Category Archives: Deeper Roots on KOWS

Brothers in Harmony

Harmony. That blend of knowing how the instruments and vocals will reverberate against each other…and the Delmore Brothers introduced the tightest of harmonies combining the early sentiments of gospel, folk, and blues, becoming, in their time, the most popular act on the Grand Ole Opry. The Louvin Brothers were blessed with not only pure complementing vocal chops but an innate sense of timing. Others, like the Osbornes, the Stanleys, and the Monroes took the Appalachian folk sound of what would become bluegrass to another level, using their kinship as a vault that would surpass others whose symbiotic relationships would often lack the requisite DNA (not to mention timing). Deeper Roots explores a number of performers who leveraged that DNA to set themselves apart from others on the stage. It’s sibling country harmony this week on Sonoma County Community Radio. Join in the fun!

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Everly Brothers Roving Gambler Songs Our Daddy Taught Us Amazon
2The Monroe Brothers Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 Amazon
3The Monroe Brothers Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy Harry Smith's Anthology Of American Folk Music, Vol. 4 [Disc 1] Amazon
4The Monroe Brothers On The Banks Of The Ohio What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul? Volume One Amazon
5Bill Monroe New River Train The Essential Bill Monroe & The Monroe Brothers Amazon
6The Delmore Brothers Brown's Ferry Blues Chicago 1933, New Orleans 1935 [Disc 1] Amazon
7The Delmore Brothers Hillbilly Boogie Boogie Man Boogie Amazon
8The Delmore Brothers Lonesome Yodel Blues Chicago 1933, New Orleans 1935 [Disc 1] Amazon
9The Delmore Brothers Southern Moon Hillbilly Boogie Best Amazon
10The Delmore Brothers I've Got The Big River Blues Chicago 1933, New Orleans 1935 [Disc 1] Amazon
11The Stanley Brothers Rank Strangers Back Roads to Cold Mountain Amazon
12The Stanley Brothers I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys Amazon
13The Stanley Brothers Let Me Be Your Friend Stanley Brothers & Clinch Mountain Boys Amazon
14The Stanley Brothers Poor Ellen Smith An Evening Long Ago: Live 1956 Amazon
15The Blue Sky Boys Only One Step More Something Got A Hold Of Me Amazon
16Blue Sky Boys I'm S-A-V-E-D 1939-1940 (Warped 3976) Amazon
17The Blue Sky Boys Mary Of The Wild Moor East Virginia Blues (When The Sun Goes Down Series) Amazon
18Blue Sky Boys Story of the Knoxville Girl The Chronological Classics 1937-1938 (Warped 3807) Amazon
19The Louvin Brothers Knoxville Girl Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon
20The Louvin Brothers I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon
21The Louvin Brothers If I Could Only Win Your Love Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon
22The Louvin Brothers Pitfall Close Harmony [Disc 2] Amazon
23Osborne Brothers Take This Hammer 1963-1965 (Warped 6361) Amazon
24Osborne Brothers Charlie Cotton 1963-1965 (Warped 6361) Amazon
25Osborne Brothers My Sweet Love Ain't Around 1968-1974 Disc 2 Amazon
26Osborne Brothers Gotta Travel On 1963-1965 (Warped 6361) Amazon
27The Everly Brothers Crying In The Rain Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 2] Amazon
28The Everly Brothers I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail Heartaches & Harmonies [Disc 1] Amazon
29The Everly Brothers Down In The Willow Garden Songs Our Daddy Taught Us Amazon
30The Everly Brothers Take a Message to Mary A Portrait of Dylan Amazon
31The Louvin Brothers Cash On The Barrelhead Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon
32The Louvin Brothers When I Stop Dreaming Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon
33The Louvin Brothers The Great Atomic Power Capitol Country Music Classics Amazon

