Category Archives: Deeper Roots on KOWS

Dope Head Blues

It’s one of the novelty topics but that’s only whistling in the graveyard now, isn’t it? An episode of vipers and wild nights backstage, a reflection of the party atmosphere and the debauchery that would often take place after long nights of performing and jiving. We’ll also touch on the devil’s weed, as it was once known before the recognition of Victorian sensibilities was ejected in favor of common sense. The music will include primarily blues and jazz but we’ll also dip into some later novelty sounds to keep us all honest with the topics of coke, opium, marijuana, and pills on the agenda. Sweet bath house sounds from Bette Midler, wistful sounds from Phil Lawrence and Dan Hicks take center stage alongside the music of The Cats & The Fiddle, Fats Waller, Barney Bigard, and Cab Calloway. Quite a lineup and quite a topic surrounded by junkies, reefers, hadacol concoctions, and mellow stuff…so we hope you’ll drop by on a Friday morning in Sonoma County.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Willie Mabon Got To Have Some I'm The Fixer : The Best Of The USA Records Sessions Amazon
2The Ink Spots That Cat Is High Cocaine Blues Amazon
3The Cats & The Fiddle Killin' Jive The Very Best Of Amazon
4The Spirits of Rhythm Junk Man Cocaine Blues Amazon
5Cleo Brown The Stuff Is Here And It's Mellow The Legendary Cleo Brown Amazon
6Champion Jack Dupree Junker's Blues ABC Of The Blues Vol 6 Amazon
7Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Junco Partner Louis Jordan: Let the Good Times Roll – The Anthology 1938-1953 Amazon
8Dan Hicks & The Hot Licks Long Comma Viper The Blue Thumb Years 1971-1973 Amazon
9Phil Lawrence Viper's Dream Mandolin Heaven Amazon
10Stuff Smith & His Onyx Club Boys You're a Viper Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes Amazon
11Louis Armstrong Song Of The Vipers [Album Version] Louis Armstrong: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Man 1923-1934 Amazon
12Lalo Guerrero Marihuana Boogie Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1] Amazon
13Bette Midler Marahuana Songs For The New Depression Amazon
14Julia Lee Marijuana Kansas City Star [Disc 4] Amazon
15Fats Waller The Reefer Song Last Testament His Final Recor Amazon
16Barney Bigard Sextet Sweet Marihuana Brown The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
17Larry Adler Smoking Reefers The Ultimate 30's & 40's Reefer Songs Amazon
18Johnny Price Marijuana, The Devil Flower Hillbillies In Hell (Country Music's Tormented Testament 1952-1974) Amazon
19Johnny Cash Leave That Junk Alone The Man In Black 1954-1958 [Disc 2] Amazon
20Hot Lips Page Feelin' High And Happy Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four [Disc 3] Amazon
21Ella Fitzgerald When I Get Low I Get High Cryin' Mood Amazon
22Cab Calloway Kickin' The Gong Around The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp Amazon
23Julia Lee Pipe Dreams Kansas City Star [Disc 5] Amazon
24Tampa Red That Stuff Is Here Tampa Red The Guitar Wizard Amazon
25Cedar Creek Sheik Don't Use That Stuff Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice Amazon
26Dick Justice Cocaine Rough Guide To The Blues Songsters Amazon
27Reverend Gary Davis Cocaine Blues Blues And Ragtime Amazon
28Charley Jordan Just A Spoonful Cocaine Blues Amazon
29Slim & Slam Chinatown, My Chinatown Cocaine Blues Amazon
30Dr. John Junko Partner The Ultimate Dr. John Amazon
31The Treniers Hadacole (That's All) They Rock! They Roll! They Swing! Amazon

