Category Archives: Oldies

Sass & Gas

An eclectic episode full of sass, gas and plenty of brass. We’re going the free form route today and there’ll be plenty of embellishments to the morning as we take a blindfolded trip through a hall of mirrors with some classy vocals from Frankie, Peggy Lee and Helen Forrest; some honky tonk whiskey-in-the-bottle twangin’ from George Jones, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee; rocking rhythm passion from Tina Turner, The Marquees, and Elmore James; and much more including some little known nuggets from Bob Dylan, Merle Travis, and Daddy Cleanhead. We’re going to set the morning on fire with plenty of fuel from the deeper wells of the past century of America’s music. You don’t want to miss out. Join Dave Stroud for another Friday morning selection of wild tune-age on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Hank Penny Hold The Phone Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
2Ike & Tina Turner It's Gonna Work Out Fine Birth Of Soul: 3 Amazon
3Marshall Crenshaw Blues Is King Downtown Amazon
4Daddy Cleanhead Something's Goin' On In My Room Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2] Amazon
5The Marquees Hey Little Schoolgirl OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
6The Delta Rhythm Boys Dry Bones The Best Of 1940-50 Amazon
7James Taylor Coming Back To You Here It Is: A Tribute to Leonard Cohen Amazon
8Bob Dylan Braggin' Triplicate Amazon
9Frank Sinatra I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2] Amazon
10Peggy Lee I'm Beginning To See The Light Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four Amazon
11Glen Gray & The Casa Lorne Orchestra Blue Moon Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals Amazon
12The Artie Shaw Orchestra Feat. Helen Forrest Deep In A Dream The Essential Artie Shaw [Disc 2] Amazon
13Buddy Emmons Deep In The Heart Of Texas Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills Amazon
14Geraint Watkins Deep in the Heart of Texas Aide Memoire Amazon
15Carl Perkins Matchbox Original Sun Greatest Hits Amazon
16Jimmie Dale Gilmore Train of Love Come on Back Amazon
17Slim Whitman Down In The Valley Wagon Wheels [Disc 2] Amazon
18The Handsome Family Down In the Valley of Hollow Logs Through the Trees Amazon
19The Louvin Brothers The Wreck On The Highway Sing the Great Roy Acuff Songs Amazon
20George Jones Just One More The Best Of George Jones: 1955-1967 Amazon
21Geraint Watkins Heart of Stone Rush of Blood Amazon
22Merle Travis I Used To Work In Chicago The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D. Amazon
23Webb Pierce California Blues Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour: The Best Of The Second Series Amazon
24The Carlisles Nine Have Tried (and None Have Died) (Second Countdown) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
25Hank Williams No, No Joe Beyond The Sunset Amazon
26Charlie Louvin Katy Dear Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs Amazon
27Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Cadillac in Model "A" Legends of Country Music Disc 4 Amazon
28Jerry Lee Lewis End of the Road 25 All-Time Greatest Sun Recordings Amazon
29Everly Brothers I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail Classic Everly Brothers – Vol. 2 Amazon
30Johnny Cash Train Of Love His Sun Years: Down South Amazon
31T-Bone Burnett I'm Coming Home Truth Decay Amazon
32Bob Dylan Ring Them Bells Oh Mercy Amazon
33Steve Allen This Could Be The Start Of Something Big Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 2] Amazon