Time’s Getting Hard

Music this week that speaks to hard times. From the Dust Bowl and Great Depression to personal hardships, we’ll share some bluegrass sounds, tunes steeped in tradition, soothing notes of country gospel, and folk blues. We’ll hear from The Weavers, Mavis Staples, Bobby Bare, and Pearly “Grandma” Davis (a nugget from Mike Seeger’s Old Time Music series). There will be talk of failing crops, revolution, and Oklahoma dust this week. Deeper Roots goes a little bit deeper with more songs about hard times this week on KOWS Community Radio, broadcasting live from the Cherry Street Historic District of Santa Rosa, California, where our neighbors just experienced their own hard times from flood waters. Thinking about them.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bobby Bare Going Down the Road (I Ain't Going to Be Treated This Way) fcc warning Darker Than Light Amazon
2Tracy Chapman Talkin' Bout a Revolution Tracy Chapman Amazon
3Uncle Tupelo No Depression No Depression Amazon
4Bob Dylan Hard Times Good As I Been To You Amazon
5Dave Alvin Waiting for the Hard Times to Go Interstate City Amazon
6Mavis Staples Hard Times Come Again No More Beautiful Dreamer: the Songs of Stephen Foster Amazon
7The Byrds Old Blue The Byrds [Box Set] Disc 3 Amazon
8Peter Rowan Seeds My Daddy Sowed Dust Bowl Children Amazon
9Jimmy LaFave My Oklahoma Home (It Blowed away) Peace Town Amazon
10Pearly 'Grandma' Davis It's These Hard Times Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967 Amazon
11Pokey LaFarge & the South City Three Hard Times Come and Go Riverboat Soul Amazon
12Eddie Dattel Trickle Down Blues Trickle Down Blues Amazon
13Buck Owens Waitin' In Your Welfare Line The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1 Amazon
14Ryan Bingham Hard Times Mescalito Amazon
15Ry Cooder You Must Unload The Prodigal Son Amazon
16The Louvin Brothers Preach The Gospel The Family Who Prays: 26 Classic Tracks Amazon
17Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Never No More Hard Times-Blues The King Of Western Swing-25 Hits 1935-1945 Amazon
18Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys Hard Times Have Been Here (But They've Gone) 1978-1979 Amazon
19Country Joe McDonald Talkin' Dust Bowl Vanguard Visionaries Amazon
20The Weavers Bring Me Li'l Water Sylvia Dust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2] Amazon
21Josh White Hard Times Blues ABC Of The Blues, Vol. 51 Amazon
22Sheryl Crow No Depression In Heaven The Unbroken Circle: The Musical Heritage Of The Carter Family Amazon
23Country Joe McDonald This Land Is Your Land Vanguard Visionaries Amazon
24R.B. Morris That's How Every Empire Falls Singing Through the Wall. Songs for Western Sahara Amazon
25Bobby Bare Times Are Gettin' Hard 1964 (Warped 6425) Amazon
26The Tillers All You Fascists Bound to Lose The Tillers Amazon
27Aiken County String Band Hard Times Breakdown 78s Amazon
28Eels Rock Hard Times Shootenanny! Amazon

