Category Archives: Rock

Country Boogie Woogie

While the origin of the term is in debate, there are numerous stories that almost make sense but cannot be verified. However, 20th century blues, country and rock and roll were rife with the reference and it turned into a guitar lick, a piano run, and a salty reference on the standup. Deeper Roots will be spending time with the country versions, inherited (nee appropriated) from the rhythm and blues form … and a little bit of history as well. We’ve got the classic country sounds of Sheb Wooley, Johnny Tyler, and The Delmore Brothers paired up with higher octane country Americana from Dale Watson, Robert Gordon, and Asleep at the Wheel. Chuck Berry once said “It used to be called boogie-woogie, it used to be called blues, used to be called rhythm & blues…it’s called rock now”. You can quote me in enlightening that observation by calling it “one nascent stream that emptied into a swift river.” Tune in Friday evenings here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Merrill Moore Nola Boogie Boogie My Blues Away [Disc 1] Amazon
2Al Dexter & His Troopers Saturday Night Boogie Hillibilly Boogie! Amazon
3Hardrock Gunter Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night Gravy Train: Hillbilly Meets R&B Amazon
4Vance Morris & His Alabama Playboys Crazy About The Boogie Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4] Amazon
5Hank Snow Rhumba Boogie Hillbilly Boogie Box [Disc 4] Amazon
6Johnny Tyler Oakie Boogie Southern Belle [Disc 1] Amazon
7Sheb Wooley Mule Boogie Country & Western Nuggets Amazon
8Johnny Bond Alabama Boogie Boy Put Me To Bed Amazon
9Bob Newman Hangover Boogie Crossroads In Cowtown Amazon
10Skeets McDonald The Southland Boogie Skeets McDonald – One Classic Album & Singles Collection Amazon
11Dale Watson Texas Boogie Cheatin' Heart Attack Amazon
12Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Stratosphere Boogie Stratosphere Boogie Amazon
13Merle Travis Merle's Boogie Woogie Hot Pickin' [Disc 2] Amazon
14Les Paul Guitar Boogie Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2] Amazon
15Kate Mackenzie Pan American Boogie Steel Rails: Classic Railroad Songs, Vol. 1 Amazon
16Doc Watson Freight Train Boogie Songs From Home Amazon
17Red Foley Hobo Boogie The Essential Recordings Amazon
18The Delmore Brothers Peach Street Boogie The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 15 Amazon
19Sonny Burgess We Wanna Boogie Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music 2009 Amazon
20Grady Martin & His Slewfoot Five Wooly Boogie The Very Best Of Amazon
21Sleepy Labeef Shot-Gun Boogie (Overdub) Sleepy Rocks Amazon
22Webb Pierce Teenage Boogie All Hits! [Disc 2] Amazon
23Robert Gordon and Link Wray Rock Billy Boogie Too Fast to live… Too Young to Die Amazon
24Asleep at the Wheel 08 Boogie Back to Texas 10 Amazon
25Tiny Hill Milk Bucket Boogie Country Music On the Mercury Label Amazon
26Little Jimmy Dickens You Better Not Do That Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962 Amazon
27Little Jimmy Dickens Buddy's Boogie Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962 Amazon
28Porky Freeman Boogie Woogie Boy Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys: The West Coast Indies Amazon
29Tennessee Ernie Ford Blackberry Boogie Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 1] Amazon
30Tennessee Ernie Ford False Hearted Girl Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3] Amazon
31Asleep at the Wheel Choo Choo Ch'Boogie The Best of Asleep at the Wheel Amazon
32Tennessee Ernie Ford Shot-Gun Boogie Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3] Amazon

