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Summer’s Last Stand

September 5, 2026 Dave Leave a comment

Labor Day weekend may mark the unofficial end of summer, but around here, summer isn’t going quietly. In this week’s show, we’re giving the season one last fling with a free-form romp through songs of summer nights, summer rain, summer romance, warm breezes and those memories that seem to linger long after the days begin getting shorter. And, as is the common theme, we’ll be traveling all over the musical map. There’s the timeless “Summertime” alongside the cool breeze of Sinatra, some summer soul from Stevie Wonder and War, and plenty of pop memories from Johnny Rivers, Rick Nelson and the Beach Boys. We’ll also wander off the beaten path for some country, rockabilly and Americana from Roger Miller, Dale Hawkins, and the Desert Rose Band. There are lazy nights, lost loves, blackberry summers and even a few reminders that summer isn’t always sunshine and good times. So before we put away the lawn chairs and start thinking about autumn, we’re squeezing every last drop out of the season. Join us for Summer’s Last Stand, Friday morning at 9 Pacific on Deeper Roots—two hours of American music from across the decades, right here on KOWS Community Radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Sam Cooke	Summertime Pt. 1	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (1 of 4)	0	00:00
2	The Percy Faith Orchestra	Theme From A Summer Place	Lifetime Of Romance: Secret Rendezvous [Disc 1]	1959	04:41
3	Nick Perito	The Green Leaves Of Summer (Album Version)	Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds Motion Picture Soundtrack	1960	06:56
4	The Brothers Four	The Green Leaves Of Summer [Remastered 2017]	Greatest Hits	1960	08:43
5	Desert Rose Band	Summer Wind	A Dozen Roses (Greatest Hits)	1992	11:33
6	Michael Martin Murphey	Summer Ranges	Cowboy Songs Four	1998	14:52
7	Johnny Rivers	Summer Rain	Johnny Rivers Greatest Hits	2007	18:21
8	Stan Kenton	The Things We Did Last Summer	The Ballad Style Of Stan Kenton	1958	27:25
9	Ricky Nelson	That Warm Summer Night	Rick Is 21	2001	30:40
10	The Melodears	Summer Romance	From The Vaults of Gone Vol. 2	0	32:47
11	Joanie Sommers	(Theme From) A Summer Place	Another Banana Split Please	1962	35:01
12	Stevie Wonder	Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer	Greatest Hits Vol. 2	1971	37:15
13	Debbie Reynolds	Summer Romance	Good Old Summertime	1960	46:06
14	The Four Preps	Lazy Summer Night	Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 3]	0	48:15
15	Jerry Keller	Here Comes Summer	Another Banana Split Please	1959	50:24
16	Dale Hawkins	Summertime Down South	Wildcat Tamer	1999	52:33
17	Dale Ann Bradley	Blackberry Summer	Dale Ann Bradley	2017	55:43
18	The Band of Heathens	Single In The Same Summer	Simple Things	2023	59:19
19	Frank Sinatra	Summer Wind	Fly Me To The Moon	1966	1:09:12
20	Walter Wanderley	Summer Samba	Instrumental Favorites- Latin Rhythms	1966	1:12:04
21	Dakota Staton	Summertime	The Late Late Show	1957	1:15:07
22	Nat King Cole	That Sunday That Summer	30 Greatest Hits Disc 1	0	1:17:12
23	Seals & Crofts	Summer Breeze	AM Gold 1972	1972	1:22:57
24	Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta	Summer Nights	Grease	1978	1:26:16
25	Foggy Otis	Summertime Summertime	When life hands you lemons play the ukulele. (Deluxe Edition)	2026	1:29:50
26	Myron Lee & The Caddies	Magic In A Summer Night	Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation	1959	1:33:56
27	Roger Miller	In The Summertime (You Don't Want My Love)	Super Hits	1960	1:35:37
28	Stray Cats	Lonely Summer Nights	Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92	1981	1:37:22
29	The Beach Boys	Summer Means New Love	Today! / Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)	1965	1:40:36
30	Googie Ren‚	Swingin' Summer Love	Summer Days And Summer Nights – 31 Beach Pearls	1958	1:42:32
31	War	Summer	The Best of War and More	1991	1:44:36
32	Lou Rawls	Summer Wind	Rawls Sings Sinatra	2003	1:52:56
33	The Sandals	Theme From Endless Summer	Cowabunga	0	1:55:38