Rodgers & Hammerstein

It’s fun to cover the songwriters whether they be pop, country, blues, or in the wheelhouse of Broadway or Tin Pan Alley. This week, we drop by the sophisticated, cosmopolitan, and catchy sounds from the Great White Way. From Broadway to Hollywood, the music of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II left a cultural watermark on the psyche of middle America in the heart of the 20th Century. From The Sound of Music to Oklahoma!; from Carousel to The King and I and South Pacific, the songs that were featured in these musicals were totems to their time and place. And catchy, too. Tune in for a romp through some of the most popular performances written by two giants of screen and stage musicals.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Shirley Jones, James Whitmore, Gordon MacRae Oklahoma Oklahoma (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Amazon
2Oscar Hammerstein II Act I: The Sound Of Music The Sound Of Music: Original Broadway Cast Amazon
3Mary Martin My Favorite Things Columbia Records' 125th Anniv. Amazon
4Blossom Dearie Surrey With The Fringe On Top Four Classic Albums Plus (Blossom Dearie / Plays For Dancing / Give Him The Ooh-La-La / Once Upon A Summertime) (Digitally Remastered) Amazon
5Gertrude Lawrence Getting To Know You Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1] Amazon
6Ella Fitzgerald I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair That's Amore [Prism] Amazon
7Frank Sinatra It Might As Well Be Spring Sinatra & Strings Amazon
8Ray Charles & Betty Carter People Will Say We're In Love Ray Charles and Betty Carter/Dedicated To You Amazon
9Jo Stafford The Gentleman is a Dope Yes Indeed! – [Disc 3] Haunted Heart Amazon
10Bobby Darin Hello, Young Lovers Wild Cool & Swingin Amazon
11Mary Martin A Wonderful Guy The Best of Broadway: The Late '40s Amazon
12Willie Nelson Some Enchanted Evening What A Wonderful World Amazon
13Elvis Presley You'll Never Walk Alone He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1 Amazon
14James Taylor Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' Other Covers Amazon
15Gordon MacRae Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' Oklahoma (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Amazon
16Bloody Mary and the Ken Darby Singers Bali Ha'i South Pacific, Original Soundtrack Recording Amazon
17Nellie Forbush and the Ken Darby Singers I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair South Pacific, Original Soundtrack Recording Amazon
18Nancy Wilson Happy Talk Nancy Wilson and Cannonball Adderley Amazon
19The King And I Cast I Whistle A Happy Tune The King And I Amazon
20Gertrude Lawrence And Yul Brynner Shall We Dance Ultimate Broadway [Disc 1] Amazon
21Bing Crosby And Trudy Erwin People Will Say We're In Love Your Hit Parade – 1943 Amazon
22Bob Dylan Some Enchanted Evening Shadows in the Night Amazon
23Jo Stafford If I Loved You You Belong To Me Amazon
24Jan Clayton & John Raitt If I Loved You The Original Broadway Cast Album Amazon
25Rosemary Clooney Younger Than Springtime Beautiful Ballads Amazon
26Sammy Davis Jr. There Is Nothin' Like A Dame Boys Night Out Amazon
27Lena Horne People Will Say We're In Love Stormy Weather Amazon
28Randy Spendlove Shall We Dance Shall We Dance? Amazon
29Wes Montgomery The Surrey with the Fringe on Top Impressions: The Verve Jazz Sides (Disc 1) Amazon
3020th Century Fox Orchestra Main Title The King And I Amazon

Deeper Charley Patton

This week we’ll explore the music of the legendary Charley Patton. We’ll be dipping our toes into the birth of the Delta blues featuring some classic tracks from the gravel-voiced masked wonder as well as some rich covers from contemporary performers. Listen in for music from Otis Taylor, David Johansen, Corey Harris, and Taj Mahal…just to drop a few names. We’ll also scratch the surface of Charley’s career including some reflections from a master’s thesis written by none other than the American musicologist and musician, John Fahey. Tune in Friday morning as we board ourselves a raft to roll down the waters in search of the rich and elusive legend of the Mississippi Delta blues that was Charley Patton.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Bob Dylan High Water (For Charley Patton) Love and Theft Amazon
2Charley Patton I Shall Not Be Moved The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 2] Amazon
3Paul Rishell & Anne Raines I Shall Not Be Moved Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
4Son House The Pony Blues Complete Library of Congress Sessions, The Amazon
5Charley Patton Pony Blues (Pm 12792, 15216–) The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 2 (1928-1932) Amazon
6Guy Davis, T-Bone Wolk, Mark Murphy & Levon Helm Some of These Days Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
7Charley Patton Some Of These Days I'll Be Gone The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 2] Amazon
8Charley Patton Poor Me The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 3] Amazon
9Rising Sons By And By (Poor Me) [Album Version] Rising Sons Amazon
10Charlie Musselwhite Pea Vine Blues Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
11Otis Taylor Stone Pony Americana Roots Songbook: Modern Blues Amazon
12Charley Patton Stone Pony Blues The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 3] Amazon
13McHouston Baker High Sheriff Blues Mississippi Delta Dues Amazon
14David Johansen High Sheriff Shaker Amazon
15Charley Patton High Sheriff Blues Pony Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.47) Amazon
16Steve James & Mark Rubin Elder Greene Blues Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
17Charley Patton Elder Greene Blues The Definitive Charley Patton [Disc 1] Amazon
18Taj Mahal High Water Everywhere, Part 2 American Epic: The Sessions [Disc 2] Amazon
19Graham Parker Poor Me Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
20Corey Harris Moon Going Down Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
21Charley Patton Moon Going Down Pony Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.47) Amazon
22Dave Van Ronk Mississippi Bo Weavil Blues Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
23Robert Nighthawk Mean Black Cat Greatest Blues Licks Amazon
24Charley Patton Charley Patton – Mean Black Cat Blues 24 Classic Blues Songs From The 1920_Vol 11 [ Blues Images ] Amazon
25Joe Louis Walker Sugar Mama Down the Dirt Road: The Songs of Charley Patton Amazon
26The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band Some of These Days I'll Be Gone (Charley Version) Peyton On Patton Amazon
27Charley Patton High Water Everywhere – Part 1 The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of Amazon

