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.
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.
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Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
The Mavericks
Rolling Along
Brand New Day
2
John Hammond
Riding In The Moonlight
Southern Fried
3
James Lee Stanley & Cliff Eberhardt
Moonlight Drive
All Wood And Doors
4
The Doors
Moonlight Drive
Strange Days
5
Raul Malo
Moonlight Kiss
Lucky One
6
B.B. King & Eric Clapton
Riding With The King
Riding With The King
7
John Hiatt
Book Lovers
Riding With the King
8
David Johansen & the Harry Smiths
Well, I've Been to Memphis
BMW Audiophile
9
J.J. Cale
Midnight in Memphis
The Very Best of J.J. Cale
10
Charley Crockett
That's How I Got to Memphis
Lil G.L.'s Blue Bonanza
11
Randy Newman
Rollin'
Good Old Boys [Expanded] Disc 1
12
Raphael Saadiq
Stone Rollin'
Stone Rollin' – Single
13
Tiny Bradshaw
The Train Kept a-Rollin' (Digitally Remastered)
The Train Kept a-Rollin' (Digitally Remastered) – Single
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.
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Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Julie London
Cry Me A River
Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Po
2
Eva Taylor
Moanin' Low
The First Torch Singers, the Twenties
3
Gertrude Niesen
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
My Best Wishes
4
Bing Crosby
I'll Be Seeing You
44 Your Hit Parade
5
Judy Garland
That Man That Got Away
Your Hit Parade – 1954
6
Julie London
In The Wee Small Hours of the Morning
Torch Songs
7
Peggy Lee
Oh You Crazy Moon
Torch Songs
8
Lena Horne
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man
Lena Horne: A Musical Anthology
9
Dusty Springfield
Anyone Who Had A Heart
A Girl Called Dusty
10
Dusty Springfield
Someone To Watch Over Me
Simply & Dusty [Disc 4]
11
Sarah Vaughan
Someone To Watch Over Me
The Best Of Sarah Vaughan 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection)
12
Lenny Welch
Since I Fell For You
Dancin' And Romancin' In The 50s And 60s [Disc 1]
13
Skeeter Davis
The End Of The World
The Essential Skeeter Davis
14
Little Anthony & The Imperials
Hurt So Bad
The Best Of Little Anthony And The I Mperials
15
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Ooo Baby Baby
Classic Soul Ballads: Sweet Thing [Disc 1]
16
Ray Charles
Crying Time
Genius – The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection
17
Bettye LaVette
Let Me Down Easy
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures – Vol. 3
18
Brenda Lee
I'm Sorry
Decca Country Classics 1934-1973 [Disc 2]
19
The Skyliners
Since I Don't Have You
Malt Shop Memories – Top Down Convertible Sound ( Disc 1)
20
Kay Starr
I've Grown Accustomed to His Face
Torch Songs
21
Nat King Cole
The Very Thought Of You
Nat King Cole [Disc 3]
22
Roy Orbison
Love Hurts
The All-Time Greatest Hits of Roy Orbison [Monument]
23
The Beach Boys
Caroline No
Pet Sounds
24
Aretha Franklin
Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
30 Greatest Hits [Disc 2]
25
Crystal Gayle
Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue
Classic Country 1975 – 1979
26
Elvis Presley
Suspicious Minds
The Classic Sixties: '60s Flashback
27
Willie Nelson
Someone to Watch over Me
Stardust [Bonus Tracks]
28
Dakota Staton
Misty
Torch Songs
29
Dionne Warwick
Always Something There To Remind Me
Dionne Warwick Collection: Her All-Time Greatest Hits
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
1
Willy DeVille
Hey Joe
Backstreets Of Desire
2
The Leaves
Hey Joe
Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
3
The Bobby Fuller Four
I Fought The Law
Fifty Years Of Hits – Vol. 4
4
Dick & Dee Dee
Thou Shalt Not Steal
The Singles Collection
5
The Cadillacs
Jay Walker
For Collectors Only (Disc 3)
6
Kitty Wells
Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered)