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Trouble Bound

July 18, 2026 Dave Leave a comment

Free form and completely eclectic—that is the absolute best way to introduce this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. Every so often, we love to shake things up by forgoing our usual archival explorations of specific genres, artists, or historical themes. Instead, Dave is opening up his personal vault for a special curation of deep tracks and personal favorites that he has been setting aside over the past couple of months just to share with you. We are bridging eras and styles in a way only Deeper Roots can. Expect a magical blend of sounds, including early Cotton Club sounds of Cab Calloway alongside beach music from The Catalinas, rocking guitar fuzz with Grady Martin paired with the Buckaroo guitar sounds of Don Rich, and some Dylan, Merle, Berigan and Clooney. Join us for a scenic, unpredictable journey through the back roads of American music each and every Friday morning at 9am Pacific on KOWS Community Radio, streaming 24/7 at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Elvis Presley	A Mess Of Blues	The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1]	1960	00:00
2	John Hiatt	Dust Down a Country Road	Walk On	1995	05:01
3	Jay & The Americans	This Magic Moment	Come A Little Bit Closer – The Best of Jay and The Americans	1968	08:59
4	Emmylou Harris	Save The Last Dance For Me	Profile II: The Best Of Emmylou Harris	1978	11:50
5	The Neville Brothers	Sitting in Limbo	Fiyo on the Bayou	1981	15:23
6	Jackson Browne	Everywhere I Go	I'm Alive	1993	19:18
7	Grady Martin	The Fuzz	I Got A Woman : Gems From The Decca Vaults [Disc 3]	1961	28:31
8	Ricky Nelson	My Babe	James Burton – The Early Years 1957-1969	0	30:48
9	Don Rich & The Buckaroos	I'm a-Comin' Back Home to You	Guitar Pickin' Man	2016	33:20
10	Merle Travis	Pretty Girl (Jolie Fille)	The Guitar Picker CD4 (1954-56)	0	35:17
11	Chet Atkins	Blue Angel	The Essential Chet Atkins [RCA]	1996	37:16
12	Doc Watson	Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar	1964-1965 (Warped 6411F)	2016	39:35
13	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Wreck on the Highway	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1	1972	48:30
14	Red Simpson	The Highway Patrol	Swing West 1: Bakersfield	1966	51:50
15	The Blasters	Trouble Bound	Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (2 of 2)	2002	54:00
16	Dave Edmunds	Trouble Boys	Single Trax 1970-1981	1978	57:43
17	Lee Hazlewood	Trouble Is A Lonesome Town	400 Miles From L.A. 1955-56	1956	1:00:54
18	Buck Owens	Hello Trouble	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)	1964	1:03:07
19	Ernest Tubb & The Texas Troubadors	This Troubled Mind O'Mine	Daddy of 'Em All	1957	1:04:52
20	Bob Dylan	If Not for You	Biograph Disc 1	1985	1:12:00
21	Ruben Blades	Ollie's Doo-Wop	Nothing But The Truth	1988	1:14:37
22	The Treniers	Go! Go! Go!	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'	1951	1:17:01
23	The Chanters	No No No	Doo Wop Box Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1	2000	1:19:21
24	The Catalinas	You're Driving Me Crazy	Dance The Night Away	1999	1:21:30
25	Cab Calloway	Mama I Wanna Make Rhythm	Chronological 1937-38	1937	1:30:40
26	Peggy Lee	Alright OK You Win	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)	2004	1:33:42
27	Rosemary Clooney	Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)	Tenderly	1952	1:36:32
28	Bunny Berigan & His Boys	I Can't Get Started	Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.	1936	1:38:46
29	Bob Dylan	4th Time Around	Blonde on Blonde	1966	1:42:06
30	Buddy Holly	Bo Diddley [1963 Album Version]	Rave On: The Very Best Of ?	1963	1:46:33
31	Bo Diddley	Don't Let It Go (Hold On To What You Got)	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley	1959	1:48:50
32	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys	(I've Got A) Humpty Dumpty Heart	Vintage Collections	1947	1:54:44
33	Dean Martin	I Don't Care If The Sun Don't Shine	Capitol Records' From The Vaults	1950	1:57:05

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Let’s Do It!

June 13, 2026 Dave

This week on Deeper Roots, the records come with instructions. From dance crazes and rhythm commands to songs about not knowing what comes next, we’re asking — and answering — ‘Let’s Do It!.’ Two hours of blues, rock ’n’ roll, soul, and jukebox rhythm from the past century, all with a demand that we get our booties moving or our bodies boogie’n. From Howlin’ Wolf and B.B. King to The Dovells, Chubby Checker and Rosco Gordon, we’re digging deep with some classic blues and rare soul. But we’ve also got some rockin’, stompin’, rompin’, swingin’ to do with dances like the swim, the twist, the slop, and the boomerang…and we’ve even got Bobby Dunn pleading that we “Do The Bobby Dunn”. Nothing’s off limits and it’s nothing but fun on this week’s show as we explore something thematic that we’re excited to share with you. Whether it’s a party you’re hosting or you’re just out there in the yard prepping for the coming summer, turn it up. That’s right…do it!

