Category Archives: Deeper Roots on KOWS

Main Street – KOWS December 2, 2015

Main Street
Main Street

A bit of a celebration is in order. We will be broadcasting live from the new KOWS studios located in downtown Sebastopol with a playlist that scours the last century of America’s music for relevant sounds and themes that relate:  songs of settling into home, saying goodbye,  moving on, going west (or east, that is), and ‘getting gone’. We’ll feature The Cats & The Fiddle, local favorites Markus James and Doug Blumer & The Bohemian Highway, “Little” Jimmy Dickens, and a host of others who welcome us into our new home on Gravenstein Highway…or, as it is formally known hereabouts, Main Street.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Muddy WatersGone To Main StreetMad LoveAmazon
2Chet Atkins & His Guitar PickersMain Street BreakdownChet Atkins Guitar Legend:The RCA YearsAmazon
3David BrombergThe Main Street MoanThe Player: A RetrospectiveAmazon
4Los LobosOn Main StreetTin Can TrustAmazon
5Loudon Wainwright IIIMoving DayHigh Wide & Handsome – The Charlie Poole ProjectAmazon
6Leon RedboneThere's No Place Like Home For The HolidaysChristmas IslandAmazon
7Little Jimmy DickensNo Place Like Home On ChristmasCountry Boy [Disc 5]Amazon
8Leon SelphNow That You Have GoneYou Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942Amazon
9The Leake County RevelersBeen to the East, Been to the WestLead Kindly LightAmazon
10Doug Blumer And The Bohemian HighwayMoving DayDoug Blumer And The Bohemian HighwayAmazon
11JL StilesMovinJl Stiles Presents House of MurmursAmazon
12Howlin' WolfMovingThe Back Door WolfAmazon
13Markus JamesGoin' Down SouthHead For The HillsAmazon
14Les PaulI'm Movin' OnLegend and Legacy [Disc 3]Amazon
15Peter, Paul & MarySettle Down (Goin' Down That Highway)MovingAmazon
16Florence LoweryMoving Day BluesFemale Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 11Amazon
17Bertha IdahoMove It On Out Of HereFemale Blues Singers, Complete Recorded Works. Volume 10Amazon
18Monroe Moe JacksonMove It On OverRural Blues Vol. 1 1934-1956Amazon
19Hank Williams & The Drifting CowboysMove It On Over26 All-Time Country ClassicsAmazon
20Milton Brown & His Musical BrowniesIn the Shade of the Old Apple TreeWestern Swing Chronicles Vol. 1: Milton Brown & His Musical BrowniesAmazon
21The Dixie HummingbirdsMoving OnLooking BackAmazon
22Mahalia JacksonI Will Move On Up A Little HigherFolk Blues & Gospel: Will the Circle Be UnbrokenAmazon
23The Staple SingersMove Along TrainFreedom HighwayAmazon
24Robert Plant & Alison KraussGone Gone Gone (Done Moved On)Raising SandAmazon
25Jerry Lee LewisMove on Down the LineThe London Sessions 1973Amazon
26Charline ArthurWelcome To The ClubWelcome To The ClubAmazon
27Bob Wills & His Texas PlayboysPlease Don't Talk About Me When I'm GoneTiffany Transcriptions, Vol. 3Amazon
28John HiattGoneCrossing Muddy WatersAmazon
29Irma ThomasGoneSoul Queen of New OrleansAmazon
30The Cats & The FiddleGoneThe Very Best OfAmazon
31Mr. ScruffGet a Move OnElectro Swing Vol. 1Amazon
32Paul SimonGone at Last1964-1993 Disc 2Amazon
33Eddy "The Chief" ClearwaterGotta Move OnWest Side StrutAmazon

