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The Arhoolie Label

October 27, 2018 Dave

There are a handful of record labels that subscribe to the ‘deeper roots’ dogma. And our show tries to cover all of them. But East Bay’s own Arhoolie, whose catalog was recently acquired by Smithsonian Folkways is a very special example, maybe the premiere example, of what it means to dig deeper. Founded in 1960 by Chris Strachwitz, a German transplant who moved to the States in 1947, Arhoolie was founded on the principle that the best music could be found by traveling the backroads. And that is precisely how it got started, with a recording device in his trunk and an ear for the sublime. Join us this Friday evening as we explore just a hint of the music you’ll find on a landmark roots label.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Big Mama Thornton	Wade in the Water	This Ain't No Mouse Music [Disc 1]
2	Mance Lipscomb	Sugar Babe	Texas Songster
3	Mance Lipscomb	Jack O' Diamonds	Texas Songster
4	Snooks Eaglin	Mama Don't You Tear My Clothes	Country Boy Down In New Orleans
5	K.C. Douglas	High Water Rising	Mercury Blues
6	Lightnin' Hopkins	Lightning Boogie	Gold Star Sessions, Vol. 1
7	Big Joe Williams	Shake Your Boogie	Shake Your Boogie
8	R.L. Watson & Johnny Woods	Praying On The Old Campground & Lonesome Blues	Mississippi Delta Blues Jam In Memphis
9	Paramount Singers	There's A Leak In This Old Building	15 Down Home Gospel Classics
10	The Campbell Brothers Feat. Katie Jackson	I Feel Good	15 Down Home Gospel Classics
11	Sonny Treadway	Don't Let The Devil Ride	Sacred Steel Guitar
12	Annie Mae & Fred McDowell	I'm Going Over The Hill	15 Down Home Gospel Classics
13	Sonny Treadway	Amazing Grace	Sacred Steel Guitar
14	Bill Neely	Satan's Burning Hell	Texas Law & Justice
15	Bill Neely	I'm A Truck Drivin' Daddy	Texas Law & Justice
16	Del McCoury	Hey, Hey Bartender	16 Down Home Country Classics
17	Kirk Sutphin	Yellow Rose Of Texas	Masters of the Banjo
18	Laurie Lewis & Dudley Connell	The Johnson Boys	Masters of the Banjo
19	The Hodges Brothers	Bogue Chito Fling Ding	16 Down Home Country Classics
20	Rose Maddox	Single Girl	16 Down Home Country Classics
21	Maddox Bros. and Rose	I Want to Live and Love	This Ain't No Mouse Music [Disc 1]
22	Adolph Hofner	Dirty Dog	South Texas Swing
23	Lydia Mendoza	Amor En Duda	First Queen Of Tejano Music
24	Lydia Mendoza	A Ti Madre	First Queen Of Tejano Music
25	Lydia Mendoza	Amor Bonito	First Queen Of Tejano Music
26	Don Santiago Jiminez, Sr.	La Duena de la Llave	Tex Mex Fiesta
27	Flaco Jiminez	Un Mojado Sin Licencia	This Ain't No Mouse Music disc 2
28	Clifton Chenier	Bogalusa Boogie	Bogalusa Boogie
29	Savoy Family Band	Two-Step de Amede	This Ain't No Mouse Music disc 2
30	Pine Leaf Boys	Pine Grove Blues	This Ain't No Mouse Music disc 2
31	HowellDevine	Can't Be Satisfied	Modern Sounds of Ancient Juju

Americana, Bluegrass, Blues, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Folk and Tradition, Mountain Music, Theme Time

