Category Archives: Deeper Roots on KOWS

One Thing Leads to Another

October 24, 2026 Dave Leave a comment

Ever notice how one conversation can take you somewhere you never expected? Music works the same way. This week on Deeper Roots, we’re following a trail of musical connections where every song has something in common with the one before it. A shared lyric, a songwriter, a place, a name, or just an unexpected twist that takes us down another road. We’ll wander from the soulful sounds of The Undisputed Truth and Laura Nyro to the country storytelling of Merle Haggard, the sharp wit of Randy Newman, and the haunting Americana of The Handsome Family. Along the way, expect a few surprises, forgotten gems, and musical detours spanning generations. It’s a two-hour game of musical connect-the-dots, with no telling where the next tune might take us. Join us Friday at 9 AM Pacific for Deeper Roots on KOWS 92.5 FM or streaming at kowsfm.com/listen.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	The Undisputed Truth	I Heard It Through The Grapevine	Milestones: The Best Of The Undisputed Truth	1995	00:00
2	Laura Nyro	Sweet Blindness	Time And Love: The Essential Masters	1968	05:29
3	The 5th Dimension	Stoned Soul Picnic	Greatest Hits on Earth	1972	08:03
4	The Isley Brothers	Harvest For The World	The Essential Isley Brothers [Disc 1]	1976	11:24
5	The Staple Singers	When Will We Be Paid	The Complete Stax/Volt Soul Singles Vol. 2: 1968-1971 [Disc 4]	1969	15:15
6	The O'Jays	For The Love Of Money	Funk Explosion	2004	17:44
7	Randy Newman	It's Money That Matters	Land of Dreams	1988	27:09
8	Aaron Neville	Louisiana 1927	Warm Your Heart	1991	31:02
9	Aaron Neville	Tell It Like It Is	Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans	1966	33:57
10	Bobbie Gentry	Mississippi Delta	Ode To Bobbie Gentry: The Capitol Years	1967	36:29
11	Bobbie Gentry	Fancy	Ode To Bobbie Gentry: The Capitol Years	1970	43:27
12	Eilen Jewell	Queen Of The Minor Key	Signature Sampler 2011	2011	47:36
13	Roy Rogers	Little Queen Bee	Split Decision	2009	49:38
14	Connie Smith	I'll Come Running	The Essential Connie Smith	1967	52:50
15	Merle Haggard	Runnin' Kind	Singles	1977	54:53
16	Emmylou Harris; Rodney Crowell	You're Running Wild	Elite Hotel [Bonus Tracks]	0	1:02:30
17	Emmylou Harris	Boulder To Birmingham	Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2]	2019	1:04:09
18	Bonnie Raitt And John Prine	Angel From Montgomery	Coal Country Music	1985	1:07:36
19	Bonnie Raitt	Nick Of Time	Bonnie Raitt: Opus Collection	2011	1:12:13
20	The Jayhawks	Blue	Tomorrow The Green Grass	1995	1:18:17
21	Joni Mitchell	River	Hits	1996	1:21:20
22	Odetta	Water Boy	7 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Radio Tracks	1959	1:25:14
23	Sam Cooke	Chain Gang	Greatest Hits	1998	1:28:49
24	Aretha Franklin	Chain of Fools	Lady Soul [Atlantic/Rhino]	1967	1:31:25
25	John Mellencamp	Small Town	Scarecrow	1985	1:35:44
26	Bobby Charles	Small Town Talk (single version)	Bobby Charles	2011	1:39:22
27	John Prine With Dolores Keane	In A Town This Size	In Spite Of Ourselves	1999	1:42:42
28	Glen Campbell	Galveston	Singers And Songwriters: 1969-1972 [Disc 1]	1969	1:46:08
29	The Handsome Family	Far From Any Road	Top 15 Albums of 2003	2003	1:53:06
30	Sam Cooke	A Change Is Gonna Come	Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964	1964	1:55:50