If You’re Ready

Free form this morning, live from the studios in downtown Santa Rosa. Deeper Roots shares a rare mix of sounds including jug band sounds from Jim Kweskin, a new track from Maria Muldaur, The Ink Spots, Gal Holiday, and Pee Wee Crayton…oh what a mix. Dave hosts a unique blend of sounds each Friday morning and he’ll be setting aside a playlist or two that scratches the surface of the Burnette clan including Johnny, Dorsey, Billy and Rocky including a wrap up of some tracks from the great Bay Area-based  Solid Smoke reissue from the early 80s of the Rock n’ Roll Trio. Tune in for some Hash House Hattie and One Eyed Jacks, this Friday evening at 9

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1The Staple Singers If You're Ready (Come Go With Me) Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration [Disc 2] Amazon
2Jay & The Americans Cara Mia Come A Little Bit Closer – The Best of Jay and The Americans Amazon
3Marvin & Johnny Cherry Pie Art Laboe's Memories Of El Monte/The Roots Of L.A.'s Rock And Roll Amazon
4Chuck Willis It's Too Late The King of the Stroll Amazon
5The Ink Spots You're Breaking My Heart The Dawn Of Doo-Wop Vol. 1 Amazon
6Johnny Burnette Moody River The Ballads Of Amazon
7Johnny & Dorsey Burnette One Eyed Jacks Life is Like a Card Game (US Gambling Songs 1920s  1950s) Amazon
8Dorsey Burnette Hey Little One American Music Library: The Hits Of 1960 Amazon
9Rocky Burnette Tired Of Toein' The Line Sounds Of The Eighties: 1980 Amazon
10Billy Burnette Crazy Like Me Crazy Like Me Amazon
11Jim Kweskin Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me Vanguard Visionaries Amazon
12Ames Brothers The The Naughty Lady Of Shady Lane Your Hit Parade – 1955 Amazon
13Maria Muldaur Scat Skunk Don't You Feel My Leg (The Naughty Bawdy Blues of Blue Lu Barker) Amazon
14Cliff Edwards & His Hot Combination Good Little Bad Little You Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The New York Sessions 1926-35 Amazon
15Rudy Vallie & His Connecticut Yankees You Oughta Be In Pictures The Voice That Had Them Fainting 1928-1937 Amazon
16John Hartford Late Last Night When My Willie Came Home Morning Bugle Amazon
17Roy Rogers You Can't Break My Heart 1942-1947 (Warped 4561) Amazon
18Tommy Duncan Please Come Back Home Texas Moon Amazon
19Dick Reinhart Hash House Hattie You Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942 Amazon
20Living Sisters Make Love To Me Run For Cover – EP Amazon
21Bobby Bare Come On Home (And Sing Blues To Daddy) The Best Of Bobby Bare Amazon
22Gal Holiday and the Hony Tonk Revue Come Home Lost & Found Amazon
23Paul Simon Mother And Child Reunion Greatest Hits: Shining Like A National Guitar Amazon
24Sonia Ross Breaking My Heart Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels Amazon
25Marvin Gaye Baby Don't You Do It Anthology [Disc 1] Amazon
26The Band Don't Do It (Baby Don't You Do It) To Kingdom Come [Disc 2] Amazon
27Pee Wee Crayton Don't Break My Heart Pee Wee's Blues – The Complete Aladdin And Imperial Recordings Amazon
28Buddy Johnson When My Man Comes Home R&B Jukebox Hits 1944 Amazon
29Rosemary Clooney Cherry Pies Ought To Be You Tenderly Amazon
30Frankie Yankovic The Happy Wanderer The Happy Wanderer-Frankie Yankovic & The Yanks Amazon
31Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio Sweet Love On My Mind Tear It Up Amazon
32Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio Your Baby Blue Eyes Tear It Up Amazon