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	The Four Blazes	Do The Do	Mary Jo	1954	00:00
2	Howlin' Wolf	Do The Do	Muddy & The Wolf	1969	05:13
3	Mabel Franklin	Let's Do The Wiggle	Stompin' 2	1965	07:22
4	Lightnin' Hopkins	Do The Boogie	Lightnin' Sam Hopkins	1962	09:37
5	B.B. King	Let's Do the Boogie	Do the Boogie! B.B. King's Early '50s Classics	1994	14:00
6	Rufus Thomas	Can Your Monkey Do the Dog	The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (3 of 9)	1964	16:23
7	Rufus Thomas	(Do the) Push and Pull (Part 1)	Stax Number Ones	2010	18:44
8	Junior Walker & The All Stars	Do The Boomerang	The Ultimate Collection	1965	27:55
9	Sugar Pie DeSanto	Do The Whoopie	Brunswick Lost Soul – Volume 1	1967	30:13
10	Sugar Sweet	Do the Dive	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 12]	1963	32:36
11	Dee Dee Sharp	Do The Bird	Girls Of Rock & Roll	0	34:56
12	Bobby Dunn	Do The Bobby Dunn	Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 4]	2015	37:08
13	The Olympics	Baby Do The Philly Dog	Northern Soul Originals	1999	40:15
14	Jackie Lee	Do The Temptation Walk	All Nighter Hits	0	47:19
15	Dave Baby Cortez	Do the Slop	Happy Organs Wild Guitars	1994	49:46
16	Little Joe Cook	Let's Do the Slop	Peanuts and Other Delicacies: The Little Joe Cook Story (1951-1962)	1956	52:58
17	March Wind	Do The Sweetback	Stax 50th Anniversary Collection [Disc 3]	1994	55:21
18	The Matta Baby	Do the Pearl Girl (Part 2)	All Night Long: Northern Soul Floor Fillers	2016	58:34
19	The 5 Royales	Do the Cha Cha Cherry	The Complete Singles 1952-1962	1958	1:05:58
20	The Hilltoppers	Do The Bop	Chills & Fever: The Dot Records Story 1955-1962	1955	1:08:10
21	Isaac Clark	Do The Dog Funk	Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 4]	2015	1:10:16
22	Rosco Gordon	Do The Chicken (Dance With You)	Rockin' Memphis [Disc 1]	1956	1:13:14
23	The Isley Brothers	Do The Twist [Remastered 1991]	Complete United Artists Sessions	1963	1:15:45
24	The Staple Singers	Do The Cissy [Stingers]	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [Disc 2]	1969	1:18:27
25	The Meters	Do The Dirt	Cabbage Alley	1972	1:21:12
26	Bill Doggett	Lets Do The Continetal	New Discgems From Warner Brothers	1961	1:27:21
27	The Dovells	Do the New Continental	Cameo Parkway 1957-1967 Disc 2	2005	1:30:00
28	Fox Hall	Do The Rock And Roll	Sugar Jump	2019	1:32:36
29	Johnny Thunder	Everybody Do The Sloopy	The Very Best Of Johnny Thunder	1965	1:35:11
30	Bobby Freeman	(I Do The) Shimmy Shimmy	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960	1960	1:37:49
31	Gary U.S. Bonds	Do The Bumpsie	Gary U.S Bonds – 30 Original Greatest Hits	1965	1:40:19
32	Chubby Checker	Do The Freddy	Classic Rock 1965	1965	1:42:43
33	Little Bobby Moore	Do The Ginger Snap	The King Records Story Part2	1962	1:44:56
34	Randy & the Rockets	Lets Do the Cajun Twist	Swamp Gold Volume 1	1991	1:47:33
35	Dee Dee Sharp	Mashed Potato Time	Rare Soul: Groove & Grind 1963-1973 [Disc 4]	1967	1:54:15
36	Chubby Checker	Let's Twist Again	Oldies But Goodies	2022	1:56:44