Deeper Soul Roots Pt 2

October 17, 2026 Dave Leave a comment

Last week on Deeper Roots, we went searching for the ancestry of soul music, following its trail through gospel quartets, blues shouters, rhythm & blues and the vocal traditions that supplied its language and emotional fire. This week, we continue, crossing into the late 1950s and early ’60s when those ingredients began coming together as a music increasingly recognized as soul. These are the performers who grew from that fertile ground—and the records where you can hear the transformation taking place. We’ll dig beneath many of the obvious hits for early sides from Sam Cooke, Bobby Bland, James Brown, Solomon Burke, Jerry Butler, and others while, at the same time, exploring the emerging sounds of Chicago, Detroit, Memphis and beyond. Gospel’s testimony is still there, as are the blues and rhythm & blues, but something new is taking shape. By the time we reach the early ’60s, we’re no longer listening for the roots of soul. We’ll be hearing from the soul itself.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Ray Charles	I Got A Woman	Atlantic Rock & Roll	1957	00:00
2	Jerry Butler & The Impressions	For Your Precious Love	The Soul Story Vol. 2	2006	05:24
3	Jackie Wilson	I'm Wanderin'	7 Classic Albums	1959	08:05
4	Sam Cooke	That's All I Need To Know	Their Greatest Misses	1956	10:43
5	James Brown	Try Me	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best of James Brown	1959	13:01
6	Little Willie John	Let Them Talk	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960	1960	15:30
7	Bobby Bland	I'll Take Care of You	Two Steps From the Blues	2001	18:04
8	The Falcons	You're So Fine	Stampede! The United Artists Story	1959	25:11
9	Ray Charles	Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'	Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) (6 of 8)	1959	27:34
10	Dinah Washington	This Bitter Earth	First Issue: The Dinah Washington Story [Disc 2]	1959	31:13
11	Etta James	All I Could Do Is Cry	Enduring Soul	1960	33:38
12	Jerry Butler	He Will Break Your Heart	Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Something?s Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1]	1960	36:29
13	James Brown	I'll Go Crazy	Gold Disc 1	2007	39:12
14	Maxine Brown	All In My Mind	Birth Of Soul: 2	1961	47:02
15	Carla Thomas	Gee Whiz (Look At His Eyes)	American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961	1961	49:24
16	The Miracles	Who's Lovin' You	The 35th Anniversary Collection	1960	51:42
17	Sam Cooke	That's It I Quit I'm Movin' On	Greatest Hits	1998	54:42
18	Solomon Burke	Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)	Smooth Grooves: The '60s Vol. 1: Early '60s	1997	57:16
19	William Bell	You Don't Miss Your Water	Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1]	1962	1:00:16
20	Arthur Alexander	You Better Move On	The Greatest Hits	1962	1:06:58
21	The Impressions	Gypsy Woman	Birth Of Soul: 1	1961	1:09:32
22	Gladys Knight & The Pips	Every Beat of My Heart	Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Something?s Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1]	1961	1:11:47
23	The Ikettes	I'm Blue	Poison Ivy – Gems from the Atco Vaults 1959-1962	1961	1:13:46
24	Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford	I Need Your Loving	Pure R&B: Vol. 4- What?d I Say [Disc 1]	1962	1:16:10
25	The Falcons	I Found a Love	Smooth Grooves: The '60s Vol. 1: Early '60s	1997	1:18:58
26	Solomon Burke	Cry To Me	Very Best of Solomon Burke (Reis)	2009	1:21:53
27	Bobby 'Blue' Bland	Yield Not To Temptation	The Definitive Collection	2007	1:28:07
28	Otis Redding	These Arms Of Mine	Pain In My Heart	1964	1:30:37
29	Mary Wells	Two Lovers	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)	1962	1:32:57
30	Gene Chandler	Rainbow	The Vee-Jay Story [Disc 3]	1963	1:35:39
31	Barbara Lewis	Hello Stranger	Hello Stranger: The Best of Barbara Lewis	1994	1:37:56
32	Doris Troy	Just One Look	Early Girls – vol 5	0	1:40:35
33	Wilson Pickett	If You Need Me	Smooth Grooves: The '60s Vol. 2: Mid-'60s	1997	1:43:01
34	Billy Butler & The Four Enchanters	Found True Love	Street Corner Symphonies Vol. 15 1963	2013	1:45:32
35	The Five Du-Tones	Shake A Tail Feather	Street Corner Symphonies Vol. 15 1963	2013	1:47:57
36	The Impressions	It's All Right	Something to Believe In	0	1:55:17