Hello Operator

Long before we were graced with the voices of SAM, Siri, or Alexa, and before we could carry our smart devices around like a wallet or clutch…there were the women and men who served us from behind the receiver: the telephone operator. Maybe they didn’t have the answer to everything but they could connect us to about anyone anywhere in the world. But it usually cost more than we were willing to admit. This week’s Deeper Roots show takes on the theme of the telephone operator, the long distance connector, and the person with a soul…and usually a quick hangup if there were not enough coins to drop in the pay phone. It was the penalty for human interaction I guess. We’ll let Jorma, Johnny Otis, Wanda Jackson, and Eddie Floyd take us on a trip back to rotary dials and party lines in this week’s episode, live from the Santa Rosa studios at KOWS.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Mary Wells Operator Looking Back 1961-1964 Amazon
2Dusty Owens Hello Operator Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
3Rusty McDonald Call Operator 210 Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
4Hank Snow I Just Telephoned Upstairs The Chronogical Classics 1951-1952 (Warped 5244) Amazon
5Bonnie Guitar Hello, Hello, Please Answer The Phone Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
6Wanda Jackson Between The Window And The Phone Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
7The Blue Sky Boys The Royal Telephone Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
8Johnny Burnette Operator The Train Kept a-Rollin' Memphis to Hollywood – CD 9 Amazon
9Howard Crockett Please Answer The Phone Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2 Amazon
10Jorma Kaukonen Operator River Of Time Amazon
11The Band Long Distance Operator A Musical History [Disc 2] Amazon
12The Golden Gate Quartet I Just Telephone Upstairs Vol. 6 (1949-1952) Amazon
13The Jordaniares I Telephoned Upstairs The Jordaniares Gospel Amazon
14Selah Jubilee Singers Royal Telephone Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941) Amazon
15Sister Wynona Carr Operator, Operator Dragnet For Jesus Amazon
16Spirit Of Memphis Quartet The Atomic Telephone The Best Of King Gospel Amazon
17Sister Wynona Carr Don't Miss That Train Dragnet For Jesus Amazon
18Johnny Otis Call Operator 210 Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2 Amazon
19Tony & Tyrone Please Operator After Hours 3 – More Northern Soul Masters Amazon
20Gladys Knight & The Pips Operator Soul Grooves Amazon
21The Marvelettes Beechwood 4-5789 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of The Marvelettes Amazon
22Eddie Floyd 634-5789 Stax Profiles – Eddie Floyd Amazon
23Ry Cooder 634-5789 Borderline Amazon
24Tommy Tutone 867-5309/Jenny Radio Hits of the '80s Amazon
25Rosanne Cash Radio Operator Black Cadillac Amazon
26Jim Croce Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) Photographs & Memories: His Greatest Hits Amazon
27The Manhattan Transfer Operator Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1] Amazon
28The Grateful Dead Operator American Beauty Amazon
29Bob Gaddy Operator The Classic Old Town Records Amazon
30Effie Smith Dial That Telephone (07-27-51) 1945-1953 Amazon
31Floyd Dixon Call Operator 210 The Aladdin Story (Pt. 2) Amazon

Mambo Baby!