Liberty Rocks

Liberty Records was founded in 1955 by Simon Waronker after his cousin, Herb Newman, suggested they go into the record business. The early years found the label in the deep end of easy listening pop with the likes of Julie London, novelty music featuring The Chipmunks, Patience and Prudence, Martin Denny, and Henry Mancini. But rock n’ roll was hitting its stride, and in the late fifties they released a blend of pure rock and rockabilly with Eddie Cochran. But the 60s found a more tame version with hitmakers like Bobby Vee, Johnny Burnette, Timi Yuro, Buddy Knox, and the post-Buddy Holly Crickets. At the peak of it’s hit-making machine the whole lot was sold to an umbrella company that also featured the catalogs of Imperial, Aladdin, Minit, and Dolton…we’ll share a host of Liberty releases with you in the show today. With the exception of Eddie Cochran, we’ll just call it rock ‘n roll ‘lite’.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Eddie Cochran C'mon Everybody Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1] Amazon
2Eddie Cochran Hallelujah I Love Her So Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1] Amazon
3Eddie Cochran Nervous Breakdown Eddie Cochran Singles Album Amazon
4Shirley & Lee Hey Little Boy Shirley & Lee Rock Amazon
5Rick Nelson Teenage Idol Greatest Love Songs Amazon
6Sandy Nelson &And Then There Were Drums Their Greatest Misses Amazon
7Buddy Knox Open (Your Lovin' Arms) Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
8Bobby Vee Sharing You Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
9Roosevelt Grier The Mail Must Go Through Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
10Jackie DeShannon Just Like In The Movies Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
11Warren Smith Book Of Broken Hearts Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
12The Rivingtons Mama-Oom-Mow-Mow Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
13Gene McDaniels Chip Chip Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
14Johnny Burnette The Fool Of The Year Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
15Matt Monroe Softly As I Leave You Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
16Betty O' Brian Money Honey Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
17The Crickets Little Hollywood Girl Point Of No Return: The Liberty Records Story 1962 Amazon
18Bobby Vee The Night Has A Thousand Eyes Easy Listening Gold 1962-1963 Amazon
19Jackie DeShannon Needles And Pins The Brill Building Sound [Disc 3] Amazon
20The Ventures Walk, Don't Run 61* [Box Set] Disc 1 Amazon
21Jan & Dean Linda Jan & Dean Anthology Album Amazon
22Jan & Dean Honolulu Lulu Surf City + Folk 'n Roll Amazon
23The Fleetwoods (Goodnight My Love) Pleasant Dreams Come Softly To Me: The Very Best Of The Fleetwoods Amazon
24Wilson Pickett It's Too Late A Man & A Half: The Best Of Wilson Pickett [Disc 1] Amazon
25Irma Thomas Break-A-Way Time Is on My Side: The Best of Irma Thomas, Vol. 1 Amazon
26Johnny Rivers Memphis Greatest Hits [Capitol] Amazon
27Johnny Rivers Seventh Son Best Of Johnny Rivers Amazon
28Johnny Rivers Mountain Of Love Best Of Johnny Rivers Amazon
29Gary Lewis & the Playboys This Diamond Ring Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
30Cher All I Really Want To Do Yesterday's Gone [Disc 1] Amazon
31Del Shannon The Big Hurt The Complete Recordings 1960-1970: Home and Away Amazon
32Mel Carter Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me Music to Shag By Amazon
33Mel Carter Band of Gold The Best of Jukebox Rock – 1966 – Volume 2 Amazon
34Johnny Rivers The Poor Side of Town Greatest Hits [Capitol] Amazon
35Gene McDaniels Point of No Return The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1) Amazon

Imperial Rhythm & Rockabilly

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 Buy
1Fats Domino The Fat Man Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues: Piano Blues – A Film By Clint Eastwood Amazon
2Smiley Lewis Tee-Nah-Nah I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 1 Amazon
3Guitar Slim and His Band Bad Luck Is On Me [Woman Troubles] Louisiana Swamp Blues Amazon
4Big Jay McNeely All That Wine Is Gone Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1] Amazon
5T-Bone Walker Cold Cold Feeling Best Of Black & White & Imperial Years Amazon
6Fat Man Matthews & the Four Kittens Later Baby Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 3 Amazon
7Fats Domino Goin' Home Rock And Rollin Amazon
8Lil' Son Jackson Get High Everybody Vol. 2 1950-1952 Amazon
9Smiley Lewis Big Mamou I Hear You Knocking 1947-1962 Disc 2 Amazon
10Hawks I-Yi Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53 Amazon
11Pee Wee Crayton Win-O Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings Amazon
12Joe Houston Orchestra All Night Long Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 Amazon
13The Pelicans Ain't Gonna Do It Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 2 Amazon
14The Spiders I Didn't Want To Do It Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1 Amazon
15Dave Bartholomew Another Mule 1952-1955 Amazon
16James "Sugar Boy" Crawford She Gotta Wobble (When She Walks) (Imperial 5424) R&B Humdingers Volume 12 Amazon
17Bobby Mitchell with Dave Bartholomew's Orch.' Try Rock And Roll Blowing The Fuse: 1956 Amazon
18Lew Williams Cat Talk Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks Amazon
19Lew Williams Gone Ape Man Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
20Merle Kilgore Ernie Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
21The Strikes Baby I'm Sorry Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
22Bob Luman Red Hot Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
23Ricky Nelson Stood Up Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
24Ricky Nelson Boppin' The Blues Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
25Ricky Nelson Waitin' In School Legacy [Disc 1] Amazon
26Dennis Herrold Hip Hip Baby Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
27Weldon Rogers So Long, Good Luck & Goodbye Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
28Dorsey & Johnny Burnette My Honey Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
29Dorsey & Johnny Burnette Warm Love Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
30Slick Slavin Speed Crazy Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
31Bill Allen Please Give Me Something Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
32Jackie Walker Only Teenagers Allowed Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
33Billy Eldridge Let's Go Essential Rockabilly The Imperial Story Amazon
34Faye Adams Keeper Of My Heart Crescent City Soul Amazon
35Roy Brown Let the Four Winds Blow The Complete Imperial Recordings Amazon
36Ricky Nelson My Bucket's Got A Hole In It Legacy [Disc 1] Amazon