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Deeper Soul Roots Pt 1

October 10, 2026 Dave Leave a comment

Soul music didn’t suddenly appear in the 1960s. Its roots were a product of decades in church pews, blues clubs, juke joints and beyond. This week, Deeper Roots begins a special two-part journey excavating the familiar classics to explore the fertile ground from which soul music grew. In this first of two episodes, we’ll hear the gospel quartets, blues shouters, rhythm & blues singers and vocal groups who provided the language: call and response, soaring falsettos, sanctified piano, hard backbeats and a delivery that could turn a song into testimony. From The Soul Stirrers, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and the Five Blind Boys to the 5 Royales, Clyde McPhatter, and Little Willie John we’ll help connect the dots. These are the sounds where Saturday night meets Sunday morning—and of gospel fervor, blues feeling and rhythm & blues, all coming together to lay the foundation for something new. Next week, we’ll follow those roots into the first flowering of soul itself.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Strange Things Happening Every Day	Electric Blues?Part 1: Beginnings 1939-1954	1944	00:00
2	The Pilgrim Travelers	Jesus Met the Woman at the Well	Good News Vol. 4: Glory Glory Hallelujah	1949	05:35
3	Original Five Blind Boys (Jackson Harmoneers)	Our Father	Testify! The Gospel Box	1950	08:00
4	Brother Joe May	Search Me Lord	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances Vol. 1: Black Gospel	1949	10:50
5	The Soul Stirrers	Jesus Gave Me Water	Jesus Rocked The Jukebox: Small Group Black Gospel (1951-1965)	1951	13:47
6	Swan Silvertones	Trouble In My Way	Gospel Music	2006	16:14
7	Julius 'June' Cheeks & The Sensational Nightingales	Burying Ground	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958	1956	18:45
8	Dorothy Love Coates	That's Enough	The Best Of Dorothy Love Coates And The Original Gospel Harmonettes	1990	27:03
9	The Davis Sisters	Twelve Gates	Precious Memories	1997	29:34
10	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Christian's Automobile	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie Hummingbirds	1957	32:24
11	The Caravans	The Solid Rock	Golden Gospel Gals 1949-1959 [Disc 3]	1955	34:35
12	Staple Singers	Uncloudy Day	Testify! The Gospel Box	1956	37:07
13	The Royal Sons	Bedside of a Neighbor	The Complete Singles 1952-1962	1952	44:44
14	The 5 Royales	Baby Don't Do It	The Complete Singles 1952-1962	1952	47:06
15	Billy Ward & the Dominoes	Have Mercy Baby	Doo Wop Box Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 1	1952	49:49
16	Faye Adams	Shake A Hand	Watch The Closing Doors – A History Of New Yorks Musical Melting Pot Vol 1 1945-59 (CD 1)	2011	52:07
17	Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters	Such a Night	Atlantic Rock & Roll	1954	54:59
18	Roy Hamilton	You'll Never Walk Alone	Anthology 1	0	57:26
19	Nappy Brown	Don't Be Angry	Don't Be Angry	1993	1:04:14
20	Little Willie John	Need Your Love So Bad	This Is Charly R&B	0	1:06:34
21	Johnny Ace	Pledging My Love	Memorial Album	1973	1:08:45
22	Lula Reed	I'll Drown In My Own Tears	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2	1951	1:10:54
23	Big Maybelle	Ocean Of Tears	The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55	1955	1:13:43
24	Wynona Carr	Should I Ever Love Again	Girl Power Vol. 6	1956	1:16:11
25	Roy Brown & His Mighty Mighty Men	Hard Luck Blues	Original Blues/Greatest Hits	1950	1:18:46
26	Amos Milburn	Let's Have A Party	Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn	2010	1:25:55
27	Guitar Slim and His Band	The Things That I Used To Do	Plug It In! Turn It Up! – Teil 1: Die Anf„nge 1939 – 1954	1953	1:28:19
28	Earl King	Those Lonely Lonely Nights	Space Guitar	2006	1:31:17
29	Smiley Lewis	I Hear You Knocking	Pure R&B: Vol. 3- Let the Good Times Roll [Disc 1]	1955	1:34:06
30	Rosco Gordon	Just A Little Bit	Living The Blues: Blues Classics 1960-1964	1960	1:39:10
31	Bobby 'Blue' Bland	You've Got Bad Intentions	ABC Of The Blues Vol 3	2010	1:41:12
32	Ann Cole	Got My Mojo Workin	Roll Your Moneymaker	0	1:43:39
33	LaVern Baker	Soul on Fire	Rock & Roll	1957	1:46:11
34	Ruth Brown & Her Rhythmakers	I Want To Do More	Blowing The Fuse: 1956	1956	1:52:36
35	Ray Charles	Rock House Pts. 1&2	The Birth of Soul	1959	1:55:22

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Under Western Stars

October 3, 2026 Dave Leave a comment

Saddle up, but don’t expect the usual Hollywood version of the American West. We’re heading beyond the familiar standards to explore songs, stories and voices that grew out of bunkhouses, chuck wagons and wide-open country, reaching back nearly a century for early cowboy recordings, among them Carl T. Sprague, Billie Maxwell, Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock and Jess Morris. Tales where ornery horses, stampeding cattle, lousy wages, worse cooking and lonely nights on the trail were simply part of the job. Along the way we’ll discover a West far more diverse than the one portrayed on the silver screen, with music touching on Black cowboys, Mexican and California traditions, ranch hands, buffalo hunters, outlaws and gunfighters. We’ll then follow those old trails forward and into the hands of later storytellers including Ian Tyson, Dom Flemons, and Colter Wall. Somewhere between history and mythology lies the West that survives in these songs — sometimes romantic, sometimes brutal.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	The Johnson Sisters	Ridin' Down The Trail	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs of the West	1939	00:00
2	Carl T. Sprague	Following The Cowtrail	Cowtrails Longhorns and Tight Saddles	1926	02:48
3	Harry 'Haywire Mac' McClintock	Utah Carrol	Haywire Mac	1950	05:52
4	Joan O'Bryant	Zebra Dun	Classic American Ballads From Smithsonian Folkways	1957	07:20
5	Powder River Jack & Kitty Lee	Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots	1930	09:43
6	Billie Maxwell	Haunted Hunter	When I Was A Cowboy: Early American Songs Of The West Classic Recordings From The 1920's & 30's. Vol. 1	1939	16:09
7	Cartwright Brothers	Texas Ranger	The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of	2012	19:18
8	Girls Of The Golden West	My Love Is A Rider (Bucking Bronco)	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots	1934	22:28
9	Jess Morris	Goodbye Old Paint	Cowboy songs ballads and cattle calls from Texas	0	24:59
10	Johnny Prude	The Dying Ranger	Cowboy songs ballads and cattle calls from Texas	0	26:23
11	Slim Critchlow	Forty A Month And Found	Cowboy Songs The Crooked Trail To Holbrook	2009	33:03
12	Andy Hedges Pipp Gillette	Punchin' the Dough (Feat. Pipp Gillette)	Roll On Cowboys	2023	34:58
13	Harry Jackson	The Pot Wrassler	The Cowboy: His Songs Ballads and Brag Talk	1959	39:05
14	Dave Fredrickson	Cowboy's Life is a Very Dreary Life	Songs of the Wesst	1961	40:46
15	Lead Belly	Out on the Western Plains	Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection	1943	41:44
16	Dom Flemons	Steel Pony Blues	Black Cowboys	2018	45:54
17	Don Edwards	The Master's Call	Best of Don Edwards	0	50:24
18	Ian Tyson	The Gift	All The Good 'uns	1996	53:45
19	Michael Martin Murphey	Cowboy Logic	Cowboy Songs	1990	57:52
20	Sons Of The San Joaquin	The Ballad of Joaquin Murrieta	Way out Yonder	2005	1:01:45
21	Dave Stamey	The Skies Of Lincoln County	If I Had A Horse	2007	1:10:07
22	Brenn Hill	Call You Cowboy	Rangefire	1997	1:15:17
23	Corb Lund	S Lazy H	Things That Can't Be Undone	2015	1:19:10
24	Colter Wall	Cowpoke	Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs	2020	1:24:29
25	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	Diamond Joe	The Long Ride	1999	1:27:33
26	Marty Robbins	They're Hanging Me Tonight	Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs	1959	1:33:28
27	Johnny Cash	Sam Hall	Sings The Ballads Of The True West	1965	1:36:29
28	Woody Guthrie	Buffalo Skinners (traditional arr. Woody Guthrie)	Woody at 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection [Disc 2]	1945	1:39:40
29	Guy Clark	The Last Gunfighter Ballad	The Essential Guy Clark	1976	1:42:54
30	Mary McCaslin	Prairie In The Sky	Prairie In The Sky (Reissued 2015)	1975	1:45:41
31	Rosalie Sorrels	Empty Coats In The Bunkhouse Tonight	Folk Songs Of Idaho And Utah (Vinyl)	1961	1:54:21
32	Peter Rowan And Don Edwards	Trail To Mexico	High Lonesome Cowboy	2002	1:56:32

