Category Archives: Deeper Roots on KOWS

Mother’s Day Special

This weekend we observe Mother’s Day, a day that got buried among the many lost celebrations last year due to the pandemic. So it is only fitting that we elevate the gratitude we have this coming Sunday. At Deeper Roots, we’re taking time this Friday to celebrate with only the finest in the many American genres including country, bluegrass, rock, pop vocals, soul, and everything in between…with a little bit of spark thrown in. We’ve got Aretha, The Louvins, Zydeco sounds with Fernest Arceneaux, JJ Cale and Dr. Hook, all in tow to pay tribute to all of those moms out there who play such a big part in our formation as adults. Tune in Friday mornings live from the KOWS studios in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bill & The Belles Finger Pointin' Mama Dreamsongs, Etc. Amazon
2Nat King Cole My Mother Told Me Chronological Classics: Nat King Cole 1949 Amazon
3J.J. Cale Blues For Mama To Tulsa And Back Amazon
4Paul Simon Mother And Child Reunion Greatest Hits: Shining Like A National Guitar Amazon
5Fernest Arceneaux, The Zydeco All Stars, Rockin' Dopsie, Jr. Don't Tell Your Mother Zydeco Blues Party Amazon
6Miracles If Your Mother Only Knew Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD4) Amazon
7Dee Dee Sharp (That's What) My Mama Said The Best of Dee Dee Sharp Amazon
8The Shirelles Mama Said American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961 Amazon
9Jackie Deshannon Did He Call Today, Mama Breakin' It Up On the Beatles Amazon
10Hello, Dolly! 1994 Broadway Revival Cast Motherhood Hello, Dolly!: The New 1994 Cast Recording Amazon
11Charles Colman & William Eaton Doncha Hear Yo'Po Mother Callin'? 5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music Amazon
12Lou Monte Mama (Mamma) Songs for Pizza Lovers – Lou Monte Sings Amazon
13The Mills Brothers Don't Be Afraid To Tell Your Mother Mills Brothers – Golden Greats Amazon
14The Taylor Brothers Mother's Advice I Heard The Angels Singing : Electrifying Black Gospel From the Nashboro Label 1951-1983 [Disc 3] Amazon
15Sister Rosetta Tharpe I Hear My Mother Call My Name The Original Soul Sister: This Train [Disc 4] Amazon
16Buck Owens Dust On Mother's Bible Dust On Mother's Bible Amazon
17Bonnie Owens Medals for Mothers 1968-1971 (Warped 6947) Amazon
18The Haden Triplets Gray Mother Dreaming The Family Songbook Amazon
19Faron Young Let Old Mother Have Her Way Hello Walls / The Young Approach Amazon
20Mac Wiseman Mother Knows Best 1962-1965 (Warped 6339) Amazon
21The Louvin Brothers God Bless Her ('Cause She Is My Mother) Long Play Collection Amazon
22The Blind Boys of Alabama Let My Mother Live Almost Home Amazon
23Ike & Tina Turner Mamma Tell Him Don't Play Me Cheap Amazon
24Aretha Franklin A Mother's Love Soul Sister Amazon
25B.B. King Nobody Loves Me But My Mother Indianola Mississippi Seeds Amazon
26Earl King Mother Told Me Not To Go Let The Good Times Roll Amazon
27Buddy Guy My Mother The Treasure Untold Amazon
28Leo Welch Mother Loves Her Children Sabougla Voices Amazon
29Chris Smither Every Mother's Son I'm a Stranger Too!/Don't It Drag On Amazon
30Troy Hess Please Don't Go Topless, Mother Hillbillies in Hell Country Musics Tormented Testament Volume 5 Amazon
31Louis Armstrong Blues In The Night (My Mama Done Tol' Me) Blues In The Night: The Johnny Mercer Songbook Amazon
32Ramblin' Jack Elliott Mother, the Queen of My Heart Ramblin' Jack Elliott Sings Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers Amazon