Rhythm & Blues Jezebels

Wild and sassy sounds from the archives of 40s and 50s rhythm & blues featuring some of the female dynamos of the genre coming your way on a Friday morning here on Deeper Roots. We’ll be featuring some great performances from the catalog of Jubilee Records (those Jubilee Jezebels) and a host of peers including some early scorchers from Little Sylvia (Robinson), Big Maybelle, Viola Watkins, Fay Simmons, and Ruth Brown. For the first three or four decades of the recorded blues and jazz, women played a major part in black music’s popularity and there was a resurgent ‘boom’ post-war that played a bigger part than we imagined in that tidal wave of wild rhythm beat that would become rock and soul. These are some classic tracks that don’t always get the attention they deserve…but they will here on Deeper Roots on a Friday morning on KOWS.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Sister Rosetta Tharpe Strange Things Happen Every Day Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan Amazon
2Miss Rhapsody (Viola Wells) Sweet Man Blues Women Amazon
3Mabel Scott Catch Em Young Treat Em Rough Tell Em Nothing Blues Women Amazon
4The Enchanters Boogie Woogie Daddy Jubilee Jezebels Amazon
5Enchanters Housewife Blues Money Honey – Rise of the Black Vocal Group 51-53 Amazon
6Jeanne Gayle Bim Bam Baby Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
7Little Sylvia Drive Daddy Drive Jubilee Jezebels Amazon
8Little Sylvia Everything I Need But You Jubilee Jezebels Amazon
9Little Sylvia Ain't Gonna Do It Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
10Viola Watkins It Must Be Love Jubilee Jezebels Amazon
11Viola Watkins Boogie Woogie On A Saturday Night Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57 Amazon
12Viola Watkins Really Real Jubilee Jezebels Amazon
13Varetta Dillard Mercy, Mr Percy Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
14Mabel Scott Mr Fine Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
15LaVern Baker Voodoo Voodoo Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
16Edna McGriff Oh Little Daddy Stompin' 34 Amazon
17Edna McGriff I'll Surrender Anytime Jubilee Jezebels Amazon
18Edna McGriff & The Tomcats Mambo Baby Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
19Big Maybelle One Monkey Don't Stop No Show The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55 Amazon
20Big Maybelle Ring Dang Dilly The Very Best Of Big Maybelle Amazon
21Big Maybelle Hair Dressin' Women ABC Of The Blues Vol 29 Amazon
22Ruth Brown Smooth Operator Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
23Fay Simmons You Hit Me Baby Like An Atomic Bomb Atomic Platters Amazon
24Fay Simmons Ella Weaver Dapper Dan Amazon
25Fay Simmons Hangin' Around Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
26Patti Jerome No Mama, No Papa Stompin' 22 – Crazed Rhythm 'N' Blues Pounders! Amazon
27Linda Hopkins Rock And Roll Blues Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
28Carol Fran Knock Knock Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies Amazon
29Carol Fran I'm Gonna Try Cat Scratchin' Amazon
30Carole Fran You Can't Stop Me Jubilee Jezebels Amazon
31Marie Knight Grasshopper Baby Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
32Dolly Cooper Ay La Bah Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
33Dolly Cooper Tell Me, Tell Me Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
34Ella Mae Morse How Can You Leave A Man Like This? Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
35Annisteen Allen Fujiyama Mama From The Ghetto Amazon