Deeper Dr. John

Deeper Dr. John
Deeper Dr. John

Mac Rebennack’s been around and the music, the culture, the people…they’ve embellished his art with a character like no other in roots music. He’s known them all: James Booker, Professor Longhair, Huey Smith, and Doc Pomus. He’s performed with them, composed for them, and broken bread with them. And when he takes the stage, whether that is in the traditional Indian celebratory garb or the frocked coat and hat, you can be certain that his performance will get your attention. He is coarse yet gentle, as punctual on the keys as he is laid back and lazy with them. This week’s show will sample a small set of his contributions to the American songbook including performances by Roland Stone, B.B. King, Charlie Rich, Solomon Burke, and Irma Thomas. And we’ll also hear plenty from the good Doctor himself.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Dr. JohnRight Place Wrong TimeDefinitive Pop CollectionAmazon
2Dr John/Mac RebennackSahara (LP Version)Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 1]Amazon
3Roland Stone [Dr. John]Down The Road (LP Version)Mos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 1]Amazon
4Mac RebennackGood TimesThe History of New Orleans Rhythm & Blues [Disc 5]Amazon
5Clarence "Frogman" HenryLong Lost And WorriedAin't Got No Home: The Best Of Clarence "Frogman" HenryAmazon
6Art NevilleWhat's Going OnHis Specialty RecordingsAmazon
7Johnny JenkinsWalk On Gilded SplintersDuane Allman Anthology 2 [Disc 2]Amazon
8Dr. JohnBlack Widow SpiderDefinitive Pop CollectionAmazon
9Dr. John(Everybody Wanna Get Rich) Rite AwayDestively Bonnaroo (US Release)Amazon
10Dr. John The Night TripperWash Mama WashThe Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974Amazon
11Dr. JohnBig ChiefThe Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974Amazon
12Irma ThomasI Never Fool Nobody But MeIf You Want It, Come and Get ItAmazon
13Delaney & BonnieWhen the Battle Is OverThe Best of Delaney & BonnieAmazon
14Solomon BurkeMake Do With What You GotMake Do With What You GotAmazon
15Dr. JohnHen Layin' RoosterThe Best Of The Parlophone YearsAmazon
16Dr. JohnLet the Good Times RollThe Ultimate Dr. JohnAmazon
17Dr. JohnMy Indian RedGoin' Back To New OrleansAmazon
18Dr. JohnSweet Home New OrleansThe Best Of The Parlophone YearsAmazon
19Dr. JohnMemories Of Prof. LonghairMos' Scocious: The Dr. John Anthology [Disc 2]Amazon
20Marianne FaithfullHello StrangerA Perfect Stranger: The Island Anthology [Disc 2]Amazon
21Crescent City GoldKick It RawThe Ultimate SessionAmazon
22Bluesiana TriangleNeed To Be LovedBluesiana TriangleAmazon
23Charlie RichPictures and PaintingsPictures and PaintingsAmazon
24Dr. JohnEh Las BasN'awlinz: Dis, Dat Or D'UddaAmazon
25Dr. JohnOld SettlersLive at Magfest 2014Amazon
26B.B. King & Dr. JohnThere Must Be A Better World SomewhereDeuces WildAmazon
27Dr. JohnLet's Make a Better WorldThe Ultimate Dr. JohnAmazon
28Dr. JohnWhen You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)Ske-Dat-De-Dat&The Spirit Of SatchAmazon

Take Me Back – KOWS Nov 18, 2015

Take Me Back
Take Me Back

Our final show at the old KOWS studio will feature the lineup you might expect…with a couple of themes running through it. The ‘take me back’ theme works well as we bring in Tennessee Ernie Ford, Jimmy Rushing, and Peter Rowan to make the plea and we’ve got the gospel themed pleas of working on a building from The Highway QCs. In addition, we’ve got some doo-wop, some ladies whose theme was ‘blues is her business’, and a run of country swing and bluegrass…all packed into two hours of elementary roots. Tune in after dinner for dessert.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Tennessee Ernie FordTake Me Back And Try Me One More TimeMasters 1949-1976 [Disc 3]Amazon
2Shannon GraysonI Like The Old Time WayFavorite Sacred SongsAmazon
3Wade MainerStreamlined Religion1961 King SessionAmazon
4Grandpa JonesYou And My Old GuitarMakes The Rafters RingAmazon
5Larry Cordle & The Virginia LuthiersTrain On The IslandOrthophonic JoyAmazon
6The Whitstein BrothersWhere Will You BuildSing Gospel Songs of the LouvinsAmazon
7John FogertyWorkin' on a BuildingThe Blue Ridge RangersAmazon
8The Highway QC'SWorking On a BuildingGreat Gospel – Maybe the Last TimeAmazon
9The Clara Ward SingersCome By HereMeetin' Tonight!Amazon
10The Dixie HummingbirdsTwo Little Fishes (And Five Loaves of Bread)20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of the Dixie HummingbirdsAmazon
11The Dixie HummingbirdsBedside Of A NeighborThank You For One More Day: The 70th Anniversary Of The Dixie HummingbirdsAmazon
12Marie KnightSatisfied With JesusHallelujah What A Song!Amazon
13SheiksWalk That WalkAtlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 1] – Jumpin' & BluesyAmazon
14Garnet MimmsCry BabyThe Best of Garnet Mimms: CryAmazon
15The Five RoyalesI Like It Like ThatR&B Greats – ThinkAmazon
16The Five RoyalesSomeone Made Me For YouDedicated To YouAmazon
17Steve CropperSomeone Made You For Me (Steve Cropper with Dan Penn)Dedicated – A Salute To The 5 RoyalesAmazon
18Sam CookeYou Were Made For MePortrait Of A Legend 1951-1964Amazon
19Bessie SmithI'm Wild About That ThingThe Saucy Songs (1928-1938)Amazon
20Victoria Spivey With Clarence Williams' Blue FiveMy Handy Man (f. Victoria Spivey)Eddie Lang & Joe Venuti: The New York Sessions 1926-35Amazon
21Ida Cox & Her Allstar BandFour Day CreepBlues From The Vocalion VaultsAmazon
22Dinah WashingtonBlow Top BluesBlues Was Her BusinessAmazon
23Bonnie RaittWomen Be WiseBonnie RaittAmazon
24Fats Waller(Take Me Back To) The Wide Open Placescompliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.comAmazon
25Asleep at the Wheel/The Blind Boys of AlabamaThe Devil Ain't LazyReinventing the WheelAmazon
26Milton Brown & His Musical BrowniesSomebody's Been Using That ThingWestern Swing Chronicles Vol. 1: Milton Brown & His Musical BrowniesAmazon
27Ted Daffan's TexansBorn To Lose26 All-Time Country ClassicsAmazon
28Adolph HofnerLet's Count The StarsYou Oughta See My Fanny Dance: Unissued Western Swing 1935-1942Amazon
29Jimmy RushingTake Me Back, BabyABC Of The Blues Vol 38Amazon
30Buck OwensTake Me Back AgainAct NaturallyAmazon
31Peter Rowan And Don EdwardsTake Me Back To The RangeHigh Lonesome CowboyAmazon
32Merle Haggard/Willie NelsonMissing Ol' Johnny CashDjango and JimmieAmazon
33Johnny CashTear Stained LetterAmerican IV: Man Comes AroundAmazon
34Earl ScruggsGospel ShipThe Earl Scruggs Revue: Anniversary Special, Volumes One & TwoAmazon

