We open 2018 with a mix of jazz, R&B, New Orleans piano, gospel, and country… nothing that you would not expect from the show. Here’s hoping to something much better from all of us…as a democracy and a society. While the 1 percent have fooled the desperate we’ll be spending time with the passions of Ivie Anderson, Ray Charles, Madeline Bell, Doug Sahm, and Sam Cooke to keep our hearts, minds, and eyes on the prize. Join Dave Stroud for a free form exploration of American roots music every other Friday morning at 9am on KOWS and weekly (Friday evenings at 9) on KWTF.

No.	Artist	Title	Album	Buy
1	Blossom Dearie	Everything I've Got	Got Nothing But Song
2	Professor Longhair	Mean Old World	Fess: The Professor Longhair A
3	Sam Cooke And The Soul Stirrers	Mean Old World	The Complete Specialty Recordings [Disc 3]
4	Joseph Crawford and unidentified vocalist	Free At Las'	2- The Long Road To Freedom : An Anthology Of Black Music
5	Anthony Butler	Judgement's Coming Soon	Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats
6	Cowboy Junkies	Jesus Is Coming Soon	God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
7	Madeline Bell	Can't Get Used To Losing You	Bell's A Poppin'
8	Laura Lee	Up Tight, Good Man	The Muscle Shoals Sound
9	Jean Wells	Have a Little Mercy	Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures: Taken From Our Vaults, Vol. 1
10	Varetta Dillard	I Can't Help Myself	Got You On My Mind
11	The Orioles	You Belong to Me	Bob Dylan Presents: Cover to Cover – The Originals
12	The Commands	No Time For You	Eccentric Soul: The Dynamic Label
13	Slim Gaillard	Blue Heaven	ABC Of The Blues Vol 12
14	The Cats & The Fiddle	Darling, Can't We Make A Date	The Very Best Of
15	Ivie Anderson	I'm Checkin' Out, Goo'm Bye	An Introduction To Ivie Anderson
16	Ivie Anderson	Oh Babe! Maybe Someday	An Introduction To Ivie Anderson
17	Louis Jordan	I Seen What'cha Done	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 1]
18	Ray Charles & Willie Nelson	Seven Spanish Angels	The Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 [Disc 4]
19	Willie Nelson	Let's Face The Music And Dance	Let's Face The Music And Dance
20	Asleep at the Wheel	Dance With Who Brung You	The Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel Since 1970
21	Leon McAuliffe	Tulsa, Straight Ahead	Tulsa Straight Ahead
22	Spade Cooley & the Western Swing Dance Gang Feat. Tex Williams	Better Do It Now	Shame On You
23	Doug Sahm	I Wanna Be Your Mama Again	Best of Sir Douglas 68-75
24	Bruce Daigrepont	Acadie A la Louisiane	Alligator Stomp 3: Cajun Zydeco Classics
25	Elijah & The Ebonites	Hot Grits!!!	Eccentric Soul – The Capsoul Label
26	Lee Dorsey	Work, Work, Work	The Ep Collection…Plus
27	Bo Diddley	You Can't Judge A Book By It's Cover	The Chess Box
28	Magic Sam	Feels So Good (I Wanna Boogie)	Living The Blues – 1965 – 1969 Blues Classics
29	Howlin' Wolf	Smokestack Lightnin'	Blues From Hell
30	Ella Mae Morse	Jumpin' Jack	Jumpin' Like Mad: Cool Cats & Hip Chicks Non-Stop Dancin' [Disc 2]
31	The Boswell Sisters	Gee, But I'd Like To Make You Happy	The Object Of My Affection
32	Ethel Waters	Stormy Weather	The Art Deco Music Collection: Cotton Club Stomp
33	Juan Gabriel	Have You Ever Seen The Rain? (Gracias al Sol)	Quiero Creedence