Island Of Dreams

September 27, 2026 Dave Leave a comment

No particular destination this week, although we’ll begin on an Island of Dreams. Deeper Roots is going free form once again, rummaging around in the dusty digital archives and following the music wherever it happens to lead us. We’ll start things off with a decidedly British flavor, with Nick Lowe, Martin Belmont & Geraint Watkins, Mickey Jupp and Dave Edmunds before crossing a few oceans, decades and musical boundaries. Along the way we’ll hear vintage country from Johnnie & Jack, Ernest Tubb and Faron Young and some newer music from Charley Crockett and Brandon Flowers. And because the blues are never very far from the heart of Deeper Roots, we’ll spend some time a roster of some of the greats as well as vocal sounds from the likes of the Donays and Cookie & The Cupcakes. It’s another musical road trip with no map and no particular reason to hurry. Join Dave Stroud for Island of Dreams, Friday morning at 9 Pacific on KOWS 92.5 FM in West Sonoma County—and streaming everywhere else on the planet.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Nick Lowe	Jet Pac Boomerang	Indoor Safari	2024	00:00
2	Martin Belmont & Geraint Watkins	Island of Dreams	The Guest List	2009	05:43
3	The Springfields	Island Of Dreams	Simply ? Dusty [Disc 1]	1962	09:33
4	Geraint Watkins	It's a Wonderful Life	Watkins Bold as Love	1997	12:07
5	Mickey Jupp	You'll Never Get Me Up In One of Those	The Stiff Singles (Vol.1)	2005	15:04
6	Dave Edmunds	Worn Out Suits Brand New Pockets	Get It	1977	18:13
7	The Andrews Sisters	Money is The Root of All Evil	Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 2]	1945	20:32
8	Johnnie and Jack	Love in the First Degree	1947-1950 (Warped 4720)	2010	29:37
9	Leon Redbone	Desert Blues (Big Chief Buffalo Nickel)	On The Track	1975	32:16
10	Ernest Tubb	Sad Songs and Waltzes	Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2	1999	35:57
11	k.d. lang & the Reclines	Three Days	Absolute Torch and Twang	1989	38:34
12	Charley Crockett	Bad Company	Can't Get Enough: A Tribute To Bad Company	2025	41:42
13	Jack Clement	The Spell Of The Freight Train	For Once And For All	2014	45:11
14	Merle Haggard	Sin City Blues	1996	1996	53:31
15	Doug Sahm	Home At Last	The Last Real Texas Blues Band Feat. Doug Sahm	1994	55:58
16	Faron Young	Country Girl	30 Years Of No. 1 Country Hits 2/4	0	1:00:22
17	George Morgan	Country Boy – City Girl	Warped 6365 – George Morgan – 1963 – 1964	2010	1:02:53
18	Brandon Flowers	Tiger's Blood	Thrasher	2026	1:05:46
19	Joe Liggins	Freight Train Blues	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers	1952	1:14:39
20	The Treniers	Long Distance Blues	Talking On The Telephone Vol.1 – Blues R&B And Gospel	1951	1:17:22
21	Muddy Waters	Young Fashioned Ways	The Anthology [Disc 1]	1955	1:20:30
22	B.B. King	Walkin' Dr Bill (ala Gotta Find My Baby)	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 2 [[Disc 1]]	1960	1:23:27
23	Lightnin' Hopkins	Baby Don't You Tear My Clothes	The Complete Prestige-Bluesville Recordings [Disc 2]	1961	1:27:04
24	The Donays	Devil In His Heart	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1]	1962	1:33:24
25	Marc Benno	Speak Your Mind	Minnows (Vinyl)	1971	1:35:54
26	Berna Dean	I Walk In My Sleep	Theme Time Radio Hour with Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 2]	1961	1:40:35
27	Cookie & The Cupcakes	I Cried	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio Theme Time Radio Hour	1954	1:43:46
28	The Prisonaires	Just Walking In The Rain	The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2	1953	1:46:07
29	Billy Bunn & His Buddies	That's When Your Heartaches Begin	Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio Theme Time Radio Hour Vol. 1	1952	1:52:06
30	Alphabetical Four	When the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time	Complete Recorded Works 1938-1943	1938	1:54:36
31	Dean Martin	Night Train To Memphis	The Capitol Years	1951	1:57:07

