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Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Oldies, Theme Time

Payday Saturday Night

April 29, 2023 Dave

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

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

Lonesome Train

April 21, 2023 Dave

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

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

Americana, Country, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Rhythm and Blues, Soul

Country Rhythm & Blues

April 15, 2023 Dave

We’ll be covering the covers once more this week but this time we’ll be burrowing into a cross section of genres to get to the heart of the matter. It’s country songs with rhythm & blues interpretations, all from the decades of the fifties and sixties. We’ll hear from a few familiars rhythm rockers including The Coasters, Fats Domino, King Curtis and Ruth Brown as they take on the very best of country and tradition with a style all their own. But there’s also the surprises and unknowns like Thin Man Watts, Piney Brown, and The Ray-o-Vacs to fill out the show this morning. From Jambalaya to Tumbling Tumbleweeds, we’ve got some fine soul and R&B interpretations for you. Tune in and find out.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Ray-O-Vacs	Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
2	Piney Brown	Ooh You Bring Out The Wolf In Me	Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
3	Joe Liggins	Whiskey, Women And Loaded Dice	Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
4	Billy Ward & The Dominoes	Lonesome Road	Vol. 4-21 Hits
5	The Hurricanes	Pistol Packin' Mama	Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan [Disc 1]
6	Scatman Crothers	Ghost Riders In The Sky	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
7	Andre Williams	You Are My Sunshine	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
8	Jimmy Ricks	Do You Promise	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
9	Thin Man Watts	Walking The Floor Over You	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
10	Mickey & Sylvia	To The Valley	Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
11	The Coasters	Sorry But I'm Gonna Have To Pass	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
12	Clyde McPhatter	I'm Movin' On	More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
13	Little Junior Parker	Walking The Floor	More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
14	Guitar Jr	Pick Me Up On Your Way Down	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide
15	Ruth Brown	I Burned Your Letter	Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
16	Fats Domino	Don't Come Knockin'	A Lot Of Dominos
17	Varetta Dillard	A Little Bitty Tear	The Lovin' Bird
18	Bobby Hebb	Night Train To Memphis	Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
19	Esther Phillips	Release Me	Your Hit Parade – The Early '60S
20	King Curtis	Your Cheatin' Heart	Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
21	King Curtis	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
22	The Marvellettes	Love Letters	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
23	Damita Jo	Jambalaya (On The Bayou)	Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
24	Travis Ricks	No Need To Cry	Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
25	Little Mack	Let Hootenanny Blues	Rhythm & Western Volume 2 – Your Cheatin' Heart
26	Joe Hinton	Lovesick Blues	Rhythm & Western Volume 3 – Lovesick Blues
27	Big Maybelle	Cold Cold Heart	Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
28	Fats Domino	Your Cheatin' Heart	Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2)
29	Ray Charles	I've Got A Tiger By The Tail (Swingova)	Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
30	Esther Phillips	Am I That Easy To Forget (LP Version)	Country Side Of Esther
31	Esther Phillips	I've Forgotten More Than You'll Ever Know About Him (LP Version)	Country Side Of Esther
32	O. C. Smith	The Son Of Hickory Holler Tramp	More Dirty Laundry: The Soul Of Black Country
33	Ray Charles	When I Stop Dreamin'	Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2]
34	Little Richard	Settin' the Woods on Fire	King of Rock and Roll [Collectors' Choice Music]
35	Little Richard	Joy, Joy, Joy (Down In My Heart)	Rhythm & Western Volume 6 – I'm Moving On
36	Koko Taylor	Honky Tonky	Rhythm & Western Volume 1 – When Two Worlds Collide

