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We visit the classic sounds of country and bluegrass with thematic overtones of gospel. The love of country music often had its roots in a performer’s childhood memories of community church and the sound that would evolve from country and bluegrass provided a tone that grew from those memories…with a tenor that could easily echo the word’. The greatest of them elevated their popularity with their flock by invoking the name of that higher power of God and church in the community of bluegrass: The Stanley Brothers, Mac Wiseman, Ricky Skaggs, Doyle Lawson, and even country groups like the The Louvin Brothers and The Whitstein Brothers made gospel a core of their repertoire.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Louvin Brothers	There's A Higher Power	Satan Is Real
2	The Whitstein Brothers	Way Up On The Mountain	Sing Gospel Songs of the Louvins
3	Fern Jones	I Do Believe	The Glory Road
4	Kitty Wells	I Heard My Saviour Call	Dust on the Bible (1959)
5	Kitty Wells	(I've Got My) One-Way Ticket to the Sky	Dust on the Bible (1959)
6	Milton Estes	Hish! Somebody's Calling My Name	Favorite Sacred Songs
7	Brother Claude Ely	Fare You Well	Satan Get Back
8	King's Sacred Quartette	Turn Your Radio On	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
9	J.E. Mainer	Workin' On A Building	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
10	The Carter Family	God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
11	The Carter Family	On My Way To Canaan's Land	Take Me To The Water
12	The Delmore Brothers	The Wrath Of God	Favorite Sacred Songs
13	The Stanley Brothers	Over the Glory Land	16 Greatest Gospel Hits
14	The Stanley Brothers	My Lord's Going To Set Me Free	Hymns & Sacred Songs
15	Mac Wiseman	I'm Using My Bible For A Road Map	Grassroots To Bluegrass
16	Mac Wiseman	Dust On The Bible	Grassroots To Bluegrass
17	Ricky Skaggs	Hallelujah I'm Ready	Family And Friends
18	The Johnson Mountain Boys	Springtime in Glory	Stained Glass Hour: Bluegrass and Old-Timey Gospel Music
19	Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver	Jesus Gave Me Water	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
20	George Jones & Tammy Wynette	Let's All Go Down To The River	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel
21	Moore & Napier	Gathering In The Sky	Heartwarming Gospel – 18 Best of King Gospel
22	Elvis Presley	I'm Gonna Walk Dem Golden Stairs	He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1
23	Willie Nelson	Sweet Bye and Bye	Old Time Religion
24	Johnny Cash	Unclouded Day	Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
25	Chuck Wagon Gang/The Jordanaires	Down the Road	70th Anniversary
26	The Corley Family	Way To Glory Land (1929)	Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936
27	The Corley Family	Give The World A Smile	Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937
28	Anonymous (Knight Home-recording Disc)	Beautiful Mansions of Gold	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
29	Ex-Governor Alf. Taylor's Old Limber Quartet	Brother Noah Built an Ark	…I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces
30	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	Long Walk to Heaven	Saturday Night / Sunday Morning
31	Elvis Presley	Working on the Building	Amazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1
32	Willie and Bobbie Nelson	I'll Fly Away	Farther Along
33	Buddy Holly	True Love Ways	From the Original Master Tapes

