Category Archives: Oldies

Fortunate Son

The days are getting darker both by season and on the sidewalks of your town. Jackboot thugs with masks, clubs, and weapons are descending for you. Make no mistake. If you believe in your right to free speech and all that our Constitution affords you, think again. Know that you and your neighbor are in the crosshairs of this regime. This week’s show won’t break the spell but it will share with its language of comfort, joy and hope that music delivers as it stimulates the release of dopamine triggering pleasure and relaxation. Our prescription this morning is a compound of a free form eclectic blend that delivers a response from all corners. America’s music has always been built on a foundation of free expression so why not make the best…and that’s what we’ll be doing this morning with tracks from Glenn Miller, Charlie Christian, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Randy Newman and Dean Martin, just to name a few. Dream when you’re feeling blue. Rise up when you’re being pushed down. This week’s show takes us where we want to go.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1John Fogerty Fortunate Son The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection Amazon
2Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Midnight Ramble Stratosphere Boogie Amazon
3Charlie Christian Till Tom Special Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution Amazon
4Django Reinhardt & Stiphane Grappelli You're Driving Me Crazy Quintesential Amazon
5The Miracles Mickey's Monkey Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1 Amazon
6Mink Deville You Just Keep Holding On The Mink De Ville Collection Amazon
7The Staple Singers Let's Do It Again The Buddah Box Disc 3 Amazon
8Sam Cooke I'll Come Running Back To You Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams Amazon
9Etta James I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You) Love Songs [MCA] Amazon
10Bob Dylan The Levee's Gonna Break Modern Times Amazon
11Randy Newman Burn On Sail Away Amazon
12The Secret Sisters Tennessee Me The Secret Sisters Amazon
13Fats Domino My Girl Josephine Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1) Amazon
14Dean Martin Dream Late at Night with Dean Martin Amazon
15Les Baxter And His Orchestra The High And The Mighty Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55 Amazon
16Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra With Eddie Heywood Canadian Sunset Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2) Amazon
17Billie Holiday Too Marvelous For Words Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years [Disc 1] Amazon
18Doris Day The Deevil, Devil, Divil Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2] Amazon
19Jean Shepard I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded Rounding Up The Girls/Great Female Country Vocals Vol 1 Amazon
20The Andrews Sisters Rum And Coca-Cola 20th Century Masters: Millenni Amazon
21Glenn Miller & His Orchestra A String of Pearls The Centennial Collection Disc 1 Amazon
22Linda Lyndell What A Man Stax 50th [[Disc 1]] Amazon
23The Meters Running Fast (single version) Funkify Your Life: The Meters Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
24The Notting Hillbillies Run Me Down Missing….Presumed Having A Good Time Amazon
25Vocaltones Sugar Lump Spotlight Series : Vol. 2-Gee Records Amazon
26Dominoes Sixty Minute Man Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B Amazon
27The Coasters Run Red Run 50 Coastin' Classics [Disc 2] Amazon
28Del Shannon Runaway Oldies But Goodies: 21 #1 Hits Amazon
29Buddy Holly Think It Over From the Original Master Tapes Amazon
30Lovett Sisters Bacon And Eggs Big "D" Jamboree, Gals Of The Amazon
31Norman Fox & The Rob Roys/Sid Bass/The Rob Roys Pizza Pie Doo Wop Box Disc 3 Amazon
32Creedence Clearwater Revival Run Through the Jungle Tropic Thunder (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Amazon
33Party Ben Single Ladies (In Mayberry) The Party Ben Experience Amazon

Sixties Songbirds

From the cool and sultry lounge sounds smothered in smoke to the soul venues that celebrated love and all its pitfalls, we bring you the songbirds this week. We’ll be exploring vocalists, known and unknown, that delivered the goods in the first few years of the 1960s. Rock ‘n roll was finding its foothold at the same time as soul music was beginning to bust out in a big way. You’ll be hearing some you know and some you don’t in this week’s Deeper Roots. Yeah, we’ve got The Chordettes, Brenda Lee and The Shirelles but we’ve also got some very special gems from Helen Shapiro, Judy Thomas, Kitty Ford and Betty O’Brian this week. We’ll run a chronological marathon from 1960 to 1963, ignoring the genre guardrails as we make our way along. Hope you can join in on the fun.