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Rockabilly Shakin’ Goin’ On

May 22, 2026 Dave

Roll down the windows and put that pedal to the metal because we’ve got two hours of wild rhythms and deep cuts this coming Friday. We’ll be digging into those slap-back echo, train-beat rhythms and wild-eyed energy of rockabilly music — that explosive blend of country, blues, boogie and early rock ’n’ roll that rattled America in the 1950s and helped redraw the cultural map for a generation of teenagers looking for something loud, fast and a little dangerous. Now sure, everybody knows the giants — Elvis, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis — but tonight’s show leans into the side roads and back highways of rockabilly history. Alongside a few familiar names, we’ll spend two hours with the obscure cats, regional stars, one-hit wonders and forgotten firebrands producing some of the wildest sounds ever pressed onto vinyl. From Sonny Fisher and Ronnie Self to Roy Duke, Sonny Burgess, Johnny Garner and Laura Lee Perkins, this is the sound of American youth culture before it was polished, corporate or safe.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Louie Innis	Sing Your Song Baby	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56	2002	00:10
2	Tex Williams	Let's Go Rockabilly	The Hillbillies – They Tried to Rock Vol.2	1957	05:28
3	Johnny Garner	DidiDidi	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story	1958	07:30
4	Lew Williams	Cat Walk	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story	1956	09:32
5	Gene Vincent	Cat Man	Bluejean Bop-And His Blue Caps	0	11:40
6	Sonny Fisher	Pink And Black	Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks	1956	13:56
7	Ronnie Self	Rocky Road Blues	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks	2010	15:53
8	Ronnie Dawson	Action Packed	Rockin' Bones: The Legendary Masters [Disc 1]	0	24:29
9	The Strikes	If You Can't Rock Me	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story	1957	26:36
10	Bob Luman	Make Up Your Mind	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story	1957	29:03
11	Dave Rich	Red Sweater	Grady Martin	1957	31:29
12	Laura Lee Perkins	I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Lovin'	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story	1958	33:40
13	Dave Rich	Burn On Love Fire	Country & Western Nuggets	1958	35:27
14	Sid King & The Five Strings	Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks	2010	37:15
15	Wanda Jackson	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	Queen Of Rockabilly	1964	45:25
16	Ricky Nelson	Stood Up	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story	1957	48:05
17	Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio	Please Don't Leave Me	Tear It Up	1956	49:53
18	Roy Duke	Behave Be Quiet Or Be Gone	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks	2010	52:05
19	The Collins Kids	I'm In My Teens	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks	2010	54:05
20	Billy & Don Hart	Rock-A-Bop-A-Lina	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks	2010	56:20
21	Johnny Horton	I'm Coming Home	American Originals	1956	1:02:45
22	Johnny Horton	Honky Tonk Mind (The Woman I Need)	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks	2010	1:04:48
23	Jerry Lee Lewis	Real Wild Child (Wild One)	A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1]	1958	1:06:58
24	Warren Smith	Got Love If You Want It	The Best of Sun Rockabilly Vol. 2	1958	1:08:49
25	Sonny Burgess	Itchy	The Best of Sun Rockabilly Vol. 2	1999	1:10:53
26	Johnny Cash	Rockabilly Blues (Texas 1955)	The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 3	1992	1:13:09
27	Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio	Honey Hush	Tear It Up	1956	1:16:26
28	Carl Perkins	Hambone	Grady Martin	1962	1:22:33
29	Carl Perkins	Where The Rio De Rosa Flows	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks	2010	1:24:51
30	Charlie Feathers	Matchbox	Good Rockin' Tonight	0	1:27:51
31	Tommy Blake	You Better Believe It	Sun Rockabilly Meltdown [Disc 2]	2009	1:30:20
32	Tommy Blake	You Better Believe It	Koolit: The Sun Years Plus	1958	1:32:05
33	Unknown Rockabilly Band	Zynnin'	Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins	0	1:34:36
34	Conway Twitty	I Vibrate (From My Head to My Feet)	The Rock 'N' Roll Years CD2	1997	1:36:03
35	Conway Twitty	Don't Cry No More	Grady Martin	1963	1:38:03
36	Mac Curtis	Grandaddy's Rockin'	Classic Rockabilly	1956	1:40:33
37	Skeets McDonald	You Oughta See Grandma Rock	Classic Rockabilly	1956	1:42:31
38	Gene Henslee	Rockin Baby	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story	1954	1:44:27
39	Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio	Your Baby Blue Eyes	Tear It Up	1956	1:46:25
40	Joe Clay	Ducktail	Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks	1956	1:53:26
41	Johnny Burnette	Do Baby Do	The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD2	0	1:55:50
42	The Collins Kids	Whistle Bait	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks	2026	1:57:33

Burning Love Letters

May 16, 2026 Dave

From rocking celebrations to hard-earned reflections, this week’s episode of Deeper Roots turns its attention to the man they called “The King.” We’ve got two hours with songs about Elvis Presley — musical tributes, name-drops, eulogies, and love letters from artists across the past century. Some are playful, some reverent, and some wrestle with the contradictions that made Elvis both larger than life and painfully human. Together, they form a kind of American scrapbook around a figure who never really left the cultural conversation. From the wide-eyed devotion of artists like George Jones, Janis Martin, and Bobby Bare, to later songs reflecting on the strange and tragic arc that carried Elvis from hip-shaking revolutionary to Vegas spectacle, from the Nixon White House photo-op to a lonely and frightening decline, these recordings trace the many ways America mythologized him. Whether delivered as tribute, cautionary tale, obituary, or heartfelt fan letter, the songs on this morning’s show reveal just how deeply Elvis worked his way into the DNA of rock ’n’ roll mythology — and into the imagination of generations that followed.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Elvis Presley	Elvis [Excerpt From Interview Held Sept.22 1958]	Elvis: A Legendary Performer Vol. 1	1958	00:00
2	Pat Smith	Elvis Elvis	Gals of the Big D Jamboree	1958	00:25
3	Billy Boyle	My Baby's Crazy 'Bout Elvis	The Greatest Novelty Songs	1962	05:31
4	Nervous Norvus	Elvis You're A G.I. Now	Stone Age Woo	1958	08:03
5	Bobby Bare	All American Boy	All American Boy – CD 1	1963	10:14
6	The Hunt Sisters	Elvis Is Rocking Again	Dirty Boogie:The Fortune Records Story	1960	13:09
7	Janis Martin	My Boy Elvis	Loud Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1	1999	14:40
8	George Jones	The King Is Gone (So Are You)	One Woman Man	1989	23:33
9	Steve Goodman	Elvis Imitators	Artistic Hair	1983	26:47
10	Syd Straw & The Del Lords	Listening To Elvis	200 Cadillacs	2003	29:36
11	Horace Logan	Announcements (& Elvis Has Left the Building)	At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 7)	2017	33:19
12	Gillian Welch	Elvis Presley Blues	Artist's Choice: Emmylou Harris	0	33:52
13	Dan Reeder	Clean Elvis	Oh Boy! A Sampler	0	43:56
14	Cris Cuddy	Dear Elvis	Dear Elvis	2015	46:31
15	Greg Brown	Jesus and Elvis	Poet Game	1994	49:49
16	John Stewart	I Want To Be Elvis	Havana	2003	53:17
17	Loudon Wainwright III	Happy Birthday Elvis	Career Moves	1993	56:39
18	Leon Russell	Elvis and Marilyn	Americana	1978	1:00:37
19	Sonny Burgess	Bigger Than Elvis	Sonny Burgess	1996	1:09:05
20	Stray Cats	Elvis on Velvet	Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92	1997	1:11:43
21	Mojo Nixon	Elvis Is Everywhere	Bo-Day-Shus!!!	1986	1:15:59
22	Derailers	I Love Me Some Elvis	Genuine	2003	1:20:50
23	Hayes Carll	Jesus and Elvis	What It Is	2019	1:27:07
24	The Tractors	The Elvis Thing	Farmers in a Changing World	1998	1:30:25
25	Alannah Myles	Black Velvet	The Atlantic Story [UK] Disc 2	0	1:35:42
26	Kacey Musgraves	Velvet Elvis	Golden Hour	2018	1:39:38
27	Marc Cohn	Walking in Memphis	VH1 Classic: The Cuts	2003	1:42:07
28	Paul Simon	Graceland	Graceland	1986	1:46:11
29	Cowboy Junkies	Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)	The Trinity Session	1988	1:54:27