Thou Shalt Not Steal (Remastered) – Single
7
Ray Batts
Stealin' Sugar
Best of Excello Vol 2: Southern Rhythm & Rock
8
Eilen Jewell
If You Catch Me Stealing
Letters From Sinners & Strangers
9
Hank Snow
The Man Who Robbed The Bank At Santa Fe
I'm Still Movin' On [Disc 1]
10
Porter Wagoner
The Cold Hard Facts of Life
The Essential Porter Wagoner
11
Jimmy Littlejohn
No Parking Here
The World Is A Monster
12
Johnny Cash
Out Among the Stars
Out Among The Stars
13
Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison Blues
Original Greatest Hits
14
The Byrds
Pretty Boy Floyd
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
15
Joe Ely
Miss Bonnie and Mister Clyde
Happy Songs from Rattlesnake Gulch
16
Merle Haggard
The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde
The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
17
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Jesse James
Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
18
Bruce Springsteen
Jesse James
We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions [DualDisc] Disc 1
19
New Riders Of The Purple Sage
Glendale Train
New Riders Of The Purple Sage
20
Soggy Bottom Boys/Tim Blake Nelson
In the Jailhouse Now
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
21
Rod Morris
Alabama Jailhouse
Country Boy's Dream
22
Dean Taylor
Indiana Wants Me
70s Music Explosion Escape
23
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
Private Property (No Tresspassing)
One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin Sessions
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.
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Artist
Title
Album
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1
Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
The Sidewalks of New York
Internet Archives
2
George Cohan Jr.
Give My Regards To Broadway
The Golden Entertainers
3
Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell & Co.
42nd Street – from 42nd Street
Warner Brothers 75 Years of Film Music (2)
4
McGlinn/London Sinfonietta
Shuffle Off to Buffalo (42nd Street)
The Busby Berkeley Album
5
Gold Diggers Of 1935 Film Cast Feat. Winifred Shaw & Dick Powell
Lullaby Of Broadway
Lullaby Of Broadway: The Music Of Harry Warren
6
Jo Stafford
Manhattan Serenade
For You
7
Ella Johnson & Buddy Johnson
Going To New York
Go Ahead And Rock And Roll
8
Ella Fitzgerald
Manhattan
Mad Men: Music From the Series, Vol. 1
9
Babs Gonzales
Dem New York People
Cool Whalin'
Babs
10
Betty Wand (For Rita Moreno) And George Chakiris
America
West Side Story
11
Enrique Madriguera and His Orchestra
She's a Latin from Manhattan
Retro Top Charts / European Dance Orchestras F the 30s & 40s., Volume 4
12
Desi Arnaz
I Come From New York
The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King
13
Bobby Darin
Sunday in New York
Wild Cool & Swingin
14
Frank Sinatra
Theme from New York, New York
Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
15
Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis
Ev'ry Street's A Boulevard In Old New York
The Capitol Years [Disc 1]
16
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
There's A Boat Dat's Leavin' Soon For New York
Best OF Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
17
The Ad Libs
The Boy From New York City
Malt Shop Memories: Save The Last Dance For Me (Disc 2)
18
The Drifters
On Broadway
Red, White & Rock Disc 2
19
John Barry
Midnight Cowboy
Moviola
20
Harry Nilsson
Everybody's Talkin'
Yesterday's Gone [Disc 2]
21
Harry Nilsson
I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City
All-Time Greatest Hits
22
Simon & Garfunkel
The Only Living Boy In New York
The Essential Simon & Garfunkel [Disc 2]
23
Henry Mancini
Rhapsody in Blue
Instrumental Favorites
24
Garland Jeffreys
New York Skyline
Ghost Writer/One-Eyed Jack/American Boy & Girl [[Disc 1]]
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.