California’s Burning

October 20, 2018 Dave

We are remembering what happened here in Sonoma County last October when the firestorm hit, devastating communities and lives. Over 5000 homes and dozens of lives were lost. Disaster struck overnight and our music today reflects back with songs of disaster, songs of burning hell, and music that reminds us that Mother Nature will have its way. Blues from John Lee Hooker and Howlin’ Wolf, traditional country gospel from Bill Neely and Kitty Wells, and more in a Friday evening remembrance.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The David Thom Band	California's Burning	That Old Familiar
2	Under The Radar	Ride These Flames	Beyond The Niche
3	Kitty Wells	He Will Set Your Fields on Fire	Dust on the Bible (1959)
4	Kilby Snow, Mike Seeger	He Will Set Your Fields On Fire	Close To Home: Old Time Music From Mike Seeger's Collection, 1952-1967
5	Clyde Moody	06 – Where There's Smoke (There's Bound to Be Fire)	The Hillbilly Waltz King
6	Bill Neely	Satan's Burning Hell	Texas Law & Justice
7	Howlin' Wolf	The Natchez Burning	Blues From Hell
8	John Lee Hooker	Burning Hell	The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 2]
9	John Lee Hooker	The Motor City Is Burning	The Definitive Collection
10	Otis Spann	Burning Fire	The Great Blues Men
11	Bob Brozman	American House Fire Blues	Fire in the Mind
12	Dave Alvin	Barn Burning	King Of California
13	Dave Alvin	California's Burning	Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women
14	John Mellencamp	Eden Is Burning	John Mellencamp
15	Dixon Brothers	The School House Fire	Down In The Basement: Joe Bussard's Treasure Trove Of Vintage 78s: 1926-1937
16	J. H. Howell	Burning Of Cleveland School	Classic Field Recordings
17	Max Steiner And The MGM Studio Orhestra	Atlanta in Flames	Gone With the Wind
18	Dixie Jubilee Singers & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet	What's You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire?	Dixie Jubilee Singers (1924-1928) & Bryant's Jubilee Quartet (1931)
19	Selah Jubilee Singers	I'm Tormented In The Flames	Complete Recorded Works – Vol. 1 (1939-1941)
20	Sisters Of Song	In God's House	Fire In My Bones : Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel, 1944-2007
21	Mandolin Orange	Wildfire	Blindfaller
22	Lightnin' Hopkins	Burnin' in L.A.	Po' Lightnin'
23	D.L. Menard/Eddie LeJeune/Ken Smith	Les Flammes D'Enfer (The Flames of Hell)	The Best of Louisiana Music [Rounder]
24	Jude Taylor and His Burning Flames	Burnin Flames Special	Putomayo Presents Zydeco
25	Buckwheat Zydeco	Where There's Smoke There's Fire	Menagerie
26	Buddy Miller	Fire and Water	Universal United House Of Prayer
27	Janiva Magness	Your House Is Burnin'	Love Wins Again

Roger Miller Tribute

October 13, 2018 Dave

There’s a new tribute album out, celebrating the music of country renaissance troubadour Roger Miller. Produced by his son Dean it’s a fully formed varietal that, as Rolling Stone magazine critic Stephen Betts notes, features a dazzling lineup after being beset by repeated delays since 2015. Miller was an extraordinary songwriter with offbeat humor, part Hank Williams, part Will Rogers, and a poet of the uncommon whose song King of the Road “was positively average compared to his other oddball compositions, including Dang Me, Chug-a-Lug, and You Can’t Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd” as Betts goes on to point out. Our show features tracks from the album, some other notable covers of Roger Miller’s music, and, of course, some wacky, some tame originals from Roger himself.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Asleep at the Wheel	Chug-A-Lug (feat. Huey Lewis)	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
2	Roger Miller	Dad Blame Anything A Man Can't Quit	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD2)
3	Doug Kershaw	You Don't Want My Love	The Best Of Doug Kershaw
4	Ernest Tubb	Half a Mind	Ernest Tubb: The Definitive Collection
5	Faron Young	A World So Full of Love	The Complete Capitol Hits of Faron Young (2 of 2)
6	Emmylou Harris; Rodney Crowell	Invitation to the Blues	Old Yellow Moon
7	George Jones	Tall Tall Trees	George Jones The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection
8	Roger Miller	Tall, Tall Trees	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD3)
9	Roger Miller	My Uncle Used to Love Me But She Died	The Complete Smash-Mercury Singles
10	Charley Pride	Billy Bayou	20 Classics
11	Jim Reeves	Home	Essential Jim Reeves
12	Roger Miller	Little Green Apples	All Time Greatest Hits
13	Bill Kirchen	Husbands and Wives (Album)	Word To The Wise
14	Roger Miller/Willie Nelson	Husbands and Wives	Old Friends/Funny How Time Slips Away
15	Willie Nelson	Old Friends	One Hell Of A Ride
16	Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson & Merle Haggard	Old Friends	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
17	Patsy Cline	When Your House Is Not A Home [Radio Transcription]	The Patsy Cline Collection [Disc 2]
18	Little Jimmy Dickens	When Your House Is Not A Home	Four Classic Albums Plus Singles 1954-1962
19	Merle Haggard	Leavin's Not the Only Way to Go	Chicago Wind
20	Ray Price	Invitation To The Blues	Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes
21	Jon Rauhouse	Pardon This Coffin	The Executioners Last Songs, Volume 3
22	Roger Miller	King Of The Road	The Best Of : Vol 2
23	Dick Curless	King of the Road	A Tombstone Every Mile (7CD Set) CD4 (1950-1969)
24	Roger Miller	Kansas City Star	The Best Of : Vol 2
25	Kacey Musgraves	Kansas City Star	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
26	Roger Miller	Dang Me	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD1)
27	Willie Nelson	When Two Worlds Collide	Old Friends/Funny How Time Slips Away
28	Alison Krauss	You Oughta Be Here With Me / I've Been a Long Time Leaving (feat. The Cox Family)	King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
29	Alison Krauss	River In The Rain	Windy City
30	Roger Miller	Where Have All The Average People Gone	King Of The Road – The Genius Of Roger Miller (CD3)
31	Roger Miller	Hoppy's Gone	The Best Of : Vol 2
32	The Dead South	One Dying And A Burying	King Of The Road: A Tribute To Roger Miller [Disc 2]
33	Nick Lowe	Old Toy Trains	Quality Street: A Seasonal Selection For All The Family
34	Roger Miller	(The Day I Jumped) From Uncle Harvey's Plane	The Best Of : Vol 2

