Category Archives: Deeper Roots on KOWS

Making Believe

Fresh from a couple of weeks away, we’re going for the easy listening, classic pieces from the Great American Songbook. Join Dave Stroud on a dream-laden journey on the waters of the past century of America’s music as he pairs up some of the classic ballads and torch songs from the past. Mostly crooners but there’s plenty of jazz and pop standards to celebrate. We’ll hear pairings from The Mills Brothers and Les Paul & Mary Ford, Sinatra and Sarah Vaughan, Rosemary Clooney and Leon Redbone, Etta James, Billie Holiday, and Peggy Lee. That’s the short list. We’ll hear versions of “Fever”, “Dream”, “Smile”, “April in Paris” and “Autumn Leaves” in a show that reminds us that so many of these pop standards hold up well when put to the test of time. Drop by on a Friday morning where there’s whispering grasses among the autumn leaves here on Sonoma County Community Radio. 

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Peggy Lee Bali Ha'i American Beauty Amazon
2Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots I'm Making Believe R&B Jukebox Hits 1944 Amazon
3April Stevens I'm Making Believe Teach Me Tiger Amazon
4Betty Carter/Ray Charles Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2 Amazon
5Natalie Cole Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye De-Lovely Amazon
6Tony Bennett Smile The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 2 Amazon
7Nat King Cole Smile 30 Greatest Hits Disc 1 Amazon
8Nat King Cole Autumn Leaves Sings For Two In Love (And More) Amazon
9Roger Williams Autumn Leaves Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 3) Amazon
10Clem Snide Don't Want to Set the World on Fire Sweetheart Amazon
11The Ink Spots I Don't Want The Set The World On Fire Your Hit Parade – 1941 Amazon
12The Ink Spots Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees) Greatest Hits Amazon
13Ringo Starr Whispering Grass Sentimental Journey Amazon
14The Mills Brothers April In Paris The Very Best Of The Mills Brothers [Disc 2] Amazon
15Frank Sinatra April in Paris Come Fly with Me [Capitol] Amazon
16Louis Armstrong & All His Stars When You're Smiling When you're smiling Amazon
17Frank Sinatra When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You) Sinatra's Swingin' Session!!! And More Amazon
18Frank Sinatra I'm Gonna Sit Right Down & Write Myself A Letter Songs For Young Lovers & Swing Easy! Amazon
19Sarah Vaughan I'm Gonna Sit Right Down (And Write Myself A Letter) Great American Songbook Amazon
20Rosemary Clooney When You Wish Upon A Star Tenderly Amazon
21Leon Redbone When You Wish Upon A Star From Branch To Branch Amazon
22Elvis Presley Fever The Essential 60's Masters I [Disc 1] Amazon
23Peggy Lee Fever Kuties And Krooners Amazon
24Dean Martin Dream Late at Night with Dean Martin Amazon
25The Pied Pipers Dream Dreams From The Sunny Side Of The Street [Disc 1] Amazon
26The Righteous Brothers Ebb Tide Lifetime Of Romance: Falling In Love [Disc 1] Amazon
27Lenny Welch Ebb Tide Glory of Love: Sweet & Soulful Love Songs-'60s Amazon
28Etta James Stormy Weather At Last! Amazon
29Sarah Vaughan Stormy Weather Lady Sings the Blues [Disc 2] Amazon
30Les Paul & Mary Ford My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua, Hawaii Lovers' Luau Amazon
31The Mills Brothers My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua Hawaii The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 5 Amazon
32Billie Holiday I'll Be Seeing You Stealing Beauty Amazon