Honey Don’t

Don’t tell me…it’s theme time but with the negative bent. No, no, no, honey don’t. This week’s show takes on songs of which there is no reduced supply chain: songs that ask us ‘not to’. A somewhat obscure theme, no question, but it’s all about the message after all. We’ll hear a variety of genres this week, all with their warnings prefaced with the contraction “don’t”. We’ll hear from Elvis (a favorite of the idiom), Blue Lu Barker, Julia Lee, Charles Brown, Buddy Emmons, and those representing doo wop, country, early rock, and Americana. All of this coming your way on our first show of May 2021, a rebroadcast of a KOWS show recorded live from the KOWS studios, located in the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa. Don’t get defensive, it’s all in fun.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Carl Perkins Honey Don't American Roots of the British Invasion Amazon
2Johnny Cash Don't Go Near The Water Ragged Old Flag Amazon
3Elvis Presley Don't Cry Daddy 2nd To None Amazon
4Elvis Presley Don't Elvis Is Back! Amazon
5Elvis Presley Don't Be Cruel Elvis Presley (8 Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles) Amazon
6Fats Domino Don't Come Knockin' They Call Me the Fat Man: The Legendary Imperial Recordings Disc 3 Amazon
7Billy Tate Don't Call My Name (Peacock 1671) R&B Humdingers Volume 11 Amazon
8Shirelles Don't Go Home (My Little Darlin') The Shirelles Amazon
9Lowell Fulson Don't Be So Evil Juke Box Blues 1946-1948 Amazon
10Muddy Waters Don't Go No Farther The Definitive Collection Amazon
11Blue Lu Barker Don't You Make Me High Flashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944 Amazon
12Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends Don't Come Too Soon Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2 Amazon
13Etta James Don't Cry Baby The Essential Etta James [Disc 1] Amazon
14Bee Arnold Don't Do It Daddy Boppin' By The Bayou – Baby Dolls & Drive-Ins Amazon
15Continentals Don't Do It Baby Talkin' Trash: Lookey Dookey Amazon
16The Drifters Don't Dog Me Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & Bluesy Amazon
17The Penguins Don't Do It Foot Tappin' And Dance At The Screamin' Festival Vol.4 Amazon
18The Band Don't Do It (Baby Don't You Do It) To Kingdom Come [Disc 2] Amazon
19Charles Brown Don't Get Salty Sugar The Classic Earliest Recordings [Disc 3] Amazon
20Ella Fitzgerald Don't Be That Way First Lady of Song Amazon
21June Christy Don't Explain Lady Sings the Blues [Disc 2] Amazon
22Asleep At The Wheel Don't Forget The Trains Collision Course & The Wheel (1977, 78) Amazon
23Grandpa Jones Don't Bring Your Banjo Home Grandpa Jones The Country Music Hall Of Fame Amazon
24The Sons Of The Pioneers Don't Fence Me In Sons Of The Pioneers Amazon
25Bobby Bare Don't Do Like I Done Son Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969 Amazon
26Bobby Bare Jr. Don't Go to Chattanooga A Storm – A Tree – My Mother's Head Amazon
27Solomon Burke Don't Give Up on Me Don't Give Up on Me Amazon
28Nina Simone Don't You Pay Them No Mind Wild Is The Wind/High Priestess Of Soul Amazon
29The Handsome Family Don't Be Scared In the Air Amazon
30J.J. Cale Don't Go To Strangers Naturally Amazon
31Ramones Don't Come Close (Remastered Version ) Road To Ruin: Expanded and Remastered Amazon
32Johnny Burnette Don't Do It The Ballads Of Amazon
33Conway Twitty Don't Cry No More The Rock 'N' Roll Years CD7 Amazon
34Buddy Holly Don't Come Back Knockin' [Album Version] Rave On: The Very Best Of & Amazon

Deeper Soul Tracks

We’re going rare and under-the-radar for the most part this Friday morning, taking time to peek our heads above the surface only a few times. This week we’ve got a collection of mostly unknown soul sounds from some of the classic labels as well as some rare gems from the vaults of labels like Prix and Cash. There will be some vocal powerhouse sounds from Dee Dee Warwick, Jean Wells, Madeline Bell and Darrel Banks. We’ll also share some fun sixties sounds from The Olympics, a special pair of Barbara Lynn and Dee Dee Sharp gems from the Deeper Roots dusty digital bins. Join Dave Stroud on a Friday morning recorded live from the KOWS studios in the heart of downtown Santa Rosa