Yip Harburg Tribute

October 6, 2018 Dave

Yip Harburg was a songmaker. He was part of a select few in the early to mid-century who found their calling as lyricists, writing words that transformed music to story and story to film and Broadway spectacles. We could gloss over his contributions by simply saying “he’s the guy who wrote Over The Rainbow or April in Paris or Brother, Can You Spare a Dime”. But his career was more than that. It’s no secret that Yip’s politics were carefully crafted in song. The phrases “honky-tonk parade” and “Barnum and Bailey world” were veiled criticisms of the “phony as it can be” corporate and political leadership in America, written by a freethinking, socially conscious lyricist. Our show today will honor some of his best songs and include interview excerpts featuring both Yip and his son, Ernie.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The George Shearing Quintet And Orchestra	What Is There To Say	White Satin Black Satin
2	Anita O'Day	Old Devil Moon	Anita Sings The Most
3	Frank Sinatra	It's Only A Paper Moon	Swing And Dance With Frank Sinatra
4	Peggy Lee	Happiness Is a Thing Called Joe	The Best of Miss Peggy Lee [Bonus DVD] Disc 1
5	Martha Tilton	How Are Things In Glocca Morra?	The Liltin' Miss Tilton [Disc 2]
6	Nellie Lutcher	April In Paris	Nellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 2]
7	Lena Horne	Ain't It The Truth	Lena Horne: A Musical Anthology
8	Lena Horne	Then I'll Be Tired of You	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
9	Nat King Cole Trio	Then I'll Be Tired Of You	The Nat King Cole Trio: The Complete Capitol Transcription Sessions [Disc 3]
10	Ella Logan	How Are Things in Glocca Morra?	The Best of Broadway: The Late '40s
11	Ray Bolger	If I Only Had A Brain	The Wizard Of Oz
12	Groucho Marx & Bing Crosby	Lydia The Tattooed Lady	The Marx Brothers Greatest Hits
13	Ella Logan	When the Idle Poor Become the Idle Rich	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
14	Judy Garland	Over The Rainbow	That's Entertainment! The Best Of The MGM Musicals
15	Judy Garland	We're Off To See The Wizard	The Wizard Of Oz
16	David Wayne	When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
17	Don Francks & Petula Clark	Old Devil Moon – Finian's Rainbow	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
18	Dinah Washington	Look To The Rainbow	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes [Disc 2]
19	Carmen McRae	The Eagle and Me	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
20	Blossom Dearie	Down With Love	Once Upon A Summertime
21	Jeri Southern	Down with Love	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
22	Dean Martin	I'm Yours	Late at Night with Dean Martin
23	Judy Garland	Paris Is A Lonely Town – Gay Purr-Ee	Warner Bros.: 75 Years Of Film Music – Songs (3)
24	Judy Garland	The Jitterbug	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
25	Bing Crosby	Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
26	Rudy Vallee	Brother Can You Spare A Dime	Vagabond Lover
27	Barbara Cook and Jerome Courtland	Here's to Your Illusions	Harburg, E.Y., 1896-1981
28	Count Basie	April In Paris	Ken Burns Jazz: Count Basie