Ladies of Rockabilly

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

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

Silver Screen Country

From those blue shadows on the trail that were only imagined in black and white to the notion of good guys with tall white hats chasing down the bad guys across the expanse of the Alabama Hills where Hollywood carved out a little piece of the West…we’re going to go riding down some musical canyons with some of the great musical cowboys of the silver screen. Fewer of us are around that once followed the serial antics of Gene and Smiley or Roy and Dale on Saturday morning reruns of flickering cowboy ‘mysteries’ where music played a big part of the story. After all, a clean shaven singing cowboy with a scarf, white hat and a twinkle in his eye was much more appealing than what the reality was…I think that’s a safe assumption. Tune in for music from Gene Autry, The Sons of the Pioneers, Rex Allen, Tex Ritter and over a dozen others as Dave Stroud spins the shellacs from the 30s, 40s and 50s…and we might even track down later covers that tip the cap here on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Tex Williams & His Western Caravan Artistry In Western Swing Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
2The Sons Of The Pioneers Red River Valley Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
3Roy Rogers The Yellow Rose Of Texas My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
4Roy Rogers Roll On Texas Moon My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
5Frankie Laine Rawhide My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
6Gene Autry Dust Sing Cowboy Sing [Disc 1] Amazon
7Tex Russell & His Hollywood Cowboys What It Means To Be Blue Kings Of Western Swing, Vol. 2 Amazon
8Marty Robbins Ballad Of The Alamo My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
9Johnny Cash The Rebel Johnny Yuma My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
10Rex Allen Ridin' Down the Canyon V-3 Riding All Day Amazon
11Dick Reinhart Hot Rod Baby Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys Amazon
12Dickson Hall Cowboy My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
13Johnny Western Ballad Of Paladin My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
14Dean Martin Rio Bravo My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
15Lorne Greene Bonanza My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
16Johnny Horton North To Alaska My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
17Gene Autry Back In The Saddle Again Columbia Country Classics Volume 1: The Golden Age Amazon
18Cliff Edwards Ragtime Cowboy Joe grimriper2u@yahoo.com Amazon
19Bob Wills Dusty Skies Columbia Historic Edition Amazon
20Pee Wee King Texas Toni Lee Rompin' Stompin' Singin' Swingin' Amazon
21Johnny Bond Ridin' Down To Santa Fe Southern Belle [Disc 2] Amazon
22Tex Ritter High Noon My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
23James Stewart The Legend Of Shenandoah My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
24Rick Nelson My Rifle My Pony And Me (w/ Dean Martin) Legacy [Disc 1] Amazon
25Marty Robbins The Hanging Tree My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
26Gene Autry Ridin' Down The Canyon Columbia Historic Edition Amazon
27The Sons Of The Pioneers Tumbling Tumbleweeds My Saddle Pals And I ([Disc 2] – Cool Water) Amazon
28Frankie Laine Gunfight At O.K. Corral My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
29Rex Allen Cowboy's Heaven Sings Melodies of the Plains Amazon
30Patsy Montana & The Prairie Ramblers I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 1] Amazon
31Sons of the Pioneers Blue Shadows On the Trail Cool Water & 17 Western Favorites Amazon
32Marty Robbins Song Of The Bandit The Essential Marty Robbins: 1951-1982 Amazon
33Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers Going Back To My Texas Home Saturday Night Rag 1934-1936 Vol. 1 Amazon
34Dick Curless I Ride an Old Paint A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD2 (1950-1969) Amazon
35Sara Watkins Blue Shadows On the Trail (feat. Nickel Creek) Under the Pepper Tree Amazon
36Colter Wall I Ride an Old Paint: Leavin' Cheyenne Western Swing & Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs Amazon

Mix Master’s Delight

An eclectic free form blend of sounds featuring a variety highlighted by Memphis Minnie, T-Bone Burnett, The Rascals, The Miracles and Carole King…plus over a dozen others in our last show of summer 2023. As the walls of justice close in on traitors and seditionists, we lean on the hope that the constitutional provision  that prevents their ilk from ever holding office is the key to saving democracy. Politics aside, the music this week features songs about baking biscuits, diamonds, shopping around, head spinning and what it’s like living here in the U.S.A. Friday morning’s Deeper Roots is a blend of classic and deep tracks designed to set the table for the weekend, right here on Community Radio for West Sonoma County and the world. Tune in, turn on but don’t, just don’t, drop out.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Elvis Presley Such a Night Artist of the Century Disc 2 Amazon
2Carole King Like Little Children The Legendary Demos [+Digital Booklet] Amazon
3Wilson Pickett In the Midnight Hour Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
4Clyde McPhatter A Lover's Question Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2) Amazon
5Mark Knopfler Donegan's Gone Shangri-La Amazon
6Mazzy Star I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuit Fade Into You [Single] Amazon
7Memphis Minnie I'm Gonna Bake My Biscuits Queen Of Country Blues Amazon
8Snooks Eaglin My Head Is Spinning Complete Imperial Recordings Amazon
9Etta James/Harvey Fuqua My Heart Cries [Duet with Harvery Fuqua] At Last! Amazon
10The Miracles Shop Around Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1 Amazon
11The Rascals I've Been Lonely Too Long All I Really Need: The Complete Atlantic Recordings, 1965-1971 Amazon
12The Monkees A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967 Amazon
13Steve Miller Band Living in the U.S.A. Young Hearts: Complete Greatest Hits Amazon
14T-Bone Burnett Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend Twenty Twenty: The Esssential T-Bone Burnett Disc 1 Amazon
15Daniel Lanois Sometimes Hear Music, Vol. 10: Reveal Amazon
16Randy Newman Birmingham Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon
17Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away Original Recordings Amazon
18David Lindley & El Rayo-X Never Knew Her Very Greasy Amazon
19Nick Lowe I'll Be There The Impossible Bird Amazon
20BR5-49 Cherokee Boogie BR5-49 Amazon
21Dave Edmunds Bail You Out D.E. 7th Amazon
22Steve Riley & The Mamou Playboys Ossun Two-Step American Roots Music [Disc 4] Amazon
23The Texas Tornados Little Bit Is Better Than Nada 4 Aces Amazon
24Little Willie John My Love Is Lone Star Amazon
25The Champs Tequila Red, White & Rock Disc 1 Amazon
26Norah Jones Creepin' In Feels Like Home Amazon
27Warren Zevon Play It All Night Long I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (An Anthology) [Disc 1] Amazon
28Marshall Crenshaw Silver Wings Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard Amazon
29The Mamas & the Papas Dedicated to the One I Love Greatest Hits Amazon
30Stray Cats I Won't Stand in Your Way Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 4 Amazon
31The Sandals Theme from "Endless Summer" The Perfect Day: The Music from 40 Years of Surfing Magazine Amazon
32Betty Everett The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2) Amazon
33Tom Petty Big Weekend Highway Companion Amazon