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Backbeat ’50

May 2, 2026 Dave

It’s a 1950 heatwave of rhythm and blues sounds this morning on Deeper Roots. We’ll move away from anything that might be polite or polished and turn our attention to the sweat-soaked, neon-lit world of rhythm and blues, a sound that was the early morning thunder and lightning just ahead of the dawn of rock ‘n roll. We’re focusing on the year 1950 where jump blues started to grow teeth — where the saxophones were honking, the backbeats hitting harder, and indie labels from Memphis to LA were capturing lightning in a bottle. From the smoky corners of the Delta to the high voltage clubs of the North, we’re digging deep into the crates for the some pounding rhythms from Dave Bartholomew, Julia Lee, Bull Moose Jackson, Jimmy McCracklin as well as Buddy and Ella Johnson…oh, and some Tiny Bradshaw’s Breaking Up The House. As Chuck Berry pointed out: “…it’s got a backbeat, you can’t lose it, any old time you use it”.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Sister Wynona Carr	Don't Miss That Train	Dragnet For Jesus	1950	00:00
2	Buddy & Ella Johnson	Walk the Chalk Line	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2 [Disc 7]	1950	05:22
3	Ella Johnson	No More Love	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females	1950	07:56
4	Jimmy McCracklin	Rockin? All Day (a/k/a Rockin? and Reelin?)	Electric Blues?Part 1: Beginnings 1939-1954	1950	10:56
5	Bull Moose Jackson	Big Fat Mamas Are Back In Style Again	Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950	1950	13:34
6	Cleo Brown	Roll It Boogie	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57	1950	15:54
7	Eunice Davis	Rock Little Daddy	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57	1950	25:17
8	Austin McCoy	Happy Pay Day Part 1	More Mellow Cats & Kittens	1950	27:46
9	Lucky Millinder & His Orchestra w/Myra Johnson	Silent George	Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B	1950	30:56
10	Jewel King	3×7=21	Get Hot Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3	1950	33:32
11	Jewel King	I Broke My Mother's Rule	Gettin' Funky [Disc 4]	1950	36:04
12	Julia Lee	Can't Get Enough Of That Stuff	Kansas City Star [Disc 5]	1950	38:17
13	Violet Hall	He's An Ivory Beating Baby (On The Baby Grand)	Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57	1950	41:16
14	Johnnie Brown	I'm Gonna Stop (Foolin' Around)	Jumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD)	1950	48:49
15	Tiny Bradshaw	Breaking Up the House	Breaking Up the House [Disc 2]	1950	51:12
16	Tiny Bradshaw	Well Oh Well	Breaking Up the House [Disc 2]	1950	53:51
17	Wynonie Harris	I Want To Love You Baby	All She Wants To Do Is Rock	1950	56:29
18	Dave Bartholomew	Ain't Gonna Do It (Rest Of My Life)	Gettin' Funky [Disc 2]	1950	59:21
19	Connie Jordan	I'm Gonna Rock (Till My Rocker Breaks Down)	Jumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD)	1950	1:07:07
20	Ruth Brown	I'll Wait For You	Miss Rhythm Greatest Hits And More Disc 1	1950	1:09:52
21	Ivory Joe Hunter	We're Going to Boogie	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13]	1950	1:12:25
22	King Perry	Everything's Gonna Be Alright Tonight	Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1]	1950	1:15:25
23	Gene Phillips	Women Women Women	Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52	1950	1:17:46
24	Erline Harris	Jump And Shout	Get Hot Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3	1950	1:20:35
25	Percy Mayfield	Strange Things Happening	Poet of the Blues	1950	1:25:26
26	The Robins	If It's So	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'	1950	1:28:12
27	The Dominoes	Chicken Blues	The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin'	1950	1:31:14
28	H-Bomb Ferguson	Rock H-Bomb Rock	Stompin' 14	1950	1:34:02
29	Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men	Love Don't Love Nobody	Original Blues/Greatest Hits	1950	1:36:10
30	Little Esther & Mel Walker w; Johnny Otis Orchestra	Cupid's Boogie	Roots of Rock 'n' Roll – Rough and Rowdy Vol. 3	1950	1:38:51
31	The Ravens	My Baby's Gone	OKeh Rhythm & Blues	1950	1:41:24
32	The Three Riffs	Cherry In My Lemon And Lime	Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 1: That's the Rhythm	1950	1:44:09
33	Harry Van Walls	Tee-nah-nah	Atlantic Rhythm & Blues: 1947-1974 [Disc 1]	1950	1:46:34
34	Fats Domino	Hey La Bas Boogie	Gettin' Funky [Disc 3] – The Hitmakers	1950	1:53:53
35	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	Gettin' Funky [Disc 3] – The Hitmakers	1950	1:56:14

