Category Archives: Rock

Higher and Higher

A carefully curated concoction of sounds on a Friday morning will keep you on your toes going into the weekend here in Sonoma County. We’ll pay tribute to Beverly “Ruby” Ross, a songwriter and musician who co-wrote some early rock n’ roll classics who passed away last week. And there’s no stopping the classics from rolling in with some country from the Golden Age including The Browns and Johnny Horton, an eclectic run of blues with Jimmy Reed and BB King, and some of the sweeter sounds from Patti Page, Jo Stafford, and Linda Ronstadt. Jackie Wilson will open our show this morning and we’ll be sure to feed your soul with some Geraint Watkins from across the pond. Join us on the stream at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Jackie Wilson (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher Something to Believe In Amazon
2Cissy Houston Deep River/Campground Testify! The Gospel Box Amazon
3The Fairfield Four Roll Jordan Revival Amazon
4Bob Dylan Someday Baby Modern Times Amazon
5Geraint Watkins I'm Just Crazy About You Dial 'W' for Watkins Amazon
6The Chordettes Lollipop Red, White & Rock Disc 1 Amazon
7The Earls Remember Then The Only Doo-Wop Collection You'll Ever Need [Disc 2] Amazon
8Roy Orbison Candy Man The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 2] Amazon
9Bill Haley & His Comets Dim, Dim The Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) (Single Version) Rock Around The Clock Amazon
10Lesley Gore Judy's Turn to Cry (Single) 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lesley Gore Amazon
11Elvis Presley The Girl Of My Best Friend The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1] Amazon
12The Browns Cool Water 1959-1960 (Warped 5995) Amazon
13The Sons Of The Pioneers Wagon Wheels Tumbling Tumbleweeds Amazon
14Patti Page I Wanna Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart Country Music On the Mercury Label Amazon
15Jo Stafford Ragtime Cowboy Joe Capitol Collectors Series Amazon
16Johnny Horton North To Alaska My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
17Gene Pitney (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance The Look Of Love [Disc 1] Amazon
18Dinah Washington Somebody Loves Me (from "The Swingin' Miss D") Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums Amazon
19Linda Ronstadt Perfidia Mambo Kings Amazon
20Carla Thomas B-a-b-y Something to Believe In Amazon
21Brenda Lee Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar) Grady Martin Amazon
22Brenda Lee That's All You Gotta Do 36 All-Time G.H. V2 Amazon
23Dave Edmunds Deep in the Heart of Texas D.E. 7th Amazon
24Geraint Watkins Oobee Doobee Eyes Watkins Bold as Love Amazon
25Jimmy Reed Take Out Some Insurance Blues Masters: The Very Best Of Jimmy Reed Amazon
26Henry Spaulding Cairo Blues American Primitive: Pre-War Revenants 1897-1939, Vol. 2 [Disc 2] Amazon
27B.B. King * Eric Clapton Rollin' & Tumblin' Riding With The King Amazon
28Chubby Checker Hey Bobba Needle The Best Jukeboxhits 3 Amazon
29Sir Douglas Quintet Nuevo Laredo Mono Singles '68-'72 Amazon
30Johnny Restivo The Shape I'm In Lost Male Hits Of The 50's Amazon
31Rockin' Sidney My Toot-Toot Alligator Stomp: Cajun Zydeco Classics Amazon
32Los Super Seven My Window Faces The South (ft. Lyle Lovett) Heard It On The X Amazon
33Nora Jane Struthers Cowgirl Yodel #3 Nora Jane Struthers Amazon
34Shirley & Lee Let The Good Times Roll Shirley & Lee Rock Amazon
35Sam Cooke Good Times Ain't That Good News Amazon

Flotsam & Jetsam

Music comes in all shapes and sizes. There are always the also-rans, the one hit wonders, the bright little shiny piece that gets lost among the thousands of others of the same mint, the ones that couldn’t afford to compete, as well as all the B-sides and album leftovers. We’re picking a few of those and a couple dozen others that we found as we ‘walked the beach’ in search of the perfect playlist to share this morning.  Tune in for a sweet mix of just about everything featuring David Seville, Scatman Crothers, Lou Monte, Neil Young, Esquivel, and Johnny Cash as we lay out a brimming sea of sound like so much flotsam and jetsam on the Sonoma County airwaves this morning. Tune in for an earful and more.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Trini Lopez The Search Goes On Exotic Blues & Rhythm Volume 7 & 8 Boom-A-Lay & Chug-A-Lug Amazon
2Raphael Saadiq Stone Rollin' Stone Rollin' – Single Amazon
3Esquivel! Mucha Muchacha Watchamacallit Amazon
4David Seville Almost Good Exotic Blues & Rhythm Volume 7 & 8 Boom-A-Lay & Chug-A-Lug Amazon
5Betty Wright Clean Up Woman The Best of Betty Wright Amazon
6Cliff Edwards A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody Ukulele Ike Amazon
7Dolly Parton Joshua Ultimate Dolly Parton Amazon
8Skeeter Davis I Can't Stay Mad At You The Essential Skeeter Davis Amazon
9The Everly Brothers Wake Up Little Susie The Rock 'N' Roll Era: 1957 Amazon
10Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks Wonderin' Everybody's Rockin' Amazon
11The Du Droppers I Wanna Know We Loved You Madly, Chapter 78: Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young Amazon
12Mavis Staples Down In Mississippi (Cd) We'll Never Turn Back Amazon
13Johnny Cash Personal Jesus American IV: Man Comes Around Amazon
14Greg Brown Boomtown Poet Game Amazon
15Florence + The Machine Dog Days Are Over Lungs Amazon
16Leon Redbone All I Do Is Dream of You Any Time Amazon
17Steve Forbert Any Old Time Any Old Time Amazon
18Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers Romeo's Tune An American Troubadour: The Songs of Steve Forbert Amazon
19Scatman Crothers Hot Rod Harry So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 4 Amazon
20Lou Monte The Italian Cowboy Song Songs for Pizza Lovers – Lou Monte Sings Amazon
21Danny Kaye Beatin', Bangin' 'N' Scratchin' Danny Kaye The Best of Amazon
22Bobby Troup Seventh Son Make Mine Mondo Amazon
23Natalie Cole Route 66 Unforgettable: With Love Amazon
24Nat King Cole Sweet Lorraine Nat King Cole [Disc 1] Amazon
25Hem Radiation Vibe No Word From Tom Amazon
26Frank Black Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day Honeycomb Amazon
27Fats Domino Make Me Belong To You Fats Is Back Amazon
28Roy Brown I'm Convicted of Love The Complete Imperial Recordings Amazon
29June Christy This Year's Crop Of Kisses Jazz Greats Amazon
30Eels Love Of The Loveless Shootenanny! Amazon
31Bruce Springsteen I'm Goin' Down Born in the U.S.A. Amazon
32Cab Calloway Minnie The Moocher Best Of The Big Bands Amazon

Time To Kill

Free form sounds with time to kill from the past century. This week’s Deeper Roots show features soul, seventies rock, some gospel, country and rhythm & blues. We’ll be sharing an interesting blend of under-the-radar sounds from some greats: Ben E. King, Wanda Jackson, The Band, Mavis Staples, Neil Young, and beyond. Sonoma County Community radio is community radio at it’s best. Join Dave Stroud for a selection of classics from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa.  We enjoy sharing and we hope you enjoy listening on Friday mornings on KOWS Occidental (and Friday evenings on KRJF Santa Rosa).

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Band Time To Kill A Musical History [Disc 3] Amazon
2Amy Winehouse Back To Black Back To Black Amazon
3Shirley & Company Shame, Shame, Shame (Vocal Version) Shame Shame Shame Amazon
4Arthur Conley Sweet Soul Music Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967 Amazon
5LaVern Baker Saved Soul On Fire: Thes Best Of LaVerne Baker Amazon
6Mamie Bradley I Feel Like A Million The Sue Records Story: The Sound Of Soul [Disc 1] Amazon
7George Jackson I Got A Feeling Leavin' Your Homework Undone Amazon
8Clarence "Frogman" Henry Long Lost And Worried Ain't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" Henry Amazon
9Ben E. King Show Me The Way Poison Ivy – Gems from the Atco Vaults 1959-1962 Amazon
10Roy Orbison Let's Make a Memory Crying Amazon
11Leon Russell Delta Lady Leon Russell [Bonus Track] Amazon
12Gospel Supremes Sinner Man Local Customs: Downriver Revival Amazon
13Grandpa Jones Turn Your Radio On Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1] Amazon
14Paul Kantner & Jefferson Starship The Baby Tree Blows Against The Empire Amazon
15Wanda Jackson Just A Queen For A Day Wanda Jackson Amazon
16Neil Young Union Man (2016 Remaster) Hawks & Doves Amazon
17Merle Haggard Roly Poly Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player Amazon
18Mavis Staples Your Good Fortune Your Good Fortune (EP) Amazon
19Candi Staton He Called Me Baby Evidence: The Complete Fame Records Masters [Disc 1] Amazon
20Arthur Alexander Call Me Honey The Monument Years Amazon
21Dan Hicks You Gotta Believe [Album Version] The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
22Lefty Frizzell She's Gone, Gone, Gone Look What Thoughts Will Do Amazon
23Simon & Garfunkel The Boxer The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2] Amazon
24Peter, Paul & Mary Blowin' In The Wind The Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary Amazon
25Bob Dylan Things Have Changed Lovesick Amazon
26J. J. Jackson But It's Alright But It's Alright Amazon
27Bill Kirchen It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry Seeds and Stems Amazon
28Jakob Dylan Something Good This Way Comes Seeing Things Amazon
29Lee Dorsey Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley Holy Cow The Very Best Of Lee Dorsey Amazon
30The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Twice Is Life (Single Version) The Peanut Butter Conspiracy Is Spreading Amazon
31Fleetwood Mac This Is the Rock Kiln House Amazon

Brand New Day

That new car smell…applied to everything we can think of…all to celebrate this new 2022 thing…365 more rotations and one long trip around that giant luminous orb. What a long strange trip it was. So let’s celebrate all that’s new as we move into our second decade of celebrating the past century of America’s music. This week, we’re taking on the theme of ‘brand new’….new heartaches, new cars, new neighbors, new mornings, and new hopes…same as the old hopes no doubt, but with a different slant. We’ve got performances by Mel Tillis, Dion, Ruthie Foster, Fats Domino, Steve Earle and a couple dozen others to keep our dreams worth holding onto. Let’s put COVID in the rear view. Let’s send the truth-doubters back to their rat’s nests. And make good trouble. Welcome 2022 with a promise to hold those who led an insurrection and those who voted for the leaders accountable. Tune into the show. I promise we’ll keep it real.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Joe Liggins Brand New Deal In Mobile Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Amazon
2Fletcher Smith Brand New Neighborhood Stompin' 12 Amazon
3George Green Brand New Rockin' Chair The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 5 Amazon
4Al Harrison Brand New Money Fool Mule Amazon
5Barrel House Blott & Lee Brand New Man Dapper Dan Amazon
6Fats Domino Brand New Baby Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1 Amazon
7Wayne Hancock Brand New Cadillac That's What Daddy Wants Amazon
8The Payments Brand New Automobile So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 1 Amazon
9Lightnin' Hopkins Brand New Lock Po' Lightnin' Amazon
10Lead Belly I'm Going to Buy You a Brand New Ford Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection Amazon
11Ruthie Foster Brand New Day Promise of a Brand New Day Amazon
12Al Kooper Brand New Day (Bonus Track) You Never Know Who You Friends Are…Plus Amazon
13Dion Brand New Morning Recorded Live At The Bitter End, August 1971 Amazon
14Gary Stewart Brand New Whiskey An Empty Glass: A Collection of Drinkin' Songs Amazon
15Mel Tillis Brand New Mister Me 36 All Time Greatest Hits Amazon
16The Everly Brothers Brand New Heartache The Everly Brothers Amazon
17Dave Edmunds Worn Out Suits, Brand New Pockets Get It Amazon
18Gram Parsons Brand New Heartache [Bonus Track] Complete Reprise Sessions: [Disc 3] – Alternate Takes From GP & Grievous Angel Amazon
19Emmylou Harris Brand New Dance Songbird: Rare Tracks & Forgotten Gems Disc 2 Amazon
20Tex Ritter You're Always Brand New High Noon Amazon
21Don Henley The Brand New Tennessee Waltz Cass County (Deluxe) Amazon
22Steve Earle Brand New Companion Townes Amazon
23Dave Alvin Brand New Heart Blue Blvd Amazon
24Greg Brown Brand New '64 Dodge Poet Game Amazon
25Jesse Winchester Brand New Tennesse Waltz Jesse Winchester: Live From Mountain Stage Amazon
26Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters Brand New Start Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters (EP) Amazon
27Modern Hicks Brand New Tornado Alley Amazon
28Melanie Brand New Key 70s Music Explosion – Miracles Amazon
29Will Kimbrough Brand New Song Americanitis Amazon
30Leftover Salmon Brand New Good Old Days Brand New Good Old Days Amazon
31Elvis Presley There's a Brand New Day On the Horizon Elvis Double Features: Love in Las Vegas + Roustabout Amazon
32Esther Phillips With The Dixie Flyers Brand New Day (LP Version) Set Me Free Amazon
33James Brown Papa's Got A Brand New Bag 20 All Time Greatest Hits! Amazon
34Slim Harpo Little Queen Bee (Got a Brand New King) The Excello Singles Anthology Disc 1 Amazon

Bourbon Street Rhythms

We enter December with hope. Join us for some sounds from the French Quarter and its environs. This Friday on Deeper Roots, tune in for a sweeping celebration taking the St. Charles trolley in time from Kid Ory and Louis Armstrong to the sounds of Tuba Fats, Mac Rebennack, Allen Toussaint and beyond. We’ll also find some Big Easy rocking treats by the water:  Ernie K-Doe, Sugar Boy Crawford, Fats Domino, and Larry Darnell are also on the board from the Big Easy as well as sounds of piano pounders like Archibald, Champion Jack Dupree and Professor Longhair. KOWS radio’s antenna is moving so we highly recommend that you stream us on the KOWS web site (or via the KOWS app) because the FM signal will be out of commission as the transmitter has found a new home out in the hills above Bodega Highway.


No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Archibald She's Scattered Everywhere Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2] Amazon
2Tuba Fats' Chosen Few Brass Band Mardi Gras In New Orleans Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
3Kid Ory's Creole Jazz Band Royal Garden Blues Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
4Louis Armstrong And His Dixieland Seven Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans? Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
5Professor Longhair Bald Head Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 3]: Soutwest Blues V1 Amazon
6Champion Jack Dupree Ici Mo-Mo The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4] Amazon
7Dave Bartholomew Messy Bessie Gettin' Funky [Disc 2] Amazon
8Smiley Lewis Big Mamou Smiley Lewis Vol 1 Amazon
9Larry Darnell What More Do You Want OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
10Annie Laurie It Hurts To Be In Love The Girls Gone Rockin' Rhythm & Blues Queens [Disc 2] Amazon
11Annie Laurie Rockin' and Rollin' Again (Savoy 1197) R&B Humdingers Volume 12 Amazon
12Paul Gayten For You My Love Chess New Orleans [Disc 1] Amazon
13James "Sugar Boy" Crawford Jock-A-Mo Chess New Orleans [Disc 1] Amazon
14Fats Domino Don't You Lie To Me Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1 Amazon
15Fats Domino Hey! La Bas Boogie Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1 Amazon
16Ernie K-Doe Heebie Jeebies Absolutely the Best Amazon
17Benny Spellman Lipstick Traces (On A Cigarette) Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
18Mac Rebennack Good Times The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] Amazon
19Earl King Is Everything All Right The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 1] Amazon
20Eddie Bo Baby I'm Wise The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 6] Amazon
21Joe & Ann Trio Gee Baby (You're So Fine) The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4] Amazon
22Jewel King 3X7=21 New Orleans R&B Outbreak Amazon
23Lloyd Price Lawdy Miss Clawdy Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
24Little Richard Heeby Jeebies The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
25Al Johnson Carnival Time Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
26Art Neville That Rock & Roll Beat Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art) Amazon
27Paul Marvin Hurry Up The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4] Amazon
28Leonard Carbo I Don't Want To Lose Her The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3] Amazon
29Dr. John How Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round) Goin' Back To New Orleans Amazon
30Allen Toussaint Southern Nights Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
31The Velvetiers Feeling Alright On Saturday Night The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3] Amazon
32Earl King Everybody's Carried Away The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 3] Amazon
33Ernie K-Doe 'Tain't It the Truth Absolutely the Best Amazon
34Art Neville Too Much Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art) Amazon
35Art Neville That Old Time Rock And Roll His Specialty Recordings Amazon

When You Dance

It’s Black Friday here in Sonoma County and we don’t really know what to expect. Worn out from the ongoing pandemic, we’re still moderating here but we very much need music to help us light the way. We like to make that possible on Friday mornings on KOWS  when we find another free form collection full of small themes and nuggets. With a sprinkling of classic Carole King, Sonny Bono and Brill Building sounds, we’ll move forward into the holidays with hand clapping gospel, soul stew from Booker T., some Leon Russell, Paul Simon, Gene Pitney, and The Cookies. The playlist this morning will circle back to celebrating all the things that matter in musical themes including true love, change, and (most of all) dance. Join us this week once again for some great sounds .



No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Cuff Links Guided Missiles The Doo Wop Box, Vol. 2 Disc 2 Amazon
2The Highway Q.C.'s Pray Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965) Amazon
3The Staple Singers Hammer and Nails Hammer and Nails Amazon
4Patsy Cline Life's Railway To Heaven Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel Amazon
5Paul Simon Slip Slidin' Away Sounds of the Seventies: 1977 Amazon
6Jakob Dylan & Jade Castrinos Go Where You Wanna Go Echo In The Canyon: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Amazon
7The Mamas & the Papas Do You Wanna Dance Greatest Hits Amazon
8Bobby Freeman Do You Wanna Dance MaltShop Memories Save the Last Dance for M Amazon
9The Drifters Dance With Me The 50's – A Decade to Remember: Do You Wanna Dance Amazon
10Billy Bland Let the Little Girl Dance One Hit Wonders Amazon
11Dash And Dot Dance With Me Henry Forgotten Duos of Rock Volume 1 Amazon
12The Diatones Oh Baby, Come Dance With Me Bandera Doo Wop Amazon
13Billy Storm When You Dance Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
14Marvin Gaye Stubborn Kind of Fellow 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1 Amazon
15The O'Jays Back Stabbers The O'Jays Greatest Hits Amazon
16Ann Cole Have Fun Birth Of Soul: 1 Amazon
17James Brown Lost Someone Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
18Booker T. & the MG's; The MG's Time Is Tight Classic Rock: 1969 – The Beat Goes On Amazon
19Redbone Come And Get Your Love Sounds of the Seventies Pop Nuggets: Early '70s Amazon
20Phoebe Snow Shakey Ground The Best Of Phoebe Snow Amazon
21Percy Sledge True Love Travels On A Gravel Road Cold Cold Heart – Where Country Meets Soul Volume 3 Amazon
22The Cookies Don't Say Nothin' Bad (About My Baby) The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
23Leon Russell I Believe To My Soul Best Of Hank Wilson Amazon
24Ray Charles Greenbacks Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (1 of 8) Amazon
25Gene Pitney Every Breath I Take Anthology: 1961-1968 Amazon
26The Raindrops The Kind Of Boy You Can't Forget The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
27Jackie DeShannon Needles And Pins The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
28Nancy Sinatra Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) Kill Bill, Vol. 1 Amazon
29Amy Winehouse Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Lioness: Hidden Treasures Amazon
30Laura Nyro 165-Stoned Soul Picnic Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
31The Mavericks Dance the Night Away Collection [2003] Amazon

Wild Ones

Wild in the streets…well, we’re also wild in the bars, the dance halls, the backyards, and everywhere else for that matter. We’ll be revisiting the crazy ones…the excitable ones…the hot clubs where the bad boys and bad girls are burning the candle. Tune in for some fairly wild doin’s with Mabel Scott, The Louvins, Clarence Palmer and the Jive Bombers, Johnny Horton, and a couple dozen others as we take on that theme of wild men and wild women once more on Community Radio. Dave Stroud puts the metal to the pedal with jazz vocals, rockabilly romps, early century innuendos, and rhythm and blues on a Friday morning in Sonoma County. Oh…and don’t forget to visit kowsfm.com and click on that Donate Now button to support all volunteer Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Garland Jeffreys Wild in the Streets Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]] Amazon
2Billy Jones With The Little Ramblers Don't Bring Lulu The Naughty 1920s: Red Hot & Risque Songs Of The Jazz Age Volume 2 Amazon
3Mae West I'm No Angel The Mae West Collection Amazon
4Mae West My Daddy Rocks Me (With One Steady Roll) Bombshells Amazon
5Mabel Scott Yes Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A. Amazon
6Lizabeth Scott A Deep Dark Secret Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
7Monica Lewis Do It Again Bombshells Amazon
8Kenni Huskey Wild Man Tamer Oxford American 11th Edition Southern Music CD [Disc 2, "Arkansas Masters"] Amazon
9Donnie Elbert Wild Child (Deluxe 6156) R&B Humdingers Volume 11 Amazon
10Red Ingle & His Natural Seven Cigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
11Johnny Horton The Wild One Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1 of 2) Amazon
12Carl Mann Born To Be Bad Midnight Cryin' Time: Teen Angst Classics From The Rock 'n' Roll Era Amazon
13Jerry Lee Lewis Real Wild Child (Wild One) A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
14Tennessee Ernie Ford I'm A Bad Man Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2] Amazon
15The Dave & Deke Combo Wild Woman Hollywood Barndance Amazon
16Charline Arthur Burn That Candle Welcome To The Club Amazon
17The Louvin Brothers You're Running Wild Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon
18The Hot Club of Cowtown I Can't Tame Wild Women Tall Tales Amazon
19Wanda Jackson Let's Have A Party Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
20Carmen MacRae Whatever Lola Wants Burlesque – 100 Classics Amazon
21The Jive Bombers Bad Boy Cry-Baby Amazon
22The Trenier Twins Hey! Sister Lucy (What Makes Your Lips So Juicy?) Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
23Rudy Greene Wild Life Various Artists: Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll/Volume 2/[Disc 1] Amazon
24Wynonie Harris Young And Wild Playful Baby Amazon
25Champion Jack Dupree Bad Whiskey And Wild Women Two Classic Albums Plus Singles Amazon
26King James Wild Wooly Woman Stompin' 25 Amazon
27Eunice Davis Let's Have A Party Stompin' 25 Amazon
28Julia Lee Do You Want It? Burlesque – 100 Classics Amazon
29Little Richard The Girl Can't Help It Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
30John Hammond Wild Man On The Loose Trouble No More Amazon
31Louis Prima & Keely Smith Barnacle Bill The Sailor Breaking It Up! Amazon
32Little Willie John Fever Burlesque – 100 Classics Amazon
33Albert King Wild Women Door To Door Amazon
34Wanda Jackson Hard Headed Woman Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
35Iggy Pop Real Wild Child Blah Blah Blah Amazon
36Vince Taylor Brand New Cadillac Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 Amazon

Rainy Nights

November arrives which means winter is fast approaching with (we hope) a need to break out the umbrellas, clean the gutters, and let the cycle of renewal begin. Our show this week is a free form collection of sounds from the past century highlighted by a couple of topical sets, some somber, some hopeful, but all with a blending of Americana. We’ll visit with Tom Waits’ on the low side of the road, hear from Nina Simone and her brilliant delivery of Langston Hughes’ Backlash Blues, some songs about bluebirds, rainy nights, bright lights and big cities. This week’s episode on KOWS Community Radio gives room to breathe and reflect on what is important with country, gospel, blues, jazz and everything that falls in between, fresh from the digital ether…all coming your way, for today, on KOWS 92.5 FM Occidental.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Irma Thomas It's Raining Soul Queen of New Orleans Amazon
2Tom Waits Jersey Girl Used Songs 1973-1980 Amazon
3Skeeter Davis The End of the World Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
4Dinah Washington This Bitter Earth The Essential Dinah Washington: The Great Songs Amazon
5Johnny Cash Family Bible Boom Chicka Boom Amazon
6Edwin Hawkins Singers Oh Happy Day Testify: The Gospel Box [Disc 2] Amazon
7Paul Simon Gone at Last 1964-1993 Disc 2 Amazon
8Nina Simone Backlash Blues Defiance Blues Amazon
9Jimmy Hughes A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1 Amazon
10Art Freeman Everybody's Got To Cry Sometime The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1 Amazon
11Brook Benton Rainy Night In Georgia Today Amazon
12Roy Orbison Blue Rain (Coming Down) The Soul of Rock And Roll [Disc 3] Amazon
13Rosanne Cash I Count The Tears Retrospective Amazon
14Sir Douglas Quintet The Rains Came Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet Amazon
15Ritchie Valens Bluebirds Over The Mountain Ritchie Valens – Ritchie Amazon
16Joe Ely If You Were A Bluebird Joe Ely Amazon
17Billy Walker Gonna Find Me A Bluebird Whirlpool – Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight Amazon
18Mac Wiseman The Bluebirds Are Singing for Me Warped 6643 – Mac Wiseman – 1966 Amazon
19Janet Klein and Her Parlor Boys Hello Bluebird Oh! Amazon
20Ry Cooder Johnny Cash I, Flathead Amazon
21Johnny Cash 28 I Walk the Line [Live at The Carousel Ballroom San Fancisco CA – April 1968] Live At The Carousel Ballroom Amazon
22Charley Crockett Skip A Rope Music City USA Amazon
23Wanda Jackson You Drive Me Wild Encore Amazon
24Neil Young & the Shocking Pinks Bright Lights, Big City Everybody's Rockin' Amazon
25Blind Willie Johnson Let Your Light Shine On Me [Album Version] The Ladykillers Music From The Motion Picture Amazon
26John Fogerty Down On The Corner The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection Amazon
27Tom Waits Lowside Of The Road Mule Variations Amazon
28John Oates My Creole Belle Arkansas Amazon
29Chris Hillman Wildflowers Bidin' My Time Amazon
30Charlie Musselwhite Siboney Continental Drifter Amazon
31Dave Alvin Downey Girl Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women Amazon

Dustbin Dynamite

A bit of a departure this week as we celebrate a mix of mayhem from the fuzzed out garage bands, greasy ducktails, oddball instrumentalists and mostly mondo misses tempered with a good dose of surf confection this week. We’re celebrating the three chord sensibilities of mid-century rock and roll rockabilly, surf, and proto-punk spit-ballers. They’re pulling out some wailing sax solos, fuzzed out bass beach thumpers, and some tongue-in-cheek easy listening to spin you around in your chair on an October Friday morning. You’ll be entertained by the likes of Tony Casanova, Sparkle Moore, Little Carolyn Sue, and Wild Bill and the Blue Denims…a forgotten list of lost culture that will take you down a rabbit hole that you hope might never end…or maybe just the opposite. This week’s show is dynamite from the dustbin of minor labels and first time producers that can only make the grade on Community Radio. Tune in for some mondo fuzz mayhem.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Ronnie Dee Action Packed Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
2Bobby Troup Seventh Son Make Mine Mondo Amazon
3Rock-A-Tones One More Chance Wild Streak, Vol. 1 Amazon
4Annette Funicello Bikini Beach Party Good Old Summertime Amazon
5Red Prysock Hand Clappin' Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 Amazon
6Jim Backus & Friend Delicious Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
7The Interiors Voodoo Doll Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
8The Bikinis Crazy Vibrations Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
9Gary Warren Midnight Rain Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
10The Three Suns Tequila Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
11The Invaders Shock Treatment Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
12Freddie & The Hitch Hikers Sinners Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
13The Duals Lover's Satellite Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
14Sparkle Moore Skull & Crossbones Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
15Mamie Van Doren Seperate The Men From The Boys Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
16Davie Allan & Arrows (Issued As By The Zanies) Camel Walk Make Mine Mondo Amazon
17Rusty Draper & Lola Dee Scratch My Back Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
18Tarheel Slim Number Nine Train Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 Amazon
19Robin Hood Brians Dis A Itty Bit Wild Streak, Vol. 1 Amazon
20Tony Casanova Boogie Woogie Feeling Make Mine Mondo Amazon
21Don & The Galaxiex Avalanche Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats – The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection Amazon
22Jan & Dean Surf Route 101 Popsicle Amazon
23Bobby Fry Grandchus Make Mine Mondo Amazon
24Si Zentner Walk on the Wild Side Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene Amazon
25Johnny Durain & The Cytones Shang-Dang-Doo Make Mine Mondo Amazon
26The Surfaris Surfer Joe [Long Version] Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 1 Amazon
27Voice Farm Come On-A My House Bigger Cooler Weirder Amazon
28Mouse A Public Execution Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia Amazon
29The Bobbettes I Don't Like It Like That (pt. 1) War Paint – The Gone Records Story Amazon
3013th Floor Elevators You're Gonna Miss Me Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia Amazon
31Bob Callaway Tick Tock Wild Streak, Vol. 1 Amazon
32The Tornadoes Maleguena Bustin' Surfboards Amazon
33Little Carolyn Sue I Hate Men Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 1 Amazon
34Martin Denny Cool Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood Amazon
35Ann-Margret Let Me Entertain You Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon

Watching The River Flow

September is waning as we share our last show of the month. Join Dave Stroud live at 9 Pacific from the KOWS studios in downtown Santa Rosa for a free form stream of sounds as we make our way across to visit an eclectic collection of sounds. This week we’ll share a little bit of soul with Sugar Pie DeSanto and The Four Tops, some throwback sixties sounds from The Marvelettes and Sam The Sham, seventies deep cuts from Steve Miller, Jesse Colin Young and John Prine, and a host of your favorites from under that great Americana sideshow tent including Ry Cooder, Willie Nelson, and Los Lobos. Yes, it’s a free form show once again as we celebrate recent improvements to our streaming presence as we have signed on for Live365 hosting. Big things come in little, community bound packages. Tune in, unwrap and unwind on a Friday morning.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Marty Robbins Running Gun Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Amazon
2Sugar Pie DeSanto Here You Come Running Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966) Amazon
3The Four Tops You Keep Running Away The Ultimate Collection Amazon
4Sam Cooke I'll Come Running Back To You Portrait Of A Legend 1951-1964 Amazon
5Roy Orbison Running Scared Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S Amazon
6Juke Boy Bonner Running Shoes Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8] Amazon
7Aretha Franklin Spanish Harlem 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2] Amazon
8Jesse Colin Young Morning Sun Jesse Colin Young Classics Volume 1 Amazon
9Marshall Crenshaw Starless Summer Sky Miracle of Science Amazon
10Marie Knight His Eye Is On The Sparrow Hallelujah What A Song! Amazon
11Taj Mahal Let the Four Winds Blow Phantom Blues Amazon
12Los Lobos I'm Gonna Be A Wheel Someday El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4) Amazon
13Fats Domino My Girl Josephine Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1) Amazon
14Chris Kenner I Like It Like That Part 1 Everything I Do Gonh Be Funky 2-2 1957- Amazon
15Solomon Burke Everybody Needs Somebody To Love Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis) Amazon
16Leon Russell Watching The River Flow Tangled Up In Blues Amazon
17Bob Dylan Knockin' On Heaven's Door Greatest Hits Volume 3 Amazon
18Warren Zevon Keep Me in Your Heart The Wind Amazon
19Steve Miller Band Living In The U.S.A. Sailor Amazon
20Steve Miller Band Quicksilver Girl Sailor Amazon
21John Prine There She Goes Bruised Orange Amazon
22John Prine Please Don't Bury Me Souvenirs Amazon
23Willie Nelson Bring Me Sunshine ("Naked" Version) Naked Willie Amazon
24Ry Cooder w/Sam Samudio No Quiero The Border/Alamo Bay Amazon
25Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs Wooly Bully Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
26The Marvelettes Don't Mess With Bill Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2 Amazon
27Alive 'N Kickin' Tighter, Tighter Alive 'N Kickin' Amazon
28Bo Diddley Say Man Go Bo Diddley Amazon
29Joe Ely Fingernails Live Shots Amazon
30Duane Eddy Rebel Rouser Rebel Rouser Amazon
31Jackson Browne & David Lindley Mercury Blues (Intro) Love Is Strange [Disc 1] Amazon
32Jackson Browne & David Lindley Mercury Blues Love Is Strange [Disc 1] Amazon