Covers Time

Another morning of covers, from country to soul and a little bit of rhythm and roll in store. This week’s show celebrates the songwriters and performers who found themselves honored with tributes and covers that honor the sense of a piece. We’ll hear covers of Tom T. Hall, Arthur Alexander, Robert Hunter, Derek Martin, Hank Snow and JJ Cale in the show today. The idea is to find a cover worth noting and put it up alongside the original. Just over a dozen songs to pick from in our two hours this morning featuring covers by Shannon McNally, Charley Crockett, Amy Black and Teddy Thompson. Join Dave Stroud for another episode from those dusty digital bins and turn up the volume for straight interpretations and a few wild takes in another covers show on a Friday morning from the KOWS studio in downtown Santa Rosa, California. 

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Everly Brothers Bowling Green Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 3] Amazon
2Neko Case Bowling Green The Virginian Amazon
3Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels Devil With a Blue Dress On/Good Golly Miss Molly Red, White & Rock Disc 3 Amazon
4Bill Kirchen Devil With The Blue Dress (Album Version) Hammer of the Honky Tonk Gods Amazon
5Willie Nelson Busted I Don't Know A Thing About Love Amazon
6Ray Charles Busted Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3 Amazon
7Red Foley Midnight Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] Amazon
8Kevin Russell Midnight Plain Dirt Fashion Amazon
9Elvis Presley It's Now Or Never Elvis 30 #1 Hits Amazon
10Chris Isaak It's Now or Never Beyond the Sun (Deluxe Version) Amazon
11Elvis Presley Don't Be Cruel Elvis' Golden Records (Volume 1) Amazon
12The Mavericks Don't Be Cruel Play the Hits Amazon
13Derek Martin Daddy Rollin' Stone Birth Of Soul: 1 Amazon
14The Blasters Daddy Rollin' Stone 4-11-44 Amazon
15Wilson Pickett In the Midnight Hour Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
16James Taylor In The Midnight Hour Other Covers Amazon
17Bob Luman Let's Think About Living Gems from the Warner Brothers Vault (Pt. 1) Amazon
18Teddy Thompson Let's Think About Living Up Front And Down Low Amazon
19Tom T. Hall I Hope It Rains At My Funeral Tom T. Hall – Storyteller, Poet, Philosopher Amazon
20Charley Crockett I Hope It Rains At My Funeral Lil G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley Amazon
21The Impressions Gypsy Woman Birth Of Soul: 1 Amazon
22Aaron Neville Gypsy Woman My True Story Amazon
23Arthur Alexander You Better Move On The Greatest Hits Amazon
24Amy Black You Better Move On The Muscle Shoals Sessions Amazon
25Hank Snow I'm Moving On The Essential Hank Snow Amazon
26Willie Nelson I'm Movin' On Remember Me, Vol. 1 Amazon
27John Martyn Don't Want to Know Solid Air Amazon
28Dr. John I Don't Wanna Know Anutha Zone Amazon
29Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Sugar Moon Legends of Country Music Disc 4 Amazon
30k.d. lang Sugar Moon Shadowland Amazon