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Stories and ‘Stretchers’

September 19, 2026 Dave Leave a comment

Everybody loves a good story…and this week on Deeper Roots we’ll be spinning a few of them. Tall tales, fables, murder ballads, historical yarns, talking blues and outright stretchers are all part of the American musical tradition, and we’ll be digging into that tradition this Friday morning. Our stories come mostly from the years between 1925 and 1960, when an old tale might travel from a front porch to a 78, from a newspaper headline to a country ballad, or get passed from singer to singer until fact and folklore became pretty hard to separate. We’ll hear tales of outlaws and drifters, sinners and saints, disasters and deeds of questionable truth from the likes of Mississippi John Hurt, Woody Guthrie, the Golden Gate Quartet, Tex Ritter, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins and more. There’ll even be a few whoppers along the way.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Ma Rainey	Stack O'Lee Blues	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records Volume 1 (1917-1927)	1925	00:00
2	Furry Lewis	Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee	The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of	2012	06:21
3	Mississippi John Hurt	Stack O' Lee	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings	1928	08:58
4	Lloyd Price	Stagger Lee	Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1959	1959	11:52
5	Mississippi John Hurt	Frankie	Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings	1928	14:09
6	Jimmie Rodgers	Frankie And Johnny	The Essential Jimmie Rodgers	1929	17:30
7	Lead Belly	John Hardy	Classic African-American Ballads (Smithsonian Folkways)	1945	26:06
8	Bill Frisell & Petra Haden	John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man	Petra Haden And Bill Frisell	2003	28:47
9	The Carter Family	John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2]	0	31:19
10	The Weavers	The Frozen Logger	The History Of American Folk	1951	34:10
11	Cisco Houston	The Frozen Logger	The Folkways Years: 1944-1961	1954	36:40
12	Merle Travis	Dark As A Dungeon	Hot Pickin' [Disc 1]	1946	44:52
13	Mr. Connie Dycus	Dark As A Dungeon	Birth / Work / Death – Work Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974)	1970	47:53
14	Grandpa Jones	Dark As A Dungeon	An American Original	1998	50:38
15	Vernon Dalhart	The Wreck Of The Old '97	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1]	1924	53:22
16	Roy Acuff	The Great Titanic	compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com	0	56:28
17	Rory Block	Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down)	Confessions of A Blues Singer	1998	59:35
18	Tony Rice	Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald	Church Street Blues	1989	1:01:38
19	The Plainsmen Quartet	Jack O'Diamonds	Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2	0	1:12:28
20	Michael Martin Murphey	Jack Of Diamonds	Cowboy Songs	1990	1:15:07
21	Tex Ritter	Rye Whiskey	Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots	1945	1:16:10
22	Johnny Horton	The Battle Of New Orleans	American Originals	1959	1:19:18
23	Jimmie Driftwood	The Battle of New Orleans	Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles	1959	1:21:45
24	Chubby Parker & His Old Time Banjo	King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O	Anthology Of American Folk Music Vol. 1A: Ballads	1928	1:25:07
25	Woody Guthrie	Pretty Boy Floyd	Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection	1944	1:31:06
26	The Byrds	Pretty Boy Floyd	Sweetheart of the Rodeo	1968	1:34:01
27	Merle Haggard And The Strangers	The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard	2006	1:36:30
28	Marty Robbins	El Paso	A Lifetime of Song (1951-1982)	1983	1:38:30
29	Lefty Frizzell	Long Black Veil	Columbia Country Classics Vol. 3: Americana	1990	1:43:08
30	The Kingston Trio	Tom Dooley	Absolutely the Best	1958	1:46:07
31	Johnny Horton	Johnny Reb	Classic Country: More Great Story Songs	1959	1:52:18
32	Johnny Cash	Rock Island Line	Get Rhythm [Sun]	1969	1:54:38
33	Hart Valley Drifters	Handsome Molly	Folk Time	2016	1:56:45