Those Old Familiars

Quaint, sweet, nostalgic…just a few adjectives to describe today’s music. Digging into the digital bins we’ve surfaced some of the more familiar of tunes from the last century. Early century pop, country, jazz and vocal harmonies all being serenades with upbeat and good natured favorites of the Great American Songbook. We’ll hear from Fats Waller, Eddie Condon, Ted Lewis, the Sons of the Pioneers, and Blind Blake with songs that ring a true bell in the heart. Songs about lazy rivers, love letters, the lovesick blues, and Kentucky moon. Don’t let yourself get carried away as you lean in closer to the speakers. We certainly don’t want you to hurt yourself. KOWS Community radio is a connection worth making with an eclectic blend of sounds from up and down the genre expanses…streaming to planet Earth at http://www.FreeSpeechNoBull.com. Join us.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Fats Waller Ain't Misbehavin' Music By Fats Waller Amazon
2Gene Austin Love Letters In The Sand A Time To Relax Amazon
3Gene Austin My Blue Heaven A Time To Relax Amazon
4Ted Lewis I'm Crazy 'bout My Baby Is Everybody Happy Now? Amazon
5Bing Crosby Someday, Sweetheart [Single Version] Bing Crosby And Some Jazz Friends Amazon
6The Boswell Sisters Accompanied By The Dorsey Brothers When I Take My Sugar to Tea Those Were The Days. [Disc 1] Amazon
7The Spirits Of Rhythm Nobody's Sweetheart (Remastered) The Spirits of Rhythm feat. Teddy Bunn Amazon
8Eddie Condon Aint' Give Nobody None Of My Jelly Roll That's A Serious Thing Amazon
9Blind Blake Diddie Wah Diddie ABC Of The Blues Vol 5 Amazon
10Emmett Miller Right Or Wrong Minstrel Man From Georgia Amazon
11Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies Right Or Wrong King Of Western Swing Volume One Amazon
12Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies Somebody Stole My Gal Daddy of Western Swing, Vol. 3 : Easy Ridin' Papa Amazon
13Jimmy Wakely Roll Along, Kentucky Moon Vintage Collections Amazon
14Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Lazy River Tiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 5 Amazon
15Johnny Davis And His Orchestra Sugar The Big Broadcast, Volume 8: Jazz and Popular Music of the 1920s and 1930s Amazon
16Al Clauser & His Oklahoma Outlaws Some Sweet Day The Best Of Western Swing Amazon
17Sons of the Pioneers Prairie Lullaby Songs of the Prairie – CD2 Amazon
18W. Lee & His Hillbilly Boys All I Do Is Dream of You Western Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938 Amazon
19Hank Williams Lovesick Blues Artist's Choice: Johnny Cash Amazon
20The Mills Brothers In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree (L. Armstrong) Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats Amazon
21The Mills Brothers My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua Hawaii The 1930's Recordings – Chronological Volume 5 Amazon
22Nat King Cole Sweet Lorraine Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him Amazon
23Louis Armstrong & All His Stars Lazy River The Complete Decca Studio Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars [Disc 3] Amazon
24Fats Waller Your Feet's Too Big The Joint Is Jumpin' Amazon
25Dean Martin/Orchestra Pretty Baby That's Amore: The Best of Dean Martin Amazon
26Doris Day Moonlight Bay The Best Of Doris Day Amazon
27Tiny Bradshaw The Sheik of Araby (09-29-34) Breaking Up the House [Disc 1] Amazon
28The Boswell Sisters Shine On, Harvest Moon It's The Girls Amazon
29John Prine/Kacey Musgraves Mental Cruelty For Better, Or Worse Amazon
30The Browns You Nearly Lose Your Mind Classics 1963-1964 (Warped 6384) Amazon
31Cab Calloway 05 I Ain't Got Nobody Chronological 1934-37 Amazon
32Laurel and Hardy Shine on Harvest Moon The Oxford American Southern Sampler 1999 Amazon