Let’s Live – KOWS Nov 5, 2015

Let's Live
Let’s Live

We’ll be bringing another eclectic blend of music from the past for an evening set kicks off with sounds of New Orleans beginning with a medley from the Bayou Maharajah, James Booker and closing with Irma Thomas. In addition to our usual run of bluegrass, jazz, and blues…we’ll prepare some piping hot biscuits from the country shack with Alan Lomax, Flatt & Scruggs, Pappy O’Daniel and the Hillbilly Boys, and Kacey Musgraves. There will also be a rare piece of early blues piano work from Ollie Shepard and the early century jazz band sounds of Enric Madriguera, Jimmie Lunceford, and Fletcher Henderson. Two full hours of Deeper Roots on weekday evening…carrying us over the midweek hump so that it’s all downhill from there…

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Aaron NevilleLet's LiveTreacherous [Disc 1]Amazon
2James BookerMedley: Tico Tico / Papa Was A Rascal / So Swell When You're WellClassifiedAmazon
3Dr. JohnTraveling MoodThe Ultimate Dr. JohnAmazon
4Fats DominoThe Girl I Love [Version 2]This Is Gold Disc 1Amazon
5Aaron NevilleMy True StoryMy True StoryAmazon
6Irma ThomasWhile the City SleepsTime Is on My Side: The Best of Irma Thomas, Vol. 1Amazon
7Kansas Joe and Memphis MinnieI'm Wild About My StuffFlashbacks #1 Drug Songs 1917-1944Amazon
8Blind Boy FullerTrucking My Blues Away No. 2 (take 2)Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order – Volume 2 (29 April to 12 July 1937)Amazon
9Ollie ShepardKing Of All EvilVol. 2-1939-41Amazon
10Angelic Gospel Singers with the Dixie Humming BirdsOne DayWhen the Moon Goes Down in the Valley of Time: African-American Gospel, 1939-51Amazon
11Rory BlockLord, I Feel Just Like Goin' OnI Belong To The Band: A Tribute To Rev. Gary DavisAmazon
12Ethel Waters and Her Jazz BandEv'rybody Mess ArounTight Women and Loose Bands 1921-1931Amazon
13Cleo BrownBoogie WoogiePicking the Blues – Compiled By John Mayall – Boogie Woogie PioneersAmazon
14Benny Carter (With Lionel Hampton Orchestra)I'm in the Mood for SwingRCA Victor Jazz-The First Half-Century-The 30'sAmazon
15Coleman HawkinsBody and SoulRCA Victor Jazz-The First Half-Century-The 30'sAmazon
16Alan LomaxHow Many Biscuits Can You Eat?Ballad Operas-Martins & The CoAmazon
17W. Lee & His Hillbilly BoysPlease Pass The Biscuits PappyWestern Swing Chronicles Vol. 4 1933-1938Amazon
18Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs'How Many Biscuits'1953-X6-XX Grand Old OpryAmazon
19NRBQHot Biscuits and Sweet MarieKick Me HardAmazon
20Kacey MusgravesBiscuitsPageant MaterialAmazon
21Kenny BakerMonroe's HornpipePlays Bill MonroeAmazon
22Jack GuthrieNo Need to Knock on My DoorOklahoma HillsAmazon
23Merle TravisMissouriThe History Of Country & Western Music – Vol. 11Amazon
24KentuckiansJourney's EndKeep on Going: The Rebel & Melodeon RecordingsAmazon
25Doyle Lawson & QuicksilverBetter Times A' Comin'Mark Twain: Words & Music [Disc 1]Amazon
26Mac WisemanIt's Mighty Dark To TravelGrassroots To BluegrassAmazon
27Johnny CashThanks a LotThe Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 Disc 1Amazon
28Jim SilverEach Season Changes YouCountry Boy's DreamAmazon
29Jimmy WakelyMoon Over MontanaVintage CollectionsAmazon
30Leon RedboneSweet LorraineAny TimeAmazon
31Dr. JohnI Love It at the Top20 DatesAmazon
32Jimmie Lunceford/Sy Oliver, VocalTime's A-Wastin'Jimmie LuncefordAmazon
33Sam CookeBring It on Home to MeGreatest HitsAmazon