Well, it might be a bit of a stretch, and it might have been a bit of a fad, but it also flavored the beverage. Mambo. A lively mix born of a Latin dance of Cuban descent in the 30s and introduced by Perez Prado to an American audience in the 40s. It found it’s way into the popular music culture from big band to jazz and R&B. This week’s show samples some of the performances that were totally infected by its rhythm. We’ll hear from Mickey Baker, Wynonie Harris, and Tiny Grimes on the R&B side as well as the bandleaders who brassed it up including Perez Prado, Desi Arnaz, and Xavier Cugat.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Wynonie Harris All She Wants to do is Mambo Lovin' Machine Amazon
2Perez Prado Mambo #5 Cocktail Hour : Mambo Jambo Amazon
3The Andrews Sisters The Mambo Man Golden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 4] Amazon
4Tito Puente Cuban Pete Mambo Kings Amazon
5Tiny Grimes Showboat Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
6Xavier Cugat Besame Mucho (Kiss Me Much) The Original Mambo King [Disc 2] Amazon
7Desi Arnaz Holiday In Havana The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King Amazon
8Desi Arnaz;Amanda Lane Cuban Pete The Best of Desi Arnaz: The Mambo King Amazon
9J.J. Jones After Hours Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
10Mickey Baker Guitar Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
11Ruth Brown Mambo Baby Miss Rhythm Greatest Hits And More Disc 2 Amazon
12Joe Liggins & His Orchestra They Were Doing the Mambo Mercury R&B Story '45-'55 – [Disc 6] West Coast Blues V2 Amazon
13Cherokee & Band Mambo Blues Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
14The Treniers Who Put The 'Ungh' In The Mambo You're Killin' Me Amazon
15Don Swan El Cumbanchero [Guaracha-Fast Rhumba] Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever Amazon
16Fay Simmons Big Joe Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
17Big Maybelle New Kind Of Mambo The Complete OKeh Sessions 1952-'55 Amazon
18Earl Bostic Mambostic Earl Bostic Flamingo Amazon
19Cozy Cole Cozy's Mambo 1 Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
20Jack Costanzo Peter Gunn Mambo Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever Amazon
21Bill Doggett Real Gone Mambo (Si Si Nova) Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
22Esther Sutherland Clock Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
23Xavier Cugat Cuban Mambo Cocktail Hour : Mambo Jambo Amazon
24Link Wray & The Wraymen Rumble Mambo Walkin' With Link Amazon
25Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban Patricia Mambo Sinuendo Amazon
26Yma Sumac Taki Rari Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever Amazon
27Billy May Hernando's Hideaway Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 2: Mambo Fever Amazon
28The Manhattan Transfer The Speak Up Mambo (Cuentame) Anthology – Down in Birdland [Disc 1] Amazon
29Young-Holt Trio Wack Wack Big Noise: A Mambo Inn Compilation Amazon
30Tito Puente Hong Kong Mambo Cocktail Hour : Mambo Jambo Amazon
31Wynonie Harris Good Mambo Tonight Lovin' Machine Amazon
32Sonny Rollins Mambo Bounce Best of Sonny Rollins, the (Riverside) Amazon
33J.J. Jones Night Train Mambo Rumba Gone Mambo Amazon
34Norton Buffalo & The Knockouts Harmonica Mambo King of the Highway Amazon

Western Sunsets

This week’s show has us revisiting the Old Chisholm Trail and prairie passages that resemble all things that follow those romantic icons whose life on the range was less than what their songs usually embellish. In the western sunsets where John Lomax first went out in search of the ‘cowboy song’, we’ll explore more enlightened performances from the silver screen to the deep folk traditions that have become so laminated with romance that it’s hard to see the images beneath. This week’s show will take us from Carl T. Sprague, the original cowboy crooner, to Johnny Horton, Fess Parker, Rex Allen, and Roy Rogers. The music is sometimes sappy (Rick Nelson’s My Rifle, My Pony, and Me), sometimes light (Roy Rogers’ My Chickashay Girl), and other times full of storytelling and history. So many performances to light up the evening sky…just before dusk…just before that ceiling of stars appears in the night sky. Join us for our first live show from our new KOWS studios in downtown Santa Rosa.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Rex Allen The Covered Wagon Riding All Day Amazon
2Jimmie Rodgers Prairie Lullaby Recordings 1927 – 1933 [Disc 5] Amazon
3Carl T. Sprague O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie …I Listen to the Wind That Obliterates My Traces Amazon
4The Carter Family Cowboy Jack On Border Radio – 1939 – vol. 2 Amazon
5Rhubarb Red Little Green Valley (Radio) Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1 Amazon
6The Riders Of The Purple Sage Cool Water (Radio) Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 1 Amazon
7Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers The Strawberry Roan Saturday Night Rag 1934-1936 Vol. 1 Amazon
8Hank Snow I Traded My Saddle for a Rifle 1942-1943 (Warped 4206) Amazon
9Rex Allen Dreaming of the Western Plains Riding All Day Amazon
10Roy Rogers My Chickashay Girl 1942-1947 (Warped 4561) Amazon
11Roy Rogers Don't Fence Me In My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
12Sons of the Pioneers Moonlight On the Prairie Songs of the Prairie – CD1 Amazon
13Sons of the Pioneers Cool Water Cool Water & 17 Western Favorites Amazon
14Charlie Haden Oh Shenandoah Charlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling Boy Amazon
15Al Caiola & His Orchestra Bonanza TV Land presents Favorite TV Theme Songs Amazon
16Various The Virginian Television's Greatest Hits Vol.II – 65 More TV Themes 50s and 60s Amazon
17Johnny Western The Ballad Of Paladin Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Amazon
18Johnny Cash The Rebel Johnny Yuma My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
19Lee Marvin Wand'rin Star Rare Songs Played on Radio, Vol. 1 Amazon
20Dean Martin Rio Bravo My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
21Rick Nelson My Rifle My Pony And Me (w/ Dean Martin) Legacy [Disc 1] Amazon
22Marty Robbins Ballad Of The Alamo My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
23Frankie Laine Rawhide The Cowboy Album Amazon
24Johnny Horton Sleepy-Eyed John Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 (2 of 2) Amazon
25Patsy Montana My Dear Old Arizona Home The Best Of Patsy Montana Amazon
26Roy Rogers Rock Me to Sleep in My Saddle 1942-1947 (Warped 4561) Amazon
27Fess Parker The Ballad Of Davy Crockett The Cowboy Album Amazon
28Vaughn Monroe (Ghost) Riders In The Sky (A Cowboy Legend) The Cowboy Album Amazon
29Johnny Cash The Sons Of Katie Elder My Rifle, My Pony And Me Amazon
30Gene Autry Red River Valley The Essential Gene Autry 1933-1946 Amazon
31Johnny Bond Twilight On The Trail Country Hits Vol. 6 Amazon
32The Sons Of The Pioneers O Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie Sons Of The Pioneers Amazon
33The Cinema Sound Orchestra High Noon Western Film Themes Amazon
34Willie Nelson Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys [Album Version] Willie Nelson's Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be) Amazon