Sister Rosetta

This week’s show celebrates the Godmother of rock ‘n roll who was finally paid tribute with her 2018 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s sanctified electric guitar work not only touched on the cusp of soul and blues, but it foretold what was to come less than a decade later. There were the R&B bands, which she would dabble in (much to the chagrin of her followers), that would also have an impact…but it was her sound that influenced and inspired Elvis, Wanda Jackson, Jerry Lee Lewis, and so many others, even to this day. We’ll take a deep dive into the music and story of this legend including some of those who she would draw her own inspirations from. Tune in.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Sister Rosetta Tharpe Down By the Riverside Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4) Amazon
2Fisk Jubilee Singers Ezekiel Saw De Wheel Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
3Thomas A. Dorsey If You See My Savior Halleluja Gospel & Prayers Amazon
4Golden Gate Quartet Blind Barnabas Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats Amazon
5Memphis Minnie I Called You This Morning Queen Of Country Blues Amazon
6Sister O. M. Terrell God's Little Birds Country Gospel 1946-1953 Amazon
7Sister Rosetta Tharpe Didn't It Rain? Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 3 Amazon
8Sister Rosetta Tharpe Four or Five Times Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2 Amazon
9Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio Trouble In Mind Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
10Marie Knight Gospel Train 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
11Sister Rosetta Tharpe Up Above My Head I Hear Music In the Air Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4) Amazon
12Joan Osborne & The Holmes Brothers Nobody's Fault But Mine Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe Amazon
13Sister Rosetta Tharpe Beams of Heaven Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2 Amazon
14Phoebe Snow Beams of Heaven (feat. The Holmes Brothers) Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe Amazon
15Sister Rosetta Tharpe Intro – Didn't It Rain Newport Jazz Festival 7/3/64 Amazon
16Marie Knight Didn't It Rain Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe Amazon
17Sister Rosetta Tharpe 99 1/2 Won't Do Gospel Train Amazon
18Sister Rosetta Tharpe Fly Away Sincerely, Sister Rosetta Tharpe Amazon
19Marion Williams – The Stars Of Faith When I Lay This Body Down Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958 Amazon
20Mahalia Jackson His Eye Is On The Sparrow Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns Amazon
21Sister Rosetta Tharpe Two Little Fishes Sincerely, Sister Rosetta Tharpe Amazon
22Fern Jones Strange Things Happening Every Day The Glory Road Amazon
23Brittany Howard That's All Live That's All – RRHOF Amazon
24Sister Rosetta Tharpe That's All Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution Amazon
25Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Red Foley Have a Little Talk With Jesus 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
26Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us Raising Sand Amazon
27Gospel Hebrews Jesus Is All Over Me Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio Amazon
28Louis Armstrong Down By The Riverside Louis And The Good Book Amazon
29The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir I Want To Ride That Glory Train Shakin' The Rafters Amazon
30Sister Rosetta Tharpe The Natural Facts Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4) Amazon

Music From The Band

Americana fusion from the Canadian border to the rolling hills of Arkansas: roots music from a musical collective built on a foundation made up of many different legs: blues, rock, folk, Civil War stories, burnished antiques found alongside the two-lane highways of mid-century and tradition from the kitchen. Their songs were anchored by deeper roots. There are few that could speak musically to all of these and all of their connecting tissue, but The Band (Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson) made it seem easy. From their early years as The Hawks backing Ronnie Hawkins to being the electric behind Bob Dylan’s Judas performance in the UK, and then The Last Waltz. There were tragedies both light and heavy that foretold a demise as predictable as the appearance of Halley’s Comet. Join us in a reflection of their music on a Friday morning in Sonoma County on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Robbie Robertson When The Night Was Young How To Become Clairvoyant Amazon
2The Band Will The Circle Be Unbroken (non-lp track) A Musical History [Disc 1] Amazon
3The Levon Helm Band Anna Lee Newport Folk Festival 8/3/2008 Amazon
4Rick Danko When I Get My Just Rewards Cryin' Heart Blues Amazon
5Bob Dylan & The Band The Weight Before The Flood [Live] [Disc 2] Amazon
6Joan Baez The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Hits: Greatest & Others Amazon
7The Band Acadian Driftwood Northern Lights-Southern Cross Amazon
8Bob Dylan & The Band Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood) The Basement Tapes [Disc 2] Amazon
9Bob Dylan & The Band Million Dollar Bash The Basement Tapes [Disc 1] Amazon
10Rick Danko It Makes No Difference Live Anthology Amazon
11Emmylou Harris & The Band Evangeline Duets Amazon
12The Band Stage Fright The Last Waltz [Rhino Box Set] Disc 1 Amazon
13Ronnie Hawkins/The Band Who Do You Love? The Last Waltz [Rhino Box Set] Disc 1 Amazon
14Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Havana Moon Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Amazon
15Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks Hey Boba Lou The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks Amazon
16The Band Stand Up High On The Hog Amazon
17Levon Helm False Hearted Lover Blues Dirt Farmer Amazon
18Warren Haynes With The All Star Band And Rami Jaffee The Shape I'm In (with The All Star Band & Rami Jaffee) (2013) Love For Levon Amazon
19The Band,Bob Clearmountain Time to Kill – Remix / 2020 Stage Fright (Deluxe Remix 2020) Amazon
20The Band Life Is a Carnival Cahoots Amazon
21Levon Helm Tennessee Jed Electric Dirt Amazon
22The Band Twilight (Single Version) Islands [Remastered] Amazon
23Bob Dylan I Shall Be Released Before The Flood [Disc 1] Amazon
24Levon Helm Money Levon Helm Amazon