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Back Country Blues

January 30, 2016 Dave

Our show features the sounds of the acoustic country blues. We’ll hear from early century greats like Jim Jackson, Luke Jordan, Geeshie Wiley, and Gus Cannon’s Jug Stompers. There will also be a little help from some contemporaries who were their influence by this music. Get ready for some deeper sounds from Daddy Stovepipe, Papa Charlie Jackson, and Frank Stokes to round things out on a chilly evening in the North Bay on Sonoma County community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Taj Mahal	Fishin' Blues	The Best Of Taj Mahal
2	John Sebastian	Jug Band Music	Chasin' Gus' Ghost
3	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Bring it with You When You Come	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
4	Cannon's Jug Stompers	Going To Germany	The Rose Grew Round The Briar
5	Dick Justice	Little Lulie	Old Time Music From West VI : Old-Time Music From West Virgi
6	Dick Justice	Brown Skin Blues	Hillbilly Blues
7	Geeshie Wiley	Last Kind Words	Mississippi Masters
8	Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas	Pick Poor Robin Clean	Mississippi Masters
9	Luke Jordan	Pick Poor Robin Clean (Eng 16 Aout 1927 Charlotte)	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
10	Tommie Bradley	Nobody's Business if I Do	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
11	Mississippi John Hurt	Praying On The Old Camp Ground	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
12	Mississippi John Hurt	Frankie	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings
13	Mississippi John Hurt	Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me	The Library of Congress Recordings, Vol. 1 (Disc 1)
14	Frank Stokes	How Long	Before The Blues: Early American Black Music Scene (Vol. 2)
15	Frank Stokes	I Got Mine	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
16	Henry Thomas	Bull Doze Blues	Roots of Rock
17	Luke Jordan	Church Bell Blues	Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey [Disc 1]
18	Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys	Original Stack O' Lee Blues (BP 8030, BP8030B)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
19	Long "Cleve" Reed and Little Harvey Hull ' Down Home Boys	Mama You Don't Know How (BP 8030, BP8030A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
20	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	Burleskin' Blues	Blues From The Vocalion Vaults
21	Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah	The Spasm	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
22	Sweet Papa Stovepipe	All Birds Look Like Chicken To Me	Cluck Old Hen
23	Pink Anderson	He's In the Jailhouse Now	Gospel, Blues, and Street Songs
24	Will Bennett	Railroad Bill	Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters
25	Henry Thomas " Ragtime Texas"	Railroadin' Some	Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 19261937
26	Rory Block	Railroadin' Some	Gone Woman Blues: The Country Blues Collection
27	Papa Charlie Jackson	Drop That Sack	Papa Charlie Done Sung That Song – [Disc 2]
28	Papa Charlie Jackson	Skoodle-Um-Skoo	Papa Charlie Jackson Vol. 3 (1928 – 1934)
29	Jim Jackson	I Heard the Voice of a Porkchop	Good For What Ails You (2) Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926-1937
30	Jim Jackson	Jim Jackson / Jim Jackson" Kansas City Blues, Pt. 1	Blues Classics: '27_'69 [Disc 1]
31	Jim Jackson	Love Sick Blues	Jim Jackson Vol.2
32	Geeshie Wiley	Skinny Leg Blues	The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of [Disc 2]

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Pop Music of the 1920s

January 28, 2016 Dave

We’ll revisit the third decade of the 20th century where the social and cultural watershed events following the first World War were more than one could have anticipated. The Jazz Age; Prohibition; Radio and the Victrola meant entertainment could be had in the front room, replacing the family and neighborhood parlor entertainment. While the Great Depression loomed on the horizon, the music that found the middle was hopeful and full of man-meets-girl songs were all the rage…even if signs of hard times to come were easily spotted. Listen in for a chronological selection that includes the sounds of Duke Ellington, Paul Whiteman, Annette Hanshaw, Ethel Waters, and the peerless pop icons Al Jolson and Eddie Cantor.