Payday Saturday Night

The pickins are thin until payday rolls around. Money is short and there’s none to spare. Although we’ve been wanting to save for a rainy day, the cupboards still need fillin’ and we also need enough to have some fun. If that eagle flies on Friday then Saturday night is when the time is right. This week we’ll be banking on that combined theme of payday, money and taxes. Belly up to the barroom country sounds of Faron Young, Lefty Frizzell and The Sons of the Pioneers and then find some rhythm and blues with The Fiestas, The Harlem Hamfats, Bobby Charles and Dom Flemons. It’s all about cashing out every couple of weeks and spreading thin with savings being thinner. We’ve got greenbacks, dollar down payments, songs about payday, the taxman and that almighty dollar to remind us that, as Peter Case points out, that “there’s two kinds of justice everybody knows, one for folks up on the hill and one for the others down below”.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Zeke Clements Payday Saturday Night Foot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5 Amazon
2The Sons Of The Pioneers When Payday Rolls Around Symphonies Of The Sage Amazon
3Lefty Frizzell When Payday Comes Around 1950-1951 (Warped 5061) Amazon
4Faron Young I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (1 of 2) Amazon
5Wynn Stewart Another Day, Another Dollar Very Best of: 1958 – 1962 Amazon
6Dan Hicks Payday Blues [Album Version] The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
7Austin McCoy Happy Pay Day Part 1 Further Mellow Cats'n'Kittens – Hot R&B And Cool Blues 1946-1951 Amazon
8The Fiestas Dollar Bill (stereo) Oh So Fine (Ace) Amazon
9Hank Penny Taxes, Taxes Crazy Rhythm: The Standard Transcriptions Amazon
10Johnny Cash After Taxes I Would Like to See You Again Amazon
11Gene Autry, Jimmy Wakely's Trio I Paid My Income Tax Today Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
12The Harlem Hamfats Sales Tax On It Harlem Hamfats Vol. 1 1936 Amazon
13Stan Farlow 1040 Blues Birth / Work / Death – Work, Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) Amazon
14Mississippi John Hurt Payday The Complete Studio Recordings Disc 1 Amazon
15Lucious Curtis Payday Deep River of Song: Mississippi – Blues Lineage Amazon
16Bobby Charles Nickles, Dimes and Dollars Timeless Amazon
17The Limeliters A Dollar Down American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
18Oscar Brand A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore A Taste of Tradition – Volume 3 Amazon
19Freddie Hart And The Heartbeats That Almighty Dollar Age of WorryFrom Country-Pop to Freak-Folk: The Space Age Relics of Monument Records 19601970 Amazon
20Tennessee Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons Vintage Collections Amazon
21Aloe Blacc I Need A Dollar I Need A Dollar Amazon
22J.J. Cale Money Talks The Very Best of J.J. Cale Amazon
23Roomful Of Blues Money Talks Dressed Up To Get Messed Up Amazon
24Dom Flemons Big Money Blues Traveling Wildfire Amazon
25Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes For The Love Of Money If You Don't Know Me By Now Amazon
26The Lovin' Spoonful Money Greatest Hits [Buddha] Amazon
27Sierra Ferrell Silver Dollar Long Time Coming Amazon
28Van Morrison Greenback Dollar Moving On Skiffle Amazon
29The Kingston Trio Greenback Dollar Capitol Collector's Series Amazon
30Randy Newman It's Money That Matters Land of Dreams Amazon
31Mel Blanc Money Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]] Amazon
32Dean Martin/Jerry Lewis The Money Song Cocktail Hour Disc 1 Amazon

Lonesome Train

Free form! That’s right. No theme, no genre exploration, no tribute or topical show today. Only topical playlists embellishing the show today including New Orleans memories from Bobby Mitchell, Fats Domino and Dr. John, country nuggets from Merle, Buck and Elvis as well as some fancy shmancy crooning from a Perry, Blue Eyes and Dino. We’ll also be digging into some classic rockabilly tunes and some canciones de Flaco and Los Lobos. Here in Sonoma County we’re going from three years of drought, wildfires and the Santa Ana winds to preparing for levee breaches and floods with the snow melts. We also get to behave like adults in the face of biased and inhumane Supreme Court decisions and moronic Texas politicians. Because we know who they are and what they represent: book burners and religious zealots with white hoods. While nobody is without sin, we’ll go with Newsom’s ability to employ the right critical thinking at the right time. I told you it would be a free form morning.