Post-War Rhythm & Jive

Somewhere sandwiched between pre-war big band and swing and the rock n’ roll era that erupted in the early fifties, there was foretelling in the sounds of post-war rhythm and blues, honkers and shouters, and jump bands. This week’s show will explore the sounds of post-war with Louis Jordan’s Tympany Five, Bull Moose Jackson, Babs Gonzales, Wynonie Harris, Amos Milburn and a couple dozen others. To say the burner was hot is misunderstanding the situation: it was red hot. Our morning show will have your toes tappin’, your fingers snappin’, and your hips shakin’ as the sounds of post-war rhythm in blues takes you into another Spring day here in Sonoma County. Join in the fun!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Wild Bill Moore (vocal: Scatman) Rock 'N' Roll Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52 Amazon
2Louis Jordan Ain't That Just Like a Woman Number Ones Amazon
3Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Hungary Man The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 Amazon
4Buster Bennett Rockin' My Blues Away Chronological Buster Bennett (1945-1947) Amazon
5Bull Moose Jackson Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me Badman Jackson Thats Me Amazon
6The Charioteers Viddle de Vop Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 2: Viddle de Vop Amazon
7T-Bone Walker T-Bone Shuffle Living The Blues: Blues Greats Amazon
8Louis Jordan Caldonia The Rough and Rowdy Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1 Amazon
9Jake Porter Safronia Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52 Amazon
10Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends Mama Don't Allow Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13] Amazon
11Babs' Three Bips & A Bop (Babs Gonzales) Oo-Pa-Pa-Da Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1] Amazon
12Pearl Bailey The Hucklebuck Chronological Pearl Bailey (1947-1950) Amazon
13Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson Gonna Send You Where I Got You From Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1 Amazon
14Bull Moose Jackson Keep You're Big Mouth Shut Bad Man Jackson Amazon
15The King Porter Orchestra Chittlin' Ball Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2] Amazon
16Nellie Lutcher He's a Real Gone Guy Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2] Amazon
17Cleo Brown Cleo's Boogie Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57 Amazon
18Ella Mae Morse A Little Further Down The Road A Piece Singles 2 Amazon
19Julia Lee Oh Chuck It Kansas City Star [Disc 4] Amazon
20Cab Calloway The Calloway Boogie Jukebox Hits 1930-1950 Amazon
21Wynonie Harris All She Wants To Do Is Rock All She Wants To Do Is Rock Amazon
22Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five Chicky-Mo, Craney Crow Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1947 – 1949 Amazon
23Butch Stone & His Orchestra I Got News For You Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52 Amazon
24Amos Milburn Amos' Boogie Amos Milburn Rocks Amazon
25Blue Lu Barker A Little Bird Told Me From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944 Amazon
26Nellie Lutcher He Sends Me Oxford American 10th Anniversary Southern Music CD [Disc 2] "Past Masters" [2008] Amazon
27Betty Hall Jones Learn To Boogie Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57 Amazon
28Mabel Scott Googie Woogie Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3 Amazon
29Tiny Davis & Her Orchestra How About That Jive Jumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD) Amazon
30Bull Moose Jackson Watch My Signals The Rough and Rowdy Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1 Amazon
31Doc Pomus My Good Pott Singer & Songwriter Amazon
32Wynonie Harris Good Rockin' Tonight Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949 Amazon
33Little Willie Littlefield Hello Kats Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52 Amazon