No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Ruth Brown with Howard Biggs Orchestra Takin' Care Of Business Wail Man Wail!: The Best Of King Curtis 1952-1961 (Disc 3) Amazon
2Connie Francis My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S Amazon
3The Shirelles Welcome Home Baby The Shirelles 1958-1962 As, Bs, Hits and Rarities Amazon
4Shirley Bassey The Party's Over We Love Pirate Radio – 60s Favourites Amazon
5The Chordettes Never On Sunday American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
6The Marvelettes Way Over There 100 Northern Soul Classics Amazon
7Diana Ross & The Supremes Those D.J. Shows 25th Anniversary [Disc 2] Amazon
8Tammy Montgomery It's Mine 100 Northern Soul Classics Amazon
9Ann-Margret I Just Don't Understand American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
10Kitty Ford Don't Play No. 9 Don't Do It: The Smash Record Story 1961-1962 [Disc 2] Amazon
11Sarah Vaughan True Believer Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry Amazon
12Betty O' Brian She'll Be Gone 100 Northern Soul Classics Amazon
13Brenda Lee You Can Depend On Me American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
14Helen Shapiro Little Miss Lonely Halfway To Paradise_ The Epic Records Story Amazon
15Helen Shapiro Tell Me What He Said Girl Power – Vol. 3 Amazon
16The Pips Every Beat Of My Heart American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
17The Shirelles A Teardrop and a Lollipop The Shirelles 1958-1962 As, Bs, Hits and Rarities Amazon
18Timi Yuro Count Everything I'm So Hurt Amazon
19Barbara George I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) Highlights From Crescent City Soul: Sound Of New Orleans 1947-1974 Amazon
20Sugar Pie DeSanto Open Your Heart Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966) Amazon
21Aretha Franklin Just For A Thrill Jazz To Soul [Disc 1] Amazon
22Cathy Carroll Young Ones New Discgems From Warner Brothers Amazon
23Judy Thomas Never Say Devil Woman Stampede! The United Artists Story Amazon
24Barbara Stephens Wait a Minute The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (1 of 9) Amazon
25Linda Hopkins Mama's Doin' The Twist The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962 Amazon
26Christine Quaite Your Nose Is Gonna Grow The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962 Amazon
27Timi Yuro What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You) The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1) Amazon
28Joy Dawn Hang It Up Ask The Girl Who Knows – Best 1958-1969 – Remaster Amazon
29Claudine Clark Who Will You Hurt? Ask The Girl Who Knows – Best 1958-1969 – Remaster Amazon
30Ann-Margret Let Me Entertain You Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
31Miss X Christine Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence Amazon
32Barbara & the Boys Hooty Sapperticker Las Vegas Grind Part 1 Amazon
33Glenda & Glen Voodoo Doll Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 Amazon
34Betty Harris Cry To Me Birth Of Soul: 2 Amazon