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1J. J. Jackson But It's Alright But It's Alright Amazon
2Mary Wells When I'm Gone Looking Back 1961-1964 Amazon
3Barbara Lewis How Can I Say Goodbye Hello Stranger: The Best of Barbara Lewis Amazon
4Thelma Jones I Won't Give Up My Man Heavy Soul: Old Town & Barry's Deep Down & Dirty Sides Amazon
5Barbara Lynn You Better Quit It A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979 Amazon
6Barbara Lynn New Kind Of Love A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jet Stream Singles 1966-1979 Amazon
7Madeline Bell Mercy Mercy Mercy Bell's A Poppin' Amazon
8Wilson Pickett I'm In Love Memphis Boys: The Story Of American Studios Amazon
9Dee Dee Warwick We're Doing Fine Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2 Amazon
10Bobby Womack Check It Out The Best Of Bobby Womack: The Soul Years Amazon
11Skip Drake Wrapped Around Your Finger Eccentric Soul: The Cash Label Amazon
12Royal Esquires Our Love Used To Be Eccentric Soul: The Prix Label Amazon
13Michael Bell Can't Make It Without You Eccentric Soul: The Saru Label Amazon
14Bobby Womack Baby I Can't Stand It Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
15Andy Mack & The Carltons Do You Wanta Go Chess Uptown Soul Amazon
16Little Stevie Wonder Contract On Love The Great American Soul Book Chapter 1: Any Way You Wanta! Amazon
17Jimmy Hughes You Really Know How To Hurt A Guy (You Really Know How To Make Him Cry) The Complete Fame Singles Volume 1 Amazon
18Barrett Strong Misery Northern Soul – The Early Years – 100 Classic And Rare Tracks (CD2) Amazon
19Darrel Banks Our Love (Is In The Pocket) Detroit Sounds Amazon
20The Olympics Baby Do The Philly Dog Northern Soul Originals Amazon
21Joe Tex You Better Get It 25 All Time Greatest Hits Amazon
22William Bell Every Man Oughta Have A Woman The Very Best Of William Bell Amazon
23Chuck Edwards I Need You Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Volume 4 Amazon
24Jean Wells After Loving You Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition Amazon
25Jean Wells Keep On Doin'It Soul On Soul – Deluxe Edition Amazon
26Dee Dee Sharp (It's Wonderful) The Love I Fe The Best of Dee Dee Sharp Amazon
27Dee Dee Sharp It's A Funny Situation The Best of Dee Dee Sharp Amazon
28Eddie Holman I'm Not Gonna Give Up Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2 Amazon
29Ralph Soul Jackson You Left the Water Running Hall of Fame – Volume 3 Amazon
30Elijah & The Ebonites Pure Soul Eccentric Soul – The Capsoul Label Amazon
31Marjorie Ingram I'm Gonna Start Checking Up On My Man Hall of Fame – Volume 2 Amazon
32Eula Cooper Shake Daddy Shake Let Our Love Grow Higher Amazon
33Etta James Let's Burn Down The Cornfield Enduring Soul Amazon
34Timmy Willis Easy as Saying 1-2-3 Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures: Taken From Our Vaults, Vol. 1 Amazon