Mean Old World

This week’s show is a free form collection of songs from early, middle and late, all blending tradition, pop, rock ‘n roll, soul, and so much more. Little themes and big ones that bring out the best in us and some old favorites as well. Tune in on Friday at 9 for Deeper Roots and we’ll give you some Mills Brothers, John Prine, Ivory Joe Hunter and John Sebastian…oh yes, a little Bo Diddley and some Bette Davis thrown in. Community Radio in Sonoma County is all about eclectic, non-commercial entertainment with voices of your community there to bring you home. It’s a mean old world but it’s also a big, old goofy one and we’ve got the sounds this week on Deeper Roots to prove it.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers Mean Old World The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3] Amazon
2Jorma Kaukonen & Tom Hobson I Am The Light Of This World Quah [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
3Lucinda Williams Sweet Old World Sweet Old World Amazon
4Johnny Burnette Big Big World 25 Greatest Hits Amazon
5John Prine It's a Big Old Goofy World The Missing Years Amazon
6Los Lobos We Belong Together La Bamba Amazon
7The Mills Brothers Sixty Seconds Got Together Mills Brothers – Goldent Greats Amazon
8Campus Kids Managua, Nicaragua The Groups Sing [Disc 2] Amazon
9Carmen Miranda Chica Chica Boom Chic The Very Best of Carmen Miranda Amazon
10Sue Foley Cuban Getaway Antone's Women: Bringing You the Best in Blues Amazon
11Dean Martin Memories Are Made Of This Crush On You Amazon
12Nick Lowe Sensitive Man The Old Magic Amazon
13Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan Tennessee Bird Walk Hard To Find 45s On CD: Pop & Country Classics Amazon
14John Sebastian Red-Eye Express The Best Of John Sebastian Amazon
15Dan Penn Don't Lose Your Good Thing The Fame Recordings Amazon
16Ivory Joe Hunter Since I Met You Baby Since I Met You Baby Amazon
17Ollie & The Nightingales I Got A Sure Thing Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 1] Amazon
18The Spinners It's A Shame The Very Best Of Amazon
19Ann Cole Got My Mo-Jo Working (But It Just Won't Work On You) Jump, Jive & Swing Amazon
20Nat King Cole Mona Lisa 30 Greatest Hits Disc 2 Amazon
21Dinning Sisters Oh Monah Almost Sweet And Gentle [Disc 1] Amazon
22Bo Diddley Mona Living The Blues – Chicago Blues Giants Amazon
23Bette Davis They're Either Too Young Or Too Old -from Thank Your Lucky Stars Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2) Amazon
24The Prisonaires All Alone And Lonely The Prisonaires – Just Walkin' In The Rain Amazon
25John Prine With Dolores Keane It's A Cheating Situation In Spite Of Ourselves Amazon
26Elvis Presley Viva Las Vegas 2nd To None Amazon
27Jo Stafford I Love You You Belong To Me Amazon
28Boswell Sisters I Thank You Mr. Moon Boswell Sisters Amazon
29Boswell Sisters Stop the Sun Stop the Moon Boswell Sisters Amazon
30Bill Kirchen Valley of the Moon (Album) Word To The Wise Amazon

The River In Music

There are no more essential metaphors to be had in the American story than that of the river. The river is nature’s alliance with mankind and its muse in prose, poetry and song. It is the stuff of dreams, the movement of the clock in Her terms, the news of the day when the banks are breached, and the symbol of biblical ventures of time and home. So we’ll be taking to the river on a Friday in July to feel the warmth of the surface knowing full well that the undercurrent is treacherous and cold beneath the hull. Music this week includes the stories of the Great Flood of 1927 with Barbecue Bob, the baptismal elements from Alison Krauss and Irma Thomas, Central Valley memories from Dave Alvin by way of Merle Haggard, and the poetry of river sounding chants and Paul Robeson’s muscle. Tune in as we drift our way down the Mississippi and beyond on Friday morning on Deeper Roots.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Marilyn Monroe River Of No Return The Essential Marilyn Monroe Amazon
2Charles Colman & William Eaton River Sounding Chant 5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music Amazon
3Paul Robeson Ol' Man River American Songbook Series: Jerome Kern Amazon
4Marian Anderson Deep River Folk Song America-A 20th Century Revival [Disc 1] Amazon
5Mavis Staples In The Mississippi River (Cd) We'll Never Turn Back Amazon
6Johnny Cash Big River Original Greatest Hits Amazon
7The Carter Family River Of Jordan The Carter Family 1927 – 1934 [Disc 1] Amazon
8Alison Krauss Down to the River to Pray O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
9Delmore Brothers Happy on the Mississippi Shores Brown's Ferry Blues Amazon
10Tennessee Ernie Ford with Orchestra & Chorus conducted by Billy May River Of No Return Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55 Amazon
11Louis Armstrong & All His Stars Lazy River The Complete Decca Studio Recordings Of Louis Armstrong And The All Stars [Disc 3] Amazon
12Snooks Eaglin Going to the River Complete Imperial Recordings Amazon
13Fats Domino Going to the River This Is Gold Disc 1 Amazon
14Dr. John Back By The River Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
15Robert Hicks Mississippi Heavy Water Blues People Take Warning [Disc 2] Man Vs. Nature Amazon
16Slocan Ramblers Mississippi Heavy Water Blues Queen City Jubilee Amazon
17Joe Shores Mississippi Sounding Calls [A-1] Field Recordings, Vol. 3: Mississippi (1936-1942) Amazon
18Jimmie Rodgers Miss The Mississippi And You Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5] Amazon
19Leon Redbone Mississippi River Blues Double Time Amazon
20Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra Swanee River Swingsation: Jimmie Lunceford Amazon
21Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers One More River The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 2] Amazon
22Irma Thomas With Henry Butler River Is Waiting Putumayo Presents Rhythm & Blues Amazon
23John Fogerty River Is Waiting Revival Amazon
24Dave Alvin Kern River West of the West Amazon
25Doc Watson Moody River Memories Amazon
26Doc & Merle Watson Deep River Blues Sittin' Here Pickin' the Blues Amazon
27Jorma Kaukonen Red River Blues Blue Country Heart Amazon
28Johnny Rivers Big River The Memphis Sun Recordings Amazon
29The New Christy Minstrels Mighty Mississippi Ramblin' Amazon
30Roy Rogers & Dale Evans Red River Valley 16 Great Songs Of The Old West Amazon