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Good News Bad News

September 11, 2026 Dave Leave a comment

No theme this week. No genre studies. No artist retrospectives. Just two hours of great American music. We’re in a free-form mood, wandering once again through the dusty digital archives of the past century in search of songs that simply deserve to be heard. Pour yourself a favorite morning libation and settle in as we journey from the elegant dance band sounds of George Olsen to the gypsy jazz brilliance of Django Reinhardt and the unmistakable blues of Memphis Minnie. Along the way, we’ll kick up a little country dust with Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Marty Stuart, and plenty of other musical companions. There may not be a formal theme, but don’t be surprised if the songs begin talking to one another. You’ll hear stories of good news and bad news, bad blood, hard luck, redemption, resilience, and the enduring hope that seems to find its way into the best American music. That’s the beauty of community radio. Sometimes the best discoveries happen when you stop looking for a destination and simply enjoy the journey. Join us Friday morning at 9:00 Pacific on KOWS Community Radio, streaming worldwide at kowsfm.com, and spend a couple of hours exploring the music that shaped where we’ve been—and still has something to say about where we’re going.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Gregg Allman	I Believe I'll Go Back Home	Low Country Blues	2011	00:00
2	Betty Wright	He's Bad Bad Bad	The Best of Betty Wright	1968	06:07
3	Derailers	Bad Bad Girl	Guaranteed to Satisfy	2008	08:26
4	Doug Sahm	Bad Boy	The Last Real Texas Blues Band Feat. Doug Sahm	1994	11:10
5	Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee	Bad Blood	Cripple Creek	2009	14:33
6	Blind Lemon Jefferson	Bad Luck Blues	Classic Sides Disc 1	2003	23:42
7	John Fogerty	Bad Moon Rising	The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection	2005	26:30
8	Johnny Cash	Bad News	The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 2	1992	28:45
9	Amy Helm	Good News	Didn't It Rain	2015	31:38
10	Cris Cuddy	Good Bad News	Sally's Waltz	0	35:54
11	Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives	Good News	Saturday Night / Sunday Morning	2014	38:44
12	George Olsen	Good News	Beyond The Blue Horizon	1927	40:10
13	Fats Domino	Bad Luck and Trouble	Fats Domino Out of New Orleans	1961	43:19
14	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	What's That News	The Original Soul Sister: Singing in My Soul [Disc 3]	1944	45:52
15	Marvin Gaye	What's The Matter With You Baby	Anthology [Disc 1]	1995	54:00
16	Memphis Minnie	What's The Matter With The Mill?	21 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920's Vol. 10	1930	56:15
17	Frank Stokes	What's The Matter Blues	Broke Black & Blue [Disc 1] : Up Country Blues	1928	59:21
18	The Sunshine Boys	What's the Matter With Deep Elem	The Western Swing: Doughboys Playboys and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]	1941	1:02:18
19	Joe Liggins	What's The Reason (1949)	The Chronological Joe Liggins 1948 – 1950	1949	1:09:26
20	Guy Lombardo	What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You)	Enjoy Yourself: The Hits Of Guy Lombardo	1935	1:12:14
21	The Mills Brothers	What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You?)	The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 3	1935	1:15:14
22	Johnny Burnette With The Johnny Mann Singers	You're The Reason	25 Greatest Hits	1989	1:17:54
23	Arthur Alexander	You're The Reason	The Greatest Hits	1963	1:20:30
24	Willie Nelson	Reasons To Quit	One Hell Of A Ride	1982	1:24:42
25	Tim Hardin	Reason To Believe	Best Of The Troubadours	0	1:28:08
26	Django Reinhardt	Believe It Beloved	The Classic Early Recordings In Chronological Order [Disc 1]	1935	1:30:04
27	Fern Jones	I Do Believe	The Glory Road	1959	1:33:14
28	Dan Hicks	You Gotta Believe [Album Version]	The Most Of Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks [Bonus Tracks]	1970	1:35:16
29	John Stewart	She Believes In Me	California Bloodlines	2009	1:38:11
30	The Louvin Brothers	Making Believe	Close Harmony [Disc 3]	1958	1:40:43
31	The Haden Triplets	Making Believe	The Haden Triplets	2014	1:43:02
32	Neil Young	I Believe in You	After the Gold Rush	1970	1:46:23
33	Rick Nelson	Believe What You Say	Legacy [Disc 1]	1958	1:53:27
34	Brenda Lee	You Can Depend on Me	American Music Library	1961	1:55:28