Willie & Friends

Willie Nelson turns 88 this month. Born during the Great Depression and raised by his grandparents, he wrote his first song at the age of seven and had his first band at the age of ten. From high school to the Air Force, then to his return home to Texas as a radio disc jockey, he was always in a band singing. In the 1950s he would write songs that would become country standards and we’ll be sharing some of them with you in today’s Deeper Roots, performed by Willie and his contemporaries. He endures just as his music does and the catalog is a legacy few parallel. We’ll hear from The Little Willies, Waylon Jennings, Faron Young, Asleep at the Wheel, and at least a dozen others performing the songs of Willie Hugh Nelson. Tune in Friday morning on KOWS.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Willie Nelson Me And Paul Nite Life: Greatest Hits & Rare Tracks (1959-1971) Amazon
2k.d. lang & the Reclines Three Days Absolute Torch and Twang Amazon
3Willie Nelson Nite Life One Hell Of A Ride Amazon
4B.B. King & Willie Nelson Night Life Deuces Wild Amazon
5Duke Robillard/Sunny Crownover Crazy Tales from the Tiki Lounge Amazon
6Bill Anderson Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain 1956-1961 (Warped 5720) Amazon
7Roy Orbison & The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Pretty Paper A Love So Beautiful Amazon
8Timi Yuro Are You Sure The Best of Timi Yuro Amazon
9Raul Malo Angel Flying Too Close To the Ground You're Only Lonely Amazon
10Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires & The Imperials Quartet Funny How Time Slips Away Elvis Country Amazon
11Willie Nelson/Snoop Dogg/Kris Kristofferson/Jamey Johnson Roll Me Up (Album version) Heroes Amazon
12The Little Willies I Gotta Get Drunk The Little Willies Amazon
13Ernest Tubb Sad Songs and Waltzes Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2 Amazon
14Dale Watson Write Your Own Songs Dale & Ray Amazon
15Ray Charles/Willie Nelson Seven Spanish Angels Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 5 Amazon
16Willie Nelson Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain Country: The American Tradition [Disc 2] Amazon
17Faron Young Hello Walls The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (2 of 2) Amazon
18Patsy Cline Crazy The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 3] Amazon
19Willie Nelson Yesterday's Wine One Hell Of A Ride Amazon
20Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys Waylon & Willie Amazon
21Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson Heaven And Hell Wanted! The Outlaws [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
22Kinky Friedman Bloody Mary Morning The Loneliest Man I Ever Met Amazon
23Asleep at the Wheel Navajo Trail (with Willie Nelson and The Quebe Sisters) Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Amazon
24Willie Nelson, The Time Jumpers I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) For The Good Times Amazon
25Merle Haggard/Willie Nelson It's All Going to Pot Django and Jimmie Amazon
26Faron Young Three Days The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (2 of 2) Amazon
27Al Green/Lyle Lovett Funny How Time Slips Away More Greatest Hits Amazon
28Willie Nelson The Party's Over Revolutions of Time: The Journey 1975-1993 Disc 1 Amazon
29Doug Sahm Me and Paul Complete Atlantic Recordings Disc 1 Amazon

Rolling Along

We’re going to blend all the favorites into a delicious free form stew this morning, looking to the north, south, east and west for our inspiration. Not only do we have some Otis Redding soul, but we’ve also got some traditional blendings from David Johansen, The Devil Makes Three, and some southern fried sounds from James Lee Stanley and John Hammond. A lot of our playlist makes connections: moonlight drives, Memphis tributes, and a lot about our title track ‘rolling along’. I’ve also got a little splash of Frankie Laine for inspiration along those lines. Tune in on a Sonoma County Friday morning for more from the Cherry Street Historic District and the mighty KOWS, streaming to planet earth on kowsfm.com.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Mavericks Rolling Along Brand New Day Amazon
2John Hammond Riding In The Moonlight Southern Fried Amazon
3James Lee Stanley & Cliff Eberhardt Moonlight Drive All Wood And Doors Amazon
4The Doors Moonlight Drive Strange Days Amazon
5Raul Malo Moonlight Kiss Lucky One Amazon
6B.B. King & Eric Clapton Riding With The King Riding With The King Amazon
7John Hiatt Book Lovers Riding With the King Amazon
8David Johansen & the Harry Smiths Well, I've Been to Memphis BMW Audiophile Amazon
9J.J. Cale Midnight in Memphis The Very Best of J.J. Cale Amazon
10Charley Crockett That's How I Got to Memphis Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza Amazon
11Randy Newman Rollin' Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1 Amazon
12Raphael Saadiq Stone Rollin' Stone Rollin' – Single Amazon
13Tiny Bradshaw The Train Kept a-Rollin' (Digitally Remastered) The Train Kept a-Rollin' (Digitally Remastered) – Single Amazon
14Various Blazing Saddles Pledge To Hedley Lamarr Audio Sound Clips Amazon
15Frankie Laine Signature / Main Title Blazing Saddles (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [40th Anniversary Edition] Amazon
16Frankie Laine Rawhide Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
17Otis Redding I'm Sick Y'All Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul Amazon
18Arthur Alexander In The Middle Of It All The Greatest Hits Amazon
19Elvis Presley It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin' From Elvis in Memphis Amazon
20The Devil Makes Three Come On Up to the House Redemption & Ruin Amazon
21The Box Tops The Letter The Classic Sixties: 1967 Amazon
22Eartha Kitt The Memphis Blues The RCA Recordings 1953-1958 Amazon
23Jerry Lee Lewis Night Train To Memphis A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
24Mink Deville You Just Keep Holding On The Mink De Ville Collection Amazon
25Ben E. King Spanish Harlem Poison Ivy – Gems from the Atco Vaults 1959-1962 Amazon
26Cassius Clay Stand by Me Golden Throats, Vol. 2: More Celebrity Rock Oddities Amazon
27Creedence Clearwater Revival It Ain't You Or Me 36 All – Time Greatest Hits 3 CD Set (Disk 3) Amazon
28Kevin Russell Nadine You Don't Know Me Amazon
29John Prine Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian German Afternoons Amazon
30The Staple Singers I'll Take You There The Soul Story, Vol. 2 [Disc 1] Amazon
31Irma Thomas Hurtin' for Certain My Heart's in Memphis: The Songs of Dan Penn Amazon