How Deep Is The Ocean

A whole new season of Deeper Roots lands on your doorstep…just like the Sunday paper: full of human interest stories (as told in song) and local gab (also told in song). It’s a free form collection of songs from the past century with performances from the usual (and sometimes unusual) suspects. Only minor themes and genre recaps today in a carefully crafted eclectic blend that runs the gamut from Jimmie Dale Gilmore to Mary Wells, The Velvetones, Billy Walker and Hot Lips Page. We’ll hear some Texas tradition from Deep Elem and Milwaukee’s finest from Jerry Lee. But we’re also rolling out some really fine, under the radar, female soul and R&B numbers that come from off the beaten track including Doris Allen, Faye Adams and Mary Wells. And we wonder out loud ‘how deep is the ocean’ with Big Maybelle. Drop on by!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Eric Clapton If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day Sessions For Robert J Amazon
2Hot Lips Page and His Texas Blusicians Harlem Rumbain' The Blues 52nd Street Swing: New York In The '30s Amazon
3Johnnie & Joe Who Do You Love The Very Best of Johnnie & Joe – Over the Mountain, Across the Sea Amazon
4Ruth Brown Sea of Love Along Comes Ruth Amazon
5Big Maybelle How Deep Is the Ocean The Very Best Of Big Maybelle Amazon
6Mae West Mister Deep Blue Sea The Mae West Collection Amazon
7Blue Sky Boys Asleep in the Briny Deep The Chronological Classics 1937-1938 (Warped 3807) Amazon
8Kristi Jean & Her Ne'er-Do-Wells Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea Country-billy Collision Amazon
9Anita Carter Satan's Child Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter Amazon
10The Sunshine Boys What's the Matter With Deep Elem The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4] Amazon
11Levon Helm Deep Elem Blues Ramble at the Ryman Amazon
12Jimmie Dale Gilmore Deep Eddy Blues Jimmie Dale Gilmore Amazon
13Asleep at the Wheel All My Exes (Live in Texas) Riding High In Texas Amazon
14Geraint Watkins Deep In The Heart Of Texas Geraint Watkins & The Dominators Amazon
15Geraint Watkins Walking to Milwaukee Aide Memoire Amazon
16John Prine With Melba Montgomery Milwaukee Here I Come In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
17Dolly Parton Milwaukee, Here I Come 1968-1969 Amazon
18Billy Walker Till I Drink Milwaukee Dry 20 Hits Amazon
19Jerry Lee Lewis What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me) All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1) Amazon
20Clyde McPhatter Lovey Dovey (LP Version) Deep Sea Ball – The Best of Clyde McPhatter Amazon
21The Velvetones Glory Of Love Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2] Amazon
22Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces Searching For My Love Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
23Doris Allen A Shell Of A Woman Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2 Amazon
24Mary Wells My Heart Is Like A Clock (Previously Unreleased) Looking Back 1961-1964 Amazon
25Mary Wells Can You Fix It (My Broken Heart) (Previously Unreleased) Looking Back 1961-1964 Amazon
26Faye Adams Keeper Of My Heart Crescent City Soul Amazon
27Reverend Gary Davis I Am The Light Of This World Harlem Street Singer Amazon
28Jorma Kaukonen Blues Stay Away From Me Blue Country Heart Amazon
29Big Daddy Wilson Couldn't Keep It to Myself Deep in My Soul Amazon
30Ingrid Lucia & the Flying Neutrinos Love Is Coming Back The Hotel Child Amazon
31Hot Tuna Candy Man Hot Tuna Amazon

Amen!

We’re taking a slow walk back to the gospel well this morning, exploring a particularly expansive landscape of classic hymns, choir harmonies, and new-fangled secular reflections from the likes of Elizabeth King, Ben Harper and Amy Helm. There are also the traditional pulpit pounders like Elder Charles Beck, jubilee and country groups including The Jordanaires (with and without Elvis) and The Golden Gate Quintet, as well as a sampling old favorites from Johnny Cash, The Blue Sky Boys and the Neville Brothers. It’s a morning dish of reflection and exploration once again as we take that deep dive into the gospel classics once more. Hope you can climb aboard that gospel train and redeem your ticket to the great beyond.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Elizabeth King & The Gospel Souls Testify Living in the Last Days Amazon
2Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue Plastic Jesus Set Two Amazon
3The Amazing Rhythm Aces Amazing Grace (Used to Be Her Favorite Song) Stacked Deck Amazon
4The Staple Singers He's Got the Whole World In His Hands Amen/Why Amazon
5The Jordaniares Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho The Jordaniares Gospel Amazon
6Washboard Rhythm Kings, Washboard Rhythm Band Shoutin' in the Amen Corner All Time Jazz: Washboard Rhythm Kings Amazon
7Abraham Alexander Amen SEA/SONS Amazon
8Colleen Kattau Amen to the Freedom Rides Besos Kisses Amazon
9Johnny Cash Amen [Album Version] Orange Blossom Special Amazon
10Drive-By Truckers Thoughts and Prayers (Radio Edit) The Unraveling Amazon
11Judy Collins Amazing Grace Forever: [Disc 2] Amazon
12Sonny Treadway Amazing Grace Sacred Steel Guitar Amazon
13The Zion Travelers Milky White Way This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982 Amazon
14Elvis Presley Milky White Way His Hand in Mine Amazon
15Elvis Presley Working on the Building He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1 Amazon
16The Blue Sky Boys The Lord Be With Us, Amen Classic Country Remastered CD E Amazon
17Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite When I Go No Mercy In This Land Amazon
18Elder Charles Beck Didn't It Rain Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats Amazon
19Mahalia Jackson Didn't It Rain 16 Most Requested Songs Amazon
20Fern Jones I Do Believe The Glory Road Amazon
21Amy Helm Ain't That Good News Didn't It Rain Amazon
22Rounders Power In The Blood Around With The Gospel Amazon
23Paul Newman Plastic Jesus Cool Hand Luke Amazon
24Tia Blake Plastic Jesus Folksongs & Ballads Amazon
25Paul Thorn Soon I Will Be Done Don't Let The Devil Ride Amazon
26Tom Waits The Soul Of A Man God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
27Harrod's Jubilee Singers Joshua Fought The Battle Of Jericho (Pm 12116, 12116B) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927) Amazon
28Josh White Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (mono) The Elektra Years – disc 1 Amazon
29The Golden Gate Quartet Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho Vol. 5 (1945-1949) Amazon
30Angelic Gospel Singers and Dixie Hummingbirds One Day Gospel Music Amazon
31The Zion Harmonizers Old Time Religion Ultimate Gospel Fest Amazon
32The Soul Stirrers Wade In The Water Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story: 1959 – 1965 [Disc 1] Amazon