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Guitar Theme

January 23, 2016 Dave

Once considered in its earliest forms a noble instrument, the history of the guitar can be traced back over forty centuries (yes, that’s 4000 years). While we won’t got back quite so far in our exploration, we will explore the popular form of this instrument in song this week. We’re not going after the genius as much as we go after the topic with songs whose theme is that of the guitar. It seems that there has always been a personal connection between the instrument and the player, sometimes as a confidant and others as a foil. Our show will feature yodeling guitars, lonely guitars, Bo’s guitar, long-legged pickers, amigos, and a number of performances about ‘one’s first guitar’. Join Dave Stroud for plenty in a guitar themed journey.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Steve Earle	Guitar Town	Just an American Boy Disc 1
2	Walter Hurdt	Fiddle And Guitar Running Wild	Classic Field Recordings
3	Jimmie Rodgers	You And My Old Guitar	Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 1]
4	Jorma Kaukonen	More Than My Old Guitar	River Of Time
5	Jimmy Murphy	That First Guitar of Mine	1951-1956 (Warped 5101)
6	The Seldom Scene	Grandpa Getcha Guitar	Like We Used To Be
7	The Louvin Brothers	Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar	Long Play Collection
8	Byron Parker & His Mountaineers	Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar	Byron Parker & His Mountaineers
9	Hardrock Gunter	Guitar on the Mountain	Gonna Rock 'n' Roll, Gonna Dance All Night
10	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	Steel Guitar Rag	Legends of Country Music Disc 1
11	Chet Atkins & His Guitar Pickers	Telling' My Troubles to My Old Guitar	Chet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA Years
12	Frank Crumit	Plink Plonki Pluck My Guitar	Top 100 Classics – The Very Best of Frank Crumit
13	The Brown Bombers of Swing	Guitar Swing	If You Take Me Back
14	George Morgan	Mr Ting-A-Ling (Steel Guitar Man)	Room Full of Roses: The George Morgan Collection
15	Jerry Byrd	Hilo Steel Guitar	Stars Of The Steel Guitar
16	Les Paul	Lonely Guitar (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]	100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)
17	Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant	Yodeling Guitar	Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2
18	Duane Eddy	Play Me Like You Play Your Guitar	Dance With The Guitar Man
19	Bo Diddley	Bo's Guitar	Go Bo Diddley
20	Johnny Powers	Me and My Rhythm Guitar	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
21	Johnny Cash	I'm Gonna Sit on the Porch and Pick on My Old Guitar	The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 3
22	Johnny Cash & June Carter	Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man	Carryin' on With Johnny Cash & June Carter
23	Kitty Wells	Amigo's Guitar	Greatest Songs
24	Waylon Jennings	Guitars That Won't Stay in Tune	Clean Shirt
25	Willie Nelson	Guitar In the Corner	Band of Brothers
26	George Jones	Best Guitar Picker	The Complete United Artists Solo Singles
27	Robert Earl Keen, Jr.	Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)	Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard
28	Merle Haggard	Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)	Capitol Collector's Series
29	Freddie King	Me And My Guitar	Texas Cannonball
30	Tony Rice	Me and My Guitar	Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection
31	Lucinda Williams	Real Live Bleeding Fingers & Broken Guitar Strings	World Without Tears
32	Guy Clark	The Guitar	Somedays the Song Writes You
33	Neil Young	This Old Guitar	Rare Songs of a Tribute to Hank