Night Time – KOWS Oct 28, 2015

Night Time
Night Time

No more alternating Saturday mornings for Deeper Roots. We’re a weekly publication now…every Wednesday evening at 7 Pacific!. We’re going to settle into our new KOWS time-slot tonight with music that celebrates our new day of the week and we’ll also roam east, south, west and north in our pursuit of the best from the last 100 years of American music. Join us right after Robert Feuer’s Blues Up the River for some ‘down river’ sounds including Johnny Horton, Tom Rush, Riley Puckett, and some John Lee Hooker. Because the night time is the right time. 

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Nappy BrownJust a Little LoveNight Time Is the Right Time [Disc 1]Amazon
2John Lee HookerNight Time Is The Right TimeBoogie ChillunAmazon
3Ray CharlesNight Time Is the Right TimeGenius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1Amazon
4James BrownNight Train20 All Time Greatest Hits!Amazon
5Billy JonesWhen It's Night Time in Italy, It's Wednesday over HereThe Silly Songs (1922 to 1934)Amazon
6Riley PuckettWednesday Night WaltzCountry Music Pioneer vol 1Amazon
7Josh WhiteMonday, Tuesday, WednesdayVol. 3-(1935-40)Amazon
8Misisipi Mike WolfCalling the ShotsThe Cold Hard Facts of MikeAmazon
9Kevin RussellHead SouthTrouble In MindAmazon
10Asleep at the WheelSouth of the Border (with George Strait)Still the King: A Celebration of the Music of Bob Wills and His Texas PlayboysAmazon
11Willie NelsonSouth (Featuring Paul Shaffer & Vince Gill)Willie and the WheelAmazon
12Cleo BrownI'll Take The South (You Take The East, Take The West, Take The North)Complete Recorded Works (March 1935 – June 1935)Amazon
13Kinky FriedmanGirl From The North CountryThe Loneliest Man I Ever MetAmazon
14Doyle Lawson/Doyle Lawson & QuicksilverThe Northern LightsSchool of Bluegrass Disc 1Amazon
15Anna Fermin's Trigger GospelNorthern LightsFreight Train BoogieAmazon
16Johnny HortonNorth to AlaskaMagic MomentsAmazon
17David LuningNorthern CaliforniaJust Drop On ByAmazon
18Bill Monroe And Doc WatsonEast Tennessee BluesLive Recordings 1963-1980: Off the Record Volume 2Amazon
19June Carter CashEast Virginia BluesKeep on the Sunny Side: Her Life in Music Disc 2Amazon
20Grandpa JonesEast Bound Freight Train16 Greatest HitsAmazon
21Tom RushEast of EdenWhat I KnowAmazon
22Jerry ReedEast Bound And DownThe Essential Jerry ReedAmazon
23Geraint WatkinsGo WestDial 'W' for WatkinsAmazon
24Chris IsaakWestern StarsSilvertoneAmazon
25Les PaulEast of the Sun (And West of the Moon) (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered]100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered)Amazon
26The Benny Goodman SextetEast Of The Sun (And West Of The Moon)Benny Goodman SextetAmazon
27Whitt Denson "One Voice Quartette"New Morning Sun 436I Belong to This Band: Eight-Five Years of Sacred Harp RecordingsAmazon
28Ruthie FosterBrand New DayPromise of a Brand New DayAmazon
29Nappy BrownLittle By LittleNight Time Is the Right TimeAmazon
30Chris Hillman/Herb PedersenInvitation to the BluesWay Out WestAmazon
31Willie Nelson/Lukas NelsonMy Window Faces The SouthHeroesAmazon