Jukebox Saturday Night

September 22, 2018 Dave

A few years back we celebrated the record, the radio, and disc jockeys on a couple of themed shows. We’re going to rev that theme up once again, but with a bit of a twist. This morning’s show pays tribute to that nickel, dime, and quarter evaporator known as the jukebox. We’ll also extend the music selections to include sounds of record hops, soda fountains, and the healthiest way to partake in any or all of the festivities. Tune in for new and old, including country sounds from Kitty Wells, Buck Owens, and Bill Walker; R&B from Shirley & Lee, Charles Bronw, and The Marigolds; and pop straightaways from Gale Storm, Dodie Stevens, and Brook Benton. All this on a Friday evening on KWTF community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Dave Edmunds	A. 1 on the Juke Box	Tracks on Wax 4
2	Margie Singleton	Old Records	One More Record Please
3	Dodie Stevens	I Wore Out My Record	Ultimate Collection
4	Gale Storm	Love By The Jukebox Light	Dark Moon * The Best Of Gale Storm
5	Teresa Brewer	Music! Music! Music!	Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
6	Kenny Loran	One More Record Please	One More Record Please
7	Shirley & Lee	Somebody Put A Jukebox In The Study Hall	Shirley & Lee Rock
8	Buck Owens	Put A Quarter In The Jukebox	Hot Dog
9	Bill Haley with the Saddlemen	Jukebox Cannonball	From Western Swing to R-O-C-K (2): Rock the Joint
10	Joshua Hedley	Mr. Jukebox	Mr. Jukebox
11	Ernest Tubb	Mr. Jukebox	Last Sessions: All Time Greatest Hits Disc 2
12	Mel Tillis	Jukebox Man (Single Version)	The Best of Mel Tillis
13	Kitty Wells	I Heard the Jukebox Playing	Singles
14	Vernon Oxford	Turn The Record Over	One More Record Please
15	Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper	Don't Play That Song (On The Juke Box Tonight)	One More Record Please
16	Katy Moffatt	Stoned At The Jukebox	A Collection Of Drinking Songs
17	Billy Walker	The Record	The World Is A Monster
18	Charles Senns	Dig Me A Crazy Record	One More Record Please
19	Willie Nelson	Mr. Record Man	Nite Life: Greatest Hits & Rare Tracks (1959-1971)
20	June Carter Cash	Juke Box Blues	Keep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 1
21	Dinah Washington	Record Ban Blues	Gold
22	Slim Gaillard Quartet	Jumpin' At The Record Shop	Laughing in Rhythm: Cement Mixer (Put-Ti, Put-Ti) [Disc 3]
23	Jon And Sondra Steele	They All Recorded To Beat The Ban	One More Record Please
24	Bull Moose Jackson	Big Ten-Inch Record	Risque Rhythm: Nasty 50s R&B
25	Brook Benton	Hit Record	Mercury 1962
26	The Marigolds	Juke Box Rock & Roll	The Johnny Bragg Story
27	Tex Beneke, The Modernaires	Jukebox Saturday Night	Stagedoor Canteen Music Of The War Years Vol 1
28	Snookum Russell	Juke Box Boogie Woogie Chick	Swing-O-Rama : Beautiful Babies
29	Hadda Brooks	Jukebox Boogie	That's My Desire
30	Hardrock Gunter	Jukebox Help Me Find My Baby	Gonna Rock 'n' Roll, Gonna Dance All Night
31	The Hi-Flyers	Juke Box Jump	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
32	Lattie Moore	The Jukebox And The Phone	Talking on the Telephone Vol. 2
33	BR5-49	A1 On The Jukebox	Dog Days
34	Si Cranstoun	Jukebox Jump	Old School
35	Luke Wills Rhythm Busters	A Nickel In The Jukebox	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys

Deeper Roots on KOWS, Early Pop, Early Rock, Fifties Country, Free Form, Oldies, Rhythm and Blues