Deeper Cole Porter

January 9, 2016 Dave

American composer Cole Porter wrote words and music for over thirty stage and film musicals. His works were typically a model of sophistication, humor, and charm that would change popular musical theater. Deeper Roots takes a look at this songwriter whose music influenced generations of the American patchwork of styles including country, rock, pop, and R&B. We’ll hear from the torch vocals of Betty Carter, playful LA country from Michael Nesmith, the cool evening jazz of Julie London, rocking R&B from Roy Brown, and the contemporary country sounds of the Texoma All-Stars. And more, of course.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Ella Fitzgerald	It's De-Lovely	Cocktails With Cole Porter
2	Texoma All-Stars	Don't Fence Me In [*]	Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry
3	Gene Autry	Don't Fence Me In	Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 3]
4	Michael Nesmith	Begin The Beguine	Tropical Campfires
5	Les Paul Trio	Begin The Beguine	Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 1]
6	k.d. lang	So in Love	Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
7	Elvis Presley	True Love	The King Of Rock 'n' Roll: The Complete 50s Masters [Disc 3]
8	The Flamingos	In the Still of the Night	Requestfully Yours & the Sound Of
9	Roy Brown	Love For A Sale	Good Rockin' Tonight
10	Six Hits & A Miss	You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 1 – The Birth Of A Label – 1942-43
11	John Reischman	You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To	North of the Border
12	Chet Atkins	You Do Something To Me	Almost Alone
13	Billie Holiday	Easy To Love	First Issue: Great American Song Book [Disc 1]
14	Lena Horne;Lennie Hayton And His Orchestra	At Long Last Love	The Essential Lena Horne – The RCA Years
15	Eartha Kitt/Henri René & His Orchestra	Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) [From in Paris]	Purr-Fect: Greatest Hits
16	Julie London	My Heart Belongs To Daddy	Cocktails With Cole Porter
17	Arthur Lyman Group	Love for Sale	Music for a Bachelor's Den
18	Blossom Dearie	Give Him The Ooh-La-La	Give Him The Ooh-La-La
19	Peggy Lee	Always True To You In My Fashion	Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes
20	Dinah Shore	It's All Right With Me	Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes
21	Betty Carter/Ray Charles	Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye	Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
22	Ann Miller	Too Darn Hot	The Big Picture: Great Music from Films You Love
23	Martha Tilton With Dean Elliott And His Orchestra	Blow, Gabriel, Blow	Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes
24	Ethel Merman with Fairchild & Carroll & Their Orchestra	Down In The Depths (On The 90th Floor)	You're The Top: Cole Porter In The 1930 [Disc 3]
25	Mary Martin	My Heart Belongs To Daddy – from Night And Day	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
26	Ginny Simms, Cary Grant	You're The Top – from Night And Day	Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
27	Bing Crosby/Frank Sinatra	Well Did You Evah?	Sinatra 80th: All the Best Disc 1
28	Fred Astaire	All Of You	That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
29	Frank Sinatra & Anttnio Carlos Jobim	I Concentrate On You	Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim
30	David Byrne	Don't Fence Me In	Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter
31	Cole Porter	You're The Top	De-Lovely

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2015 Tributes and Covers

January 7, 2016 Dave

We’re going to take a step away from vintage releases in our first episode of 2016 and look back at last year’s Americana releases, focusing on tributes and covers from some of the very best performers of the time. We’ll hear from Happy Traum, Jorma Kaukonen, Robert Earl Keen Jr., the Alvin Brothers, Bob Dylan, Jonathan Edwards and many others as the cover music from the past century. While most are those of tradition, we’ll also hear covers of Stephen Foster, Carter Family, and Woody Guthrie for good measure. Tribute albums include Bob Dylan’s Shadows in the Night and Asleep at the Wheel’s “Still The King” Bob Wills tribute. Lots of territory to cover so I hope you’ll join in!