No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Geraint Watkins Deep in the Heart of Texas Aide Memoire Amazon
2Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His Orchestra Big Mamou Barrell House Boogie and the Blues Amazon
3Wanda Jackson Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On Queen Of Rockabilly Amazon
4Matchbox Rockabilly Rebel Rockabilly Rebel Amazon
5Johnny Burnette Lonesome Train (On a Lonesome Track) The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD1 Amazon
6Sonny Burgess Tomorrow Never Comes We Wanna Boogie Amazon
7Warren Smith Got Love If You Want It The Best of Sun Rockabilly, Vol. 2 Amazon
8Bobby Mitchell I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2] Amazon
9Fats Domino I Want To Walk You Home Heatin' Up Amazon
10Dr. John Back By The River Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
11Tommy McLain Before I Grow Too Old The Essential Collection Amazon
12Buck Owens Made In Japan Country USA 1972 Amazon
13Merle Haggard & the Strangers Please Mr. D.J. Swing West 1: Bakersfield Amazon
14Merle Haggard I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me Country USA 1972 Amazon
15Elvis Presley After Loving You Artist of the Century Disc 3 Amazon
16The Devil and Bunny Show Crossing Muddy Waters The I-10 Chronicles 2 – One More For The Road Amazon
17Los Lobos Set Me Free (Rosa Lee) El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4) Amazon
18Flaco Jiminez Margarita Los Super Seven Amazon
19The Band Ophelia To Kingdom Come [Disc 2] Amazon
20Linda Ronstadt Hurt So Bad Very Best Of Linda Ronstadt Amazon
21April Stevens I Want A Lip Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
22Nino Tempo & April Stevens Deep Purple Teach Me Tiger Amazon
23April Stevens Teach Me Tiger Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
24April Stevens Do It Again Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 6: Rhapsodesia Amazon
25Wayne Newton Danke Schoen Jackpot! The Las Vegas Story Amazon
26Mitchell Ayres & His Orchestra/Perry Como/Ray Charles Singers Round and Round The Very Best of Perry Como Amazon
27Tony Bennett In the Middle of an Island Your Hit Parade – 1957 Amazon
28Thomas A. Dorsey with Alex Bradford It's A Highway To Heaven Precious Lord Recordings Of The Great Gospel Songs Of Thomas A. Dorsey Amazon
29Sammy Price Trio/Sister Rosetta Tharpe Singing in My Soul The Gospel of Blues Amazon
30Michelle Lanchester/Sweet Honey in the Rock I Was Standing by the Bedside of a Neighbor ( If You See My Saviour) Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection Amazon
31Aretha Franklin Don't Play That Song Spirit in the Dark Amazon
32Aretha Franklin Try Matty's Spirit in the Dark Amazon
33The Band The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Best of the Band Amazon

Cool Daddy

Welcome to the club. We’ve got some cool sounds from the jazz lounges and clubs blended with some beat generation salutations for you this morning. Beatniks, boppers, lounge chanteuse performances, saxophones, and some cool fifties sounds. Tune in for Patsy Raye and The Beatniks, Earl Bostic, Mose Allison, Charlie Parker’s Quintet, and a BeBop blend of out-of-this-world swing and percussion. From the Gaslight Café to Slim Gallaird’s Yep Roc sounds…we’ll have your foot tappin’ and your fingers snappin’ on a magical blend of cool ultra-lounge and café sounds from mid-century. Tune in on the web or grab our free app out on the Apple Store or Google Play. You can find them by searching for KOWS.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Dizzy Gillespie & His Orchestra Salt Peanuts Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3] Amazon
2Gerry Mulligan Quartet Swinghouse The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
3Charles Kuralt The Greenwich Village Poets The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
4King Pleasure Don't Get Scared The BeBop Singers Amazon
5Mose Allison Your Mind Is On Vacation Allison Wonderland Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
6Earl Bostic Up There In The Orbit Sputnik! The Launch of the Space Race – 65 Years First Sputnik in Space Amazon
7J. J. Johnson Beboppers Coppin' The Bop J. J. Johnson: Bone-O-Logy (Proper Introduction) Amazon
8Peggy Lee The Boy from Ipanema Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 15: Wild Cool & Swingin' Too Amazon
9Richard Marino & His Orchestra Fever Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 6: Rhapsodesia Amazon
10Martin Denny Cool Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood Amazon
11Patsy Raye And The Beatniks Beatnik's Wish The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
12Carl Sandburg On Beatniks The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
13Three Bips, A Bop Professor Bop The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
14Charlie Parker Quartet Cosmic Rays The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
15Charlie Parker Quintet Scrapple From The Apple Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 3] Amazon
16Charlie Ventura & His Orchestra Ha The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
17Kenny Clarke & His 52nd Street Boys Oop-Bop Sh-Bam The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
18Elmer Bernstein Like Having Fun The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
19Del Close & John Brent Cool The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
20Slim Gaillard, The Middle Europeans Yip Roc Heresy The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
21Oscar Brown Jr. But I Was Cool The Beat Generation, Vol 3 Amazon
22The Playboys Charge It Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
23Joe Carroll Got A Penny Benny The BeBop Singers Amazon
24Lambert, Hendricks & Ross Twisted The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
25Ken Nordine Hunger Is From The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
26Eddie Jefferson Old Shoes The BeBop Singers Amazon
27Serge Chaloff Gabardine And Serge Birth of Bebop Amazon
28Julie London Daddy Wild Cool and Swingin' Amazon
29Edd Kookie Byrnes Kookie's Mad Pad The Beat Generation [Disc 2] Amazon
30Edd 'Kookie' Byrnes And Connie Stevens Kookie Kookie [Lend Me Your Comb] The Greatest Novelty Songs, Disc 2 Amazon
31Mabel Scott Yes Destination Lust – Chicksville U.S.A. Amazon
32Julie London Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast Wild Cool and Swingin' Amazon
33Cooltrane Quartet Some Like It Hot Vintage Cafi Vol.3 Amazon