Sister Rosetta

This week’s show celebrates the Godmother of rock ‘n roll who was finally paid tribute with her 2018 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s sanctified electric guitar work not only touched on the cusp of soul and blues, but it foretold what was to come less than a decade later. There were the R&B bands, which she would dabble in (much to the chagrin of her followers), that would also have an impact…but it was her sound that influenced and inspired Elvis, Wanda Jackson, Jerry Lee Lewis, and so many others, even to this day. We’ll take a deep dive into the music and story of this legend including some of those who she would draw her own inspirations from. Tune in.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Sister Rosetta Tharpe Down By the Riverside Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4) Amazon
2Fisk Jubilee Singers Ezekiel Saw De Wheel Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken Amazon
3Thomas A. Dorsey If You See My Savior Halleluja Gospel & Prayers Amazon
4Golden Gate Quartet Blind Barnabas Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats Amazon
5Memphis Minnie I Called You This Morning Queen Of Country Blues Amazon
6Sister O. M. Terrell God's Little Birds Country Gospel 1946-1953 Amazon
7Sister Rosetta Tharpe Didn't It Rain? Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 3 Amazon
8Sister Rosetta Tharpe Four or Five Times Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2 Amazon
9Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio Trouble In Mind Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
10Marie Knight Gospel Train 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
11Sister Rosetta Tharpe Up Above My Head I Hear Music In the Air Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4) Amazon
12Joan Osborne & The Holmes Brothers Nobody's Fault But Mine Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe Amazon
13Sister Rosetta Tharpe Beams of Heaven Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel, Vol. 2 Amazon
14Phoebe Snow Beams of Heaven (feat. The Holmes Brothers) Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe Amazon
15Sister Rosetta Tharpe Intro – Didn't It Rain Newport Jazz Festival 7/3/64 Amazon
16Marie Knight Didn't It Rain Shout, Sister, Shout! – A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe Amazon
17Sister Rosetta Tharpe 99 1/2 Won't Do Gospel Train Amazon
18Sister Rosetta Tharpe Fly Away Sincerely, Sister Rosetta Tharpe Amazon
19Marion Williams – The Stars Of Faith When I Lay This Body Down Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958 Amazon
20Mahalia Jackson His Eye Is On The Sparrow Gospels, Spirituals, & Hymns Amazon
21Sister Rosetta Tharpe Two Little Fishes Sincerely, Sister Rosetta Tharpe Amazon
22Fern Jones Strange Things Happening Every Day The Glory Road Amazon
23Brittany Howard That's All Live That's All – RRHOF Amazon
24Sister Rosetta Tharpe That's All Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution Amazon
25Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Red Foley Have a Little Talk With Jesus 101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1 Amazon
26Robert Plant & Alison Krauss Sister Rosetta Goes Before Us Raising Sand Amazon
27Gospel Hebrews Jesus Is All Over Me Boddie Recording Company: Cleveland, Ohio Amazon
28Louis Armstrong Down By The Riverside Louis And The Good Book Amazon
29The Abyssinian Baptist Gospel Choir I Want To Ride That Glory Train Shakin' The Rafters Amazon
30Sister Rosetta Tharpe The Natural Facts Sister Rosetta Tharpe and the Spirit of Gospel (Vol. 4) Amazon