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Mavis Staples	See That My Grave Is Kept Clean	Your Good Fortune (EP)
2	Jorma Kaukonen	Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out	Ain't In No Hurry
3	Jorma Kaukonen	Sweet Fern	Ain't In No Hurry
4	Darryl Holter	California Stars	Radio Songs
5	Darryl Holter	Do Re Mi	Radio Songs
6	Jonathan Edwards	Mole	Tomorrow's Child
7	Hamilton County Ramblers	Hard Times	Hamilton County Ramblers
8	Emmylou Harris	Bury Me Beneath The Willow	Orthophonic Joy: The 1927 Bristol Sessions Revisited
9	Larry Cordle & The Virginia Luthiers	Train On The Island	Orthophonic Joy
10	The Cox Family	Cash On The Barrelhead	Gone Like The Cotton
11	Robert Earl Keen, Jr.	Footprints in the Snow	Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions
12	Lyle Lovett; Robert Earl Keen, Jr.	T For Texas	Happy Prisoner: The Bluegrass Sessions
13	Asleep at the Wheel	Time Changes Everything (with Buddy Miller)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
14	Asleep at the Wheel	Faded Love (with The Time Jumpers)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
15	Robbie O'Connell	Pretty Saro	Dear Jean: Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie
16	Happy Traum	Careless Love Blues (feat. Jerry Marotta, Byron Isaacs & John Sebastian)	Just For the Love Of It
17	Happy Traum	I Aint Got No Home (feat. John Sebastian, Byron Isaacs & Jerry Marotta)	Just For the Love Of It
18	Spuyten Duyvil	Keep your Skillet Good and Greasy	Social Hour Music
19	Spuyten Duyvil	Make Me A Pallet	Social Hour Music
20	Charlie Gracie	Just A Closer Walk With Thee	Angel on My Shoulder
21	Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin	Cherry Red Blues	Lost Time
22	Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin	World's In A Bad Condition	Lost Time
23	The Mavericks	Nitty Gritty	Mono
24	Bob Dylan	That Lucky Old Sun	Shadows in the Night
25	Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson	Don't Think Twice, It's Alright	Django and Jimmie
26	Billy Gibbons And The BFG's	Treat Her Right	Perfectamundo
27	Larry Campbell	Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning	Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams

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Folk Songs of North America

January 2, 2016 Dave

Folk Songs of North America was first published in 1960. Compiled by Alan Lomax (with melodies transcribed by Peggy Seeger), it featured traditional music organized by locale and topic. The anecdotes provided by Lomax and others were culled from both the oral and transcribed traditions of those who listened and performed. Deeper Roots goes deeper and features sets organized by topical pieces outlined in the book. Performers of the early century are featured including Dock Boggs, David McCarn, Gid Tanner, the Carolina Tar Heels, and The Bently Boys. We’ll also feature a handful of mid-to-late century performers to cap things off. Join Dave Stroud for another two hours of the last century of America’s music on Sonoma County’s newest member-supported radio voice, KWTF 88.1 FM, streaming to the world on kwtf.net.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Alan Lomax	Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair	Ballad Operas-Martins & The Co
2	Dock Boggs	Cumberland Gap	Bound For Glory
3	Kelly Harrell	I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again	Archive.org
4	Pat Carrolls	Single Girl	Songcatcher
5	The Haden Triplets	Single Girl	The Haden Triplets
6	Jimmie Driftwood	Rattlesnake Song	Americana, Vol. 1
7	Joan Baez	John Riley [*]	Joan Baez [Bonus Tracks]
8	The Stonemans	Shady Grove	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Best Of Bluegrass
9	Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys	Sally Goodin	Bill Monroe: Anthology
10	Andy Griffith	Cindy	Shouts The Blues And Old Timey Songs
11	Earl Scruggs/Foggy Mountain Boys/Lester Flatt	Cripple Creek	The Essential Earl Scruggs (2 of 2)
12	Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers	Cripple Creek	And The Skillet Lickers Vol. 1
13	Coot Grant and Socks Wilson	Uncle Joe (Pm 12833, 349-A)	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932)
14	The Bently Boys	Down On Penny's Farm	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
15	David McCarn	Cotton Mill Colic	Gastonia Gallop – Cotton Mill Songs & Hillbilly Blues 1927-1931
16	Jimmy Martin	Roll on Buddy, Roll On	First Time Together
17	Lonzo and Oscar	Last Ole Dollar	1947-1950 (Warped 4741)
18	Darby & Tarlton	Birmingham Jail	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com
19	Slim Whitman	Down In The Valley	Country Greats #2
20	Darby & Tarlton	Rising Sun Blues	Darby & Tarlton [Disc 3]
21	Don Reno/Red Smiley	Mule Skinner Blues	Together Again
22	Merle Travis	Dark As A Dungeon	Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]
23	Bill Morrissey	Pay Day	Avalon Blues: A Tribute To Mississippi John Hurt
24	Carolina Tar Heels	Peg And Awl	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 2
25	Etta Baker & Taj Mahal	Johnson Boys	Etta Baker With Taj Mahal
26	Kossoy Sisters Featuring Erik Darling	The Wagoner's Lad	Bluegrass Roots
27	Richard Hawley	Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet?	Coles Corner
28	The Whitstein Brothers	I'm Troubled	Old Time Duets
29	Rosanne Cash	Fair And Tender Ladies	Songcatcher
30	Flatt & Scruggs	On Top of Old Smokey	Earl Scruggs: His Family and Friends/Nashville Airplane
31	Kelly Harrell & The Virginia String Band	Charles Giteau	Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 1B: Ballads
32	Bobby Bare	Tom Dooley	Darker Than Light
33	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Tom Dula	Dona Got A Ramblin' Mind
34	Doc Watson	Omie Wise	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
35	Ernest V. Stoneman & Sweet Brothers	John Hardy	My Rough And Rowdy Ways: Early American Rural Music. Badman Ballads and Hellraising Songs, Vol. 1