Labor Day 2023

We’ve got a Labor Day collection of songs…songs celebrating working men and women and these are songs of both honor and protest, taking us back to the Great Depression when work was hard to find. We’ll also be celebrating the core fight for organizing…whether you’re fighting for the day-to-day pressure of producing faster and better in front of a computer or you’re steaming lattes for the hurried throngs, you have a right to organize and much of the music we’ll share today reinforces the concept. While unions are demonized with threats of offshoring…you know it will be done either way. Music today will include Pete Seeger, Mavis Staples, Paul Robeson, Bruce Springsteen and a whole host of others. Tune in on kowsfm.com/listen or download our app.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bing Crosby Brother Can You Spare A Dime? Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
2Paul Robeson Joe Hill Classic Labor Songs From Smithsonian Flokways Amazon
3Pete Seeger Which Side Are You On? The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century Amazon
4Natalie Merchant Which Side Are You On? Coal Country Music Amazon
5The Almanac Singers Talking Union [Album Version] The Essential Pete Seeger Amazon
6Tennessee Ernie Ford Sixteen Tons Vintage Collections Amazon
7Pete Seeger Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues An Anthology of Folk Music Amazon
8Woody Guthrie Union Maid (Excerpt) Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3) Amazon
9Pete Seeger Union Maid The First Days Of Protest In The Twentieth Century Amazon
10David, Bill, And Billy Ray Johnson Going Down the Road Feeling Bad Classic Old-Time Music from Smithsonian Folkways Amazon
11Bruce Springsteen We Shall Overcome We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
12Bobbie McGee Bread and Roses Unknown Amazon
13Kate & Anna McGarrigle Hard Times Come Again No More Songs Of The Civil War Amazon
14Dorsey Dixon Hard Times In Here The Best Of The HighTone Years Amazon
15Dorsey Dixon Hard Times In Here The Best Of The HighTone Years Amazon
16Nanci Griffith Hard Times (Come Again No More) Other Voices, Too (A Trip Back to Bountiful) Amazon
17Mavis Staples We Shall Not Be Moved (Cd) We'll Never Turn Back Amazon
18Justin Townes Earle Down In The Valley Coal Country Music Amazon
19Bob Dylan Maggie's Farm The Essential Bob Dylan [Disc 1] Amazon
20Tom T. Hall I'm a Coal Mining Man Coal Country Music Amazon
21Bruce Springsteen Pay Me My Money Down We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
22Bruce Springsteen Factory Darkness on the Edge of Town Amazon
23Bruce Springsteen Youngstown The Ghost of Tom Joad Amazon
24Pete Seeger If I Had A Hammer The Essential Pete Seeger Amazon
25Steve Earle Steve's Hammer (For Pete) Washington Square Serenade Amazon
26Valentine Pringle John Henry The Long Road To Freedom: An Anthology Of Black Music [Disc 4] Amazon
27Elvis Presley Big Boss Man Artist of the Century Disc 2 Amazon
28Blind Boy Fuller Working Man Blues Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 3 1937 Amazon
29Ramblin' Jack Elliott 1913 Massacre Hard Travelin' Amazon
30Woody Guthrie Farmer-Labor Train Hard Travelin' (The Asch Recordings Vol. 3) Amazon
31Randy Newman Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man) Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon
32Randy Newman Every Man a King Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon

Two Glasses Joe

We’re heading on over to the Alibi Room, or Red’s Recovery Room, or whatever your local watering hole might be named and we’ll be doing so with the idea that the hair of the dog is what’s in order this Friday morning, recalling if we can the previous night’s bar hop celebrating country music’s favorite songs of cigareets, whiskey and wild wild women. Songs about whiskey and the glasses on the bar where stories and faces go from long to bright as the jukebox fires up. We’ll hear some classic songs from Webb Pierce, George Jones, Roger Miller and Merle Haggard alongside some contemporary sounds from the late Bill Staines, Chris Stapleton, and Dale Watson, all celebrating Johnnie Walker, Jim Beam, and Maker’s Mark…alongside a little bit of scotch and rye…neat or on the rocks. The honky tonk joints we’ll visit will likely have sawdust on the floor and a well-worn bar. Tune for the very best from the past century with your host, Dave Stroud, on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Cal Smith The Lord Knows I'm Drinking 20 Hits Amazon
2Ernest Tubb Two Glasses Joe Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection Amazon
3[dialogue] …People Condemn Whiskey… Heartworn Highways Amazon
4Johnny Bush Whiskey River Country USA 1972 Amazon
5Dale Watson Whiskey or God Blackjack Amazon
6Merle Haggard The Bottle Let Me Down The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1] Amazon
7Bill Staines Rye Whiskey Joe Just Play One Tune More Amazon
8Misisipi Mike Wolf Whiskey Warm and Mellow The Cold Hard Facts of Mike Amazon
9Marty Stuart/Travis Tritt The Whiskey Ain't Workin' Compadres: An Anthology of Duets Amazon
10Willie Nelson Whiskey River Shotgun Willie Amazon
11Chris Stapleton Tennessee Whiskey Traveller Amazon
12Tex Ritter Rye Whiskey High Noon Amazon
13Merle Haggard I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink 20 Hits Amazon
14Webb Pierce There Stands The Glass 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb Pierce Amazon
15Jerry Garcia & David Grisman Whiskey in the Jar Shady Grove Amazon
16Blue Mountain Little Stream Of Whiskey Roots Amazon
17Osborne Brothers Hey Hey Bartender 1963-1965 (Warped 6361) Amazon
18Dale Watson Hair Of The Dog A Collection Of Drinking Songs Amazon
19Dale Watson Wine Don't Lie A Collection Of Drinking Songs Amazon
20Roger Miller Chug A Lug 20 Hits Amazon
21Hank Thompson Scotch And Soda A Collection Of Drinking Songs Amazon
22George Jones Tennessee Whiskey Legendary Country Singers Amazon
23Hayes Carll Knockin' Over Whiskeys Trouble In Mind Amazon
24The Bootleg Honeys Little Whiskey Paint It Red Amazon
25Emmylou Harris Bottle Let Me Down Pieces Of The Sky Amazon
26Joe Ely Whiskey And Women And Money To Burn New Country January 1995 Amazon
27Red Ingle & His Natural Seven Cigareets, Whiskey and Wild Wild Women (Smoking) Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
28Jerry Lee Lewis It Was The Whiskey Talkin' (Not Me) A Half Century Of Hits: Rockin' My Life Away [Disc 3] Amazon
29David Luning Whiskey Bottle Just Drop On By Amazon
30Hank Williams Jr. Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound Contemporary Country: The Late '70s Pure Gold Amazon
31Asleep at the Wheel Chug-A-Lug (feat. Huey Lewis) King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller Amazon
32Chris Stapleton Whiskey Sunrise Starting Over Amazon

Hair’s On Fire

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

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

Saved!