Georgia Peaches

This week’s show takes us across the landscape of the state of Georgia and then reminisces about ladies that share her name. No genre is off limits and no era too far in the past is excluded in this latest Deeper Roots show that takes on a theme. We’re also hoping that the will of the people is not interfered with in a state that’s struggling to awaken; a lumbering giant of democracy still haunted (and celebrated at the highest levels) by plantation politics. Our music this week will feature some tradition from Georgia’s own Jake Xerxes Fussell, country tunes from Lefty Frizzell and Charley Crockett, jazz from Nina Simone and Joe Venuti, and we’ll visit a Georgia Camp Meeting and One More Sunday in Savannah. Tune in for a collection of tunes about a state of mind and some fine women who share the name of a southern state where peaches and a darker past prosper. Tune in on Friday morning here on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Swe-Danes Georgia Camp Meeting New Discgems From Warner Brothers Amazon
2The Mills Brothers That's Georgia The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 2 Amazon
3The Boswell Sisters The Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia The Boswell Sisters Volume 2 Amazon
4The Andrews Sisters Atlanta G.A. Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 3] Amazon
5Kacey Musgraves When It's Peach Pickin' Time In Georgia Wanted: One Good Cowboy Amazon
6Waylon Jennings Cedartown, Georgia The Essential Waylon Jennings [2007] Disc 1 Amazon
7Charley Crockett All the Way from Atlanta The Man from Waco Amazon
8Ryan Bingham Long Way from Georgia Mescalito Amazon
9Tony Joe White Rainy Night in Georgia Collected [CD1] Amazon
10Joan Osborne Midnight Train to Georgia Breakfast In Bed Amazon
11Art Kahn's Orchestra v. Chick Bullock Two Tickets To Georgia Victor Young & Brunswick Studio Orchestra (1932-1934) Amazon
12Nina Simone One More Sunday In Savannah The Tomato Collection [Disc 1] Amazon
13Little Feat Oh, Atlanta Feats Don't Fail Me Now Amazon
14Alison Krauss Oh, Atlanta Now That I've Found You Amazon
15Dirty Cello The Devil Went Down To Georgia By Request Amazon
16Tennessee Ernie Ford I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 1] Amazon
17Jake Xerxes Fussell Georgia Buck Jake Xerxes Fussell Amazon
18Johnny Gimble Sweet Georgia Brown (Featuring Merle Haggard) Celebrating With Friends Amazon
19Mac Wiseman The Georgia Mail Sings Old Time Country Favorites Amazon
20Boz Scaggs Georgia Silk Degrees Amazon
21Charley Crockett Help Me Georgia Lonesome As A Shadow Amazon
22Duke Robillard Sweet Georgia Brown After Hours Swing Sessions Amazon
23Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang Georgia On My Mind The Best Of Joe Venuti And Eddie Lang Amazon
24Justin Townes Earle South Georgia Sugar Babe The Good Life Amazon
25Robbie Fulks Georgia Hard Georgia Hard Amazon
26Iris DeMent Waycross Georgia Workin' On A World Amazon
27Hank Penny Tell Me All About Georgia King Of Hillbilly Bebop [Disc 2] Amazon
28Eartha Kitt Atlanta Blues The RCA Recordings 1953-1958 Amazon
29Five Red Caps Atlanta G.A. Secular Vocal Groups Vol. 4 (1926-1947) Amazon