Cool Daddy

April 12, 2023 Dave

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

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

Georgia Peaches

April 2, 2023 Dave

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

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

Drive In Music

March 18, 2023 Dave

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

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

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

Streets of Bakersfield

March 6, 2023 Dave

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

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

Americana, Country Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition

Finger Pickin’ Good

February 24, 2023 Dave

Tune in Friday morning for a finger pickin’ helping of Americana and beyond as our show revisits some guitar masters from blues, country blues, folk and tradition. We’ll take a spin across the landscape of steel and gut string tradition with a collection that features tracks from Stefan Grossman, Mississippi John Hurt, Leo Kottke, Merle Travis and over a dozen others. As February wraps up, we’ll be completing our February journey out of winter’s doldrums and into the sweet breezes of Spring. Let this show be a warmup for your good life and times. So put your feet up and drop in. We’d love to have you.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Leo Kottke	Buckaroo	Essential
2	Chet Atkins	Wheels	Mr Atkins-Guitar Picker
3	Doc Watson	Windy and Warm	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
4	Doc Watson	Moody River	Memories
5	Doc Watson	Doc's Guitar [#]	The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968
6	Jefferson Airplane	Embryonic Journey	Walk on the Moon
7	Jorma Kaukonen	Fur Peace Rag	Stars In My Crown
8	John Fahey	Poor Boy, Long Ways from Home	The Legend of Blind Joe Death
9	Davy Graham	Angi	3/4 Ad – Single
10	Davy Graham	Davy's Train Blues	3/4 Ad – Single
11	Reverend Gary Davis	Candy Man	Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
12	Stefan Grossman	Police Dog Blues	How To Play Blues Guitar
13	Blind Blake	Diddie Wa Diddie	Roots of Rock
14	Lonnie Johnson	Untitled	Steppin' On The Blues
15	Blind Willie McTell	Statesboro Blues	Roots of Rock
16	Riley Puckett	Fuzzy Rag	Imaginational Anthem, Vol. 6 : Origins of American Primitive Guitar
17	Etta Baker	One Dime Blues	Classic Blues From Smithsonian Folkways
18	Merle Travis	Freight Train (Instrumental)	The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
19	Bob Brozman	Hano Hano Hanalei [Album Version]	Blue Hula Stomp [Remastered]
20	Merle Travis	Li'l Liza Jane (Instrumental)	The World's Greatest Bluegrass Bands
21	Jorma Kaukonen	There's A Table Sitting In Heaven	Stars In My Crown
22	Leo Kottke	Wonderland By Night	Peculiaroso
23	John Fahey	Layla	Rain Forests, Oceans And Other
24	Leo Kottke	Little Martha	Instrumentals: Best of the Chrysalis Years
25	Dave Van Ronk	Green, Green Rocky Road	Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk
26	David Bromberg	Come All You Fair and Tender Maidens	Hills Of Home: 25 Years Of Folk Music On Rounder Records
27	Sam McGee	Knoxville Blues	Friends Of Old Time Music [Disc 1]
28	Stefan Grossman	Pallet On Your Floor	How To Play Blues Guitar
29	Bob Hadley	Celtic Reverie	Imaginational Anthem
30	Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon	Oh Well	Sixty Six Steps
31	Mance Lipscomb	Sugar Babe	Texas Songster

Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Free Form, Oldies, Rock, Soul

Loose Talk

February 22, 2023 Dave

A free form Friday morning finds us drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds as we follow the blue shadows on the trail with songs of loose talk, love letters and dreams. We’ll dig deep into those early, mid- and late century digital archives for some sweet and sensitive tracks from the likes of Elvis, Wanda, Iggy (!), The Impressions, Rhiannon Giddens, and a couple dozen more. It’s quite the mixed bag on a Saturday morning as the winter of 2022-23 begins to roll away like the tumbleweeds as the winds of spring pushes the time away. Tune into community radio this week as we fill the air with the music that’s easy on the ears (and the soul). Every Friday and Saturday morning on KOWS 92.5 FM, Occidental and streaming to planet Earth on KOWSFM.COM.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Los Lobos	One Time One Night	El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (1 of 4)
2	Wanda Jackson	Savin' My Love	Queen Of Rockabilly
3	Roger Miller	Old Songwriters Never Die (Banter)	King Of The Road: A Tribute To Roger Miller [Disc 2]
4	Kacey Musgraves	Kansas City Star	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
5	John Prine With Connie Smith	Loose Talk	In Spite Of Ourselves
6	Sara Watkins	Blue Shadows On the Trail (feat. Nickel Creek)	Under the Pepper Tree
7	Roy Rogers	Here On the Range	1939-1940 (Warped 3936)
8	The Western Flyers	Along The Navajo Trail	Wild Blue Yonder
9	Roy Rogers & Dale Evans	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	16 Great Songs Of The Old West
10	The Dinning Sisters	Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie	Rounding Up The Girls/Great Female Country Vocals Vol 1
11	We Five	You Were on My Mind	Classic Rock: 1965 – Shakin' All Over
12	The Impressions	People Get Ready	Classic Rock: 1965 – Shakin' All Over
13	Nancy Wilson	(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am	Your Hit Parade – Intro the '60S
14	Lyle Lovett	Summer Wind	For Love of the Game
15	Iggy Pop	How Insensitive	Preliminaries
16	Rhiannon Giddens	Up Above My Head	Tomorrow Is My Turn
17	Laura Rucker	I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter	Swingin' the Blues: 1931-1939
18	Elvis Presley	Love Letters	Elvis' Gold Records (Volume 4)
19	Patsy Cline	Love Letters In The Sand	The Patsy Cline Collection
20	Roy Orbison	Dream	You've Got Mail
21	Louis Armstrong	A Kiss to Build a Dream On	Sleepless in Seattle
22	Whispering Jack Smith	That's My Weakness Now	Me & My Shadow
23	Fats Domino	Make Me Belong To You	Fats Is Back
24	Barbara Lewis	Hello Stranger	MaltShop Memories Save the Last Dance for M
25	Justin Townes Earle	Can't Hardly Wait	Midnight at the Movies
26	Chuck Jackson	Shame On Me	Hold On, We're Coming '67
27	Nick Lowe	I Live on a Battlefield	The Impossible Bird
28	Connie Smith	Ribbon Of Darkness	The Essential Connie Smith
29	John Fogerty	Where the River Flows	John Fogerty
30	Wanda Jackson	Fujiyama Mama	Queen Of Rockabilly
31	John Fogerty	Almost Saturday Night	John Fogerty
32	Sons of the Pioneers	Lone Star Trail	Songs of the Prairie – CD2
33	Bill Frisell	Happy Trails	When You Wish Upon a Star