Diddy Wah Diddy

September 15, 2018 Dave

This morning’s show finds a festive free form summer set featuring the usual suspects and a whole lot of fine sounds from the deeper wells. We’ll be sharing country classics from George Jones, Floyd Tillman, and Pee Wee King as well as some sweet upbeat R&B from Clyde McPhatter, Big Maybelle, and Ivory Joe. Taj Mahal, some doo wop pioneers, and the great Ella Fitzgerald will round things out in a free form fest on Sonoma County Community Radio. Tune in at 9am Pacific at www.kows.fm/listen.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Taj Mahal	Diddy Wah Diddy	Maestro
2	Julia Lee & Her Boy Friends	Oh Chuck It (In a Bucket)	Kansas City Blues 1944-1949 Disc 2
3	Hank Williams	My Bucket's Got A Hole In It	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 18
4	Hank Williams	I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Living	The History Of Country & Western Music (Disc 19)
5	Johnny Cash	The Night Hank Williams Came To Town	Johnny Cash Is Coming To Town & Water From The Wells Of Home
6	Leon Russell	Love's Gonna Live Here	Legend in My Time – Hank Wilson Vol. III
7	Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue	Jones On the Jukebox	Set Two
8	George Jones	I Always Get Lucky With You With Mark Knopfler	Burn Your Playhouse Down: The Unreleased Duets
9	Porter Wagoner	Highway Headin' South	The Essential Porter Wagoner
10	Red Saunders & His Orchestra	Hambone	OKeh Rhythm & Blues
11	Lillian Briggs	Can't Stop	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
12	Big Maybelle	Rock House	Voodoo Voodoo: Feisty Fifties Females
13	Clyde McPhatter	Just to Hold My Hand	Atlantic and Mercury Sessions – Disc 1
14	Ivory Joe Hunter	It's A Sin	Chronological Ivory Joe Hunter (1950-1951)
15	Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots	I'm Making Believe	R&B Jukebox Hits 1944
16	The Ink Spots	Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)	Greatest Hits
17	The Dubs	Could This Be Magic	The Roots Of Frank Zappa
18	The Cadillacs	Gloria	The Cadillacs Meet The Orioles
19	Pee Wee King	Slow Poke	Classic Country Hits 'Your Cheatin Heart' Disc 3
20	Rusty Draper	The Shifting Whispering Sands	Your Hit Parade – 1955
21	Floyd Tillman	This Cold War With You	The History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 17
22	Foy Willing	Texas Blues	History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 9
23	Wilf Carter (Montana Slim)	X's From Down In Texas – 1958	Dynamite Trail-The Decca Years, 1954-58
24	The Light Crust Doughboys	Stay Out Of The South	1936-1941
25	Bobby Bare	They Covered Up the Old Swimming Hole	Memories – RCA Singles 1962 – 1969
26	Eilen Jewell	Whispering Sea	Butcher Holler
27	Cookie & His Cupcakes	Breaking Up Is Hard To Do	Rhythm 'n' Bluesin' By The Bayou – Vocal Groups
28	Big Jay McNeely & His Blue Jays	Deacon's Hop	Jump, Jive & Swing
29	Little Esther & the Dominoes	The Deacon Moves In	Rhythm 'N' Blues: Early Doo Wop 1943-55, vol. 1
30	Bull Moose Jackson	Fare Thee Well, Deacon Jones, Fare Thee Well	Badman Jackson Thats Me
31	Jimmy Durante	Little Bit This, Little Bit That	The Great Schnozzle
32	Annette Hanshaw	I Want To Be Bad	Annette Hanshaw, Volume 6, 1929 (1999)
33	Ozzie & Harriet Nelson	I Want the Waiter with the Water	The Nelson Touch
34	Taj Mahal	Take a Giant Step	In Progress and In Motion (1965-1998) (3 of 3)

African American Gospel, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Gospel, Theme Time