Summer’s Last Stand

September 5, 2026 Dave Leave a comment

Labor Day weekend may mark the unofficial end of summer, but around here, summer isn’t going quietly. In this week’s show, we’re giving the season one last fling with a free-form romp through songs of summer nights, summer rain, summer romance, warm breezes and those memories that seem to linger long after the days begin getting shorter. And, as is the common theme, we’ll be traveling all over the musical map. There’s the timeless “Summertime” alongside the cool breeze of Sinatra, some summer soul from Stevie Wonder and War, and plenty of pop memories from Johnny Rivers, Rick Nelson and the Beach Boys. We’ll also wander off the beaten path for some country, rockabilly and Americana from Roger Miller, Dale Hawkins, and the Desert Rose Band. There are lazy nights, lost loves, blackberry summers and even a few reminders that summer isn’t always sunshine and good times. So before we put away the lawn chairs and start thinking about autumn, we’re squeezing every last drop out of the season. Join us for Summer’s Last Stand, Friday morning at 9 Pacific on Deeper Roots—two hours of American music from across the decades, right here on KOWS Community Radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Sam Cooke	Summertime Pt. 1	The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (1 of 4)	0	00:00
2	The Percy Faith Orchestra	Theme From A Summer Place	Lifetime Of Romance: Secret Rendezvous [Disc 1]	1959	04:41
3	Nick Perito	The Green Leaves Of Summer (Album Version)	Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds Motion Picture Soundtrack	1960	06:56
4	The Brothers Four	The Green Leaves Of Summer [Remastered 2017]	Greatest Hits	1960	08:43
5	Desert Rose Band	Summer Wind	A Dozen Roses (Greatest Hits)	1992	11:33
6	Michael Martin Murphey	Summer Ranges	Cowboy Songs Four	1998	14:52
7	Johnny Rivers	Summer Rain	Johnny Rivers Greatest Hits	2007	18:21
8	Stan Kenton	The Things We Did Last Summer	The Ballad Style Of Stan Kenton	1958	27:25
9	Ricky Nelson	That Warm Summer Night	Rick Is 21	2001	30:40
10	The Melodears	Summer Romance	From The Vaults of Gone Vol. 2	0	32:47
11	Joanie Sommers	(Theme From) A Summer Place	Another Banana Split Please	1962	35:01
12	Stevie Wonder	Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer	Greatest Hits Vol. 2	1971	37:15
13	Debbie Reynolds	Summer Romance	Good Old Summertime	1960	46:06
14	The Four Preps	Lazy Summer Night	Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 3]	0	48:15
15	Jerry Keller	Here Comes Summer	Another Banana Split Please	1959	50:24
16	Dale Hawkins	Summertime Down South	Wildcat Tamer	1999	52:33
17	Dale Ann Bradley	Blackberry Summer	Dale Ann Bradley	2017	55:43
18	The Band of Heathens	Single In The Same Summer	Simple Things	2023	59:19
19	Frank Sinatra	Summer Wind	Fly Me To The Moon	1966	1:09:12
20	Walter Wanderley	Summer Samba	Instrumental Favorites- Latin Rhythms	1966	1:12:04
21	Dakota Staton	Summertime	The Late Late Show	1957	1:15:07
22	Nat King Cole	That Sunday That Summer	30 Greatest Hits Disc 1	0	1:17:12
23	Seals & Crofts	Summer Breeze	AM Gold 1972	1972	1:22:57
24	Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta	Summer Nights	Grease	1978	1:26:16
25	Foggy Otis	Summertime Summertime	When life hands you lemons play the ukulele. (Deluxe Edition)	2026	1:29:50
26	Myron Lee & The Caddies	Magic In A Summer Night	Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation	1959	1:33:56
27	Roger Miller	In The Summertime (You Don't Want My Love)	Super Hits	1960	1:35:37
28	Stray Cats	Lonely Summer Nights	Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92	1981	1:37:22
29	The Beach Boys	Summer Means New Love	Today! / Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!)	1965	1:40:36
30	Googie Ren‚	Swingin' Summer Love	Summer Days And Summer Nights – 31 Beach Pearls	1958	1:42:32
31	War	Summer	The Best of War and More	1991	1:44:36
32	Lou Rawls	Summer Wind	Rawls Sings Sinatra	2003	1:52:56
33	The Sandals	Theme From Endless Summer	Cowabunga	0	1:55:38

