilly, and folk…no Dead music, only music that served to inspire. This week on Sonoma County Community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	David Grisman/Jerry Garcia	Been All Around This World	Been All Around This World
2	Dave Van Ronk	Hang Me, Oh Hang Me	Dave Van Ronk
3	Obray Ramsey	Rain And Snow	Best Of The Troubadours
4	Vince Martin & Fred Neil	I Know You Rider	Tear Down The Walls/Bleecker & MacDougal
5	Henry Thomas	Dont Ease Me In	Ragtime Texas Complete Recorded Works 1927-29
6	The Memphis Jug Band	On The Road Again	Times Ain't Like They Used To Be – Volume 1
7	The Memphis Jug Band	Stealin' Stealin'	Memphis Jug Band Vol. 2 (1928-1929)
8	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Viola Lee Blues	First Time I Met the Blues (When the Sun Goes Down series)
9	Hammie Nixon	Viola Lee Blues	Living Country Blues: An Anthology Disc 3
10	The Monroe Brothers	Rosa Lee McFall	Early Blue Grass Music
11	Prairie Ramblers	Deep Elem Blues	White Country Blues (1926-1938)
12	Mississippi Sheiks	Sittin' On Top of the World	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
13	Roscoe Holcomb	Sittin' On Top of the World	Classic Piedmont Blues from Smithsonian Folkways
14	Dillard Chandler	Rain and Snow	Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
15	The Chieftains	Rain And Snow	Down The Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions
16	Gus Cannon's Jug Stompers	Minglewood Blues	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
17	Jim Kweskin, Geoff Muldaur, et. al.	New Minglewood Blues	Jug Band Extravaganza
18	Blind Willie Johnson	Nobody's Fault But Mine	Various Artists: Bob Dylan – Cover To Cover – The Originals VOL. 2 [Disc 3]
19	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Nobody's Fault But Mine	The Great Gospel Women
20	Rev. Pearly Brown	Nobody's Fault But Mine	You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
21	Lightnin' Hopkins	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2
22	Lightnin' Hopkins	One Kind Favor	Jake Head Boogie
23	Memphis Slim	Next Time You See Me	The Greatest Hits Of
24	Bob Dylan	Jack-A-Roe	World Gone Wrong
25	Joan Baez	Jack-A-Roe	Rare, Live & Classic [Box] (3 of 3)
26	The Sunshine Boys	What's the Matter With Deep Elem	The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
27	Red Allen	Deep Elem Blues	The Folkways Years 1964 – 1983
28	The Light Crust Doughboys	Sittin' On Top Of The World	1936-1941
29	Dock Walsh	In The Pines	In The Pines – Tar Heel Folk Songs And Fiddle Tunes – Old-Time Music Of North Carolina 1926-1936
30	John Sebastian	Minglewood Blues	Chasin' Gus' Ghost

Who We Lost in 2017

December 31, 2017 Dave

We look back at the great ones we lost in 2017…and there were a number of great ones: Fats Domino, Chuck Berry, and Tom Petty. While two hours provides only a limited amount of time, our parameters are such that we look at contributions and influences, focusing our honor to those who fit the roots and the body of work that these greats brought to the fore. We’ll feature music of Rosalie Sorrels, Greg Allman, Steely Dan, Don Williams, Glen Campbell, and numerous others whose lives will live on in their music. Join Dave Stroud for two hours of music from the last century on Sonoma County community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Fats Domino	My Girl Josephine	A Lot Of Dominos
2	Paul Kanter & Jefferson Starship	The Baby Tree	Blows Against The Empire
3	Rosalie Sorrels	Rock, Salt And Nails	Cover to Cover: The Originals, Vol. 2 [Disc 1]
4	Harry Dean Stanton	Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain	Partly Fiction
5	Mark Selby	Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
6	Wayne Cochran	Last Kiss	30 Country Hits – A History of Country Music
7	Chuck Berry	Back In The U.S.A.	Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
8	Sonny Burgess	Red Headed Woman	Rockin' Memphis [Disc 3]
9	The Allman Brothers Band	Melissa	Stand Back: The Anthology Disc 1
10	Tower Of Power	You're Still A Young Man	Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll
11	The Main Ingredient	Everybody Plays the Fool	70s Music Explosion – Miracles
12	Sister Sledge	We Are Family	Ultimate Disco
13	J. Geils Band	Give It To Me	Must Have Got Lost
14	Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers	Don't Do Me Like That	Damn the Torpedoes
15	The Smithereens	Blood & Roses	Blown to Smithereens: The Best of the Smithereens
16	Lonnie Brooks	Mr. Hot Shot	Stompin' 3
17	Steam	Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye	45's on CD, Vol. 4: 1967-1969
18	Magic Slim, Billy Branch & James Cotton	When The Levee Breaks, Pt. 1	Whole Lotta Blues: Songs Of Led Zeppelin
19	Della Reese	Don't You Know	Magic Moments – The Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 1)
20	Keely Smith/Louis Prima	That Old Black Magic	Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 5: Wild Cool & Swingin
21	Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis	Ev'ry Street's A Boulevard In Old New York	The Capitol Years [Disc 1]
22	The Partridge Family	I Think I Love You	Have A Nice Day: Super Hits Of The '70s, Vol. 3
23	Al Jarreau	We're In This Love Together	BMG Vol. 03 Disc 01 1981-1983
24	D.L. Menard	The Back Door	The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999
25	Mel Tillis	Who's Julie	Only Country – 1965-1969
26	Don Williams	Amanda	The Definitive Collection
27	Glen Campbell	Rhinestone Cowboy	70s Music Explosion – Magic Disc 2
28	Johnny Cash	Rusty Cage	Unchained
29	Steely Dan	Reeling in the Years	A Decade of Steely Dan
30	The Roches	Wedding Bell Blues	Time & Love, The Music of Laura Nyro
31	James Brown	Funky Drummer (Bonus Beat Reprise)	In the Jungle Groove
32	James Brown	Cold Sweat	CD of JB II: Cold Sweat and Other Soul Classics