Great Gospel

September 8, 2018 Dave

Deeper Roots goes to the deeper wells of black American gospel which is one of the more powerful examples of bedrock sounds that we play here on our show. This show includes hand-picked classics such as “The Old Rugged Cross”, “Joshua Fit the Battle”, “Trouble in My Way”, and a medley of freedom classics from the SNCC Freedom Singers. It’s a mix of jubilee quartets, female gospel greats, sensational musical sermons, as well as Aretha, Sister Tharpe, Mahalia, and The Staples. Tune in for more….a whole lot more.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	The Blind Boys Of Alabama	Freedom Road	Higher Ground
2	Mahalia Jackson	Didn't It Rain	16 Most Requested Songs
3	Marie Knight	The Old Rugged Cross	Hallelujah What A Song!
4	Marie Knight	Walk With Me	The Great Gospel Women
5	SNCC Freedom Singers	Woke Up This Morning	Crossroads: Southern Roots
6	The Freedom Singers	Freedom Medley:Freedom Chant, Oh Freedom, This Little Light Of Mine	Voices Of the Civil Rights Movement
7	Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalist	Free At Las'	2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
8	Southern Sons	I'm Free At Last (1942)	1940's Vocal Groups: Southern Sons (1941-44) & Richmond's Harmonizing Four (1943)
9	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	Mean Old World	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
10	Aretha Franklin	Precious Lord (Part One)	Lovely Jazz Gospel & Blues
11	Marion Williams	Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares	The Great Gospel Women
12	Clara Ward Singers	Somebody Bigger Than You & I	Somebody Bigger Than You & I
13	Morris Brown Quartet	Climbing Up The Mountain	I Hear Music In The Air
14	Southern Sons	Lift Every Voice And Sing	I Hear Music In The Air
15	The Swan Silvertones	Trouble In My Way	Love Lifted Me
16	Bill Landford And The Landfordaires	Trouble Of This World [Album Version]	The Gospel Tradition: The Roots And The Branches, Vol. 1
17	Fisk Jubilee Singers	Joshua Fit The Battle	American Roots Music [Disc 3]
18	Leonard de Paur conducting choir	We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder	5- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
19	Gospel Tones	Roll, Jordan, Roll	Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel, 1945-1958
20	The Sensational Nightingales	Freedom After a While	Great Gospel – People Get Ready
21	Reverend Robert Ballinger	So Glad	1950s Gospel Classics
22	Mahalia Jackson	I'm on My Way To Canaan	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
23	The Trumpeteers	I'll Fly Away	Folk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be Unbroken
24	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Stand By Me	Complete Recorded Works, 1938 – 1944; Volume 1
25	The Belleville A Cappella Choir of the Church of God and Saints of Christ	Great Camp Meeting… – Swing Low… – Steal Away – What Kind… – Oh Them… – I'm a Soldier… (Medley of Spirituals)	Southern Journey Vol 11: Honor the Lamb
26	The Staple Singers	Swing Down, Chariot	Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
27	The Staple Singers	Uncloudy Day	Swing Low Sweet Chariot + Uncloudy Day (Bonus Track Version)
28	Golden Gate Quartet	God's Gonna Cut 'em Down	101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
29	The Dixie Hummingbirds	Christian's Automobile	Thank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie Hummingbirds
30	Southern Sons	Above My Head, I Hear The Music In The Air	I Hear Music In The Air
31	Arizona Dranes	Bye & Bye We're Going To See The King	He Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona Dranes

Americana, Country, Deeper Roots on KOWS, Fifties Country, Folk and Tradition, Oldies