Bayou R&B

Back to the bayou once more. This time we keep our focus with laser precision on the rhythm and the blues swirling around in the stew that is Louisiana and the southern climes. You can look forward to some straight ahead blues from Katie Webster, B. B. King, and Lonesome Sundown as well as rhythm vocals from the likes of Art Neville, The Del-Chords, and Joe Richards. I’m telling you…you won’t be hearing anything like it anywhere on Sonoma County radio. It’s a down and dirty bayou collection including selections from the Ace UK archives, the Chess label, and includes some special treats from Little Richard, The Spiders, and King Karl.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1James Booker Junco Partner Junco Partner Amazon
2Little Richard Directly from My Heart The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 2] Amazon
3Joe Richards You'd Better Change Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin' Amazon
4Tabby Thomas I'd Love To Tell Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies Amazon
5Johnnie Allan Lonely Days & Lonely Nights Swamp Gold, Volume 1 Amazon
6Cookie & His Cupcakes Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups Amazon
7The Velvetiers Feelin' Right On Saturday Night Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups Amazon
8The Del-Chords Help Me Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups Amazon
9The Hi-Fi's I'm So Lonely Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups Amazon
10The Spiders I Didn't Want to Do It Doo Wop Box, Vol. 3: 101 More Vocal Group Gems from the Golden Age of Rock-N-Roll Disc 3 Amazon
11Art Neville House On The Hill Brother to Brother (Disc One:Art) Amazon
12Art Neville What's Going On The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4] Amazon
13Clarence "Frogman" Henry Ain't Got No Home Chess New Orleans [Disc 2] Amazon
14Earl King Feeling My Way Around Chess New Orleans [Disc 2] Amazon
15Sugar Boy Crawford What's Wrong Chess New Orleans [Disc 1] Amazon
16Chris Kenner Something You Got Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
17Katie Webster Hoo Wee, Sweet Daddy Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies Amazon
18Jimmy Dotson I Need Your Love Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies Amazon
19Lionel Torrance Rooty Tooty Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Mad Dogs, Sweet Daddies & Pretty Babies Amazon
20King Karl Walking Through The Park Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin' Amazon
21B.B. King Bad Case of Love Blues on the Bayou Amazon
22Lonesome Sundown California Blues Rhythm & Bluesin' By The Bayou – Rompin' & Stompin' Amazon
23Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns Don't You Just Know It Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1 Amazon
24Fats Domino Whole Lotta Loving Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 2) Amazon
25Bobby Mitchell I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Someday Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
26Clifton Chenier The Big Wheel (Squeeze Box Shuffle) Chess New Orleans [Disc 1] Amazon
27Smiley Lewis Shame, Shame, Shame I Hear You Knocking: 1947-1962 Disc 3 Amazon
28John Fred Shirley Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound Amazon
29Ernie K-Doe Te-Ta-Te-Ta-Ta Absolutely the Best Amazon
30Big Boy Myles New Orleans The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5] Amazon
31Frankie Ford Roberta Very Best Of Frankie Ford Amazon
32Charles Brown & Amos Milburn Educated Fool The History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 4] Amazon
33Clarence 'Bon Ton' Garlow Jumping At The Zadacoe Louisiana Swamp Blues Amazon
34Huey "Piano" Smith & His Clowns Don't You Know Yockomo Having A Good Time with Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns – The Very Best Of, Volume 1 Amazon
35Clarence "Frogman" Henry It Won't Be Long Chess New Orleans [Disc 2] Amazon
36Fats Domino The Fat Man Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 1 Amazon