Deeper Roots of Rock

Deeper Roots means just that…and this week we’re spinning some blues, gospel, r&b, and swing … all music that introduced the rhythm that would become known as rock ‘n roll. We’ll go as far back as the late 1930s with Joe Turner and Pete Johnson and make the picaresque journey across the alleys, juke joints, and house parties where tradition and urban electric blues became the foundation of a sound. We’ll share blues from Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker and a handful of others. Also on tap, Goree Carter, Sticks McGhee, Amos Milburn and Julia Lee with some rhythm and blues and jump whose beat and attitude would influence many a rock ‘n roll musician and songwriter. Also on board: Hadda Brooks, Ray Charles, Louis Jordan and Tiny Bradshaw. Don’t miss a wailin’, rockin’ morning here on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Big Joe Turner Roll 'em Pete Malcolm X: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Amazon
2Champion Jack Dupree Junker's Blues Junker's Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.59) Amazon
3Joe Liggins The Honeydripper Part 1 The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 3] Amazon
4Sister Rosetta Tharpe Strange Things Happening Every Day Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of Amazon
5Charles Brown Driftin' Blues Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him Amazon
6Hadda Brooks Swingin' The Boogie I've Got News For You [Disc 2] Amazon
7The Ravens Write Me A Letter Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
8T-Bone Walker Call It Stormy Monday Raw Blues Amazon
9Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends Snatch It And Grab It Kuties And Krooners Amazon
10Roy Brown Good Rockin' Tonight Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1 Amazon
11John Lee Hooker Boogie Chillen The Definitive Collection Amazon
12Amos Milburn Chicken Shack Boogie Devil in a Blue Dress Amazon
13Goree Carter & His Hepcats Rock Awhile Electric BluesPart 1: Beginnings 1939-1954 Amazon
14Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup My Baby Left Me [Remastered 2002] That's All Right (When the Sun Goes Down series) Amazon
15Percy Mayfield Please Send Me Someone To Love Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues Amazon
16Tiny Bradshaw The Train Kept a-Rollin' Breaking Up the House [Disc 2] Amazon
17Sticks McGhee Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-o-Dee The Atlantic Story [UK] Amazon
18Lloyd Price Lawdy Miss Clawdy Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1] Amazon
19Little Junior Parker Mystery Train MOJO: Rock! Rock! Rock! Amazon
20Jimmy Liggins And His Drops Of Joy Drunk Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
21Muddy Waters Got My Mojo Workin Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 1] Amazon
22Little Walter My Babe Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1] Amazon
23Sonny Boy Williamson II Don't Start Me Talkin' Blues Masters, Vol. 2: Postwar Chicago Blues Amazon
24Howlin' Wolf Smokestack Lightnin' Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 7] Amazon
25Louis Jordan Caldonia Number Ones Amazon
26John Lee Hooker Dimples The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 1] Amazon
27Slim Harpo I Got Love If You Want It Roll Your Moneymaker Amazon
28Lazy Lester I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
29Ray Charles Night Time Is the Right Time Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1 Amazon
30Bo Diddley Say Man 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley Amazon
31Billy Boy Arnold I Ain't Got You Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 2] Amazon
32Sonny Boy Williamson Good Morning Little Schoolgirl The History of Rhythm & Blues 1925-1942 Amazon