Drive In Music

Memories of summer nights where the aroma of popcorn, car exhaust and nature fused as the car windows steamed up and the tin can speaker sounds synchronized with the silver screen…at the drive in movie. For the decades of the fifties, sixties, and seventies you could bring a car load of friends and find your spot across the little hills that pointed you skyward towards the glow of a billboard of dreams. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll visit some performances that include on-screen legends as well as legends that tried to make music outside of their lane. Some that we’ll hear from succeeded and some…well…went back to their day job. Tune in for music from Robert Mitchum, Bette Davis, Jack Webb, Marilyn Monroe, and a couple dozen others on a fun little romp on another Friday episode of Deeper Roots on KOWS 92.5 FM.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Don Francks & Petula Clark Old Devil Moon – Finian's Rainbow Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3) Amazon
2Ray Davies Oklahoma U.S.A. Our Country: Americana Act II Amazon
3Shirley Jones, James Whitmore, Gordon MacRae Oklahoma Oklahoma (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Amazon
4Robert Preston & Company Ya Got Trouble – The Music Man Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3) Amazon
5Lucille Ball/Bea Arthur Bosom Buddies – Mame Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3) Amazon
6Kirk Douglas And The Moon Grew Brighter My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
7James Stewart The Legend Of Shenandoah My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
8Robert Mitchum Ballad of Thunder Road That Man, Robert Mitchum, Sings Amazon
9Lee Marvin Wand'rin' Star Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3) Amazon
10Bill Hayes Message from James Dean So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 3 Amazon
11Varetta Dillard I Miss You Jimmy (Tribute to James Dean) Got You On My Mind Amazon
12Eagles James Dean The Very Best of the Eagles [2003] Disc 1 Amazon
13Dooley Wilson As Time Goes By – from Casablanca Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2) Amazon
14Bette Davis They're Either Too Young Or Too Old -from Thank Your Lucky Stars Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2) Amazon
15Mae West I'm An Occidental Woman In An Oriental Mood For Love The Mae West Collection Amazon
16Jack Webb Try a Little Tenderness Golden Throats: The Great Celebrity Sing-Off! Amazon
17Clint Eastwood Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil Amazon
18Gene Pitney (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance Anthology: 1961-1968 Amazon
19Tony Perkins Moonlight Swim (Bonus Track) On a Rainy Afternoon Amazon
20Marilyn Monroe River Of No Return The Essential Marilyn Monroe Amazon
21Roy Rogers My Chickashay Gal Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
22Elvis Presley Wooden Heart G.I. Blues Amazon
23Dean Martin,John Wayne & Ricky Nelson My Rifle, My Pony And Me My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
24Ricky Nelson & Walter Brennan Get Along Home, Cindy Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3) Amazon
25Fess Parker Ballad Of Davy Crockett My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
26James Stewart You Can`t Get Far Without A Railroad Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3) Amazon
27Dean Martin Rio Bravo My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
28Dean Martin King Of The Five Card Stud Wand'rin' Star And Other Movie And TV Songs: Western Movie & TV Soundtracks (3) Amazon
29Steve Martin & The Toot Uncommons King Tut Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records Of All Time [Disc 2] Amazon
30Gene Kelly Singin' In The Rain Somewhere Over The Rainbow: The Golden Age Of Hollywood Musicals [Disc 1] Amazon
31Garland Jeffreys 35 Millimeter Dreams Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]] Amazon