We go back to the church for a rousing celebration for the converted and soon-to-be-faithful. That’s right, we’re in the pews and joining in the hymnal, at least for this two hours, as Sunday morning forgiveness will always follow Saturday night’s sinner’s baptismal. We’re going to hear the echoes of the past century’s gospel songs with a general theme of being saved and born again…and there is certainly plenty to go around whether that’s southern Baptist, Appalachian harmonies or classic African American celebratory gospel. We’ve got it this morning including The Dixie Hummingbirds, Hank Williams, Carl Story, Lonnie Farris, and some contemporary selections from Shannon McNally, Bob Dylan and Solomon Burke. Let’s join in, you the faithful congregation of Deeper Roots from the past century of America’s music, for two hours celebrating that incredible wellspring of gospel sounds.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1LaVern Baker Saved Soul On Fire: Thes Best Of LaVerne Baker Amazon
2The Mighty Clouds Of Joy Saved [Album Version] Gotta Serve Somebody – The Gospel Songs Of Bob Dylan Amazon
3The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir I Want To Ride That Glory Train Shakin' The Rafters Amazon
4The Dixie Hummingbirds You Don't Have Nothing Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds Amazon
5The Dixie Hummingbirds I've Been Born Again Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds Amazon
6The Original Gospel Harmonettes Get Away Jordan Good News (Vol 3) Get Away Jordan Amazon
7The Five Blind Boys Of Mississippi Soul You Save I'll Make It Alright Amazon
8Nina Simone Save Me Silk and Soul (Expanded Edition) Amazon
9Louis Armstrong I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music Rhythm Saved The World Amazon
10Rev. Lonnie Farris I'm So Happy And Free The Lord Saved Me Electric / Slide Guitar Gospel Amazon
11The Staple Singers Somebody Saved Me Uncloudy Day Amazon
12The Blind Boys Of Alabama Just Wanna See His Face Spirit Of The Century Amazon
13Marty Stuart Somebody Saved Me Souls' Chapel Amazon
14Carl Story God Saved My Soul 1951-1952 (Warped 5158) Amazon
15Wilburn Brothers Don't Go Home Unsaved 1962-1963 (Warped 6302) Amazon
16Hank Williams Wealth Won't Save Your Soul I Saw The Light Amazon
17Buck Owens Jesus Saved Me Dust On Mother's Bible Amazon
18Brenda Lee Saved Brenda Lee Sings Country Vol 2 Amazon
19Bobby Charles Save Me, Jesus (mono single version) Bobby Charles Amazon
20Solomon Burke Wealth Won't Save Your Soul Make Do With What You Got Amazon
21Chip Taylor Carrie Rodriguez Him Who Saved Me The New Bye & Bye Amazon
22Bob Dylan Saved Saved Amazon
23Eugene Smith Saved The Great Gospel Men: 27 Classic Performances By The Greatest Gospel Men Amazon
24Shannon McNally Save Me Jesus Small Town Talk Amazon
25The Staple Singers Good News Uncloudy Day Amazon
26The Band Saved Moondog Matinee Amazon
27Aretha Franklin Save Me 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
28Five Blind Boys of Mississippi Save a Seat for Me 20th Century Masters – The Best Of Amazon