In The Gloaming – KOWS Oct 24, 2015

In The Gloaming
In The Gloaming

Our Saturday morning show opens with some caffeine-driven music…literally… songs about the magic bean, that morning beverage that starts the day for some of us. We’ve got swamp pop from Randy & The Rockets, some jumpin’ jive from Cab Calloway, twilight reflections from Jonatha Brooke and The Sons of The Pioneers, and some Chet Atkins, David Lindley, and Eilen Jewell. KOWS community radio studios will be moving before the end of the year to a very central West County location that will bring us in closer contact with our listeners…and our Deeper Roots. And some exciting news! Deeper Roots moves to weekly broadcasts on KOWS.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Randy & the RocketsLets Do the Cajun TwistSwamp Gold, Volume 1Amazon
2Curtis GordonCaffeine And NicotineBob Dylan: Radio Radio [Disc 1]Amazon
3Speedy West & Jimmy BryantCaffeine PatrolSwingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2Amazon
4Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His OrchestraForty Cups of CoffeeBarrell House Boogie and the BluesAmazon
5Frank SinatraThe Coffee SongRadio Radio Vol.5 [Disc 1] Bob DylanAmazon
6Carmen McRae/Previn TrioCoffee TimeHollywood Swing & Jazz: Hot Numbers [Disc 2]Amazon
7Annette HanshawYou're the Cream in My CoffeeThe Personality Girl, Vol. 4: 1928Amazon
8The Manhattan TransferJava JiveSwingAmazon
9Pokey LaFarge & the South City ThreeCoffee Pot BluesMiddle of EverywhereAmazon
10Cab CallowayThe Jumpin' JiveBest Of The Big BandsAmazon
11Tiny Davis & Her OrchestraHow About That JiveJumpin' The Blues:MCA Label(ACE CD)Amazon
12Johnny MercerG.I. JiveCapitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 1 – The Birth Of A Label – 1942-43Amazon
13Ella FitzgeraldFive O'Clock WhistleChronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41Amazon
14Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain BoysThe Prettiest Flowers Will Be BloomingRalph Stanley 1971-1973 Disc OneAmazon
15Sons of the PioneersIn the GloamingSongs of the Prairie – CD4Amazon
16Jonatha BrookeIn the GloamingLiveAmazon
17John Prine With Emmylou HarrisI Know OneIn Spite Of OurselvesAmazon
18Porter WagonerFool Like MeWagonmasterAmazon
19Chet AtkinsLevee WalkingMy Favorite Guitars – It's A Guitar WorldAmazon
20The Scottsville Squirrel BarkersHand Me Down My Walking CaneBlue Grass FavoritesAmazon
21Eilen JewellThat's Why I'm WalkinSignature Sounds 20th Anniversary Collection: Rarities From the Second DecadesAmazon
22Lavay Smith & Her Red Hot Skillet LickersWalk Right In, Walk Right Out (The Walking Blues)One Hour MamaAmazon
23Eddie JeffersonStart Walkin' Stop Talkin'The BeBop SingersAmazon
24Dinah WashingtonWalkin' And Talkin'GoldAmazon
25Peggy LeeTalkin' To Myself About YouThe Capitol Collector's SeriesAmazon
26David LindleyTalk to the LawyerWin This RecordAmazon
27David Lindley & El Rayo-XTalkin' to the Wino TooVery GreasyAmazon
28David Lindley and Wally IngramOh DeathTwango Bango IIAmazon
29Pepe AhlqistMoonshine BabeRaw BluesAmazon
30Perline EllisonRazor Totin' MamaDocument Shortcuts Vol. 1 "God Don't Like It"Amazon
31Jackson Browne & David LindleyEl Rayo X (Intro)Love Is Strange [Disc 1]Amazon
32Jackson Browne & David LindleyEl Rayo XLove Is Strange [Disc 1]Amazon
33Mark KnopflerWho's Your Baby NowSailing to PhiladelphiaAmazon