Torch Songs

Smoky lounges, familiar places, and torch songs to patronize those forlorn lovers alone at the bar. You get the drift. Sentimentality abounds this morning on Deeper Roots as we dig into a subset of virtually any genre out there. It’s as old as time itself, of course: songs and stories of unrequited or lost love, either where one is oblivious to the feelings of another or has moved on from a relationship, all told in teary notes by the performer. Let me just say that there was no shortage of fodder for this show whether it was country, jazz, soul, or pop. We’ll hear from Julie London, Ray Charles, Dusty Springfield, Aretha, Roy Orbison, and on and on. No rest for the pain of unrequited love. Tune in for a crazy moon, crying time, and the end of the world on KOWS Community Radio.


No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Julie London Cry Me A River Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Po Amazon
2Eva Taylor Moanin' Low The First Torch Singers, the Twenties Amazon
3Gertrude Niesen Smoke Gets In Your Eyes My Best Wishes Amazon
4Bing Crosby I'll Be Seeing You 44 Your Hit Parade Amazon
5Judy Garland That Man That Got Away Your Hit Parade – 1954 Amazon
6Julie London In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning Torch Songs Amazon
7Peggy Lee Oh You Crazy Moon Torch Songs Amazon
8Lena Horne Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man Lena Horne: A Musical Anthology Amazon
9Dusty Springfield Anyone Who Had A Heart A Girl Called Dusty Amazon
10Dusty Springfield Someone To Watch Over Me Simply & Dusty [Disc 4] Amazon
11Sarah Vaughan Someone To Watch Over Me The Best Of Sarah Vaughan 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection) Amazon
12Lenny Welch Since I Fell For You Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1] Amazon
13Skeeter Davis The End Of The World The Essential Skeeter Davis Amazon
14Little Anthony & The Imperials Hurt So Bad The Best Of Little Anthony And The I Mperials Amazon
15Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Ooo Baby Baby Classic Soul Ballads: Sweet Thing [Disc 1] Amazon
16Ray Charles Crying Time Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection Amazon
17Bettye LaVette Let Me Down Easy Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3 Amazon
18Brenda Lee I'm Sorry Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 2] Amazon
19The Skyliners Since I Don't Have You Malt Shop Memories – Top Down Convertible Sound ( Disc 1) Amazon
20Kay Starr I've Grown Accustomed to His Face Torch Songs Amazon
21Nat King Cole The Very Thought Of You Nat King Cole [Disc 3] Amazon
22Roy Orbison Love Hurts The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument] Amazon
23The Beach Boys Caroline No Pet Sounds Amazon
24Aretha Franklin Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) 30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2] Amazon
25Crystal Gayle Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue Classic Country 1975 – 1979 Amazon
26Elvis Presley Suspicious Minds The Classic Sixties: '60s Flashback Amazon
27Willie Nelson Someone to Watch over Me Stardust [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
28Dakota Staton Misty Torch Songs Amazon
29Dionne Warwick Always Something There To Remind Me Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
30The Platters Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1] Amazon
31The Cascades Rhythm of the Rain Teen Ballads Disc 2 Amazon
32Jo Stafford The Things We Did Last Summer Candy Amazon
33The Traveling Wilburys Not Alone Anymore Traveling Wilburys, Vol. 1 Amazon

