Everybody loves a good story…and this week on Deeper Roots we’ll be spinning a few of them. Tall tales, fables, murder ballads, historical yarns, talking blues and outright stretchers are all part of the American musical tradition, and we’ll be digging into that tradition this Friday morning. Our stories come mostly from the years between 1925 and 1960, when an old tale might travel from a front porch to a 78, from a newspaper headline to a country ballad, or get passed from singer to singer until fact and folklore became pretty hard to separate. We’ll hear tales of outlaws and drifters, sinners and saints, disasters and deeds of questionable truth from the likes of Mississippi John Hurt, Woody Guthrie, the Golden Gate Quartet, Tex Ritter, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins and more. There’ll even be a few whoppers along the way.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Year | Start At |
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| 1 | Ma Rainey | Stack O'Lee Blues | The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records Volume 1 (1917-1927) | 1925 | 00:00 |
| 2 | Furry Lewis | Billy Lyons And Stack O'Lee | The Return Of The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of | 2012 | 06:21 |
| 3 | Mississippi John Hurt | Stack O' Lee | Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings | 1928 | 08:58 |
| 4 | Lloyd Price | Stagger Lee | Billboard Top Rock & Roll Hits: 1959 | 1959 | 11:52 |
| 5 | Mississippi John Hurt | Frankie | Avalon Blues: The Complete 1928 OKeh Recordings | 1928 | 14:09 |
| 6 | Jimmie Rodgers | Frankie And Johnny | The Essential Jimmie Rodgers | 1929 | 17:30 |
| 7 | Lead Belly | John Hardy | Classic African-American Ballads (Smithsonian Folkways) | 1945 | 26:06 |
| 8 | Bill Frisell & Petra Haden | John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man | Petra Haden And Bill Frisell | 2003 | 28:47 |
| 9 | The Carter Family | John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man | American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 2] | 0 | 31:19 |
| 10 | The Weavers | The Frozen Logger | The History Of American Folk | 1951 | 34:10 |
| 11 | Cisco Houston | The Frozen Logger | The Folkways Years: 1944-1961 | 1954 | 36:40 |
| 12 | Merle Travis | Dark As A Dungeon | Hot Pickin' [Disc 1] | 1946 | 44:52 |
| 13 | Mr. Connie Dycus | Dark As A Dungeon | Birth / Work / Death – Work Money And Status In Country Music (1950-1974) | 1970 | 47:53 |
| 14 | Grandpa Jones | Dark As A Dungeon | An American Original | 1998 | 50:38 |
| 15 | Vernon Dalhart | The Wreck Of The Old '97 | American Roots- A History Of American Folk Music: [Disc 1] | 1924 | 53:22 |
| 16 | Roy Acuff | The Great Titanic | compliments of grimriper2u@yahoo.com | 0 | 56:28 |
| 17 | Rory Block | Titanic (When That Great Ship Went Down) | Confessions of A Blues Singer | 1998 | 59:35 |
| 18 | Tony Rice | Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald | Church Street Blues | 1989 | 1:01:38 |
| 19 | The Plainsmen Quartet | Jack O'Diamonds | Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West Cd 2 | 0 | 1:12:28 |
| 20 | Michael Martin Murphey | Jack Of Diamonds | Cowboy Songs | 1990 | 1:15:07 |
| 21 | Tex Ritter | Rye Whiskey | Cattle Call-Early Cowboy Music And It's Roots | 1945 | 1:16:10 |
| 22 | Johnny Horton | The Battle Of New Orleans | American Originals | 1959 | 1:19:18 |
| 23 | Jimmie Driftwood | The Battle of New Orleans | Six Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles | 1959 | 1:21:45 |