No Parking Here – KOWS October 10, 2015

No Parking Here
No Parking Here

Saturday mornings are root-bound…in the very best sense of the phrase. Tune into KOWS for an eclectic blend of gospel from Jimmy Murphy and The Loyal Five, early century pop from Cliff Edwards and Emmett  Miler, R&B from Bobby ‘Blue’ Bland and Dr. John, country from Red Foley and Jimmy Littlejohn, and more of the sounds that matters from the past century of American music.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Gene AutryRhythm Of The RangeCountry & Western, Vol.2 [Disc 3]Amazon
2Cliff EdwardsHang on to MeThe CollectionAmazon
3Emmett Miller(I Got A Woman Crazy For Me) She's Funny That WayMinstrel Man From GeorgiaAmazon
4Sons of the PioneersRufus Rastus Johnson BrownSongs of the Prairie – CD3Amazon
5Arthur SmithFollow Me Boogie (Instrumental)The World's Greatest Bluegrass BandsAmazon
6Johnny CashCalilou (The Rambler)Come Along And Ride This Train [Disc 4]Amazon
7Dr. JohnHow Come My Dog Don't Bark (When You Come 'Round)Goin' Back To New OrleansAmazon
8Bobby "Blue" BlandI Wouldn't Treat A Dog (The Way You Treated Me)Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The ABC-Dunhill / MCA RecordingsAmazon
9Piano RedAin't Goin To Be Your Low Down Dog NoBlues, Blues, BluesAmazon
10Pee Wee KingDog House BluesPee Wee King's Country Hoedown (1 of 2)Amazon
11Neko CaseJohn Saw That NumberFox Confessor Brings The FloodAmazon
12The Loyal FiveJohn The RevelatorHeaven Bound TrainAmazon
13Jimmy MurphyJohn the Baptist [Live]ElectricityAmazon
14Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass BoysGet Up JohnBill Monroe: AnthologyAmazon
15Louis Jordan & His Tympany FivePrivate Property (No Tresspassing)One Guy Named Louis: The Complete Aladdin SessionsAmazon
16Jimmy LittlejohnNo Parking HereThe World Is A MonsterAmazon
17Woody GuthrieRiding in My Car (Car Song)Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial CollectionAmazon
18Billy MurrayThe Little Old FordNovelty Songs 1914-1946: Crazy & ObscureAmazon
19Vince GillLove BugBradley Barn SessionsAmazon
20Little Jimmy DickensWhen That Love Bug Bites YouCountry Boy [Disc 2]Amazon
21Jimmy EdwardsLove Bug CrawlFoot Tappin' & Dance At Screamin' Festival Vol. 5Amazon
22Red Foley & Minnie PearlLove Bug ItchHillbilly Fever [Disc 3]Amazon
23The Mills BrothersThe Love Bug Will Bite YouMills Brothers – Goldent GreatsAmazon
24Vera LynnThe Love Bug Will Bite YouA Tribute, Volume II: It's A Lovely Day TomorrowAmazon
25Doc & Merle WatsonCorrina, CorrinaThen And Now/Two Days In NovemberAmazon
26Spade CooleyCrazy' Cause I Love YouSpadella! The Essential Spade CooleyAmazon
27The WeaversMeet the Johnson BoysThe Weavers at HomeAmazon
28Clifton ChenierRide 'Em CowboyBogalusa BoogieAmazon
29Huey "Piano" SmithWe I'll Be John BrownABC Of The Blues, Vol. 40Amazon
30Junior Brown & Red SimpsonNitro ExpressRig Rock DeluxeAmazon
31Red SimpsonTruck Drivin' ManThe Best of Red Simpson: Country Western Truck Drivin' SingerAmazon
32Tex RitterDear JohnHave I Stayed Away Too LongAmazon
33Ray CharlesYou Don't Know MeGenius – The Ultimate Ray Charles CollectionAmazon
34Dr. John The Night TripperMama RouxThe Atco/Atlantic Singles 19681974Amazon

Pickin’ Time – KOWS Oct 5, 2015

Deeper Roots Old Time Hour
Deeper Roots Old Time Hour

Dave Stroud will be sitting in tonight for Mark Hogan once again at 6pm Pacific. He’s got another episode of Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music. In this episode, he’ll be following along Mark’s theme of old time and bluegrass, old and new. The playlist this evening will include bluegrass from James King, Mac Wiseman, David Grisman and Bill Monroe. He’ll also be sharing new tracks from Susie Blue and the Lonesome Fellas, Kinky Friedman, The Dustbowl Revival (fresh from Hardly Strictly Bluegrass this past weekend), and a couple of tracks fromLowell Levinger From The Youngbloods’s new album “Get Together – Youngblood Classics”. Tune in for some Eddy Arnold tribute pieces, music about the married life, and a couple of fine recordings of the great guitar pioneer Riley Puckett.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Mac Martin & The Dixie TravelersSmokey Mountain RagWith The Travelin BluesAmazon
2Merle TravisFreight Train (Instrumental)The World's Greatest Bluegrass BandsAmazon
3Dallas SmithMy Home Across the Blue Ridge MountainsStill Pickin'Amazon
4James KingThings Have Gone to PiecesThree Chords & The TruthAmazon
5Red AllenI Heard My Mother Call My NameLonesome and Blue: The Complete County RecordingsAmazon
6Neko CaseWayfaring StrangerLive From Austin, TXAmazon
7Kinky FriedmanPickin TimeThe Loneliest Man I Ever MetAmazon
8Ricky SkaggsWalls Of TimeBluegrass Today [Disc 2]Amazon
9David GrismanWicked Path of Sin (feat. Old & In The Way)Dawg Plays Big MonAmazon
10Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass BoysWicked Path Of SinAll The Classic Releases 1937-1949 [Disc 4]Amazon
11Solitaire MilesYou Can't Break My HeartSusie Blue and the Lonesome FellasAmazon
12Kacey MusgravesYou're From TexasWanted: One Good CowboyAmazon
13Pokey LaFargeLovebug ItchYou Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy ArnoldAmazon
14Well Worn SolesWorriedCountry/FolkAmazon
15Frank BlackDon't Rob Another Man's CastleYou Don't Know Me: Rediscovering Eddy ArnoldAmazon
16Don Henley Feat. Mick Jagger & Miranda LambertBramble RoseCass County (Deluxe)Amazon
17Traveling ShowHillbilly Wedding DaySongs From The Road BandAmazon
18Charlie HadenSingle Girl, Married GirlCharlie Haden Family & Friends – Rambling BoyAmazon
19Robbie FulksAct Like A Married Man13 Hillbilly GiantsAmazon
20John Prine With Lucinda WilliamsWedding Bells / Let's Turn Back The YearsIn Spite Of OurselvesAmazon
21Nikki LaneWild OneAll or Nothin' (Deluxe)Amazon
22Lowell LevingerSugar BabeGet Together- Youngblood ClassicsAmazon
23Lowell LevingerEuphoriaGet Together- Youngblood ClassicsAmazon
24Riley PuckettIt's A Sin To Tell A LieCountry Music Pioneer vol 1Amazon
25Riley PuckettCindyCountry Music Pioneer vol 1Amazon
26Mac WisemanDust On The BibleGrassroots To BluegrassAmazon
27Si Kahn and The Looping BrothersTo Hear Doc Watson PlayAragon Mill: The Bluegrass SessionsAmazon
28Doc WatsonMake Me a PalletMemoriesAmazon
29Amy HelmRoll AwyDidn't It RainAmazon
30The Dustbowl RevivalLampshade OnWith a Lampshade OnAmazon
31Charlie GracieJust A Closer Walk With TheeAngel on My ShoulderAmazon