Twist & Shout

A little bit of twisting and a little bit of shouting…as well as some gospel rhythms, hand clapping, and some back beat rhythms from the gulf and whole lot more. This week’s show will be a free form extravaganza which means there’s a bright day ahead, as always. My springboard was an afternoon’s listen to the music of David Lindley who, in addition to being a fine musician, he had extraordinary taste in music. We’ll hear some gospel tracks from Sister Marie Knight and the Reverend James Cleveland, classic funk and soul from The Temptations, Billy Butler and The Isleys. We’ll also spinning up some Wild Tchoupitoulas, Otis Rush and be featuring some three-time track samples and a brand new track from the 30th anniversary release of John Prine’s Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings, slated for release in early September. There’s a whole lot more to share with everyone out there so it’s a good morning to drop in and here a Twist and Shout sample from Top Note going back to 1961…oh yes, as well as a couple David Lindley tracks.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Three Times Seven Dance Ranch Amazon
2Dave Edmunds Three Time Loser Twangin' Amazon
3Corey Glover Three Time Loser Back To The Streets – Celebrating The Music Of Don Covay Amazon
4Otis Rush Three Times a Fool Essential Collection: The Classic Cobra Recordings 1956-1958 Amazon
5Robert Gordon Three Alley Cats (feat. Dave Alvin ) Rockabilly for Life Amazon
6Chris Bouchillon I've Been Married Three Times 1925-1928 (Warped 2690F) Amazon
7David Lindley & El Rayo-X I Just Can't Work No Longer Very Greasy Amazon
8Billy Butler & The Enchanters I Can't Work No Longer Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2 Amazon
9Top Note Twist And Shout Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival Amazon
10The Isley Brothers Twist And Shout Grandson Of Frat Rock! Vol. 3 Amazon
11The Temptations Don't Look Back The Temptations [Disc 1] Amazon
12John Lee Hooker Don't Look Back The Best Of Friends Amazon
13John Prine Hey Ah Nothin' Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) Amazon
14John Prine Lake Marie Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings Amazon
15The Righteous Brothers Something's Got A Hold On Me The Moonglow Years Amazon
16Reverend James Cleveland Something Got A Hold On Me I Walk With God Amazon
17Johnny Cash Unclouded Day Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South Amazon
18Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Anita Kerr Singers There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
19Laurie London The Gospel Train Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando Amazon
20Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio Trouble In Mind Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
21David Lindley and Wally Ingram Oh Death Twango Bango II Amazon
22David Lindley and Wally Ingram Shame And Scandal In The Family Twango Bango III Amazon
23Odetta Shame And Scandal Sings Ballads And Blues Amazon
24Waylon Jennings Jole Blon Nashville Rebel (1958-1969) Amazon
25Gary U.S. Bonds Jole Blon The Best of Gary U.S. Bonds Amazon
26Wild Tchoupitoulas Brother John Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]] Amazon
27John Sebastian Minglewood Blues Chasin' Gus' Ghost Amazon
28Grateful Dead Dire Wolf Workingman's Dead Amazon
29Fats Domino Shurah A Lot Of Dominos Amazon

Sun Shadows: The Untold Tracks

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

Killer Diller Blues

Join Dave Stroud for another encore edition of Deeper Roots: A Century of America’s Music. With vacation from the show in full swing, he’s taken the time to fill the airwaves with a free form blend of blues, hot rod rock, early century pop, gospel, soul and more. There will be some killer diller Memphis Minnie blues, some pop melodies from Annette Hanshaw and Mae West, gospel from the Blind Boys of Alabama and Sam Cooke…and some sweet soul vocals from The Ravens and Barbara Lewis. You won’t go wrong on a Friday morning in West County. Tune in on your favorite streaming service or the Radio Rethink app…all free for your ears. 