Christmas Special 2015

December 26, 2015 Dave

We’ve got some holiday roots music featuring new and old. Join Dave Stroud for Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music for music from the outskirts of R&B, rock, blues, country, and pop. We’ll hear holiday cheer in the form of blues with Leroy Carr, Blind Blake, and Lloyd Glenn; contemporary pieces from Nick Lowe, Raul Malo, and The Boxmasters; confectionary pop from The Andrews Sisters, Eileen Barton, and The Beach Boys; and some of the very best R&B from Ray Charles, Betty Carter, and Amos Milburn. There’s a large helping of country pop and blues including Groovey Joe Poovey & The Big ‘D’ Boys, The Living Sisters, and (of course) Elvis. Two hours of Christmas cheer on a hump day Wednesday evening on the voice of West Sonoma County! You can follow it here: http://www.kows.fm/listen

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Nick Lowe	Rise Up Shepherd	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
2	Raul Malo	Feliz Navidad	Marshmallow World and Other Holiday Favorites
3	The Boxmasters	My Dreams of Christmas	Christmas Cheer
4	The Living Sisters	Merry Happy Christmas	Harmony Is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday
5	She & Him	Blue Christmas	A Very She & Him Christmas
6	The Ronettes	Frosty the Snowman	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
7	The Beach Boys	Toy Drive Public Service Announcement	Ultimate Christmas
8	Darlene Love	Winter Wonderland	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
9	The Beach Boys	Dennis Wilson Christmas Message	Ultimate Christmas
10	Darlene Love	Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector
11	The Beach Boys	Man With All the Toys, The	Beach Boys' Christmas Album, The
12	Leroy Carr	Christmas In Jail – Ain't That A Pain	Where Will You Be Christmas Day
13	Lloyd Glenn	Sleigh Ride	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
14	Amos Milburn	Christmas Comes But Once A Year	King single 45-5405
15	B.B. King	Christmas Celebration	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
16	Walter Davis	Santa Claus	Where Will You Be Christmas Day
17	Blind Blake	Lonesome Christmas Blues	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
18	Leon Redbone	Christmas Island	Christmas Island
19	The Andrews Sisters	Christmas Island	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2]
20	Eileen Barton	The Night Before Christmas Song	Coral single 9-60880
21	Fats Waller	Swingin' Them Jingle Bells	Blues, Blues Christmas – Volume 2 (1926-1958)
22	Groovey Joe Poovey & The Big "D" Boys	Santa's Helper	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
23	Coy McDaniel & Shorty Warren	Christmas Choo Choo Train	Blues Blues Christmas Volume 3, 1927-1962
24	Elvis Presley	Winter Wonderland	Christmas Peace – Vol 1
25	Elvis Presley	If Every Day Was Like Christmas	Christmas Peace – Vol 1
26	The Living Sisters	Silver Bells	Harmony Is Real: Songs for a Happy Holiday
27	Dean Martin	I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm	The Most Wonderful songs of the year sung by the best / holiday 2002
28	Betty Carter	Baby It's Cold Outside	The Spirit Of Christmas
29	Ray Charles	Winter Wonderland	The Spirit Of Christmas
30	Cajun Gold	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	Alligator Stomp 4: Cajun Christmas
31	Brenda Lee	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	20th Century Masters – The Christmas Collection: The Best of Brenda Lee
32	Lou Rawls	Christmas Is	Ultra-Lounge Christmas Cocktails
33	The Louvin Brothers	It's Christmas Time	Close Harmony [Disc 5]
34	Charles Brown	Please Come Home For Christmas	Radio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 3] Bob Dylan
35	James Brown	Please Come Home for Christmas	Santa's Got a Brand New Bag
36	The Crystals	Santa Claus Is Coming to Town	A Christmas Gift for You from Phil Spector