Blues Across Texas

A collection of blues performers almost unparalleled. They grow ’em big down there and the sound of the blues is no different. From Lead Belly to Blind Lemon Jefferson to the Vaughan Brothers, you can’t really capture the breadth and depth of the blues from the state of Texas in one sitting, so we’re only going to do our very best in the show this morning on KOWS. Early blues from Ramblin’ Thomas, Texas Alexander and Bessie Tucker will take us into the seminal country folk blues of Lightnin’ Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb. While we’re name-dropping, how about Bobby “Blue” Bland, T-Bone Walker, Johnny Winter, Albert Collins, Big Mama Thornton, and it doesn’t stop there. There’s a heaping helping of Texas blues coming your way from the KOWS studios located in downtown Santa Rosa.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Blind Lemon Jefferson Matchbox Blues Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey Amazon
2Pee Wee Crayton Do Unto Others Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings Amazon
3Johnny Winter Mean Town Blues Legends of Guitar – Electric Blues (Vol. 1) Amazon
4Fenton Robinson Somebody Loan Me A Dime Living The Blues: The 70's Blues Classics Amazon
5Albert Collins Frosty Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
6Blind Lemon Jefferson See That My Grave Is Kept Clean Black Swan Sampler Amazon
7Ramblin' Thomas Poor Boy Blues Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 3B: Songs Amazon
8Texas Alexander Don't You Wish Your Baby was Built Up Like Mine Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 (1927 – 1928) Amazon
9J.T. Smith Fools Blues Oxford American Southern Music Texas Amazon
10Bessie Tucker Better Boot That Thing [Take 2] [#] Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order (1928-1929) Amazon
11Lightnin' Hopkins Katie Mae Blues The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins Amazon
12Melvin "Lil' Son" Jackson Blues Come To Texas Blues Come To Texas Amazon
13Mance Lipscomb Introduction Ash Grove 12/6/1964 Amazon
14Mance Lipscomb Darktown Strutters' Ball Ash Grove 12/6/1964 Amazon
15T-Bone Walker Cold, Cold Feeling The Complete Imperial Recordings: 1950-1954 [Disc 1] Amazon
16James "Thunderbird" Davis If I Had My Life To Live Over Blues Pajama Party Amazon
17Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown Okie Dokie Stomp ABC Of The Blues Vol 4 Amazon
18Frankie Lee Sims Lucy Mae Blues Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues Amazon
19Juke Boy Bonner Running Shoes Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Volume 2 [Disc 8] Amazon
20Bobby "Blue" Bland Turn On Your Love Light Blues Classics '27_'69 [Disc 3] Amazon
21Big Mama Thornton Let Your Tears Fall Baby ABC Of The Blues Vol 43 Amazon
22Freddie King Hide Away Ultimate Collection Amazon
23Jimmie Vaughan Don't Cha Know Strange Pleasure Amazon
24Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Pride And Joy Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2 Amazon
25The Fabulous Thunderbirds She's Tuff Blues Masters, Vol. 9: Postmodern Blues Amazon
26Johnny "Guitar" Watson One Room Country Shack ABC Of The Blues Vol 49 Amazon
27Blind Willie Johnson John The Revelator The Complete Blind Willie Johnson Amazon
28Johnny Copeland Down On Bending Knees Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues Amazon
29Andrew "Smokey" Hogg I Gotta Ride Texas Guitar Killers Disc 2 Amazon
30Johnny Winter Highway 61 Revisited Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
31Lowell Fulson Blue Shadows A Propoer Introduction to Lowell Fulson Juke Box Shuffle Amazon