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Trouble In Mind

April 24, 2026 Dave

Get ready for a deep dive into the last 100 years of America’s musical DNA. This week’s Deeper Roots is a ‘romp’ in the truest sense—a free form show celebrating the winsome, the lonesome, and everything in between. We’ve got a heavy-hitting lineup including Etta James, Jimmie Davis, and Billie Holiday, spanning the full spectrum of gospel, country, blues, and jazz. Dave’s been digging through the “digital crates” of the past century to bring you two hours of essential, sometimes irreverent, always authentic sounds. Whether the selections are wholesome or a bit rowdy, this episode runs the full gamut of the American songbook. Pull up a chair at the Deeper Roots dining hall this Friday morning on KOWS Community Radio—there is plenty of soul to go around.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Trouble In My Mind	Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of	2008	00:00
2	Louis Armstrong	Nobody Knows De Trouble I've Seen	Louis And The Good Book	1938	05:34
3	Sam Cooke	Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (4 of 4)	1963	08:34
4	The Whitstein Brothers	I'm Troubled	Old Time Duets	1989	12:04
5	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	I'm So Glad (Trouble Don't Last Always)	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2]	1955	14:42
6	The Harlem Hamfats	I'm In So Much Trouble Now	Harlem Hamfats Vol. 3 1937-1938	2005	17:53
7	Fats Domino	Bad Luck and Trouble	Fats Domino Out of New Orleans	1961	26:02
8	Mavis Staples Levon Helm	Trouble In My Mind	Carry Me Home	2022	28:38
9	Lee Hazlewood	Trouble Is A Lonesome Town	400 Miles From L.A. 1955-56	1956	33:33
10	Kay Starr	I'm The Lonesomest Gal In Town	Capitol Collectors Series	1947	35:47
11	The Modernaires	It's A Lonesome Old Town (When You're Not Around)	The Complete Modernaires On Columbia Vol 2 (1946-1947)	1947	38:30
12	Jimmie Davis	Louisiana Hayride Intro	At the Louisiana Hayride Tonight (Disc 9)	2017	46:03
13	Jimmie Davis	Pi-Rootin' Around	Nobody's Darlin' But Mine: 1928-1937	1937	47:13
14	Scott Miller & the Commonwealth	Drunk All Around This Town	Reconstruction	2007	49:57
15	Wayne Hancock	Life's Lonesome Road	A-Town Blues	2001	52:32
16	Rick Nelson	Lonesome Town (Unreleased)	Legacy [Disc 1]	1958	54:08
17	Happy Valley Boys	Homecoming Time In Happy Valley	Classic Field Recordings	1940	1:01:08
18	Tom T. Hall	Homecoming (Single Version)	The Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall	2006	1:03:54
19	Josh Ritter	Homecoming	Sermon on the Rocks	2015	1:07:00
20	Bob Dylan & The Band	Kickin' My Dog Around	The Basement Tapes Complete: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11	2014	1:12:19
21	Gid Tanner & The Skillet Lickers	Ya Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog Aroun'	Various Artists: Bob Dylan – Cover To Cover – The Originals VOL. 2 [Disc 2]	1926	1:15:00
22	Leon Chappel	(I'm A) Long Gone Doggie	Automatic Mama	1951	1:17:42
23	Betty Hall Jones	This Joint's Too Hip For Me	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]	1949	1:25:17
24	Julia Lee	Tell Me Daddy	The Essential Julia Lee Vol 1	1948	1:27:47
25	Mabel Scott	Wailin' Daddy	Rhythm'n'blues Nasty	2005	1:30:34
26	Etta James	Tell Mama	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]	1967	1:33:17
27	The Shangri-Las	I'm Blue	Myrmidons of Melodrama	1965	1:35:34
28	Willy DeVille	I'm Blue So Blue	Unplugged in Berlin	2011	1:38:58
29	Dan Penn	Blues Of The Month Club	Smoke Filled Room	2026	1:42:52
30	Willie Nelson	Am I Blue	Nite Life: Greatest Hits & Rare Tracks (1959-1971)	1964	1:47:26
31	Billie Holiday	Am I Blue?	The Quintessential Billie Holiday Vol. 9 (1940 – 1942)	1941	1:53:54
32	Julie London	I Must Have That Man!	Wild Cool and Swingin'	1999	1:56:40