Burnin’ Love

A hunka hunka free form sounds this morning on Deeper Roots: some thoughtful pairings and some that just need to be pushed to the surface. We’re coming up on Daylight Savings Time already as we prepare for the days to get longer shedding more light in the attic from the window up above. Songs today explore mojo, some gospel musings, concerns about a fellow named Lou whose got the flu, and some reflections on the 420 favorite. Performers include Julia Lee, Little Jimmy Dickens, Ivie Anderson, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and we’ve even got an ‘unknown’ from the mid-century wondering “Who’s Boogeying My Woogie Now”. Imagine that. Well, imagine this: Friday mornings on KOWS Community Radio are made just for the beginning of Spring. Tune in.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1John Prine Clay Pigeons Fair & Square Amazon
2Elvis Presley Burning Love Elvis 30 #1 Hits Amazon
3Sister Rosetta Tharpe 99 1/2 Won't Do Gospel Train Amazon
4Mary Deloatch The Lord's Gospel Train Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
5Nina Simone Lilac Wine Verve/Unmixed 3 Amazon
6Ivie Anderson Chocolate Shake An Introduction To Ivie Anderson Amazon
7Bette Midler Marahuana Songs For The New Depression Amazon
8Julia Lee Marijuana Kansas City Star [Disc 4] Amazon
9Buddy Holly Fool's Paradise Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants [Disc 2] Amazon
10Eddie Cochran C'mon Everybody Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1] Amazon
11Fats Domino Be My Guest Fats Domino Out of New Orleans Amazon
12Dorsey Burnette Don't Let Go The Precious Years Amazon
13Charley Crockett The Man That Time Forgot Welcome To Hard Times Amazon
14Kevin Russell Country Boy Country Swing Amazon
15Little Jimmy Dickens May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
16Buddy Emmons New Road Under My Wheels Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills Amazon
17John Prine Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement) For Better, Or Worse Amazon
18Roger Miller Lou's Got The Flu King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1) Amazon
19Roger Miller The Moon Is High (And So Am I) King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1) Amazon
20Muddy Waters Got My Mojo Working His Best, 1956 To 1964 Amazon
21Ann Cole I Got My Mojo Working Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 4] Amazon
22Unknown Artist I Wonder Who's Boogeying My Woogie Now ? Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57 Amazon
23Lightnin' Hopkins Mojo Hand The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins Amazon
24Mose Allison Mojo Woman Down Home Piano Amazon
25Willie Nelson & Lucinda Williams Overtime It Always Will Be Amazon
26John Fogerty Who'll Stop the Rain (with Bob Seger) Wrote a Song for Everyone Amazon
27Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Still the Same Greatest Hits Amazon
28Raul Malo It Only Hurts Me When I Cry After Hours Amazon
29Red Simpson Jeannie With the Light Brown Cadillac The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer Amazon
30Bruce Springsteen Pink Cadillac 18 Tracks Amazon
31Baker Knight Bring My Cadillac Back Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks Amazon
32Miley Cyrus Lilac Wine The Backyard Sessions Amazon
33Ray Charles I Believe to My Soul The Birth of Soul Disc 3 Amazon

Begin the Beguine

This past January was as much a month to remember as it was to forget. We’ll keep the serenity we need by softening the blow with music while also celebrating the good with swing, country, rhythm and gospel in another eclectic free form show on Sonoma County community radio. Cold weather and rain arrives so we’ll share the soul sounds of William Bell and Johnnie Taylor, some folk rock from Linda Ronstadt, swing vocals from The Mills Brothers and The Four Vagabonds, and gospel with Lou Rawls and the Pilgrim Travelers. We’ll visit Shenandoah, The Red River Valley, and Forty Miles of Bad Road in our Friday morning show, recorded this week in the Deeper Roots Den. I hope you’ll join us.