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Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
John Prine
Clay Pigeons
Fair & Square
2
Elvis Presley
Burning Love
Elvis 30 #1 Hits
3
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
99 1/2 Won't Do
Gospel Train
4
Mary Deloatch
The Lord's Gospel Train
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
5
Nina Simone
Lilac Wine
Verve/Unmixed 3
6
Ivie Anderson
Chocolate Shake
An Introduction To Ivie Anderson
7
Bette Midler
Marahuana
Songs For The New Depression
8
Julia Lee
Marijuana
Kansas City Star [Disc 4]
9
Buddy Holly
Fool's Paradise
Buddy Holly And The R&R Giants [Disc 2]
10
Eddie Cochran
C'mon Everybody
Eddie Cochran: 2 Classic Albums Plus Singles And Session Tracks [Disc 1]
11
Fats Domino
Be My Guest
Fats Domino Out of New Orleans
12
Dorsey Burnette
Don't Let Go
The Precious Years
13
Charley Crockett
The Man That Time Forgot
Welcome To Hard Times
14
Kevin Russell
Country Boy
Country Swing
15
Little Jimmy Dickens
May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose
Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
16
Buddy Emmons
New Road Under My Wheels
Buddy Emmons Sings Bob Wills
17
John Prine
Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement)
For Better, Or Worse
18
Roger Miller
Lou's Got The Flu
King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1)
19
Roger Miller
The Moon Is High (And So Am I)
King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1)
20
Muddy Waters
Got My Mojo Working
His Best, 1956 To 1964
21
Ann Cole
I Got My Mojo Working
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 4]
22
Unknown Artist
I Wonder Who's Boogeying My Woogie Now ?
Boogie Woogie Gals – 1939-57
23
Lightnin' Hopkins
Mojo Hand
The Very Best Of Lightnin' Hopkins
24
Mose Allison
Mojo Woman
Down Home Piano
25
Willie Nelson & Lucinda Williams
Overtime
It Always Will Be
26
John Fogerty
Who'll Stop the Rain (with Bob Seger)
Wrote a Song for Everyone
27
Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
Still the Same
Greatest Hits
28
Raul Malo
It Only Hurts Me When I Cry
After Hours
29
Red Simpson
Jeannie With the Light Brown Cadillac
The Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' Singer
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
1
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Dark as a Dungeon
Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
2
The Byrds
You Ain't Going Nowhere
Sweetheart of the Rodeo
3
Michael Nesmith
Joanne
Troubadours: Folk And The Roots Of American Music 4: 10 The West Coast
4
Bobby Bare
The Streets of Baltimore
Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
5
Bob Dylan & Johnny Cash
Girl From The North Country
Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns – The Soundtrack [Disc 2]
6
Arlo Guthrie
The City Of New Orleans
Hobo's Lullaby
7
Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen
The Lost Highway
Bakersfield Bound
8
Neil Young
Harvest
Decade Disc 2
9
The Band
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
The Best of the Band
10
John Fogerty
Lodi
The Long Road Home: The Ultimate John Fogerty – Creedence Collection
11
Emmylou Harris
Red Dirt Girl
Artist's Choice: Sheryl Crow
12
John Prine
Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
German Afternoons
13
Joe Ely
Boxcars
Honky Tonk Masquerade
14
The Blasters
Border Radio
Testament: The Complete Slash Recordings (1981-1985) (1 of 2)
Something different this week. We’ll be reflecting on the Spring Issue of a magazine that cuts through the heart of what we love doing here on both Blue Moon Americana as well as Deeper Roots. There are a handful of publications that make the cut but No Depression magazine is truly special and the Spring 2021 issue is something to revel in. The writing, the artists, and the arc of ‘The Great American Songbook’, from Stephen Foster to Louis Armstrong is given thoughtful and insightful treatment. Our show this week puts a soundtrack with a century of America’s music explored: Dock Boggs’ Pretty Polly, George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, The Blue Sky Boys’ cover of Knoxville Girl, and some incredible Latin vocals from one Omara Portuondo. The magazine is worth the read and the music is worth a listen. Tune in on a Saturday among the Sonoma County skies for the best of community radio.