Motown 60s Soul

February 15, 2023 Dave

The decade of the sixties saw top 40 radio get it’s cue from the sounds of the Motor City. The house that Berry Gordy built was overflowing with musical talent. And he knew how to use them. The Funk Brothers and other studio musicians coupled with the songwriting of Barrett Strong, Smokey Robinson, and the team of Holland-Dozier-Holland…were at the core of what was produced in Detroit’s Motown. There were also the performers that blossomed, some becoming household names: Mary Wells, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, and countless others. There is no question that this was the Motown Decade. This week on Deeper Roots we’ll be walking through the sixties Motown sound with just some of those performers…and more. Friday mornings at 9 Pacific on KOWS Community Radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Barrett Strong	Money (That's What I Want)	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
2	The Marvelettes	Please Mr. Postman	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes
3	Barrett Strong	Misery	Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2)
4	The Marvelettes	Beechwood 4-5789	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes
5	Mary Wells	You Beat Me To The Punch	Looking Back 1961-1964
6	Miracles	You've Really Got A Hold On Me	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
7	The Contours	Do You Love Me	The Very Best of The Contours
8	Mary Wells	My Guy	Looking Back 1961-1964
9	Mary Wells	Two Lovers	Looking Back 1961-1964
10	Marvin Gaye	Pride and Joy	20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Marvin Gaye, Vol. 1
11	Martha Reeves & The Vandellas	(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave	The Ultimate Collection
12	The Temptations	The Way You Do The Things You Do	The Best Of The Temptations, Vol. 1: The 60s
13	The Temptations	My Girl	The Best Of The Temptations, Vol. 1: The 60s
14	The Supremes	Come See About Me	Malt Shop Memories: All I Have To Do Is Dream (Disc 2)
15	Diana Ross & The Supremes	Where Did Our Love Go	The Best Of Diana Ross & The Supremes [Disc 1]
16	The Supremes	Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart	Gold Disc 1
17	Kim Weston	Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me a Little While)	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2
18	Junior Walker & The All Stars	Shotgun	The Classic Sixties: 1965
19	Smokey Robinson & the Miracles	Ooo Baby Baby	The Boat That Rocked [Disc 1]
20	The Isley Brothers	This Old Heart of Mine (Is Weak for You)	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2
21	The Four Tops	Reach Out I'll Be There	The Ultimate Collection
22	The Elgins	Heaven Must Have Sent You	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2
23	Martha and the Vandellas	I'm Ready for Love	The Motown Sound Vol. 4
24	Shorty Long	Function at the Junction	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 2
25	Jimmy Ruffin	What Becomes of the Brokenhearted	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 1
26	Martha Reeves & the Vandellas	(We've Got) Honey Love	I'm in a Different World – A Journey Through Motown's Unchartered Territories
27	The Four Tops	Bernadette	The Ultimate Collection
28	Marvin Gaye	Ain't No Mountain High Enough	Anthology [Disc 1]
29	The Temptations	Cloud Nine	The Best Of The Temptations, Vol. 1: The 60s
30	Stevie Wonder	For Once in My Life	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 3
31	The Jackson 5	I Want You Back	Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 4
32	Stevie Wonder	Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours	Motown: The Classic Years Disc 2
33	The Supremes	You Can't Hurry Love	Gold Disc 1

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