No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Michael Nesmith Begin The Beguine Tropical Campfires Amazon
2Mikki Wilcox Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues Sun Ballads 1953-62 Amazon
3Maria Muldaur I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues Love Wants to Dance Amazon
4The Four Vagabonds Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1 Amazon
5Jimmie Rodgers Shenandoah 40 All-Time Favorites [Disc 2] Amazon
6Duane Eddy Forty Miles Of Bad Road Dance With The Guitar Man Amazon
7Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers The Image of Me Playback Disc 5 Amazon
8Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban Patricia Hear Music, Vol. 9: Souvenirs Amazon
9The Texas Tornados Wasted Days And Wasted Nights The Best Of Texas Tornados Amazon
10Glories Dark End Of The Street Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios Amazon
11Bessie Banks Go Now Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2 Amazon
12William Bell Everybody Loves a Winner The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9) Amazon
13Wilson Pickett I'm In Love Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios Amazon
14Johnnie Taylor Who's Making Love Stax Number Ones Amazon
15Booker T. & The MG's Time Is Tight I'll Take You There Amazon
16Elvis Presley I Gotta Know Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 3) Amazon
17Marshall Crenshaw I'm Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee) Downtown Amazon
18Brenda Lee That's All You Gotta Do American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 Amazon
19The Jack Fords That's All You Gotta Do Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 1 Amazon
20Big Boy Groves I Gotta New Car Fool Mule Amazon
21Corey Glover Three Time Loser Back To The Streets – Celebrating The Music Of Don Covay Amazon
22The Mills Brothers Glow Worm The Mills Brothers Golden G'ts(3) Amazon
23Charlie Barnet Flying Home Swing Time For Dancing Vol. 6 Amazon
24Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio Trouble In Mind Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
25Lou Rawls (2nd Vocal) & The Pilgrim Travelers Come Home Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
26Aretha Franklin Never Grow Old None But the Righteous: Chess Gospel Greats Amazon
27Merle Haggard I'm A Lonesome Fugitive Capitol Collector's Series Amazon
28The Stone Poneys/Linda Ronstadt Different Drum Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt Amazon
29Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Red River Valley 16 Great Songs Of The Old West Amazon
30Roy Rogers Moonlight On The Prairie Country Music Hall Of Fame Amazon
31Chris Hillman When I Get A Little Money Bidin' My Time Amazon
32Rick Nelson Hello Mary Lou Greatest Love Songs Amazon
33Carla Thomas/Rufus Thomas Birds and the Bees The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (5 of 9) Amazon
34The Bar-Kays Soul Finger The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (7 of 9) Amazon

Songs About Singing

Sing it loud! It’s a whole new year and our country can take heart without letting our guard down. We’ll celebrate a fresh new start knowing that hard work lies ahead with a two hour show featuring the theme of ‘singing’. Join Dave Stroud once more for a mixed bag; an eclectic blend of sounds from the past century featuring the likes of Ukulele Ike, Wingy Manone, The Cats & The Fiddle, John Sebastian, Cat Power, and a couple of dozen more, all belting out songs about the very act of singing. We’ll take you down Memory Lane with old fashioned songs, simple songs of gospel and freedom, swinging low, singing high, and those joyful sing-alongs we’ve shared over the past century. That’s right. It’s theme time on this week’s Deeper Roots show and we’d love to have you. Join in the festivities.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Tony Bennett Sing You Sinners [#] The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1 Amazon
2Katie Crippen with Henderson's Novelty Ork. Play 'Em For Mamma, Sing 'Em For Me (BS 2003, P-104-1) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
3Cab Calloway I Love to Sing-A (From 'The Singing Kid') Chronological 1934-37 Amazon
4The Boswell Sisters Sing A Little Jingle The Boswell Sisters Collection Amazon
5Wingy Manone & His Orchestra Sing Me A Swing Song Swing Is Here / Small-Band Swing 1935-1939 Amazon
6Gene Kelly Singin' In The Rain Golden Memories of Stage and Screen-Disc1 Amazon
7Pat Boone It's a Grand Night For Singing The Best of Broadway: The Early '60s Amazon
8Ella Fitzgerald Sing Song Swing The Millenium Anthology – Ella Fitzgerald – [Disc 2] Amazon
9June Christy Sing Something Simple The Misty Miss Christy Amazon
10Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra SInging-ing-ing Barrell House Boogie and the Blues Amazon
11Ukulele Ike & The Hot Combination Sing (A Happy Little Thing) Fascinating Rhythm 1922-1935 Amazon
12Fats Waller & His Rhythm Sing An Old Fashioned Song Fats Waller – The Complete Recorded Works Volume 3 – Rhythm and Romance 1934-1936 Amazon
13Nellie Lutcher If You Wanna Get T'Goin' (And Come Out Singing) Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 3] Amazon
14The Cats & The Fiddle I'm Singing, So Help Me The Very Best Of Amazon
15Dr. John Sing Along Song (LP Version) Destively Bonnaroo (US Release) Amazon
16Aretha Franklin Don't Play That Song 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2] Amazon
17Cat Power Aretha, Sing One For Me Jukebox Amazon
18B.B. King Why I Sing the Blues Do the Boogie! B.B. King's Early '50s Classics Amazon
19Randy Waller & The Country Gentlemen One More Voice Singing In Heaven Tonight Keeper Of The Flame Amazon
20Edward W. Clayborn I Heard The Angels Singing When I Reach That Heavenly Shore: Unearthly Black Gospel Amazon
21Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe Singing in My Soul The Gospel of Blues Amazon
22Curley Williams Just A-Picking And A-Singing Bear Family "Perfect for Parties" Highlight Album Amazon
23John Sebastian Singing The Blues Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings – Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings [Disc 2] Amazon
24Stonewall Jackson You're the Sad in My Songs Stonewall Jackson – 1966-1967 Amazon
25Gale Garnett We'll Sing In The Sunshine Lifetime Of Romance: Some Enchanted Evening [Disc 2] Amazon
26Louie Innis Sing Your Song Baby Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56 Amazon
27Ferlin Husky 23 – I Could Sing All Night Ferlin Husky Singles Amazon
28Carl Perkins Sing My Song (2000) Back On Top (CD 3) Amazon
29Charlie Monroe I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing (TK A) The Chronological Classics 1950-1956 Amazon
30Barbara Dane Don't Sing Love Songs (Silver Dagger) Anthology of American Folk Songs Amazon
31Tim Hardin Simple Song Of Freedom The Folk Years: Simple Song Of Freedom [Disc 1] Amazon
32Tex Ritter & His Texans Singing in the Saddle Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 1] Amazon
33The New Seekers I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) 70s Music Explosion – Sunshine Amazon