Breakin’ The Law

Another theme time extravaganza for our listeners on this new Spring morning here in Sonoma County. The theme focuses on bad behavior, poor judgement and legal entanglements that find themselves into the American musical lexicon. Rock, country and blues seem to lean on the theme more than any other with the country stories of cheatin’, stealin’, and petulant pistols being the most common. We’ll be hearing from Johnny Cash, Porter Wagoner, Louis Jordan, Elvis,  The Cadillacs, and a number of others, sharing stories of everything from jaywalking to murder. Oh…and let’s not forget the lawyers. No lawyer jokes, though. Just a little bit of David Lindley, Kitty Wells, and Warren Zevon on visiting day behind the bars…which is every Friday morning at 9 on community radio for Sonoma County.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Willy DeVille Hey Joe Backstreets Of Desire Amazon
2The Leaves Hey Joe Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968 Amazon
3The Bobby Fuller Four I Fought The Law Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol. 4 Amazon
4Dick & Dee Dee Thou Shalt Not Steal The Singles Collection Amazon
5The Cadillacs Jay Walker For Collectors Only (Disc 3) Amazon
6Kitty Wells Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered) Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered) – Single Amazon
7Ray Batts Stealin' Sugar Best of Excello Vol 2: Southern Rhythm & Rock Amazon
8Eilen Jewell If You Catch Me Stealing Letters From Sinners & Strangers Amazon
9Hank Snow The Man Who Robbed The Bank At Santa Fe I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 1] Amazon
10Porter Wagoner The Cold Hard Facts of Life The Essential Porter Wagoner Amazon
11Jimmy Littlejohn No Parking Here The World Is A Monster Amazon
12Johnny Cash Out Among the Stars Out Among The Stars Amazon
13Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues Original Greatest Hits Amazon
14The Byrds Pretty Boy Floyd Sweetheart of the Rodeo Amazon
15Joe Ely Miss Bonnie and Mister Clyde Happy Songs from Rattlesnake Gulch Amazon
16Merle Haggard The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1] Amazon
17The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Jesse James Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy Amazon
18Bruce Springsteen Jesse James We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1 Amazon
19New Riders Of The Purple Sage Glendale Train New Riders Of The Purple Sage Amazon
20Soggy Bottom Boys/Tim Blake Nelson In the Jailhouse Now O Brother, Where Art Thou? Amazon
21Rod Morris Alabama Jailhouse Country Boy's Dream Amazon
22Dean Taylor Indiana Wants Me 70s Music Explosion Escape Amazon
23Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Private Property (No Tresspassing) One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions Amazon
24Howling Wolf My Friends aka Stealing My Clothes Sings The Blues Amazon
25David Lindley Talk to the Lawyer Win This Record Amazon
26Warren Zevon Lawyers, Guns and Money A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon Amazon
27Mac Wiseman Bad Ole Philadelphia Lawyer Old Likker In A New Jug Amazon
28Kitty Wells Will Your Lawyer Talk To God Country Music Hall Of Fame Amazon
29Ricky Skaggs Drunken Driver Bluegrass Rules! Amazon
30Goodnight, Texas A Bank Robber's Nursery Rhyme Uncle John Farquhar Amazon
31Elvis Presley Jailhouse Rock Can't Help Falling In Love (Remastered) Amazon
32Dinah Washington Jailhouse Blues The Bessie Smith Songbook Amazon

East Side West Side

From the Bowery to Brooklyn to Broadway to the Bronx…the sidewalks of New York is the topic of the morning, our Gotham theme this Friday on community radio from the Left Coast looking east. Join Dave Stroud for a handsome cab journey through the past century of iconic sounds where the heartbeat of the melting pot of America sings. You’ll be treated to some early Broadway musical samples, the imaginings of West Side Story, the hotel orchestras, and vocal elaborations from Darin, Sinatra, Ella, an Cohan. There will be no exclusion here as late century rock and vocal groups as we’ll hear from The Ad Libs, The Drifters, Garland Jeffreys and others. New York has always been a mirror into the soul of America and has always represented its humanity as a visit to any street in Manhattan would reveal; and its music is, in turn, a reflection itself of that humanity. Join us.