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Artist
Title
Album
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1
Paul Robeson
Joe Hill
Songs of Free Men
2
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Nipper's Greatest Hits: The 20's
3
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Summertime
Porgy & Bess
4
Chick Webb & His Orchestra
A-Tisket, A-Tasket
Ken Burns Jazz [Disc 2]
5
Loudon Wainwright III
You Rascal You (I'll Be Glad When You're Dead)
I'd Rather Lead a Band
6
Dinah Washington
They Didn't Believe Me (from "The Swingin' Miss D")
Dinah Washington: Eight Classic Albums
7
Billie Holiday
Autumn in New York
Ken Burns Jazz
8
Omara Portuondo
El Hombre Que Se Fue (The Man That Got Away)
Black Magic (Magia Negra)
9
Desi Arnaz
Holiday In Havana
The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King
10
Perez Prado
Cuban Mambo
Rumba Gone Mambo
11
Xavier Cugat
Papa Loves Mambo
Lounge Music Goes Latin
12
Stephen Foster
Beautiful Dreamer
The Songs of Stephen Foster
13
John Prine
My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight
Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
14
Laurie Lewis & Kathy Kallick
Oh! Susanna
Sing The Songs Of Vern & Ray
15
Mavis Staples
Hard Times Come Again No More
Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster
16
Dock Boggs
Pretty Polly
78s
17
Dirk Powell
I Ain't Playing Pretty Polly
When I Wait For You
18
The Blue Sky Boys
Story Of The Knoxville Girl
Absolutely Bluegrass
19
Nelstone's Hawaiians
Village School
The Harry Smith B-Sides
20
Dock Boggs
Oh Death
Dock Boggs Is Legendary
21
Ray Charles
Georgia on My Mind
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 2
While the clouds of war and fascism were spreading in earnest across Europe, here at home the movies Stagecoach, The Wizard of Oz, and Gone With The Wind premiered and Steinbeck’s Grapes of Wrath was first published. Lou Gehrig bid farewell, A pound of hamburger cost 14 cents and the average price of a new car was $700. And the music was both dance crazy and uplifting, with the music of Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and film dominating. This week’s show will feature the music of 1939 with performances from Crosby, Garland, The Ink Spots, Cab Calloway and Billie Holiday. We’ll also be featuring the jazz and big band sounds of Jimmie Lunceford, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, and a handful of others. Deeper Roots sounds from over eight decades past on community radio for Sonoma County coming to you each Friday morning and evening.
No.
Artist
Title
Album
Buy
1
Louis Armstrong
Jeepers Creepers
Johnny Mercer (1909 – 1976)
2
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
Tain't What You Do
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
3
Fats Waller
Your Feet's Too Big
The Joint Is Jumpin'
4
Count Basie's Kansas City 7
Lester Leaps In
Columbia Records' 125th Anniv.
5
Woody Herman
Woodchopper's Ball
Swingingest Sounds Ever Heard – The Best of the Big Bands
6
Billie Holiday
Strange Fruit
The Ultimate Collection [Disc 1]
7
Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues
Harold Arlen Writes the Songs
8
Billie Holiday
Them There Eyes
Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944 [Disc 06]
9
Ethel Waters with Edward Mallory & His Orchestra
Old Man Harlem
Hoagy Carmichael & Friends: Stardust Melody
10
Marlene Dietrich
Falling In Love Again
The Blue Angel
11
Bob Hope & Shirley Ross
Thanks for the Memory
Hits of 30's & 40's 1 & 2
12
Judy Garland
Over The Rainbow
That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
Deeper Roots goes deeper this Friday morning. We’ll be sharing the songs of tradition and folk blues from an artist who opened up a world to a generation of followers in the 1940s and 1950s. With the witting arm of Alan Lomax as his promoter and benefactor, Huddie Ledbetter’s music would get wings and find its place in America’s traditional music lexicon. This week’s show, like last week’s Bill Monroe special, revisits the music that he was identified with, much of which he is credited with bringing into this world, or at least opening our eyes to. We’ll hear from Doug Sahm, Red Smiley, Odetta, The Weavers, Bob Dylan, and many others on a show that celebrates a giant of America’s songbook. Tune into KOWS radio every Friday morning at 9 Pacific for a new episode of a show that’s heading into it’s ninth year here on KOWS Community Radio.