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Country Shed Shakers

April 18, 2026 Dave

This week’s show peels back the velvet curtain of the Golden Age of Country music and introduces some lower chart shed shakers from the outskirts of Nashville. While the charts were full of polished crooners and weeping violins, there was a different sound brewing in and around the perimeter—a raw, frantic energy that didn’t belong in a ballroom. These are the tracks that blurred the line between the honky-tonk and the garage. We’ll deliver the distorted side of that golden age with some familiar names (Buck Owens, Jerry Reed, Johnny Bond) and some of those who were lost to those dusty Ernest Tubb Record Shop dollar bins (Eddie Zack, Jimmy Swan, Benny Barnes), all in a package meant to get those fingers poppin’. Hope you can join us for some gritty, low-fi country vibes.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Luke Wills' Rhythm Busters	Shut Up And Drink Your Beer	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar)
2	Luke Wills' Rhythm Busters	High Voltage Gal	Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers ([Disc 3] It Ain't Far To The Bar)
3	Sheb Wooley	Mule Boogie	Country & Western Nuggets
4	Smokey Hogg And His Guitar	Crawdad	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
5	Billy Strange	Hell Train	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
6	Hawkshaw Hawkins	Waitin' for My Baby	Country & Western Nuggets
7	Bobby Lord	No More No More No More	Country & Western Nuggets
8	Buck Owens	Hot Dog	Bound for Bakersfield 1953-56
9	Wanda Jackson	Hot Dog! That Made Him Mad	Queen Of Rockabilly
10	The Hurricanes	Pistol Packin' Mama	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
11	Johnny Bond	Somebody's Pushin'	Put Me To Bed
12	Jerry Reed	When I Found You	Country & Western Nuggets
13	Jerry Reed	Mister Whizz	Country & Western Nuggets
14	Eddie Zack	I?m Gonna Roll and Rock	Country & Western Nuggets
15	Jimmy Murphy	Sixteen Tons Rock `n? Roll	Country & Western Nuggets
16	Jimmy Swan	Country Cattin?	Country & Western Nuggets
17	Johnny Bond	Lonesome Train	Put Me To Bed
18	Skeets McDonald	I Got A New Field To Plow	Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection
19	Dusty Payne	My Walkin' Shoes	The Other Side of Bakersfield Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
20	The Farmer Boys	Somehow Someway Someday	The Other Side of Bakersfield
21	Billy Walker	I've Got Leavin' On My Mind	Whirlpool – Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight
22	Jimmie Peters	Rhythm of Love	Country & Western Nuggets
23	Titus Turner	A Knockin' At My Baby's Door	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
24	Dave Rich	Tuggin? At My Heart Strings	Country & Western Nuggets
25	Freddie Hart	Heaven Only Knows	Country & Western Nuggets
26	Faron Young	Honey Stop	Country & Western Nuggets
27	Benny Barnes	King for a Day	Country & Western Nuggets
28	Ferlin Husky	Wang Dang Do	Country & Western Nuggets
29	Little Jimmy Dickens	Hey Ma (Hide the Daughter)	Country & Western Nuggets
30	Dave Rich	Burn On Love Fire	Country & Western Nuggets
31	Lee Bonds	Home Coming	Country & Western Nuggets
32	Johnny David	Race With The Devil	Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974)
33	Steve Bledsoe	Bang Bang You're Dead	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
34	Jimmie Pearson And The Melody Makers	Nobody Cares	Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
35	Cowboy Copas	Bury Me Face Down	Hillbillies in Hell Country Music?s Tormented Testament Volume 5
36	Black Jack Wayne	Red Silk Stockings and Green Perfume	Country & Western Nuggets
37	Mel Tillis	You Are The Reason	Country & Western Nuggets
38	Rink Hardin	What Did I Do	Country & Western Nuggets
39	Wynn Stewart	Big Big Love	Country & Western Nuggets

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Berry Covers

April 3, 2026 Dave

This week’s episode finds the heart of rock ‘n roll; that recipe of a rhythm and blues with just the right pinch of just about everything else. Chuck Berry’s legacy stands as one of the most important stories in rock ‘n roll’s 75 or so years. His music, particularly in those early years, was covered ad nauseum but it was always done best in an artist’s own voice. Why? Because the music speaks for itself. We’ll share music from Sleepy Labeef to Nina Simone, Linda Ronstadt to Peter Gammons (!), and Conway Twitty to the late, great John Hammond. Covers include You Never Can Tell, Sweet Little Sixteen, Nadine, and No Money down with another dozen, all honoring the King (or is it the Prime Minister) of Rock ‘n Roll whose 100th birthday will be celebrated later this year.