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Free Form – December 2015

December 19, 2015 Dave

Every couple of months, Deeper Roots shares a free form playlist with host Dave Stroud. This week we’ll share ‘contemporary roots’ infused music including the sounds of Howell Devine, Jason Isbell, and Ian Tyson as well as a broad selection of R&B (from The Blenders), early blues (from Blind Lemon Jefferson), and ‘ding dong daddy’ country swing (featuring Bob Wills). We’ll also wrap it up with a festive foodie theme.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Ink Spots	Street Of Dreams	Greatest Hits
2	The Delta Rhythm Boys	Scandalize My Name	I Dreamt I Dwelt In Harlem
3	The Cats & The Fiddle	I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water	Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]
4	The Penguins	Ookey Ook	Great Googa Mooga [Ace]
5	The Roosevelts	Jitterbug Special	The Real Blues Brothers Vol. 2
6	The Ravens	Gotta Find My Baby	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
7	The Blenders	Don't Play Around with Love	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
8	Robins	My Baby Done Told Me	Money Honey – Rise of the Black Bocal Group 51-53)
9	Esther Phillips	Your Love Is So Doggone Good [Album Version]	Jazz Moods – Hot
10	Hawkins, Coleman: The Bebop Years [Disc 2]: Cattin' at Keynote	Blue Moon	The Bebop Years [Disc 2] ~ Cattin' at Keynote
11	Justin Townes Earle	Workin' for the MTA	Harlem River Blues [Explicit]
12	Robert Plant	Central Two-O-Nine	Band Of Joy
13	Jason Isbell	Johnny Reb, That's Me	You Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy Arnold
14	Howell Devine	Boat's Up the River	Delta Grooves
15	Billy Walker	Cross The Brazos At Waco	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
16	Chris Smither	No More Cane On The Brazos	Still On The Levee CD 1
17	Odetta	No More Cane On The Brazos	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks
18	Red Foley & The Sunshine Boys	(There'll Be) Peace In The Valley (For Me)	Johnny Cash: Artist's Choice – Music That Matters To Him
19	Ian Tyson	Ridin' Down the Canyon	Boots Too Big to Fill: Tribute to Gene Autry
20	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys	I'm a Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)	Legends of Country Music Disc 2
21	Asleep at the Wheel	Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas (with Robert Earl Keen and Ray Benson)	Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
22	Jerry Lee Lewis	Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee	A Half Century Of Hits ([Disc 2] of Box Set)
23	Jo-El Sonnier	Tear-Stained Letter	Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2]
24	Clifton Chenier	Accordion Boogie	Louisiana Blues and Zydeco
25	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Hot Dogs	The Complete Classic Sides Remastered: Atlanta & Chicago 1926 [Disc 2]
26	Lil Johnson	Sam The Hot Dog Man	Vintage Sex Songs
27	Rosie Flores	Hot Dog	Speed of Sound
28	Dale Hawkins	Hot Dog	Rock'n'roll Tornado
29	Bill Haley	Hot Dog Buddy Buddy	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (4): Don't Knock the Rock
30	Wanda Jackson	Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad	Queen Of Rockabilly
31	Buck Owens	Hot Dog	Buck Owens Four Classic Albums [Disc 1]
32	The Four Shells	Hot Dog	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9)
33	Shakin' Stevens	Hot Dog	Chronology – The Epic Hit Singles #1
34	John Hiatt	Adios To California	Dirty Jeans And Mudslide Hymns