Finger Poppin’ Doo Wop

From Big Sandy to Hank Ballard and The Flamingos…here we go on another Deeper Roots Friday morning. High energy rhythm and blues, doo wop, and foot-tapping sounds to celebrate everything that’s happened…and revel in all that hot rockin’ stuff that erupted in the fifties. This week’s episode focuses on playlists that keep the tempo hot and the rug getting cut with slamming sounds from the high side of vocal harmonies. Wild sounds from The Cadets, The Cadillacs, The Larks, The Crests, The Regals, and The Lollypoppers; and that’s just getting the kettle hot. We got your water boiling and we’re gonna cook your goose…and “we ain’t gonna turn you loose”. Rhythm and blues and doo wop from the late century on this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. Drop on by at 92.5 FM or streaming at freespeechnobull.com/listen. We’d love to have you.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Hank Ballard & The Midnighters Finger Poppin Time Heatin' Up Amazon
2The Regals Got The Water Boiling Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy Amazon
3Anthony & The Sophomores Play Those Oldies Mr. Dee Jay The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4 Amazon
4Dallas Taylor/The Danderliers Chop Chop Boom The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 1 Amazon
5The Platters Voo Vee Ah Bee Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2 Amazon
6Marvin And Johnny Vip Vop! Forgotten Duos of Rock Volume 1 Amazon
7The Lollypoppers A Bottle of Pop Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2 Amazon
8The El Dorados At My Front Door The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
9The Crests Trouble in Paradise Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1 Amazon
10The Moonglows See Saw (mono) Blue Velvet: The Ultimate Collection Amazon
11The Moonglows Too Late (mono) Blue Velvet: The Ultimate Collection Amazon
12The Stereos I Really Love You The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4 Amazon
13Big Sandy Have Love, Will Travel Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 4 Amazon
14Norman Fox & The Rob Roys/Sid Bass/The Rob Roys Pizza Pie Doo Wop Box Disc 3 Amazon
15The Flamingos Ko Ko Mo For Collectors Only – Disc 1 Amazon
16Lee Andrews & the Hearts Much Too Much Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 3 Amazon
17The Jumpin Jacks Pa-Pa-Ya Baby Rhythm 'N' Blues Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 4 Amazon
18The Regents Runaround The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 4 Amazon
19The Cobras La La Doo Wop Vocal Group Greats (Bonus Disc) Amazon
20The Chips Rubber Biscuit The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
21Frankie Lymon I'm Not A Juvenile Delinquent 'Rock, Rock, Rock' 25 Hits: Frankie Lymon and Teenagers Amazon
22The Ravens Gotta Find My Baby Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 3 Amazon
23The Cadillacs Don't Be Mad With My Heart For Collectors Only, Disc 2 Amazon
24The Five Discs Never Let You Go Doo Wop Box Disc 4 Amazon
25The Monarchs Pretty Little Girl The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
26The Moonglows Chickie Um Bah Blue Velvet / The Ultimate Collection CD1 Amazon
27The Larks How Long Must I Wait For You? The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 4: Doo-Wop Dancin' Amazon
28The Charts Zoop Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 2 Amazon
29The Cadets Wiggie Waggie Woo Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 3 Amazon
30The Cadillacs Why, Why For Collectors Only, Disc 2 Amazon
31The Edsels Rama Lama Ding Dong The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
32The Ebonaires Lawd, Lawd, Lawd Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1 Amazon
33The Coasters Brazil Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 3] – The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
34The Original Casuals So Tough Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1 Amazon
35Vito & The Salutations Unchained Melody The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
36The Cadillacs Sugar Sugar The Cadillacs Meet The Orioles Amazon
37The Swallows Good Time Girls Rhythm 'N' Blues Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 4 Amazon
38The Four Deuces W-P-L-J Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2] Amazon