| 24 | Chubby Parker & His Old Time Banjo | King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki-Me-O | Anthology Of American Folk Music Vol. 1A: Ballads | 1928 | 1:25:07 |
| 25 | Woody Guthrie | Pretty Boy Floyd | Woody At 100: The Woody Guthrie Centennial Collection | 1944 | 1:31:06 |
| 26 | The Byrds | Pretty Boy Floyd | Sweetheart of the Rodeo | 1968 | 1:34:01 |
| 27 | Merle Haggard And The Strangers | The Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde (2006 Digital Remaster) | Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard | 2006 | 1:36:30 |
| 28 | Marty Robbins | El Paso | A Lifetime of Song (1951-1982) | 1983 | 1:38:30 |
| 29 | Lefty Frizzell | Long Black Veil | Columbia Country Classics Vol. 3: Americana | 1990 | 1:43:08 |
| 30 | The Kingston Trio | Tom Dooley | Absolutely the Best | 1958 | 1:46:07 |
| 31 | Johnny Horton | Johnny Reb | Classic Country: More Great Story Songs | 1959 | 1:52:18 |
| 32 | Johnny Cash | Rock Island Line | Get Rhythm [Sun] | 1969 | 1:54:38 |
| 33 | Hart Valley Drifters | Handsome Molly | Folk Time | 2016 | 1:56:45 |
Labor Day weekend may mark the unofficial end of summer, but around here, summer isn’t going quietly. In this week’s show, we’re giving the season one last fling with a free-form romp through songs of summer nights, summer rain, summer romance, warm breezes and those memories that seem to linger long after the days begin getting shorter. And, as is the common theme, we’ll be traveling all over the musical map. There’s the timeless “Summertime” alongside the cool breeze of Sinatra, some summer soul from Stevie Wonder and War, and plenty of pop memories from Johnny Rivers, Rick Nelson and the Beach Boys. We’ll also wander off the beaten path for some country, rockabilly and Americana from Roger Miller, Dale Hawkins, and the Desert Rose Band. There are lazy nights, lost loves, blackberry summers and even a few reminders that summer isn’t always sunshine and good times. So before we put away the lawn chairs and start thinking about autumn, we’re squeezing every last drop out of the season. Join us for Summer’s Last Stand, Friday morning at 9 Pacific on Deeper Roots—two hours of American music from across the decades, right here on KOWS Community Radio.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Year | Start At |
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| 1 | Sam Cooke | Summertime Pt. 1 | The Man Who Invented Soul [Box Set] (1 of 4) | 0 | 00:00 |
| 2 | The Percy Faith Orchestra | Theme From A Summer Place | Lifetime Of Romance: Secret Rendezvous [Disc 1] | 1959 | 04:41 |
| 3 | Nick Perito | The Green Leaves Of Summer (Album Version) | Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds Motion Picture Soundtrack | 1960 | 06:56 |
| 4 | The Brothers Four | The Green Leaves Of Summer [Remastered 2017] | Greatest Hits | 1960 | 08:43 |
| 5 | Desert Rose Band | Summer Wind | A Dozen Roses (Greatest Hits) | 1992 | 11:33 |
| 6 | Michael Martin Murphey | Summer Ranges | Cowboy Songs Four | 1998 | 14:52 |
| 7 | Johnny Rivers | Summer Rain | Johnny Rivers Greatest Hits | 2007 | 18:21 |
| 8 | Stan Kenton | The Things We Did Last Summer | The Ballad Style Of Stan Kenton | 1958 | 27:25 |
| 9 | Ricky Nelson | That Warm Summer Night | Rick Is 21 | 2001 | 30:40 |
| 10 | The Melodears | Summer Romance | From The Vaults of Gone Vol. 2 | 0 | 32:47 |
| 11 | Joanie Sommers | (Theme From) A Summer Place | Another Banana Split Please | 1962 | 35:01 |