Music From The Band

Americana fusion from the Canadian border to the rolling hills of Arkansas: roots music from a musical collective built on a foundation made up of many different legs: blues, rock, folk, Civil War stories, burnished antiques found alongside the two-lane highways of mid-century and tradition from the kitchen. Their songs were anchored by deeper roots. There are few that could speak musically to all of these and all of their connecting tissue, but The Band (Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel and Garth Hudson) made it seem easy. From their early years as The Hawks backing Ronnie Hawkins to being the electric behind Bob Dylan’s Judas performance in the UK, and then The Last Waltz. There were tragedies both light and heavy that foretold a demise as predictable as the appearance of Halley’s Comet. Join us in a reflection of their music on a Friday morning in Sonoma County on KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Robbie Robertson When The Night Was Young How To Become Clairvoyant Amazon
2The Band Will The Circle Be Unbroken (non-lp track) A Musical History [Disc 1] Amazon
3The Levon Helm Band Anna Lee Newport Folk Festival 8/3/2008 Amazon
4Rick Danko When I Get My Just Rewards Cryin' Heart Blues Amazon
5Bob Dylan & The Band The Weight Before The Flood [Live] [Disc 2] Amazon
6Joan Baez The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down Hits: Greatest & Others Amazon
7The Band Acadian Driftwood Northern Lights-Southern Cross Amazon
8Bob Dylan & The Band Crash On The Levee (Down In The Flood) The Basement Tapes [Disc 2] Amazon
9Bob Dylan & The Band Million Dollar Bash The Basement Tapes [Disc 1] Amazon
10Rick Danko It Makes No Difference Live Anthology Amazon
11Emmylou Harris & The Band Evangeline Duets Amazon
12The Band Stage Fright The Last Waltz [Rhino Box Set] Disc 1 Amazon
13Ronnie Hawkins/The Band Who Do You Love? The Last Waltz [Rhino Box Set] Disc 1 Amazon
14Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Havana Moon Levon Helm & The RCO All-Stars Amazon
15Ronnie Hawkins & The Hawks Hey Boba Lou The Best of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks Amazon
16The Band Stand Up High On The Hog Amazon
17Levon Helm False Hearted Lover Blues Dirt Farmer Amazon
18Warren Haynes With The All Star Band And Rami Jaffee The Shape I'm In (with The All Star Band & Rami Jaffee) (2013) Love For Levon Amazon
19The Band,Bob Clearmountain Time to Kill – Remix / 2020 Stage Fright (Deluxe Remix 2020) Amazon
20The Band Life Is a Carnival Cahoots Amazon
21Levon Helm Tennessee Jed Electric Dirt Amazon
22The Band Twilight (Single Version) Islands [Remastered] Amazon
23Bob Dylan I Shall Be Released Before The Flood [Disc 1] Amazon
24Levon Helm Money Levon Helm Amazon