No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra The Sidewalks of New York Internet Archives Amazon
2George Cohan Jr. Give My Regards To Broadway The Golden Entertainers Amazon
3Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell & Co. 42nd Street – from 42nd Street Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2) Amazon
4McGlinn/London Sinfonietta Shuffle Off to Buffalo (42nd Street) The Busby Berkeley Album Amazon
5Gold Diggers Of 1935 Film Cast Feat. Winifred Shaw & Dick Powell Lullaby Of Broadway Lullaby Of Broadway: The Music Of Harry Warren Amazon
6Jo Stafford Manhattan Serenade For You Amazon
7Ella Johnson & Buddy Johnson Going To New York Go Ahead And Rock And Roll Amazon
8Ella Fitzgerald Manhattan Mad Men: Music From the Series, Vol. 1 Amazon
9Babs Gonzales Dem New York People Cool Whalin' Babs Amazon
10Betty Wand (For Rita Moreno) And George Chakiris America West Side Story Amazon
11Enrique Madriguera and His Orchestra She's a Latin from Manhattan Retro Top Charts / European Dance Orchestras F the 30s & 40s., Volume 4 Amazon
12Desi Arnaz I Come From New York The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King Amazon
13Bobby Darin Sunday in New York Wild Cool & Swingin Amazon
14Frank Sinatra Theme from New York, New York Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years Amazon
15Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis Ev'ry Street's A Boulevard In Old New York The Capitol Years [Disc 1] Amazon
16Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York Best OF Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong Amazon
17The Ad Libs The Boy From New York City Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2) Amazon
18The Drifters On Broadway Red, White & Rock Disc 2 Amazon
19John Barry Midnight Cowboy Moviola Amazon
20Harry Nilsson Everybody's Talkin' Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2] Amazon
21Harry Nilsson I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City All-Time Greatest Hits Amazon
22Simon & Garfunkel The Only Living Boy In New York The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2] Amazon
23Henry Mancini Rhapsody in Blue Instrumental Favorites Amazon
24Garland Jeffreys New York Skyline Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]] Amazon
25Ray Charles New York's My Home Ray Charles – 93 Essential Tracks Amazon
26Judy Garland I Happen To Like New York Capitol Sings Cole Porter: Anything Goes Amazon
27Kirsty MacColl/The Pogues Fairytale of New York Galore Amazon
28Mel Tormi Sunday In New York Hollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2] Amazon
29Stevie Wonder Living for the City Innervisions Amazon
30Jay-Z Empire State of Mind (feat. Alicia Keys) The Blueprint 3 Amazon

Burnin’ Love

A hunka hunka free form sounds this morning on Deeper Roots: some thoughtful pairings and some that just need to be pushed to the surface. We’re coming up on Daylight Savings Time already as we prepare for the days to get longer shedding more light in the attic from the window up above. Songs today explore mojo, some gospel musings, concerns about a fellow named Lou whose got the flu, and some reflections on the 420 favorite. Performers include Julia Lee, Little Jimmy Dickens, Ivie Anderson, Lightnin’ Hopkins, and we’ve even got an ‘unknown’ from the mid-century wondering “Who’s Boogeying My Woogie Now”. Imagine that. Well, imagine this: Friday mornings on KOWS Community Radio are made just for the beginning of Spring. Tune in.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1John Prine Clay Pigeons Fair & Square Amazon
2Elvis Presley Burning Love Elvis 30 #1 Hits Amazon
3Sister Rosetta Tharpe 99 1/2 Won't Do Gospel Train Amazon
4Mary Deloatch The Lord's Gospel Train Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958 Amazon
5Nina Simone Lilac Wine Verve/Unmixed 3 Amazon
6Ivie Anderson Chocolate Shake An Introduction To Ivie Anderson Amazon
7Bette Midler Marahuana Songs For The New Depression Amazon
8Julia Lee Marijuana Kansas City Star [Disc 4] Amazon
9Buddy Holly Fool's Paradise Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants [Disc 2] Amazon
10Eddie Cochran C'mon Everybody Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1] Amazon
11Fats Domino Be My Guest Fats Domino Out of New Orleans Amazon
12Dorsey Burnette Don't Let Go The Precious Years Amazon
13Charley Crockett The Man That Time Forgot Welcome To Hard Times Amazon
14Kevin Russell Country Boy Country Swing Amazon
15Little Jimmy Dickens May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
16Buddy Emmons New Road Under My Wheels Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills Amazon
17John Prine Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement) For Better, Or Worse Amazon
18Roger Miller Lou's Got The Flu King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1) Amazon
19Roger Miller The Moon Is High (And So Am I) King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1) Amazon
20Muddy Waters Got My Mojo Working His Best, 1956 To 1964 Amazon
21Ann Cole I Got My Mojo Working Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 4] Amazon
22Unknown Artist I Wonder Who's Boogeying My Woogie Now ? Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57 Amazon
23Lightnin' Hopkins Mojo Hand The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins Amazon
24Mose Allison Mojo Woman Down Home Piano Amazon
25Willie Nelson & Lucinda Williams Overtime It Always Will Be Amazon
26John Fogerty Who'll Stop the Rain (with Bob Seger) Wrote a Song for Everyone Amazon
27Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band Still the Same Greatest Hits Amazon
28Raul Malo It Only Hurts Me When I Cry After Hours Amazon
29Red Simpson Jeannie With the Light Brown Cadillac The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer Amazon
30Bruce Springsteen Pink Cadillac 18 Tracks Amazon
31Baker Knight Bring My Cadillac Back Classic Rockabilly-Cool Cats & Hot Chicks Amazon
32Miley Cyrus Lilac Wine The Backyard Sessions Amazon
33Ray Charles I Believe to My Soul The Birth of Soul Disc 3 Amazon