| 12 | Stevie Wonder | Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer | Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | 1971 | 37:15 |
| 13 | Debbie Reynolds | Summer Romance | Good Old Summertime | 1960 | 46:06 |
| 14 | The Four Preps | Lazy Summer Night | Dancin' & Romancin' In The '50s And 60s [Disc 3] | 0 | 48:15 |
| 15 | Jerry Keller | Here Comes Summer | Another Banana Split Please | 1959 | 50:24 |
| 16 | Dale Hawkins | Summertime Down South | Wildcat Tamer | 1999 | 52:33 |
| 17 | Dale Ann Bradley | Blackberry Summer | Dale Ann Bradley | 2017 | 55:43 |
| 18 | The Band of Heathens | Single In The Same Summer | Simple Things | 2023 | 59:19 |
| 19 | Frank Sinatra | Summer Wind | Fly Me To The Moon | 1966 | 1:09:12 |
| 20 | Walter Wanderley | Summer Samba | Instrumental Favorites- Latin Rhythms | 1966 | 1:12:04 |
| 21 | Dakota Staton | Summertime | The Late Late Show | 1957 | 1:15:07 |
| 22 | Nat King Cole | That Sunday That Summer | 30 Greatest Hits Disc 1 | 0 | 1:17:12 |
| 23 | Seals & Crofts | Summer Breeze | AM Gold 1972 | 1972 | 1:22:57 |
| 24 | Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta | Summer Nights | Grease | 1978 | 1:26:16 |
| 25 | Foggy Otis | Summertime Summertime | When life hands you lemons play the ukulele. (Deluxe Edition) | 2026 | 1:29:50 |
| 26 | Myron Lee & The Caddies | Magic In A Summer Night | Destination Summer Sea Cruise: 33 Ocean Steamers For Your Vacation | 1959 | 1:33:56 |
| 27 | Roger Miller | In The Summertime (You Don't Want My Love) | Super Hits | 1960 | 1:35:37 |
| 28 | Stray Cats | Lonely Summer Nights | Runaway Boys: A Retrospective '81-'92 | 1981 | 1:37:22 |
| 29 | The Beach Boys | Summer Means New Love | Today! / Summer Days (And Summer Nights!!) | 1965 | 1:40:36 |
| 30 | Googie Ren‚ | Swingin' Summer Love | Summer Days And Summer Nights – 31 Beach Pearls | 1958 | 1:42:32 |
| 31 | War | Summer | The Best of War and More | 1991 | 1:44:36 |
| 32 | Lou Rawls | Summer Wind | Rawls Sings Sinatra | 2003 | 1:52:56 |
| 33 | The Sandals | Theme From Endless Summer | Cowabunga | 0 | 1:55:38 |
There’s something about being lonesome that country music understands better than just about any other kind of music. It might be a love that walked out the door, a highway stretching toward nowhere, or just that empty feeling when the night gets a little too quiet. This morning on Deeper Roots, we’re calling it High Lonesome Country, and we’ll be traveling through more than seventy years of country music that knows that feeling all too well. We’ll hear from some familiar voices along the way—Hank Williams, Dolly Parton, Roger Miller and Don Gibson—but we’ll also dig a little deeper into the dusty corners of country music for Charlie Moore, Clyde Moody, Bill Clifton, Jimmie Skinner and others whose names may have faded some with the passing years, but whose music certainly hasn’t. From honky-tonk and bluegrass to old-time country and sounds from a newer generation, we’ll find out that lonesome never really goes out of style. So settle in for two hours of lost love, empty rooms, weary hearts and that unmistakable high lonesome sound. This is Deeper Roots.
| No. | Artist | Title | Album | Year | Start At |
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| 1 | Radney Foster | Just Call Me Lonesome | Del Rio Texas Revisited | 0 | 00:00 |
| 2 | James Hand | Mighty Lonesome Man | Mighty Lonesome Man | 2012 | 06:43 |
| 3 | Charley Crockett | Mighty Lonesome Man | 10 for Slim: Charley Crockett Sings James Hand | 2021 | 09:10 |
| 4 | