Category Archives: Rockabilly

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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

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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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Sun Shadows: The Untold Tracks

July 18, 2025 Dave

In the long view, rock ‘n roll’s rise was no surprise as it’s sound had been peeking through the tall grass since the 1930s with some risque (and risky) rhythm and blues, gospel celebrations and fast-paced swinging country sounds. When Sam Phillips’ small operation in Memphis kicked off, who would have guessed that the fusion of all these sounds would somehow resonate with it’s blend of hillbilly, blues, rhythm and gospel influences. But it did. And here we are. Tune into Deeper Roots as we go a bit deeper into the sounds of Sun Records, beyond the Elvis, Roy, Johnny, Carl and Jerry Lees. We’ll turn our attention to others from the early years including The Miller Sisters, Slim Rhodes, Barbara Pittman and The Prisonaires. The music we’ve got is sometimes raw, sometimes wild and always headed in the same direction. Don’t miss this one!

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Bobbie Jean	Cheaters Never Win	Sun Ballads 1953-62
2	Jack Clement	Ballad of a Teenage Queen	The Sun Country Box CD6 I Was There When It Happened
3	Bobbie & the Boys	To Tell the Truth	Sun Ballads 1953-62
4	The Prisonaires	There Is Love in You	Sun Ballads 1953-62
5	The Prisonaires	Just Walking in the Rain	Sun Ballads 1953-62
6	Miller Sisters	Finders Keepers	Sun Ballads 1953-62
7	Miller Sisters	It Only Hurts for a Little While	Sun Ballads 1953-62
8	Roy Orbison	Trying to Get to You	Sun Ballads 1953-62
9	Slim Rhodes Band	Bad Girl	Sun Ballads 1953-62
10	Slim Rhodes Band (Vocal: Sandy Brooks)	Take and Give	Sun Ballads 1953-62
11	Slim Rhodes	Do What I Do	The Sun Country Box CD1 Memphis Bounce
12	Ken Cook	I Was a Fool	Sun Ballads 1953-62
13	Ray Smith	Sail Away	Sun Ballads 1953-62
14	Charlie Feathers	So Ashamed	The Sun Country Box CD6 I Was There When It Happened
15	Jimmy Williams	That Depends On You	Sun Ballads 1953-62
16	Sonny Burgess	Sweet Misery	Sun Ballads 1953-62
17	Carl Mann	I'm Bluer Than Anyone Can Be	Sun Ballads 1953-62
18	Tommy Blake	Ballad of a Broken Heart	The Sun Country Box CD6 I Was There When It Happened
19	Warren Smith	I'd Rather Be Safe Than Sorry	Sun Ballads 1953-62
20	Jeanie Greene aka Mary Johnson	River of No Return	Sun Ballads 1953-62
21	Mikki Wilcox	I Know What It Means	Sun Ballads 1953-62
22	Mikki Wilcox	Ain't Got Nothin' But the Blues	Sun Ballads 1953-62
23	Barbara Pittman	Two Young Fools in Love	Sun Ballads 1953-62
24	Barbara Pittman	No Matter Who's to Blame	Sun Ballads 1953-62
25	Little Hannah Fay	The Miracle of You	Sun Ballads 1953-62
26	Maggie Sue Wimberly	Daydreams Come True	Sun Ballads 1953-62
27	Harold Jenkins aka Conway Twitty	Just in Time	Sun Ballads 1953-62
28	Vernon Taylor	Breeze	Sun Ballads 1953-62
29	The Sunrays	Love Is a Stranger	Sun Ballads 1953-62
30	The Five Tinos	Sitting By My Window	Sun Ballads 1953-62
31	Scotty Moore & Elvis Presley	How Do You Think I Feel	The Sun Country Box CD2 Boogie Blues
32	Harmonica Frank Floyd	Step It Up and Go	The Sun Country Box CD1 Memphis Bounce
33	Smokey Joe Baugh	The Signifying Monkey	The Sun Country Box CD2 Boogie Blues

Juke Box Blues

June 29, 2025 Dave

Jukeboxes were not only cultural touchstones and vital engines for the music industry in the forties and fifties, but they also contributed to the democratization of music consumption in a way that radio could not: by allowing people to pay a nickel and choose the exact song they wanted to hear. Radio’s best effort was to feed the listener versus allow the listener to make their own choice. Over a half century later, streaming has become juggernaut replacing the jukebox. Like streaming of today, the jukebox once helped with music discovery driving regional hits and elevating lesser-known artists, turning local favorites into national stars. This week’s show will be a thematic one and, yes, we’re picking the music. But it’s a fun and mixed bag of country, early rock and pop all with the jukebox as centerpiece. Drop into Deeper Roots this morning for some classic Bill Haley, Chuck Berry, Roy Orbison and Little Richard from the edgy side of the aisle and be ready for upbeat and swinging country from Ernest Tubb, Buck Owens, and Mel Tillis. Tune in for a show that recognizes this cultural phenomenon and proves the old saw “what is old is new again”.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Bob King	Rockin' The Jukebox	Rockin' The Jukebox
2	Jimmy Donley	Radio, Jukebox And T.V.	The Precious Years
3	The Marigolds	Juke Box Rock & Roll	The Johnny Bragg Story
4	Shirley & Lee	Somebody Put A Jukebox In The Study Hall	Shirley & Lee Rock
5	Katy Moffatt	Stoned At The Jukebox	A Collection Of Drinking Songs
6	Gale Storm	Love By The Jukebox Light	Dark Moon * The Best Of Gale Storm
7	Roy Orbison	Here Comes That Song Again	Three Classic Albums+Singles and Sessions 1956-1962 [Disc 2]
8	Teresa Brewer	Music! Music! Music!	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
9	Perry Como	Juke Box Baby	Kuties And Krooners
10	The Mills Brothers	I Gotta Have My Baby Back(E. Fitzgerald)	The Mills Brothers Golden G'ts(3)
11	Jerry Lee Lewis	High School Confidential	The Definitive Collection
12	Little Richard	All Around The World	The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
13	Bill Haley	(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (3): Rock Around the Clock
14	Chuck Berry	Roll Over Beethoven	Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings
15	Chuck Berry	School Days	The Chess Box Disc 1
16	James Mask & His Impalas	Let The Juke Box Die	Bandera Rockabilly And Country Roots
17	BR5-49	A1 On The Jukebox	Dog Days
18	Buck Owens	Put A Quarter In The Jukebox	Hot Dog
19	Buck Owens	A-11	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1]
20	Joshua Hedley	Mr. Jukebox	Mr. Jukebox
21	Ernest Tubb	Mr. Jukebox	Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2
22	James Hand	In the Corner, at the Table, By the Jukebox	The Truth Will Set You Free
23	George Kent	Hello, I'm A Jukebox	The Beginning Of The End – The Existential Psychodrama In Country Music (1956-1972)
24	Mel Tillis	Jukebox Man (Single Version)	The Best of Mel Tillis
25	Tammy Wynette	Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad	Classic Country Vol. 15 The Sixties Legends Disc 1
26	Becky Hobbs	Jones On the Jukebox	Best of the Beckaroo – Part One
27	June Carter Cash	Juke Box Blues	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
28	Emmylou Harris	Amarillo	Elite Hotel [Bonus Tracks]
29	Charley Crockett	Jukebox Charley	Lil G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley
30	Pee Wee King	Juke Box Blues	Rompin' Stompin' Singin' Swingin'
31	Anita Carter	That's What Makes the Juke Box Play	1950-1955 (Warped 5051)
32	Glenn Miller & His Orchestra	Juke Box Saturday Night	The Centennial Collection Disc 1
33	Bill Haley with the Saddlemen	Jukebox Cannonball	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (2): Rock the Joint
34	Luke Wills Rhythm Busters	A Nickel In The Jukebox	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys

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Havin’ a Blast!

May 2, 2025 Dave

It’s finger poppin’ time…time to have a blast with some breakout party rockers from the mid-century. All for a good time with soul and roll and rhythm as the main course in today’s show. It’s all about those percussive rocking beats. Call it a party full of boogie, mojo, twistin’ and shaking. We’ve lit the fuse for a dynamite celebration of rebellious rock and cool upbeat soul rhythms with the music of Freddy Cannon, The Swingin’ Medallions, The Showstoppers and Ann Cole with an out of control party mix…just in time for our first show of May. KOWS Community Radio brings the fresh sounds of today, yesterday and tomorrow 24/7, with the very best of political and community discourse. You can tune us in on 92.5 FM in West Sonoma County or just drop by our stream on your Radio Rethink app, Alexa, Radio Garden, Tunein, or Radio Box. We’re here for you and Deeper Roots will be pitching a wang dang doodle this coming Friday morning here on member-supported radio for planet Earth.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Isley Brothers	Shout (Part One)	Motor City Soul
2	Wanda Jackson	Let's Have a Party	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
3	Ray Charles	Mess Around	Atlantic Rock & Roll
4	The Swingin' Medallions	Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love)	Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
5	The Strangeloves	I Want Candy	Dick Van Dyke's Dance Party
6	Claudine Clark	Party Lights	The Best Of The Girl Groups, Vol. 1
7	Martha & The Vandellas	Mickey's Monkey	Dance Party
8	Hank Ballard & the Midnighters	Finger Poppin' Time	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
9	Johnnie Morisette	Meet Me At The Twistin' Place	The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962
10	Chubby Checker	Dancin' Party	Chubby Checker (Mr Twister)
11	Chubby Checker	The Twist	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1960
12	Sam Cooke	Twistin' the Night Away	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (2 of 4)
13	Dave Edmunds	Do You Wanna Dance	Porky's Revenge! [Expanded]
14	The Contours	Do You Love Me	Dick Van Dyke's Dance Party
15	Jerry Lee Lewis	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
16	Matchbox	Rockabilly Rebel	Rockabilly Rebel
17	Freddy Cannon	Buzz Buzz A Diddle It	His Latest And Greatest
18	Tommy James & the Shondells	Mony Mony	The Very Best of Tommy James & the Shondells
19	Louis Jordan	Choo Choo Ch'Boogie	Number Ones
20	The Showstoppers	Ain't Nothing But A House Party	Ultimate Northern Soul – The Classics
21	Ann Cole	Got My Mojo Workin' (But It Just Won't Work On You)	Blues Masters Vol. 6 – Blues Originals
22	Koko Taylor	Wang Dang Doodle	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
23	The Champs	Tequilla	Dick Van Dyke's Dance Party
24	Tarheel Slim	Number Nine Train	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
25	Chan Romero	The Hippy Hippy Shake	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
26	Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs	Wooly Bully	Memphis Celebrates 50 Years Of Rock 'n' Roll
27	Arthur Conley	Sweet Soul Music	Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967
28	Link Wray/Robert Gordon	Summertime Blues	Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials
29	Johnny Kidd	Shakin' All Over	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
30	The Kingsmen	Louie Louie	In Person ('64)
31	Nick Todd	At The Hop	Chills & Fever: The Dot Records Story 1955-1962
32	The Isley Brothers	Twist And Shout	Dick Van Dyke's Dance Party
33	Little Richard	Good Golly Miss Molly	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
34	Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps	Cruisin'	Destination Freeway
35	Elvis Presley	Party	50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Elvis' Gold Records – Volume 2
36	Wanda Jackson	Man, We Had A Party	Queen Of Rockabilly
37	Tommy Tutone	867-5309/Jenny	Party Starter: 80s Mix
38	The Marcels	Blue Moon	Doo Wop Love Songs

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Legend: Grady Martin

February 9, 2025 Dave

He was a member of Nashville’s A-Team. He invented the electric guitar ‘fuzz’ effect by accident in a Marty Robbins recording session. He played on some of the most recognizable hit songs and landmark albums; not just country but rock, soul, folk, country rock and released some jazz guitar albums of his own. You can hear his work day in and day out: the Spanish-style acoustic work on Marty’s El Paso, the opening and unforgettable lick on Roy Orbison’s Oh Pretty Woman, plus dozens upon dozens more. He was one of the most sought after session men in the industry. Oh, and his jazz work with Mancini, Hirt and Fountain were followed by a gig as session leader for Vanguard Records’ album releases of Joan Baez, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Country Joe. If there’s a word that goes a step beyond prolific, it describes Grady Martin. Join us for a show that celebrates the legend.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Roy Orbison	Oh, Pretty Woman	Shades of Roy Orbison
2	Grady Martin & Don Cherry	Long John Boogie	Grady Martin
3	Mimi Roman	Little Lovin'	Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 1
4	Patsy Cline	Stop, Look and Listen	Rockin' Patsy
5	Janis Martin	Will You Willyum	Grady Martin
6	Roy Hall	Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On	Grady Martin
7	Red Foley	Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3]
8	Red Foley, Grady Martin	Pinball Boogie	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 4]
9	Red Foley	My Window Faces South	Hillbilly Fever [Disc 4]
10	Burl Ives With Grady Martin & His Slew Foot Five	Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves	Roughneck Blues 1949 – 1956
11	Marvin Rainwater	Whole Lotta Woman	Whole Lotta Woman
12	Jimmy Lloyd	Where The Rio De Rosa Flows	Grady Martin
13	Red Sovine	How Do You Think I Feel	Grady Martin
14	Brenda Lee	Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar)	Brenda Lee Rocks
15	Johnny Horton	I'm Coming Home	Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (1 of 2)
16	Johnny Burnette	The Train Kept A Rollin'	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
17	Warner Mack	Roc-A-Chicka	Rock'N'Roll & Rock-A-Billy Inferno
18	Autry Inman	Mary Nell	Grady Martin
19	Marty Robbins	Don't Worry	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
20	Lefty Frizzell	Saginaw, Michigan (Grady Martin)	Classic Country
21	Marty Robbins	El Paso	A Lifetime of Song (1951-1982)
22	Elvis Presley	Please Don't Drag That String Around	From Nashville To Memphis: The Essential 60's Masters [Disc 2]
23	Joe Henderson	Snap Your FIngers	Oxford American Music Issue #13-Mississippi
24	Ray Price	For The Good Times	Columbia Country Classics – Volume 4: The Nashville Sound
25	Brenda Lee	I'm Sorry	Miss Dynamite
26	Jeanne Pruett	Satin Sheets	Classic Country: 1970-1974 [Disc 2]
27	Loretta Lynn	Coal Miner's Daughter	Classic Country: 1970-1974
28	Willie Nelson	On The Road Again	One Hell Of A Ride
29	Sammi Smith	Help Me Make It Through The Night	Country Ladies
30	Conway Twitty	Don't Cry No More	Grady Martin
31	Johnny Horton	Honky Tonk Man	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
32	Johnny Horton	The Battle Of New Orleans	Classic Country
33	Mervin Shiner & Grady Martin	Settin' The Woods On Fire	Grady Martin
34	Johnny Burnette	Rock Billy Boogie	Roughneck Blues 1949 – 1956

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Ladies of Rockabilly

October 1, 2023 Dave

Sweatin’ with the oldies…that’s all we can say. This week’s Deeper Roots focuses on both the vintage and the contemporary performances by women who took on the rockabilly mantle. While a male-dominated genre, particularly when the boys (and record companies) were chasing the next Elvis, gave us hundreds (thousands?) of gyrating hips and raw rock in the form of pounding piano, thrashing guitar and duck tails, there was barely enough room for the ladies. But we’ve made some room on this morning’s show where we’ll be featuring the likes of Wanda Jackson, Janis Martin, Laura Lee Perkins and a bevy of brash rocking women from the early days of rock ‘n roll. We’ll do our best to balance the show with late breakers of the rockabilly kind: Kim Lenz, Linda Gail Lewis, Imelda May and Rosie Flores are some of the contemporary sounds we’ll be hearing from on this September morning. Tune in for a wild two hours…guaranteed.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Patsy Cline	Stop, Look And Listen	Grady Martin
2	Brenda Lee	Little Jonah (Rock On Your Steel Guitar)	Grady Martin
3	Joyce Green	Black Cadillac	Wild Streak, Vol. 1
4	Mimi Roman	Little Lovin'	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
5	Laura Lee Perkins	I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Lovin'	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
6	Laura Lee Perkins	Oh La Baby	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
7	Maddox Brothers & Rose	The Death of Rock 'n' Roll	Classic Rockabilly
8	Janis Martin	Drugstore Rock 'n' Roll	Classic Rockabilly
9	Janis Martin	Will You Willyum	Grady Martin
10	Wanda Jackson	There's A Party Goin' On	Queen Of Rockabilly
11	Wanda Jackson	Let's Have A Party	Queen Of Rockabilly
12	The Collins Kids	Party	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
13	The Collins Kids	I'm In My Teens	100 Rare '50s Rockabilly Tracks
14	Ann Jones	Hi-ballin' Daddy	Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 – 56
15	Barbara Pittman	Sentimental Fool	The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2
16	Sparkle Moore	Rock-a-Bop	Classic Rockabilly
17	Jean Chapel	I Won't Be Rockin' Tonight	Classic Rockabilly
18	Charline Arthur	Hello Baby	Big "D" Jamboree, Gals Of The
19	Charline Arthur	Burn That Candle	Welcome To The Club
20	Robert Gordon	Hot Dog! That Made Her Mad (feat. Rosie Flores)	Rockabilly for Life
21	Rosie Flores & The Talismen	I've Got A Right To Cry	So Sad
22	Kim Lenz & the Jaguars	Howl at the Moon	The One and Only
23	Kim Lenz	Bury Me Deep	Slowly Speeding
24	Kim Lenz & the Jaguars	Rock & Roll Guitar	The One and Only
25	Ronnie Wood with his Wild Five	Rock 'n' Roll Music (featuring Imelda May)	Mad Lad: A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry
26	Imelda May	Big Bad Handsome Man	Love Tattoo
27	Samantha Fish	It's Your Voodoo Working	Chills & Fever
28	Linda Gail Lewis, Slim Jim Phantom & Danny B. Harvey	Diggin' My Way out of Hell	Diggin' My Way Out Of Hell – Single
29	Linda Gail Lewis	Rocking My Life Away	Hard Rocking Woman
30	Robbie Fulks & Linda Gail Lewis	Boogie Woogie Country Gal	Wild! Wild! Wild!
31	Van Morrison & Linda Gail Lewis	Let's Talk About Us	You Win Again
32	Tammy Lynn & Myles High	Good Rockin' Tonight	Turn My Music On
33	Tammy Lynn & Myles High	Sweet As My Baby	Turn My Music On
34	Wanda Jackson	Mean Mean Man	Rocket In My Pocket
35	Wanda Jackson	Long Tall Sally	Queen Of Rockabilly
36	Wanda Jackson	Two Shots (feat. Elle King and Joan Jett)	Encore
37	Janis Martin	My Boy Elvis	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1

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

Hair’s On Fire

August 23, 2023 Dave

It’s summer and what better time to roll out the scorchers; vocals with an emphasis on big beats, screamin’ guitars and performances that sweat quite profusely in the noonday sun. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll be digging through the archives of early rock, rhythm & blues and rockabilly for some tumultuous and head-splitting numbers from the past. Songs that woke up the neighbors if only played at a moderate level and woe be the terrified fifties’ parents when they heard the hi-fi blaring these songs from the youngster’s room. We’ve put together a collection of wildcat tamers, killer dillers, and not a bit of filler in the show today that will leave you breathless. Among those sparking the fuel that could set the hair on fire are Tarheel Slim, Jimmy Breedlove, Chan Romero, Big Mama Thornton, and the one and only Richard Penniman. Tune in for another Friday morning collection of the very best from the past century with your host, Dave Stroud, on KOWS Community Radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Chan Romero	The Hippy Hippy Shake	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
2	Jimmy Lloyd	I Got A Rocket In My Pocket	Rocket In My Pocket
3	Dale Hawkins	Wildcat Tamer	Wildcat Tamer
4	Art Wood	Hey Jibbo	60 Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection
5	Jimmy Breedlove	Killer Diller	Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 9]
6	Tarheel Slim	Number 9 Train	The Fire/Fury R&B Story [Fuel, 2011]
7	Tarheel Slim & Little Ann	Can't Stay Away From You (W. Little Ann)	The Robin & Fire Years
8	Little Richard	Lucille	Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
9	Little Richard	Good Golly Miss Molly	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
10	Little Richard	Rip It Up	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
11	Big Mama Thornton	They Call Me Big Mama	Hound Dog: The Peacock Recordings
12	Big Mama Thornton	Hound Dog	Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
13	Elvis Presley	My Baby Left Me	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
14	Elvis Presley	Mystery Train	Rocket In My Pocket
15	Gene Vincent	Hold Me, Hug Me, Rock Me	The Screaming End: The Best Of Gene Vincent & His Blue Caps
16	Billy Lee Riley	Red Hot	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
17	Billy Lee Riley	Flying Saucer Rock 'n' Roll	Sun Rockabilly Meltdown [Disc 2]
18	Johnny Burnette	Rock Billy Boogie	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
19	Johnny Burnette	The Train Kept A Rollin'	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
20	Freddy Cannon	Tallahassee Lassie	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
21	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	Frenzy	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3
22	Screamin' Jay Hawkins	I Put A Spell On You	Heatin' Up
23	Ann Cole	Got My Mojo Workin' (But It Just Won't Work On You)	Blues Masters Vol. 6 – Blues Originals
24	Koko Taylor	Wang Dang Doodle	Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3]
25	Wynonie Harris	Lovin' Machine	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
26	Jackie Brenston	Rocket 88	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3
27	Clarence "Frogman" Henry	Ain't Got No Home	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans
28	Buster Brown	Raise A Ruckus Tonight	Rhythm & Western Volume 7 – Jambalaya
29	The Midnighters	Sexy Ways	60 Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection
30	Dorothy Ellis	Drill Daddy, Drill	Get Hot Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3
31	LaVern Baker	Voodoo Voodoo	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
32	Keely Smith/Louis Prima/Sam Butera & the Witnesses	Jump, Jive, An' Wail	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 1
33	Ronnie Dee	Action Packed	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
34	Jerry Lee Lewis	Great Balls Of Fire	Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour – Best Of The Second Series
35	Gene Vincent	Race With the Devil	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
36	Wanda Jackson	Fujiyama Mama	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
37	Larry Williams	Bony Maronie	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2
38	Little Richard	Tutti Frutti	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 3

Americana, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Rock, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues, Rockabilly

Imperial Rhythm & Rockabilly

May 19, 2023 Dave

The Imperial label will be the subject of this week’s Deeper Roots show. Founded in 1947 by Lew Chudd, it’s early years featured some of the very best rhythm and blues and early rock you could find. Their lineup included some of the big names of early rock, not least of which was Roy Brown, Fats Domino, Frankie Ford and Ricky Nelson. They would dabble in country and jazz but also looked to strike while the iron was hot when Elvis hit with a blend of country and rhythm and blues in the mid-50s. They did so by looking for new names with ducktails and driving combos in the rockabilly era. This episode focuses primarily on the 1950s with a future episode taking us further into the label’s sale to Liberty Records in 1963 but not before Lew Chudd purchased Aladdin and Minit Records, bringing over even more of the R&B talent that they would be known for. It’s another Deeper Roots Friday morning on KOWS.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Fats Domino	The Fat Man	Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood
2	Smiley Lewis	Tee-Nah-Nah	I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 1
3	Guitar Slim and His Band	Bad Luck Is On Me [Woman Troubles]	Louisiana Swamp Blues
4	Big Jay McNeely	All That Wine Is Gone	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
5	T-Bone Walker	Cold Cold Feeling	Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years
6	Fat Man Matthews & the Four Kittens	Later Baby	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 3
7	Fats Domino	Goin' Home	Rock And Rollin
8	Lil' Son Jackson	Get High Everybody	Vol. 2 1950-1952
9	Smiley Lewis	Big Mamou	I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 2
10	Hawks	I-Yi	Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53
11	Pee Wee Crayton	Win-O	Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings
12	Joe Houston Orchestra	All Night Long	Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
13	The Pelicans	Ain't Gonna Do It	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2
14	The Spiders	I Didn't Want To Do It	Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
15	Dave Bartholomew	Another Mule	1952-1955
16	James "Sugar Boy" Crawford	She Gotta Wobble (When She Walks) (Imperial 5424)	R&B Humdingers Volume 12
17	Bobby Mitchell with Dave Bartholomew's Orch.'	Try Rock And Roll	Blowing The Fuse: 1956
18	Lew Williams	Cat Talk	Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks
19	Lew Williams	Gone Ape Man	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
20	Merle Kilgore	Ernie	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
21	The Strikes	Baby I'm Sorry	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
22	Bob Luman	Red Hot	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
23	Ricky Nelson	Stood Up	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
24	Ricky Nelson	Boppin' The Blues	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
25	Ricky Nelson	Waitin' In School	Legacy [Disc 1]
26	Dennis Herrold	Hip Hip Baby	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
27	Weldon Rogers	So Long, Good Luck & Goodbye	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
28	Dorsey & Johnny Burnette	My Honey	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
29	Dorsey & Johnny Burnette	Warm Love	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
30	Slick Slavin	Speed Crazy	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
31	Bill Allen	Please Give Me Something	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
32	Jackie Walker	Only Teenagers Allowed	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
33	Billy Eldridge	Let's Go	Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story
34	Faye Adams	Keeper Of My Heart	Crescent City Soul
35	Roy Brown	Let the Four Winds Blow	The Complete Imperial Recordings
36	Ricky Nelson	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	Legacy [Disc 1]

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Oldies, Rockabilly, Theme Time

Streets of Bakersfield

March 6, 2023 Dave

It was Nashville West but with a decidedly more amount of midwestern flavoring. Bakersfield was the terminus of most of the migrant traffic from the dust bowl where the hope for a better life was not always fulfilled. So many landed square on the Central Valley and for those who grew up it became a whirlwind post-war prosperity that was familiar: oil drilling, agriculture, almond orchards, cattle raising, and a transportation industry to support it. Those who were raised on country swing and the classic country sounds coming out of Nashville were lucky given Bakersfield’s proximity to the studios of Hollywood and Los Angeles. We’ll hear from many of them, digging into the early years of Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, Tommy Collins, Wynn Stewart and a host of other performers who made that blend of rough country, trucking songs, and honky-tonk swing what it would become.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield	All-Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
2	Bill Woods & His Orange Blossom Playboys	Have I Got A Chance With You	Swingbillies
3	Joe Maphis & Rose Lee	Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
4	Jean Shepard with Ferlin Husky	A Dear John Letter	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
5	Bud Hobbs	Louisiana Swing	Defining Country Music – The Sounds of Bakersfield
6	Billy Mize	Who Will Buy the Wine	Billy Mize and the Bakersfield Sound (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
7	Rose & The Maddox Brothers	Why Don't You Haul Off & Love Me	Maddox Brothers & Rose
8	Alvadean Coker	We're Gonna Bop	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
9	Tommy Collins	What'cha Gonna Do Now?	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
10	Ferlin Husky	I Feel Better All Over	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
11	Bonnie Blue Bell & Leon Reach & Chic Adams Band	Let's Go	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
12	Billy Mize	Solid Sender	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
13	Bill Carter	I Wanna Feel Good	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
14	Johnny Bond	Three Or Four Nights	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
15	Herb Henson	Goodbye, Baby, Goodbye	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
16	Wynn Stewart	Playboy	Come On – Gonna Shake This Shack
17	Buck Owens	Hot Dog (with Danny Dedmon)	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 1; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
18	Buck Owens	The Key's In The Mailbox	Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard
19	Buck Owens	Love's Gonna Live Here	Buck 'Em: The Music of Buck Owens (1955-1967)
20	Buck Owens	Together Again	The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1
21	Ferlin Husky	Six Days on the Road	Defining Country Music – The Sounds of Bakersfield
22	Red Simpson	Truck Drivin' Man	The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
23	Red Simpson	The Highway Patrol	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
24	Bonnie Owens	Just for the Children's Sake	Warped 6534 – Bonnie Owens – 1964 – 1966
25	Bobby Austin	Apartment #9	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
26	Merle Haggard	Okie From Muskogee	Capitol Collector's Series
27	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	Mama Tried (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
28	Dallas Frazier	California Cotton Fields	Singing My Songs
29	Abe Mulkey	Packed Up And Shoved Off	The Other Side of Bakersfield, Vol. 2; 1950s & 60s Boppers and Rockers from 'Nashville West'
30	Wynn Stewart	It's Such A Pretty World Today	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
31	Wynn Stewart	Donna On My Mind	California Country
32	Buck Owens	Act Naturally	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1]
33	Merle Haggard & the Strangers	Please Mr. D.J.	Swing West 1: Bakersfield
34	Buck Owens	Streets of Bakersfield [With Dwight Yoakam]	The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) – Disc 3
35	Maddox Brothers & Rose	The Death of Rock 'n' Roll	Classic Rockabilly

A Century of America's Music