Blues, Country Swing, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition, New Orleans, Rockabilly

There She Goes – KOWS 12/16/15

December 17, 2015 Dave

West County has seen it’s first consistent (and consecutive) days of rain and boy did we need it. El Nino looks to be making some waves. We’ll be making some waves this week on our Wednesday night foray into the past century of America’s music. We’ll hear new music from the Oxford American Georgia music issue, as well as a good share of early country, some Stephen Foster (by the Hamilton County Ramblers), and some Jelly Roll Morton. There will be a few local performers to sweeten the mix: Kevin Russell, Carl Hendel & Eddie Meisse, and an alumni of Montgomery High School in Santa Rosa…Dan Hicks. Tune in for music that keeps on giving.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Tommy Duncan	Who Drank My Beer (While I Was In The Rear)?	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
2	Oklahoma Wranglers (Willis Bros)	Invitation to the Blues	Hillbilly Rhythm
3	T. Texas Tyler	Red Light	Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B
4	Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies	My Galveston Gal	Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 4 : Keep a Knockin'
5	Carl Hendel & Eddie Meisse	Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age	Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age
6	Tut Taylor feat. Norman Blake	Sweet Picking Time in Toomsboro, Ga.	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
7	Precious Bryant	Georgia Buck	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
8	The Band & Emmylou Harris	Evangeline	A Musical History [Disc 5]
9	John Prine	There She Goes	Bruised Orange
10	Jerry Jeff Walker	Viva Luckenbach	Gypsy Songman: A Life In Song
11	Carl Smith	Are You Teasing Me	The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956)
12	The Louvin Brothers	Are You Teasing Me	Close Harmony [Disc 3]
13	Carolina Chocolate Drops	Hello Stranger	The Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country Music
14	Maria Muldaur	Me And My Chauffeur Blues	Richland Woman Blues
15	Black Bottom McPhail	John	Jack Newman & Others
16	Jimmy Strange	Yas Yas Yas	Swingin' the Blues: 1931-1939
17	Lightnin' Hopkins	Speedin' Boogie	Po' Lightnin'
18	Pete Johnson	Boogie Woogie	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
19	Kate & Anna McGarrigle	Hard Times Come Again No More	Songs Of The Civil War
20	Robert Shaw Chorale	Nelly Bly	Stephen Foster Songbook
21	Grandpa Jones	Nelly Bly	An American Original
22	Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks	I Scare Myself	The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973
23	Larry Jon Wilson	Ohoopee River Bottomland [from the film Heartworn Highways]	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
24	Carl Perkins	Don't Stop The Music	Go Cat Go
25	Jake Xerxes Fussell	Raggy Levy	The Oxford American Southern Music 2016 (17th Edition: Georgia)
26	Dirty Dozen Brass Band	Jelly Roll's Misgiving	Jelly (The Dirty Dozen Brass Band Plays Jelly Roll Morton
27	Jelly Roll Morton & His Red Hot Peppers	The Pearls	The Pearls
28	Ry Cooder	The Pearls/Tia Juana	Jazz
29	Dr. John	Wild Honey	City Lights
30	John Fred	Shirley	Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
31	Red Saunders & His Orchestra	Honky Tonk Train Blues	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration
32	Freddie Slack With The Will Bradley Trio	Down The Road A Piece	Juke Joint Jump: A Boogie Woogie Celebration

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