High Noon

High Noon - KOWS September 12, 2015
High Noon – KOWS September 12, 2015

It’s a new morning…as it always is…and was when we celebrated another Saturday morning in Occidental with Deeper Roots Radio: A Century of America’s Music with host Dave Stroud. This twice-monthly show opens with a mule kicking in the stall, some barnyard rhythm and then moves swiftly into a blend of 1950s country and big band. Ray Charles, Frankie Laine, Chick Webb, Otis Spann, and Merle Travis are just a sampling of performers we’ll hear from. West County living deserves roots music wafting over the airwaves on a Saturday morning in early autumn. Let’s set the airwaves stage with some Otis Spann.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Nellie LutcherHe's A Real Gone GuyCapitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 5 – Roots Of Rock 'N' Roll – 1944-53Amazon
2Nellie LutcherThere's Another Mule In Your StallNellie Lutcher & Her Rhythm [Disc 1]Amazon
3Otis SpannMule Kicking In My StallCryin' TimeAmazon
4Louis JordanBarnyard BoogieJivin' With JordanAmazon
5Joe LigginsRhythm In The BarnyardJoe Liggins & The HoneydrippersAmazon
6The Andrews SistersA Man is a Brother To a MuleGolden Age of the Andrews Sisters [Disc 4]Amazon
7Charlie Poole With Sid Harkreader and Uncle Dave MaconMan that Rode the Mule Around the WorldYou Ain't Talkin' To Me: Charlie Poole And The Roots Of Country Music [Disc 2]Amazon
8Ralph StanleyI've Got A Mule To RideOld-Time Pickin': A Clawhammer Banjo CollectionAmazon
9Tennessee Ernie FordMule Train (1996 Digital Remaster)Vintage CollectionsAmazon
10Frankie LaineThat Lucky Old Sun [Album Version]Frankie Laine's Greatest HitsAmazon
11Ray CharlesThat Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 3Amazon
12Merle Travis & Joe MaphisHigh NoonCountry Guitar GiantsAmazon
13Frankie LaineRawhideCountry Greats #2Amazon
14Chick Webb and his OrchestraDon't Be That Wayfrom CD; orig. Decca 483Amazon
15Ella FitzgeraldMelinda the MousleChronological Classics: Ella Fitzgerald 1940-41Amazon
16Annette HanshawWho's That Knocking At My DoorThe Twenties SweetheartAmazon
17Brother Grady CoffeeI'm Working on a BuildingThis May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982Amazon
18Elvis PresleyWorking on the BuildingAmazing Grace: His Greatest Sacred Songs Disc 1Amazon
19Murry HammondIn The Shadow Of Clinch MountainThe Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country MusicAmazon
20John & Jamie HartfordWhen the Roses Bloom in DixielandHartford & HartfordAmazon
21June Carter CashWill You Miss Me When I'm Gone?Wildwood FlowerAmazon
22George JonesWorried Man BluesThe Winding StreamThe Carters, The Cashes And The Course Of Country MusicAmazon
23The Nitty Gritty Dirt BandI'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue EyesWill the Circle Be Unbroken [Bonus Tracks] Disc 2Amazon
24David Lindley and Wally IngramCoot From TennesseeTwango Bango DeluxeAmazon
25Ole RamussenSleepy Eyed JohnSwinging Hollywood Hillbilly CowboysAmazon
26Bob Wills and His Texas PlayboysOozlin' Daddy BluesLegends of Country Music Disc 2Amazon
27Cliff Hobbs;Bill CoxOozlin' Daddy Blues [Album Version]White Country Blues (1926-1938)Amazon
28Commander Cody and His Lost Planet AirmenBig MamouWe've Got a Live One Here!Amazon
29Ella Mae Morse w/Big Dave and His OrchestraBig MamouBarrell House Boogie and the BluesAmazon
30Bonnie GuitarNoon TrainAffairAmazon
31Norridge Mayhams And The Blue ChipsIf I Had My WayNorridge Mayhams and The Blue ChipsAmazon