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Barbara Lewis Make Me Your Baby Hello Stranger: The Best of Barbara Lewis Amazon
2The Ravens My Baby's Gone OKeh Rhythm & Blues Amazon
3Smiley Lewis I Hear You Knocking I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3 Amazon
4Kay Starr Kay's Lament Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
5Kay Starr Night Train Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females Amazon
6The Blind Boys Of Alabama Free At Last Down In New Orleans Amazon
7The Edwin Hawkins Singers Oh Happy Day Oh Happy Day: The Best Of The Edwin Hawkins Singers Amazon
8Sam Cooke Mean Old World Night Beat Amazon
9The Golden Gate Quartet Dipsy Doodle Negro Spirituals, Vol. 1 Amazon
10Alabama Shakes Killer Diller Blues American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 1] Amazon
11Jimmy Liggins Cadillac Boogie Jump, Jive & Swing Amazon
12Trailer Hot Rods to Hell So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 3 Amazon
13Eddie Cochran C'mon Everybody Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1] Amazon
14Bea Baker & Maurice King & His Wolverines I Want a Lavender Cadillac So-Cal Speed Shop's Hot Rod Classics Disc 4 Amazon
15Mink Deville Spanish Stroll The Mink De Ville Collection Amazon
16Dave Alvin & the Guilty Men What Does the Deep Sea Say? Public Domain: Songs from the Wild Land Amazon
17Mae West Mister Deep Blue Sea The Mae West Collection Amazon
18Annette Hanshaw Moanin' Low Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999) Amazon
19David Johansen Deep Blue Sea Shaker Amazon
20Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea One Hour Mama Amazon
21Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea Vintage Collections Amazon
22Reckless Kelly & Joe Ely Rider in the Rain Sail Away: The Songs Of Randy Newman Amazon
23Barbara Lewis Hello Stranger MaltShop Memories Save the Last Dance for M Amazon
24John Prine Come Back to Us Barbara Lewis Hare Krishna Beauregard Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1 Amazon
25Bob Hope, Bing Crosby Nothing in Common Best of Bob Hope – Capitol Records Amazon
26The Boswell Sisters That's How Rhythm Was Born Music From The Motion Picture – The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button Amazon
27Tommy And Jimmy Dorsey Rhythm Saved The World The Gems Of Jazz Amazon
28Louis Armstrong Rhythm Saved The World Rhythm Saved The World Amazon
29Ethel Smith Tico Tico Tico Tico – 28 Original Mono Recordings 1944-1952 Amazon
30The Happenings I Got Rhythm The Best Of The Happenings Amazon
31The Americans Sail Away Ladies American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2] Amazon
32The Louvin Brothers You'll Meet Him In The Clouds Close Harmony [Disc 6] Amazon
33Polly Possum And Joe Wolverton With The Dog Patch Boys Don't Talk To Me About Men The World Is A Monster Amazon

Juke Box Blues

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 Buy
1Bob King Rockin' The Jukebox Rockin' The Jukebox Amazon
2Jimmy Donley Radio, Jukebox And T.V. The Precious Years Amazon
3The Marigolds Juke Box Rock & Roll The Johnny Bragg Story Amazon
4Shirley & Lee Somebody Put A Jukebox In The Study Hall Shirley & Lee Rock Amazon
5Katy Moffatt Stoned At The Jukebox A Collection Of Drinking Songs Amazon
6Gale Storm Love By The Jukebox Light Dark Moon * The Best Of Gale Storm Amazon
7Roy Orbison Here Comes That Song Again Three Classic Albums+Singles and Sessions 1956-1962 [Disc 2] Amazon
8Teresa Brewer Music! Music! Music! Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2) Amazon
9Perry Como Juke Box Baby Kuties And Krooners Amazon
10The Mills Brothers I Gotta Have My Baby Back(E. Fitzgerald) The Mills Brothers Golden G'ts(3) Amazon
11Jerry Lee Lewis High School Confidential The Definitive Collection Amazon
12Little Richard All Around The World The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection Amazon
13Bill Haley (We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (3): Rock Around the Clock Amazon
14Chuck Berry Roll Over Beethoven Johnny B. Goode-His Complete 50's Chess Recordings Amazon
15Chuck Berry School Days The Chess Box Disc 1 Amazon
16James Mask & His Impalas Let The Juke Box Die Bandera Rockabilly And Country Roots Amazon
17BR5-49 A1 On The Jukebox Dog Days Amazon
18Buck Owens Put A Quarter In The Jukebox Hot Dog Amazon
19Buck Owens A-11 The Buck Owens Collection (1959-1990) [Disc 1] Amazon
20Joshua Hedley Mr. Jukebox Mr. Jukebox Amazon
21Ernest Tubb Mr. Jukebox Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2 Amazon
22James Hand In the Corner, at the Table, By the Jukebox The Truth Will Set You Free Amazon
23George Kent Hello, I'm A Jukebox The Beginning Of The End – The Existential Psychodrama In Country Music (1956-1972) Amazon
24Mel Tillis Jukebox Man (Single Version) The Best of Mel Tillis Amazon
25Tammy Wynette Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad Classic Country Vol. 15 The Sixties Legends Disc 1 Amazon
26Becky Hobbs Jones On the Jukebox Best of the Beckaroo – Part One Amazon
27June Carter Cash Juke Box Blues Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1 Amazon
28Emmylou Harris Amarillo Elite Hotel [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
29Charley Crockett Jukebox Charley Lil G.L. Presents: Jukebox Charley Amazon
30Pee Wee King Juke Box Blues Rompin' Stompin' Singin' Swingin' Amazon
31Anita Carter That's What Makes the Juke Box Play 1950-1955 (Warped 5051) Amazon
32Glenn Miller & His Orchestra Juke Box Saturday Night The Centennial Collection Disc 1 Amazon
33Bill Haley with the Saddlemen Jukebox Cannonball From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (2): Rock the Joint Amazon
34Luke Wills Rhythm Busters A Nickel In The Jukebox Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon

Crime Does Not Pay

Tune in this week for crimes, misdemeanors and general lawlessness as we lean on a theme that explores music that explores one hundred years of crime in different form. We’ll also ask law enforcement to step in as needed with pursuits, chain gangs, and K9 units. From Elmer Bernstein to The Crickets, Mel Tillis to The Byrds, and Bo Diddley, Red River Dave, and blues from Robert Wilkins as our show reminds listeners that Crime Doesn’t Pay…unless you’ve already got the cheese or you’re on the grift with the government behind you. Join our listening audience for the best roots radio show you’ll find here in the North Bay. We’ll make sure this week’s show covers the theme with tracks and treasures, classic influences and much more. So, whether you’re tuning in from a big city street or a quiet back road, settle in, turn it up, and let the stories music take you there. It’s another week of Deeper Roots on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Tex Morton Crime Does Not Pay The Great Vintage Country Amazon
2Delmore Brothers Fugitive's Lament Brown's Ferry Blues Amazon
3Robert Wilkins Police Sergeant Blues Memphis Blues, 1928-1935 Amazon
4Joe Smith Kidnapping is a Terrible Crime Lead Kindly Light Amazon
5Jimmie Driftwood Jesse James Americana, Vol. 2 Amazon
6The Byrds Pretty Boy Floyd Sweetheart of the Rodeo Amazon
7Merle Haggard And The Strangers The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde (2006 Digital Remaster) Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard Amazon
8Sons of the Pioneers Outlaw (1952) Wagons West (CD4) Amazon
9Andy Griffith Police Department Blues Rocks, Blues & Old Timey Songs Amazon
10James Talley Are They Gonna Make Us Outlaws Again? Tryin' Like The Devil Amazon
11Merle Haggard I'm A Lonesome Fugitive Capitol Collector's Series Amazon
12Tom T. Hall A Week In A Country Jail Classic Country Vol. 15 The Sixties Legends Disc 1 Amazon
13Peter Rowan & Nashville Bluegrass Band Jailer Jailer Legacy Amazon
14Ray Llewelyn Highway Patrol Television's Greatest Hits Volume 4 Amazon
15Junior Brown Highway Patrol Junior High Amazon
16The Crickets I Fought the Law Rockin' Originals: Original Versions of Famous Songs Amazon
17Helen Grayco Lilly's Lament (Cell 29) Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars Amazon
18Tom Edwards Cook County Jail Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 2 Amazon
19Red River Dave California Hippie Murders Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
20Johnny Rebb And His Rebels Hey Sheriff Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars Amazon
21Jimmy Young Chain Gang Destination Jail: 31 Prison Songs From Behind The Bars Amazon
22Bo Diddley Cops And Robbers Have Guitar Will Travel Amazon
23Ray Anthony & His Orchestra Dragnet TV Land presents Favorite TV Theme Songs Amazon
24Elmer Bernstein Staccato's Theme Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene Amazon
25Russ Tamblin & The Jets Gee, Officer Krupke West Side Story Amazon
26Freddie 'Bama Boy' Hall & His Gadsden Band This Crooked World Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3] Amazon
27Eddie Cole & The Three Peppers Police Katanga! Ahbe Casabe: Exotic Blues & Rhythm VOL. 1 & 2 Amazon
28Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra Call The Police Jumpin' With the Big Swing Bands Amazon
29Fats Waller & His Rhythm Twenty-Four Robbers 100 Ans De Jazz Amazon
30Wayne Hancock Johnny Law Swing Time Amazon
31Randy Newman Jolly Coppers on Parade Lonely at the Top: The Best of Randy Newman Amazon