Windy and Warm

This morning’s show takes a free form journey across that long grey ribbon of America’s roots highways. We’ll be sharing a coast-to-coast collection of sounds including surf sounds, a tincture of Mose Allison, swamp gold from Cookie and the Cupcakes, folk sounds of Pete Seeger and Malvina Reynolds, forties pop sounds of Johnny Mercer, and highlights from a songwriter you may never have heard of but who made a profound impact across the board: John D. Loudermilk. dusty digital bins. Join Dave Stroud for an eclectic blend of classic soul, folk, rock, jazz, blues, and country on a Friday morning brought to you live from the KOWS studios in the heart of downtown Santa Rosa.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Doc Watson Windy and Warm The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 Amazon
2Barbara Lynn Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979 Amazon
3Etta James One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) The Essential Etta James [Disc 1] Amazon
4Dinah Washington This Bitter Earth The Essential Dinah Washington: The Great Songs Amazon
5Mose Allison You Call It Joggin' Allison Wonderland: Anthology [Disc 2] Amazon
6Robert Johnson Come on in My Kitchen The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 1 Amazon
7Crosby, Stills & Nash 49 Bye-Byes Crosby, Stills & Nash Amazon
8Louis Armstrong Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
9John D. Loudermilk Everybody Knows Blue Train Amazon
10Pete Seeger Coyote, My Little Brother God Bless The Grass Amazon
11Malvina Reynolds Little Boxes Folk, Gospel & Blues Will The Circle Be Unbroken Disk 2 Amazon
12Aaron Neville Tell It Like It Is Doctors Professors Kings & Queens: Box New Orleans Amazon
13Cookie & The Cupcakes I Cried Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
14The Fabulous Thunderbirds Mathilda Essential Fabulous Thunderbirds Amazon
15The Four Tops I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) The Ultimate Collection Amazon
16John Prine If I Could Live on Tour Amazon
17Johnny Mercer & The Pied Pipers Feat. Jo Stafford Personality Capitol Collectors Series Amazon
18Lloyd Price Stagger Lee Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1 Amazon
19Sir Douglas Quintet She's About A Mover Best Of Sir Douglas Quintet Amazon
20Terry Stafford Suspicion Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1964 Amazon
21Bruce Springsteen Johnny Bye-Bye Tracks [Disc 2] Amazon
22Chuck Berry You Never Can Tell The Chess Box Disc 2 Amazon
23The Beach Boys Surfin' U.S.A. Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
24Jerry Lee Lewis/Ringo Starr Sweet Little Sixteen Last Man Standing Amazon
25Dave Edmunds Here Comes the Weekend The Anthology (1968-1990) Disc 1 Amazon
26Elvis Presley Paralyzed 50,000,000 Elvis Fans Can't Be Wrong: Elvis' Gold Records – Volume 2 Amazon
27Oscar McLollie & His Honey Jumpers All That Oil in Texas Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
28The Four Clefs I Like Pie, I Like Cake Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1 Amazon
29Glenn Miller & His Orchestra A String of Pearls The Centennial Collection Disc 1 Amazon
30The Lovin' Spoonful Daydream Daydream [Original LP] Amazon
31The Youngbloods Get Together Get Together: The Essential Youngbloods Amazon
32Nina Simone Feeling Good Compact Jazz Amazon
33Johnny Cash Ring Of Fire Country: The American Tradition [Disc 2] Amazon

Bob at 80

Bob Dylan’s turning the big eight-ohhh my God! Born on May 24, 1941 “with a name that means nothing and an age that means less”, he’s being honored in Minnesota (given his boyhood home of Hibbing) with a year long celebration. But it won’t be just the state whose motto from the French translates to “The star of the North”, but a good part of world will also be taking part. While prickly and, at times, difficult to translate, his words have formed images from the metrics of gospel, protest, and a cynic’s wrath to sonnet-like love songs and dirges that would bend even the ears of T. S. Eliot or Auden. He is the bard of a generation whose metal art and endeavors in the art of whiskey underscore eight decades that spell a true renaissance man. We’ll touch on two hours of Dylan’s music this week on Deeper Roots.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bob Dylan Song To Woody No Direction Home: The Soundtrack (The Bootleg Series, Vol. 7) [Disc 1] Amazon
2Bob Dylan Mississippi The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs [Disc 1] Amazon
3Ian & Sylvia Tomorrow Is A Long Time Four Strong Winds Amazon
4Earl Scruggs & Bob Dylan Nashville Skyline Rag Dylan Country Amazon
5Bob Dylan New Morning [With Horn Section Overdubs] Another Self Portrait (1969-1971): The Bootleg Series, Vol. 10 [Disc 2] Amazon
6Bob Dylan Talkin' New York Bob Dylan Amazon
7Joan Baez It's All Over Now, Baby Blue From The Coffeehouse Amazon
8Peter, Paul & Mary Blowin' In The Wind The Very Best Of Peter, Paul And Mary Amazon
9The Byrds Mr. Tambourine Man 20 Number Ones Amazon
10Johnny Cash It Ain't Me Babe Dylan Country Amazon
11Bob Dylan If Dogs Run Free New Morning Amazon
12Bob Dylan Po' Boy Love and Theft Amazon
13Bob Dylan Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 MTV Unplugged Amazon
14Bob Dylan You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go Blood on the Tracks Amazon
15Bob Dylan Shelter from the Storm [Take 2] More Blood, More Tracks: The Bootleg Series Vol. 14 Amazon
16Bob Dylan Everything Is Broken Oh Mercy Amazon
17Bob Dylan Things Have Changed Lovesick Amazon
18The Band When I Paint My Masterpiece A Musical History [Disc 4] Amazon
19Bob Dylan Man in the Long Black Coat Chronicles, Vol. 1 Amazon
20Bob Dylan Duquesne Whistle Tempest Amazon
21Bob Dylan Goodbye Jimmy Reed Rough And Rowdy Ways [Disc 1] Amazon
22Bob Dylan My Blue Eyed Jane The Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers: A Tribute Amazon
23Bob Dylan Feat. Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton, George Harrison My Back Pages Bob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration [Disc 2] Amazon
24Bob Dylan Man Gave Names To All The Animals Slow Train Coming Amazon

Post-War Rhythm & Jive

Somewhere sandwiched between pre-war big band and swing and the rock n’ roll era that erupted in the early fifties, there was foretelling in the sounds of post-war rhythm and blues, honkers and shouters, and jump bands. This week’s show will explore the sounds of post-war with Louis Jordan’s Tympany Five, Bull Moose Jackson, Babs Gonzales, Wynonie Harris, Amos Milburn and a couple dozen others. To say the burner was hot is misunderstanding the situation: it was red hot. Our morning show will have your toes tappin’, your fingers snappin’, and your hips shakin’ as the sounds of post-war rhythm in blues takes you into another Spring day here in Sonoma County. Join in the fun!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Wild Bill Moore (vocal: Scatman) Rock 'N' Roll Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52 Amazon
2Louis Jordan Ain't That Just Like a Woman Number Ones Amazon
3Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Hungary Man The Best Of Bob Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour Vol 2 Amazon
4Buster Bennett Rockin' My Blues Away Chronological Buster Bennett (1945-1947) Amazon
5Bull Moose Jackson Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me Badman Jackson Thats Me Amazon
6The Charioteers Viddle de Vop Hot Harmony Groups 1932-1951: Vol 2: Viddle de Vop Amazon
7T-Bone Walker T-Bone Shuffle Living The Blues: Blues Greats Amazon
8Louis Jordan Caldonia The Rough and Rowdy Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1 Amazon
9Jake Porter Safronia Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52 Amazon
10Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends Mama Don't Allow Rhythm & Blues Goes Rock & Roll Vol 2 [Disc 13] Amazon
11Babs' Three Bips & A Bop (Babs Gonzales) Oo-Pa-Pa-Da Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1] Amazon
12Pearl Bailey The Hucklebuck Chronological Pearl Bailey (1947-1950) Amazon
13Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson Gonna Send You Where I Got You From Mercury B&R Story '45-'55 – [Disc 1]: Midwest Blues V1 Amazon
14Bull Moose Jackson Keep You're Big Mouth Shut Bad Man Jackson Amazon
15The King Porter Orchestra Chittlin' Ball Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2] Amazon
16Nellie Lutcher He's a Real Gone Guy Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2] Amazon
17Cleo Brown Cleo's Boogie Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57 Amazon
18Ella Mae Morse A Little Further Down The Road A Piece Singles 2 Amazon
19Julia Lee Oh Chuck It Kansas City Star [Disc 4] Amazon
20Cab Calloway The Calloway Boogie Jukebox Hits 1930-1950 Amazon
21Wynonie Harris All She Wants To Do Is Rock All She Wants To Do Is Rock Amazon
22Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five Chicky-Mo, Craney Crow Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1947 – 1949 Amazon
23Butch Stone & His Orchestra I Got News For You Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52 Amazon
24Amos Milburn Amos' Boogie Amos Milburn Rocks Amazon
25Blue Lu Barker A Little Bird Told Me From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944 Amazon
26Nellie Lutcher He Sends Me Oxford American 10th Anniversary Southern Music CD [Disc 2] "Past Masters" [2008] Amazon
27Betty Hall Jones Learn To Boogie Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57 Amazon
28Mabel Scott Googie Woogie Sleazy Rhythm & Blues Vol. 3 Amazon
29Tiny Davis & Her Orchestra How About That Jive Jumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD) Amazon
30Bull Moose Jackson Watch My Signals The Rough and Rowdy Roots of Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1 Amazon
31Doc Pomus My Good Pott Singer & Songwriter Amazon
32Wynonie Harris Good Rockin' Tonight Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949 Amazon
33Little Willie Littlefield Hello Kats Hot R&B and Cool Blues 1946-52 Amazon