Flying Home

A fine blend of vintage sounds on the show today, all driving down a free form track. The blend mixes gospel from Mavis Staples, some classic mid-century rock from Little Feat and Rick Nelson, all dressed up alongside to lounge and cool jazz sounds of Frank Sinatra, Lionel Hampton, Pearl Bailey, and a some classic and contemporary tunes featuring the late, great Tony Bennett. We’ve got Zydeco, classic and contemporary country, some alternative sounds from E and the Eels to share as well. We enjoy sharing a mix of the very best in a free form show every month or so and today will not disappoint. There will also be some recent tracks from Sarah Jarosz, Charley Crockett and The Brother Brothers to measure up against the throwback sounds. We’d be glad to have you once again; just dial-up your internet browser to kowsfm.com/listen or, if you’re on the run, take us with you on your mobile device by installing the KOWS app from the Google Play store or Apple App Store.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Lionel Hampton Flying Home Flying Home (His 48 Finest) Amazon
2Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots I'm Making Believe R&B Jukebox Hits 1944 Amazon
3The Ink Spots Whispering Grass BMG Vol. 01 Disc 01 1937-1958 Amazon
4Dinah Washington Manhattan Bob Dylan: Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 5 [Disc 4] Amazon
5Herb Jeffries and Shades Of Rhythm At Least You Could Save Me A Dream Hot Harmony Groups 1941-1949: Vol 3: When the Old Gang Amazon
6Buddy & Ella Johnson (Gotta Go) Upside Your Head Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
7Wynonie Harris I Feel That Old Age Coming On (12-19-48) Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949 Amazon
8Pearl Bailey I Can't Rock And Roll To Save My Soul The Rough And Rowdy Roots Of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 8 Amazon
9The Amazing Rhythm Aces Third Rate Romance Stacked Deck Amazon
10Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson Swinging Doors Django and Jimmie Amazon
11Whitney Rose Honky Tonk in Mexico Rosie Amazon
12Little Feat Willin' Hotcakes & Outtakes: 30 Years of Little Feat (1 of 4) Amazon
13Sarah Jarosz Simple Twist of Fate Build Me Up From Bones Amazon
14Bob Dylan John Wesley Harding John Wesley Harding Amazon
15The Brother Brothers That's How I Got To Memphis Cover to Cover Amazon
16The Everly Brothers A Brand New Heartache Bob Dylan: Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 5 [Disc 4] Amazon
17Levon Helm Stuff You Gotta Watch Electric Dirt Amazon
18Charley Crockett Just Like Honey The Man from Waco Amazon
19John Prine Summers End The Tree of Forgiveness Amazon
20Eels Summer In The City (Live At Kexp Seattle/2011) Wonderful, Glorious (Deluxe Version) Amazon
21Jim Kweskin & Geoff Muldaur 99 Year Blues Penny's Farm Amazon
22Rick Nelson Garden Party Garden Party Amazon
23Tony Bennett I Wanna Be Around The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1 Amazon
24Tony Bennett & B.B. King Let The Good Times Roll Playing With My Friends Amazon
25Frank Sinatra & Tony Bennett New York, New York Duets Amazon
26Julie London Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) Mad Men: Music From the Series, Vol. 1 Amazon
27Gene Phillips & The Rhythm Aces My Mama Told Me Swinging The Blues Amazon
28The Gaylords Ma Ma Ma Marie Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1 Amazon
29Rosemary Clooney Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina) Tenderly Amazon
30The David Thom Band Windy City That Old Familiar Amazon

Celebrating Tom Waits

This week we’ll spend our two hours in a shroud of barroom musk, out-of-tune brass, and painted ladies all spent before the tunes of an American treasure. We speak of Tom Waits. The New York Times, in a review of Barney Hoskyns’ 2009 biography of Tom Waits, Lowside of The Road describes our subject today thusly: “He is as potent and unpredictable a musical force as most of us have witnessed in our lifetimes, and that’s not faint praise. The graveyard croak of his gravelly, bellowing baritone is righteous, paint-scraping, unmistakable; it scatters small animals and slaps your synapses to startled attention. With what’s left of your adrenalized wits, you can attend to his mordant lyrics, which he packs into songs he divides (as his wife, Kathleen Brennan, put it) into two primordial categories: “the grand weeper” and “the grim reaper”. He’s our neighbor here in Sonoma County and we could not be more proud of the boy…really.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1John Hammond, Jr. Clap Hands Wicked Grin Amazon
2Courtney Marie Andrews Downtown Train Come On Up To The House – Women Sing Waits Amazon
3Tom Waits Tom Traubert's Blues Small Change Amazon
4Willie Nelson;Sheryl Crow;Lukas Nelson Come On Up To The House Heroes Amazon
5The Blind Boys Of Alabama Way Down In The Hole Spirit Of The Century Amazon
6The Holmes Brothers Train Song Promised Land Amazon
7King Ernest House Where Nobody Lives Not The Same Old Blues Crap, Vol. 2 Amazon
8The Blue Hawaiians Jockey Full of Bourbon Savage Night Amazon
9Tom Waits Dead & Lovely Real Gone Amazon
10Tom Waits Ice Cream Man Closing Time Amazon
11Holly Cole (Looking For) The Heart Of Saturday Night Temptation Amazon
12Norah Jones The Long Way Home Feels Like Home Amazon
13Tom Waits I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You Closing Time Amazon
14Hayes Carll I Don't Wanna Grow Up Trouble In Mind Amazon
15Eagles Ol' '55 The Very Best of the Eagles [2003] Disc 1 Amazon
16Willie Nelson Picture In A Frame It Always Will Be Amazon
17Tom Waits On The Nickel Heartattack And Vine Amazon
18Marc Ribot Bella Ciao (Goodbye Beautiful) (feat. Tom Waits) Songs of Resistance 1942 – 2018 Amazon
19Tom Waits The Soul Of A Man God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
20Solomon Burke Diamond in Your Mind Don't Give Up on Me Amazon
21Tom Waits Whistlin4 Past The Graveyard Used Songs 1973-1980 Amazon
22Tom Waits Georgia Lee Mule Variations Amazon