Deeper Merle Travis

August 26, 2018 Dave

Merle Travis’ influence on country music cannot be ignored. Along with a select few entertainers of the mid-century, he bridged the hillbilly and Appalachian folk institutions to the Golden Age of Country. His influences were not only the ‘picking style’, but also his keen sense of populist stories told from the front lines. We’ll hear from and early influence, Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers, as well as those he influenced. All songs written by Merle and some performed by Merle himself. Our show will also feature Merle Travis interview excerpts from the sixties. It’s a Friday morning collection of the very best of Merle Travis.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Merle Travis	I'll See You In My Dreams	The Guitar Picker CD3 (1951-53)
2	Joe Maphis & Merle Travis	Alabama Jubilee	Country Guitar Thunder (Joe Maphis & Merle Travis 1977-1981)
3	John McEuen	Merle Travis Story	Live in L.A.
4	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Cannonball Rag	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
5	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Dark as a Dungeon	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 1
6	The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	Doc Watson and Merle Travis: First Meeting	Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2
7	Willie Nelson	Dark As A Dungeon	Country Music
8	Tennessee Ernie Ford	Dark As A Dungeon	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 2]
9	Willie Nelson	Sixteen Tons	Remember Me, Vol. 1
10	The Platters	Sixteen Tons	The Magic Touch: An Anthology
11	James & Bobby Purify	16 Tons	The Best Of
12	Hank Penny	Merle's Buck Dance	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
13	Merle Travis	Introduction / Nine Pound Hammer	Ash Grove 12/9/1966
14	The Kentucky Colonels	Nine Pound Hammer	Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
15	The Country Gentlemen	I Am a Pilgrim	On the Road (And More)
16	Johnny Cash	Loading Coal [Album Version]	Ride This Train
17	Merle Travis	Start Even	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
18	Merle Travis	No Vacancy	The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.
19	Ernest Tubb	So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed	Steelin' It: The Steel Guitar Story
20	Gid Tanner, Clayton McMichen, Riley Puckett, Lowe Stokes, Fate Norris	Possum Hunt on Stump House Mountain, Part 1	Lead Kindly Light
21	Bill Frisell	Cannonball Rag (Merle Travis)	Guitar In The Space Age
22	Johnny Bond	Divorce Me C.O.D.	Swinging Hollywood Hillbilly Cowboys
23	Tex Ritter	Everybody Likes A Little Lovin'	High Noon
24	Tex Williams & His Western Caravan	Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)	Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53
25	Spade Cooley & His Orchestra	Steel Guitar Rag	Spadella! The Essential Spade Cooley
26	Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys With Merle Travis	Wildwood Flower	Swing West – vol 2 – Guitar Slingers
27	Merle Travis	Philosophy	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
28	Merle Travis	Too Much Sugar For A Dime	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
29	The Everly Brothers	Muskrat	Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers on Warner Bros. Disc 1
30	Doc Watson/Merle Watson	Smoke, Smoke, Smoke	Black Mountain Rag
31	Tennessee Ernie Ford	That's All	Masters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]
32	Ricky Skaggs	Sweet Temptation	Favorite Country Songs
33	Merle Travis	When My Baby Double Talks To Me	Hot Pickin' [Disc 2]
34	Merle Travis	When Rosie Riccoola Do The Hoola Ma Boola	The Guitar Picker CD1 – Divorce Me C. O. D.

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

Tragic Country Tales

August 26, 2018 Dave

Tales of lonesome saddles, lost loves, broken hearts, and lonely rooms…a mood, a tone, and short vignettes so common among those themes of country music. We’ve got that and much more in this week’s episode of Deeper Roots. Performances from Grandpa Jones, The Stanley Brothers, Lefty Frizzell, Mel Tillis, and many others, will take us on a ride on a country road, drinking new wine from an old jug. That will also include stories of highway mishaps, the bottom of the bottle, and a mystery of the Tallahatchie Bridge. Friday solemn sounds from the past century on Sonoma County community radio.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Bobbie Gentry	Ode To Billie Joe	Billboard Top Pop Hits: 1967
2	Elvis Presley	Don't Cry Daddy	Always on My Mind
3	Tammy Wynette	D-I-V-O-R-C-E	Country Legends
4	Hank Williams	I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry	24 Greatest
5	Bobby Bare	Jeannie4s Last Kiss (1963)	All American Boy – CD 2
6	Doc & Merle Watson	The Tragic Romance	Ballads From Deep Gap
7	David Grisman w/Alan O'Bryant	Tragic Romance	Life Of Sorrow
8	Grandpa Jones	Tragic Romance	Makes The Rafters Ring
9	The Stanley Brothers	Tragic Love	An Evening Long Ago: Live 1956
10	Lefty Frizzell	The Tragic Letter (& Wayne Raney) 1965	Life's Like Poetry (Disc 3)
11	Red Fox Chasers	Wreck On The Mountain Road	People Take Warning [Disc 1] – Man Vs. Machine
12	Esco Hankins	Wreck on the Highway	1947-1951 (Warped 4732)
13	Vernon Dalhart	The Wreck Of The Old '97	American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1]
14	Lefty Frizzell	Long Black Veil	Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana
15	Mel Tillis	Life Turned Her That Way	36 All Time Greatest Hits
16	Mary Gauthier	Mercy Now	Mercy Now
17	Townes Van Zandt	Waiting Around to Die	Legend: The Very Best Of Townes Van Zandt
18	Vern Gosdin	Chiseled in Stone	Chiseled in Stone
19	Ray Charles & Willie Nelson	Seven Spanish Angels	The Many Sides Of Willie Nelson [Cd 3 "Duets"] (1992)
20	James King	He Stopped Loving Her Today	Three Chords & The Truth
21	Lucinda Williams	Sweet Old World	Sweet Old World
22	Dwight Yoakam	I Sang Dixie	Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
23	Willie Nelson	Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain	Artist's Choice: Sheryl Crow
24	Merle Haggard	Sing Me Back Home	The Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 1963-1977 [Disc 1]
25	Red Foley	Old Shep	Smoke on the Water / Hillbilly Fever
26	Walter Brennan	Old Rivers	Classic Country Great Story Songs [Disc 2]
27	Charlie Louvin	Wreck on the Highway	Charlie Louvin Sings Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs
28	Doc & Merle Watson	The Wreck of The Old #9	Ballads From Deep Gap
29	Faron Young	Hello Walls	Hello Walls / The Young Approach
30	Merle Haggard	If We Make It Through December (2006 Digital Remaster)	Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard
31	Johnny Cash	Hurt	Unearthed, Vol. 5, Best Of Cash On American