Mama’s Getting Hot

Free Form Friday is considered the calm before two upcoming events, both suspenseful in nature. Halloween and Election Day. Halloween because we’ll be sharing some of the haunted reminders as well as social distancing, whereas Election Day will send the right message and send the ghouls, rats, and seditionists scurrying back to their nests. This morning’s music is the bright reminder that good still can come of our situation, taking a time out for music that keeps us centered. We’ll make the leap from Mama Cass to Geraint Watkins, Ella to Laura Nyro, John Prine to The Beach Boys…all in perfect form. Join Dave Stroud for another celebration of a hundred years of America’s music on KOWS radio, a bastion of free speech and no bull, streaming to your ears on www.freespeechnobull.com. And donate to support community radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Jimmie Davis Mama's Getting Hot And Papa's Getting Cold Nobody's Darlin' But Mine Amazon
2Nina Simone Stompin' At The Savoy The Amazing Nina Simone/Nina Simone At Town Hall Amazon
3Louis Armstrong A Kiss To Build A Dream On Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2) Amazon
4Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Dream A Little Dream Of Me C'Est Si Bon Amazon
5Mama Cass Elliot New World Coming Mama's Big Ones Amazon
6The Soul Stirrers Resting Easy Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues Amazon
7Laura Nyro And When I Die Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro (1 of 2) Amazon
8Rosanne Cash Save The Country Time & Love, The Music of Laura Nyro Amazon
9The Civil Wars & T Bone Burnett Long Time Gone (Dustbowl Version) a Place at the Table (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Amazon
10Levon Helm Rag Mama Rag Ramble at the Ryman Amazon
11John Prine/Miranda Lambert Cold Cold Heart For Better, Or Worse Amazon
12John Prine & Mac Wiseman I Forgot to Remember to Forget Standard Songs for Average People Amazon
13John Prine I Remember Everything I Remember Everything Amazon
14Dave Van Ronk Green, Green Rocky Road Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk Amazon
15Grateful Dead Rosa Lee McFall Reckoning Amazon
16Del McCoury, Doc Watson & Mac Wiseman New Moon Over My Shoulder Mac Doc Del Amazon
17Dolly Parton My Tennessee Mountain Home 1972 Amazon
18Maria Muldaur Any Old Time Maria Muldaur Amazon
19The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band All I Have to Do Is Dream Dirt, Silver & Gold Disc 2 Amazon
20Len Barry 1-2-3 Classic Rock 1965: The Beat Goes On Amazon
21The Beach Boys Heroes and Villains [Track Only][*] Good Vibrations: Thirty Years of the Beach Boys Disc 5 Amazon
22Geraint Watkins Heroes and Villains Dial 'W' for Watkins Amazon
23Geraint Watkins Two Rocks Dial 'W' for Watkins Amazon
24Mink Deville A Train Lady The Mink De Ville Collection Amazon
25The Holmes Brothers (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding? State Of Grace Amazon
26Nick Lowe Here Comes That Feeling Lay It On Me Amazon
27Brenda Lee Here Comes That Feelin' Queen of Rock 'N' Roll Amazon
28Louis Armstrong Ezekiel Saw De Wheel Louis And The Good Book Amazon
29Sister Rosetta Tharpe Cain't No Grave Hold My Body Down Gospel Train Amazon
30Duane Eddy Streets of Laredo Rebel Rouser Amazon
31Boyd Bennett & His Rockets Cool Disc Jockey Bob Dylan – Radio Radio Vol.5 Amazon
32Fats Domino Blue Monday Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon

Shelter In Place

Six months later…’nuff said, right? Deeper Roots finally gets around to the theme of pandemic protection by staying at home until things stabilize. We were all put out when it looked like six weeks and here we are talking months, not weeks. Patience and commitment. Something we have to work on. But we’ve got music to comfort us. Our heritage is rich with an incredible catalog of works; from country classics to the raw country blues, soul from Motor City and the Eastern Seaboard, jazz from New Orleans and KC, and everything in between. Just look (or listen) back. This week’s Deeper Roots features songs about keeping safe in shelter with fresh sounds from the digital bins. Warren Zevon, Jim Reeves, Wynonie Harris, The Alphabetical Four, Kitty Wells, and Buddy Miller will be featured. No need to put on your helmets (or tin foil hats) or to duck and cover. But you might want to get out the vote!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Jakob Dylan & Fiona Apple In My Room Echo In The Canyon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Amazon
2Dill Jones Trio Four Walls And One Dirty Window Blues The Chiaroscuro Songbook, Vol. 1 Amazon
3Irma Thomas These Four Walls Irma Thomas: A Woman's Viewpoint: The Essential 1970s Recordings Amazon
4Willie Nelson Hello Walls Mr. Record Man – The Early Singles As & BS Amazon
5Jim Reeves Four Walls Essential Jim Reeves Amazon
6Jeff Beck And Johnny Depp Isolation Isolation (Single) Amazon
7Billy Vera & The Beaters I Can Take Care Of Myself By Request: The Best Of Billy Vera & The Beaters Amazon
8Warren Zevon Splendid Isolation I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) [Disc 2] Amazon
9Whiskeytown Empty Baseball Park Faithless Street Amazon
10Buddy Miller Shelter Me Universal United House Of Prayer Amazon
11Jerry Jeff Walker Time to Stay Home Hill Country Rain Amazon
12Charlie Rich Behind Closed Doors Super Hits Amazon
13Bob Dylan Shelter from the Storm Blood on the Tracks Amazon
14Rodney Crowell Shelter From The Storm [Album Version] The Outsider Amazon
15Lone Justice Shelter Ultimate Collection: Maria McKee Amazon
16Ray LaMontagne Shelter Trouble Amazon
17Joe Cocker Shelter Me Ultimate Collection Amazon
18The Deadly Gentlemen Locked Up The Bastard Masterpiece Amazon
19Dave Alvin All by Myself Common Ground: Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin Play and Sing the Songs of Big Bill Broonzy Amazon
20Charline Arthur I'm Having A Party All By Myself Welcome To The Club Amazon
21Alphabetical Four I'm Gonna Walk Right in and Make Myself at Home Complete Recorded Works 1938-1943 Amazon
22Wynonie Harris Drinkin' By Myself Playful Baby Amazon
23Garnet Mimms A Little Bit of Soap The Best of Garnet Mimms: Cry Amazon
24Stonewall Jackson I Washed My Hands in Muddy Water Singles Amazon
25Porter Wagoner I Washed My Face in the Morning Dew & Dolly Parton 1967-1968 (Warped 6797) Amazon
26The Deadly Gentlemen Hello, Apocalypse The Bastard Masterpiece Amazon
27David Olney Mister Stay At Home When The Deal Goes Down Amazon
28The Beach Boys In My Room Endless Summer Amazon