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High Lonesome Country

September 5, 2026 Dave Leave a comment

There’s something about being lonesome that country music understands better than just about any other kind of music. It might be a love that walked out the door, a highway stretching toward nowhere, or just that empty feeling when the night gets a little too quiet. This morning on Deeper Roots, we’re calling it High Lonesome Country, and we’ll be traveling through more than seventy years of country music that knows that feeling all too well. We’ll hear from some familiar voices along the way—Hank Williams, Dolly Parton, Roger Miller and Don Gibson—but we’ll also dig a little deeper into the dusty corners of country music for Charlie Moore, Clyde Moody, Bill Clifton, Jimmie Skinner and others whose names may have faded some with the passing years, but whose music certainly hasn’t. From honky-tonk and bluegrass to old-time country and sounds from a newer generation, we’ll find out that lonesome never really goes out of style. So settle in for two hours of lost love, empty rooms, weary hearts and that unmistakable high lonesome sound. This is Deeper Roots.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Radney Foster	Just Call Me Lonesome	Del Rio Texas Revisited	0	00:00
2	James Hand	Mighty Lonesome Man	Mighty Lonesome Man	2012	06:43
3	Charley Crockett	Mighty Lonesome Man	10 for Slim: Charley Crockett Sings James Hand	2021	09:10
4	Hank Snow	Lonesome 7-7203	1964 (Warped 6406)	1964	11:52
5	George Jones	Talk to Me Lonesome Heart	61* [Box Set] Disc 1	2003	14:44
6	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome	Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol. III	2002	17:00
7	Milo Twins	Weary Lonesome Blues	1939-1947 (Warped 3972)	1939	20:42
8	Delmore Brothers	Remember I Feel Lonesome Too	1944-1946 (Warped 4401)	1945	29:72
9	Delmore Brothers	I'm Lonesome Without You	1944-1946 (Warped 4401)	1946	32:00
10	Clyde Moody	I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome	1945-1947 (Warped 4500)	2012	34:37
11	Hank Williams	Long Gone Lonesome Blues	24 Greatest Hits Vol. 2	1950	37:14
12	Hank Williams	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	24 Greatest	1952	39:47
13	Jimmie Skinner	Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues	1960-1962 (Warped 6188)	2013	42:30
14	Bill Clifton	Lonesome for You	1963 (Warped 6366F)	1963	44:25
15	Bill Clifton	Lonesome Field	1963 (Warped 6366F)	1963	47:00
16	Country Gentlemen	Sad and Lonesome Day	1963-1964 (Warped 6371)	2011	50:35
17	Charlie Moore	Lonesome Guitar	1964-1966 (Warped 6562)	2011	59:24
18	Waylon Jennings	Lonesome Onry And Mean	Nashville Rebel (1970-1974)	2006	1:01:58
19	Steve Young	Lonesome Onry And Mean	Seven Bridges Road	0	1:05:27
20	Hawkshaw Hawkins	Lonesome 7-7203	22 Greatest Hits	0	1:09:02
21	Louvin Brothers	Weary Lonesome Blues	A Tribute To The Delmore Brothers	1960	1:11:41
22	Dolly Parton & Alison Krauss	The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me	King Of The Road: A Tribute To Roger Miller [Disc 2]	2018	1:14:19
23	Roger Miller	The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me	All Time Greatest Hits	1965	1:17:14
24	Don Gibson	Oh Lonesome Me	30 Years Of No. 1 Country Hits 2/4	0	1:24:10
25	Don Gibson	Lonesome Old House	A Legend In My Time	1959	1:26:33
26	Johnny Bond	Lonesome Train	Put Me To Bed	1956	1:28:41
27	Harlan Howard	I Hope You're Lonesome	1959-1963	2015	1:30:49
28	Buddy Jones	Mean Old Lonesome Blues	The Western Swing: Doughboys/Playboys & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2]	1999	1:33:06
29	Johnny Horton	Goodbye Lonesome (Hello Baby Doll)	36 All-Time Greatest Hits	2021	1:38:04
30	Billy Graves	The Lonesome Ape	Age of Worry?From Country-Pop to Freak-Folk: The Space Age Relics of Monument Records 1960?1970	1966	1:40:21
31	The Seldom Scene	Another Lonesome Day	Act 3	2005	1:42:44
32	Porter Wagoner	Walk That Lonesome Valley	20 All-Time Greatest Hits	2005	1:44:45
33	Kitty Wells	Lonesome Valley	Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel	1959	1:48:23
34	Vince Gill	High Lonesome Sound	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Best Of Bluegrass	1996	1:53:38
35	Elvis Presley	Just Call Me Lonesome	The Country Collection	1967	1:56:06

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1925 Songs

September 4, 2026 Dave Leave a comment

What did America sound like in 1925? Join us for a special episode of Deeper Roots as Dave welcomes Josh Rosenthal, founder of Tompkins Square Records, into the studio for an extraordinary musical deep dive. Josh takes us inside the newly minted anthology, Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present…1925 Songs. This 32-track collection spotlights a pivotal, watershed year in American music history—the moment electrical recording began replacing acoustic horns, allowing the vibrant, raw sounds of early jazz, country blues, and hillbilly music to reach a coast-to-coast audience for the very first time. Deeper Roots may be about a century of America’s music… but this week, we’re taking you back a century plus one! Don’t miss it.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Year	Start At
1	Dora Carr	Cow Cow Blues	Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950	1925	00:00
2	Wheat Street Female Quartet	Go Down Moses	Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present 1925 Songs	1925	16:31
3	Rosa Lee Carson	The Drinker's Child	Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present 1925 Songs	1925	19:17
4	Bascom Lamar Lunsford	Sherman Valley	Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present 1925 Songs	1925	44:11
5	Tweedy Brothers	Cripple Creek	Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present 1925 Songs	1925	46:47
6	Clifford's Louisville Jug Band	Struttin' The Blues	Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present 1925 Songs	1925	1:00:42
7	Dr. James Roach	Gue Gue Solingae	Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present 1925 Songs	1925	1:18:24
8	Brownlee's Orchestra of New Orleans	Peculiar	Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present 1925 Songs	1925	1:21:25
9	Papa Charlie Jackson	Drop That Sack	Papa Charlie Done Sung That Song – [Disc 2]	1925	1:26:18
10	Ma Rainey	Chain Gang Blues	Ma Rainey	1925	1:29:38
11	Blind Lemon Jefferson	All I Want Is That Pure Religion	Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present 1925 Songs	1925	1:32:49
12	Bennie Moten's Kansas Cityÿ Orchestra	Kater Street Rag	The Real Kansas City Of The '20s '30s & '40s	1925	1:35:58
13	Butterbeans & Susie	Brown Skin Gal	Butterbeans & Susie Vol. 1-(1924-25)	1925	1:38:29
14	Cliff Edwards	Paddlin' Madelaine Home	Fascinating Rhythm 1922-1935	1925	1:41:38
15	Ida Cox	Coffin Blues	The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records Volume 1 (1917-1927)	1925	1:49:16
16	Seminole Syncopators	Sailing on Lake Pontchartrain	Dick Spottswood & Tompkins Square Present 1925 Songs	1925	1:52:30
17	Kelly Harrell	The Wreck On The Southern Old 97	Lonesome Whistle	1925	1:55:23

A Century of America's Music