No.	Artist	Title
1	Aaron Neville	You Never Can Tell
2	Peter Gammons	Carol
3	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	Around and Around (Live at the Fillmore 1997)
4	Nina Simone	Brown Eyed Handsome Man
5	Lyle Lovett	Brown Eyed Handsome Man
6	Elvis Presley	Maybelline
7	Marty Robbins	Maybelline
8	Hard Working Americans	School Day (Ring! Ring! Goes The Bell)
9	Elvis Presley	Memphis Tennessee
10	George Benson	Memphis Tennessee
11	Angela Strehli	You Never Can Tell
12	Emmylou Harris	You Never Can Tell
13	George Thorogood & The Destroyers	No Particular Place To Go
14	Jerry Lee Lewis	Roll Over Beethoven
15	Sleepy Labeef	Roll Over Beethoven
16	Buck Owens	Johnny B. Goode
17	Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers	Johnny B. Goode (Live at the Fillmore 1997)
18	Arlen Roth	Sweet Little Sixteen
19	Jerry Lee Lewis; Ringo Starr	Sweet Little Sixteen
20	Ronnie Wood with his Wild Five	Rock 'n' Roll Music (featuring Imelda May)
21	Linda Ronstadt	Back In The U.S.A.
22	Reckless Kelly	Back In the USA
23	Kevin Russell	Nadine
24	John Hammond	Nadine
25	John Hammond	No Money Down
26	Duane Allman	No Money Down
27	Conway Twitty	Reelin' and Rockin'
28	Johnnie Allan	Promised Land
29	The Band	Promised Land
30	Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks	Thirty Days
31	Jeff Lynne	Let It Rock
32	Dion	Sweet Little Rock and Roller (Album)

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

The Hijacked Jukebox

March 7, 2026 Dave

Join Dave Stroud for a look at a fascinating, if somewhat cringey, slice of music history, where white cover versions of black R&B nuggets were whitewashed across the pop charts in the 1950s. While the ‘cover version’ was a standard industry practice, so were the ‘sanitized’ versions of R&B hits by black artists that made them more ‘palatable’ for white radio audiences, spotlighting white artists while the original creators stayed in the shadows. It’s certainly something that could be the topic of numerous Deeper Roots episodes but we’ll limit our scope to a two hour exploration, measuring the original against the cover. On one side of the house we’ll hear from Fats Domino (a popular source for the practic), Big Joe Turner, The Moonglows and a handful of others. The other side of the house has the names of Pat Boone, Art Mooney, The Fontane Sisters and others among the dubious roster ‘favorites’. Radio and media helped to democratize the landscape but today’s parallels with the frothing ‘look over thereness’ of right wing hate is unmistakable and hard to ignore. It was George Santayana who observed that “those who do not learn from history, are bound to repeat it.“

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Fontane Sisters	Hearts Of Stone	Vintage Music " Vols 3 & 4
2	The Jewels	Hearts of Stone	Doo Wop Box Disc 1
3	The Fontane Sisters	Rock Love	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
4	Lula Reed	Rock Love	Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
5	Eileen Barton	Fujiyama Mama	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
6	Annisteen Allen	Fujiyama Mama	From the Ghetto
7	The Crew Cuts	Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream)	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
8	The Chords	Sh-Boom	Glory Days Of Rock 'N' Roll: Doo-Wop [Disc 1]
9	The McGuire Sisters	Sincerely	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
10	The Moonglows	Sincerely	Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 2]
11	The Crew Cuts	Don't Be Angry	High School Favorites
12	Nappy Brown	Don't Be Angry [1955 Version]	Down In The Alley – The Complete Savoy Singles A's & B's
13	The Fontane Sisters	Please Don't Leave Me	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.3
14	Fats Domino	Please Don't Leave Me	Rock And Rollin
15	Pat Boone	The Fat Man	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
16	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood
17	Pat Boone	Long Tall Sally	The London American Story Disc 1
18	Little Richard	Long Tall Sally	Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
19	Art Mooney	Tutti Frutti	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
20	Little Richard	Tutti Frutti	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3
21	Johnnie Ray	Flip Flop And Fly	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
22	Big Joe Turner	Flip Flop And Fly	Big Joe Turner: The Definitive Blues Collection [[Disc 2]]
23	Bill Haley & His Comets	Shake, Rattle and Roll	From The Original Master Tapes
24	Big Joe Turner	Shake, Rattle & Roll	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
25	Teresa Brewer	Tweedle Dee	The Best Of Teresa Brewer
26	LaVern Baker	Tweedlee Dee	Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 2]
27	Gale Storm	Why Do Fools Fall in Love	The London American Story Disc 1
28	Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers	Why Do Fools Fall in Love	Gems from the Columbia Vaults, Pt. 1
29	Georgia Gibbs	Dance With Me Henry	Georgia Gibbs Greatest Hits
30	Etta James	The Wallflower	The Best of Etta James [EMI-Capitol Special Markets]
31	Jean Dinning	Bo Diddley	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
32	Bo Diddley	Bo Diddley	Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 2]
33	The Hilltoppers	Teardrops From My Eyes	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
34	Ruth Brown	Teardrops From My Eyes	Ruth Brown: The Definitive Soul Collection [[Disc 1]]
35	Jaye P Morgan	Baby Don't Do It	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.3
36	The 5 Royales	Baby Don't Do It	The Complete Singles 1952-1962
37	Perry Como	Ko Ko Mo	They Tried To Rock – The Popsters Vol.4
38	The Flamingos	Ko Ko Mo	The Best Of The Flamingos
39	Ricky Nelson	I'm Walkin'	Legacy [Disc 1]

A Century of America's Music