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

Lies and Liars

August 26, 2018 Dave

A notorious theme in our world today. But it’s not like there is a thin line between truth and lies in the end. The line is clearly defined and yet people would rather imagine anything but what is clearly painted before them. Our show today looks at what the worst often looks like. Dirty lies, white lies, poison lies, and all of those falsehoods made in earnest or in self promotion. There are those who proudly wear the color of lies and hate to remind us that vigilance is more important now than ever. Call out the lies. This week, we look at it through the gospel lens with Sister Rosetta Tharpe, swim into the rock oldies pool with The Knickerbockers, swing soft and winsome country with Carl Smith and The Carters, and we’ll also bring in some contemporary sounds including tracks from Mavis Staples, David Olney, and Robert Ellis. I don’t know about you but I’m sick about what’s happening.

No.	Artist	Title	Album
1	Mavis Staples	We Go High	If All I Was Was Black
2	Fats Domino	Telling Lies	Out Of New Orleans, Vol. 4
3	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	No Room In the Church for Liars	Precious Memories
4	Sister Rosetta Tharpe	Let That Liar Alone	ABC Of The Blues Vol 43
5	Reverend A. Johnson	Let That Liar Pass On By	1950s Gospel Classics
6	Radio Yesterday	Lights Out	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
7	Martha Fields	Southern White Lies	Southern White Lies
8	Laurie Lewis And The Right Hands	Let That Liar Alone (Featuring Tom Rozum, Patrick Sauber, Harley Eblen & Andrew Conklin)	The Hazel and Alice Sessions
9	The Carter Family	You Better Let That Liar Alone	Carter Family, vol. 2: 1935-1941 (Disc 3)
10	David Olney	No Lies	One Tough Town
11	Rosalie Allen	Hitler Lives	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
12	Carl Smith	Wicked Lies	Kisses Don't Lie
13	The Nashville Bluegrass Band	The Biggest Liars in Town	Home of the Blues
14	Flatt & Scruggs	Poison Lies	The Stanley Brothers: Selected Sides 1947-1953 [Disc 2]
15	Les Paul & Mary Ford	Lies	Bye Bye Blues/Les and Mary
16	Cyndi Lauper	Lies	A Hat Full Of Stars
17	The Roosevelts	Tell Only Lies	The Greatest Thing You'll Ever Learn
18	Ian Gomm	Dirty Lies	Summer Holiday
19	The Castaways	Liar, Liar	Good Morning Vietnam [Soundtrack]
20	The Knickerbockers	Lies	Nuggets Sampler 1965-1968
21	Tex Grande & His Range Riders	Hitler's Reply to Mussolini	Flashbacks # 6: Hitler & Hell
22	Bill Boyd's Cowboy Ramblers	Tellin' Lies	The Eyes of Texas
23	John Hartford	Politic	Hamilton Ironworks
24	Mimi & Richard Farina	House Un-American Blues Activity Dream	Generations of Folk, Vol. 2 Protest & Politics
25	Dar Williams/Doug Wainoris/G.E. Smith/Steve Holley/T-Bone Walk	All Men Are Liars	Labour of Love: The Music of Nick Lowe
26	J.J. Cale	Lies	The Very Best of J.J. Cale
27	Frankie Boots And The County Line	Pack Of Lies	Frankie Boots And The County Line
28	Neko Case	Lonely Old Lies	The Virginian
29	Johnnie Taylor	Running Out Of Lies	Lifetime: A Retrospective Of Soul, Blues & Gospel 1956- 1999 [Disc 3]

A Century of America's Music