Dark Moon

Deeper Roots on KOWS
Deeper Roots on KOWS

We’re going to go pretty deep this coming Saturday morning here in Western Sonoma County. It’s a mix of old time and tradition with a few themed sets including social sciences, the labor blues, calypso rhythm, minstrelsy, and some special sounds from Ira and Charlie Louvin. Performers this week include Darby  & Tarlton, Riley Puckett, Fern Jones, Arizona Dranes, and a pair each from Ry Cooder and Harry Belafonte. It’s a “Great Dream From Heaven” for KOWS listeners on an August morning in Occidental. Broadcast on KOWS 107.3 FM on August 22, 2015.

No.ArtistTitleAlbumBuy
1Little Jimmy DickensMay The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your NoseColumbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: AmericanaAmazon
2Ry CooderGreat Dream From HeavenInto The Purple Valley (Remaster 2013)Amazon
3Del McCouryFireside Chat, Part 1 (feat. Franklin D. Roosevelt)MoneylandAmazon
4Bob MillerThe Rich Man And The Poor Man [Rematered 2003]Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down SeriesAmazon
5Frank CrumitA Tale of the Ticker [Remastered 2003]Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down SeriesAmazon
6Uncle Dave MaconAll In Down And Out Blues [2003 Remastered]Poor Man's Heaven – Blues And Tales Of The Great Depression – When The Sun Goes Down SeriesAmazon
7Ry CooderDenomination BluesInto The Purple ValleyAmazon
8Washington PhillipsDenomination BluesBob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 1Amazon
9Arizona DranesGod's Got A CrownHe Is My Story: The Sanctified Soul Of Arizona DranesAmazon
10Elvis PresleySwing Down Sweet ChariotHis Hand In MineAmazon
11Fern JonesBy And ByThe Glory RoadAmazon
12Dave Van RonkThat'll Never Happen No MoreSunday StreetAmazon
13Ramblin' Jack ElliottDark As A DungeonBest Of The Vanguard YearsAmazon
14Emmett MillerThat's The Good Old Sunny SouthMinstrel Man From GeorgiaAmazon
15Emmett Miller & His Georgia CrackersLovesick BluesMinstrel Man From GeorgiaAmazon
16Hazel Dickens & Alice GerrardCoal Miner BluesClassic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian FolkwaysAmazon
17Riley Puckett And Ted HawkinsHawkins RagSerenade The Mountains: Early Old Time Music On Record, [Disc 3]Amazon
18Darby & TarltonLonesome Frisco LineLonesome Whistle – An Anthology Of American Railroad SongAmazon
19Lead BellyBlack BettyLead Belly's Last SessionsAmazon
20OdettaShame And ScandalSings Ballads And BluesAmazon
21Harry BelafonteMama, Look at Boo BooHarry Belafonte: Greatest HitsAmazon
22Harley Allen & Dierks BentleyI Don't Believe You've Met My BabyLivin', Lovin', Losin': Songs Of The Louvin BrothersAmazon
23The Louvin BrothersGonna Lay Down My Old GuitarClose Harmony [Disc 5]Amazon
24The Louvin BrothersKeep Watching The SkyClose Harmony [Disc 8]Amazon
25Bonnie GuitarDark MoonHard to Find 45s On CD: Pop & Country ClassicsAmazon
26Skeeter DavisThe One You Slip Around WithThe Essential Skeeter DavisAmazon
27Wanda JacksonSavin' My LoveRockin' With Wanda [US Bonus Tracks]Amazon
28Webb PierceI Ain't Never20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Webb PierceAmazon
29The Allen BrothersSkipping and FlyingLead Kindly LightAmazon
30Bascom Lamar LunsfordKidder ColeThe Cornshucker's Frolic Vol. 1: Downhome Music And Entertainment From The American CountrysideAmazon
31The WeaversBring Me Li'l Water SylviaDust Bowl Blues: Essential American Folk [Disc 2]Amazon
32Little Jimmy DickensI'm In Love Up To My EarsCountry Boy [Disc 1]Amazon
33Rosie Flores & The JordanairesI Ain't NeverCaught in the WebbAmazon
34Dale Watson & The JordanairesIn The Jailhouse NowCaught In the WebbAmazon
35Los Indios TabajarasMaria ElenaNipper's Greatest Hits: The 60's, Vol. 1Amazon