Country Songwriters

This week’s Deeper Roots pays tribute to a collection of country songwriters who made an impact on the American musical art form, defining the tone and story that was told. We’ll walk through nearly a hundred years of performances by the familiars: Emmylou Harris, Jim Reeves, Johnny Cash, and Ray Charles, all taking on the songs of A.P. Carter, Jimmie Rodgers, Merle Haggard, Hank Williams, and Cindy Walker. We’ll also hear from Dolly, Willie, and Elvis on a cold and wet January Friday in West Sonoma County. Join Dave Stroud as he enters his seventh year hosting our two hour show live from the Sebastopol studios of KOWS Community Radio.

No.Artist Title Album Buy
1Emmylou Harris Gold Watch and Chain Roses in the Snow Amazon
2Rosanne Cash Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow The List Amazon
3Jorma Kaukonen You & My Old Guitar Blue Country Heart Amazon
4Ricky Skaggs I Don't Care The Essential Ricky Skaggs Amazon
5The Louvin Brothers The Precious Jewel Sing The Great Roy Acuff Songs Amazon
6Leon Russell I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry Hank Wilson's Back [Bonus Tracks] Amazon
7Jerry Lee Lewis You Win Again A Half Century Of Hits [Disc 1] Amazon
8Dwight Yoakam Always Late (With Your Kisses) Hillbilly Deluxe Amazon
9Ray Charles Busted Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 2] Amazon
10Buck Owens Together Again The Very Best Of Buck Owens, Volume 1 Amazon
11Rice, Rice, Hillman & Pedersen Take Me Back Again Running Wild Amazon
12Cyndi Lauper Night Life (Featuring Willie Nelson) Detour Amazon
13Willie Nelson Crazy One Hell Of A Ride Amazon
14Hank Snow/Willie Nelson Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On In the Jailhouse Now/Brand on My Heart Amazon
15Patsy Cline I Fall To Pieces The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2] Amazon
16Burl Ives A Little Bitty Tear (Single Version) 20th Century Masters :The Millennium Collection: Best of Burl Ives Amazon
17Les Paul I'm Movin' On Legend and Legacy [Disc 3] Amazon
18Elvis Presley Guitar Man Artist of the Century Disc 2 Amazon
19John Cowan Devil Woman (feat. John McFee) Sixty Amazon
20Jim Reeves Home Essential Jim Reeves Amazon
21Roger Miller Husbands And Wives Country Legends Amazon
22Merle Haggard And The Strangers Branded Man (2006 Digital Remaster) Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard Amazon
23Dave Alvin Kern River Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard Amazon
24Tom T. Hall A Week In A Country Jail Classic Country: Great Story Songs [Disc 1] Amazon
25Johnny Cash I'll Go Somewhere And Sing My Songs Again The Mystery Of Life Amazon
26Dolly Parton Jolene Jolene Amazon
27Alison Krauss/Shania Twain/Union Station Coat of Many Colors Just Because I'm a Woman: The Songs of Dolly Parton Amazon
28Willie Nelson Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down ["Naked" version] Naked Willie Amazon
29Bobby Bare Miller's Cave The Best Of Bobby Bare Amazon
30Steve Earle Tecumseh Valley Train a Comin' Amazon