Americana Hours Classics

We’re gathering under the Americana tent this morning; well, I guess, technically, we do each Friday morning. But this week we’ll spend some time with the classics. I’ll be sharing mid-century highlights from east, west, north and south in a show that pays tribute to some of the classic performers and performances that codified what’s become known as Americana: not a genre, but more of something in the air that makes you comfortable as a well worn blanket but also is the cold breeze that comes in through the cracks. I’ve got the celebratory sounds of The Blasters, Arlo Guthrie, and the NGDB; the painful reminders of days past from The Band, Chris Hillman, and Guy Clark; the harsh reminders of what got us here from Steve Earle, James McMurtry, and Bruce Springsteen. So much more to share in only two hours on Sonoma County Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Dark as a Dungeon Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1 Amazon
2The Byrds You Ain't Going Nowhere Sweetheart of the Rodeo Amazon
3Michael Nesmith Joanne Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 10 The West Coast Amazon
4Bobby Bare The Streets of Baltimore Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969 Amazon
5Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash Girl From The North Country Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2] Amazon
6Arlo Guthrie The City Of New Orleans Hobo's Lullaby Amazon
7Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen The Lost Highway Bakersfield Bound Amazon
8Neil Young Harvest Decade Disc 2 Amazon
9The Band The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Best of the Band Amazon
10John Fogerty Lodi The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty – Creedence Collection Amazon
11Emmylou Harris Red Dirt Girl Artist's Choice: Sheryl Crow Amazon
12John Prine Speed of the Sound of Loneliness German Afternoons Amazon
13Joe Ely Boxcars Honky Tonk Masquerade Amazon
14The Blasters Border Radio Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2) Amazon
15Steve Earle Devil's Right Hand Copperhead Road Amazon
16John Hiatt Crossing Muddy Waters Here To Stay – Best Of 2000-2012 Amazon
17Lucinda Williams Right in Time Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Amazon
18Guy Clark Boats To Build Boats To Build Amazon
19James McMurtry Childish Things Childish Things Amazon
20Bruce Springsteen Highway Patrolman Artist's Choice: Johnny Cash Amazon
21Old Crow Medicine Show Wagon Wheel O.C.M.S. Amazon
22Uncle Tupelo John Hardy No Depression Amazon
23Dave Alvin Marie Marie Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women Amazon
24Mudcrutch Shady Grove Mudcrutch Amazon
25Sturgill Simpson Life Of Sin Metamodern Sounds In Country Music Amazon
26Willie Nelson Freight Train Boogie Country Music Amazon
27The Avett Brothers This Land Is Your Land This Land Is Your Land (Single) Amazon
28Los Lobos La Bamba El Cancionero: Mas y Mas (2 of 4) Amazon