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Gospel, Modern Americana

Contemporary Americana Gospel

December 17, 2017 Dave

Just a closer walk…Deeper Roots walks the gospel road once more, this time forgoing the ancestral roots for modern takes in black gospel, country gospel, and bluegrass from the Heartland. Our focus will be on some of the contemporary performers who cover with due recognition some of the great gospel standards. We’ll hear from Hugh Laurie, Willie Watson, Rodney Crowell, Bruce Cockburn, and Luther Dickinson…and that’s just a taste. We’ll hear the stories of Samson and Delilah alongside John the Revelator….right here on Deeper Roots…coming your way from the KWTF downtown studios.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Aubrey Ghent & Friends	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	15 Down Home Gospel Classics
2	Buddy Miller	There's A Higher Power	Universal United House Of Prayer
3	Wade Bowen	Precious Memories	Then Sings My Soul: Songs for My Mother
4	Mike Farris	Sit Down Servant	Salvation in Lights
5	Bonnie Raitt & Maria Muldaur	My Journey to the Sky	Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe
6	Johnny Cash	The Man Comes Around	American IV: Man Comes Around
7	Jorma Kaukonen	What Are They Doing In Heaven Today	Blue Country Heart
8	Rodney Crowell	Denomination Blues	Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
9	Willie Watson	Samson and Delilah	Folksinger Vol. 2
10	Jimmie Dale Gilmore	Peace in the Valley	Come on Back
11	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Amazing Grace	Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Vol. 2
12	The Blind Boys of Alabama	I Keep On Walking	Almost Home
13	Mavis Staples & Bonnie Raitt	Turn Me Around	Mavis Staples I'll Take You There: An All-Star Concert Celebration
14	Rhiannon Giddens	Up Above My Head	Tomorrow Is My Turn
15	Hugh Laurie	Didn't It Rain	Didn't It Rain (Deluxe)
16	Linda Gail Lewis	This Train	Hard Rocking Woman
17	Leo Welch	You Can't Hurry God	Sabougla Voices
18	The Holmes Brothers	Farther Along	Speaking In Tongues
19	Ollabelle	John The Revelator	Ollabelle
20	Tom Waits	John The Revelator	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
21	Luther Dickinson feat. the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band	Bye And Bye I'm Going To See The King	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
22	Bruce Cockburn	Twelve Gates To The City	Bone On Bone
23	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Family Bible	Django and Jimmie
24	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	Old Time Religion	Farther Along
25	Gillian Welch	Old Time Religion [Outtake]	Boots No. 1: The Official Revival Bootleg [Disc 2]
26	Charlie Haden	A Voice From On High	Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy
27	Rhiannon Giddens	Freedom Highway	Freedom Highway

Songs of John Hiatt

December 10, 2017 Dave

From the ‘pink bedroom’ and edgy alternative to blues and country, R&B and everything in between…John Hiatt’s catalog of recordings is only surpassed by the library of his songs penned over the past fifty years. We’ll take a look back, primarily focusing on covers from his contemporaries; names like Rosanne Cash, Iggy Pop, Bonnie Raitt, Carrie Rodriguez, and Buddy Guy are but just a small sampling of the performers we’ll hear from on another Friday evening on Sonoma County community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	John Hiatt	Crossing Muddy Waters	Crossing Muddy Waters
2	Buddy Guy	Feels Like Rain	Feels Like Rain
3	Emmylou Harris	Icy Blue Heart	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
4	Rosanne Cash	The Way We Make a Broken Heart	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
5	Jo-El Sonnier	I'll Never Get Over You	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
6	Flaco Jiminez	Across The Borderline featuring John Hiatt (Album Version)	Partners
7	Terrance Simien	It Hasn't Happened Yet	Rollin' into Memphis: Songs of John Hiatt
8	Carrie Rodriguez	Big Love	Love and Circumstances
9	Rosanne Cash	It Hasn't Happened Yet	Retrospective
10	John Hiatt	Cry Love	Walk On
11	Kelly Willis	Drive South	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
12	Bonnie Raitt	Lover's Will [Radio Edit Version]	The Best of Bonnie Raitt on Capitol 1989-2003 [US]
13	Commander Cody	Commander Cody-Tennessee Plates	Dopers, Drunks and Everyday Losers
14	Gregg Allman	Memphis in the Meantime	Searching for Simplicity
15	Marshall Crenshaw	Someplace Where Love Can't Find Me	Good Evening
16	Nick Lowe	She Don't Love Nobody	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
17	Dave Edmunds	I Got Your Number	Closer to the Flame
18	Iggy Pop	Something Wild	Brick by Brick
19	Mitch Ryder	Where Is the Next One Coming From?	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
20	Asleep at the Wheel	This Is the Way We Make a Broken Heart	Pasture Prime
21	Rodney Crowell	She Loves the Jerk	Love Gets Strange: The Songs of John Hiatt
22	Rosanne Cash	Pink Bedroom	Retrospective
23	John Hiatt	Your Love Is My Rest	Walk On
24	Joe Cocker	Have a Little Faith in Me	Ultimate Collection
25	John Hiatt	Real Fine Love	Stolen Moments
26	The Band	Bound By Love	Jubilation
27	John Hiatt	Master of Disaster [2005]	Master of Disaster

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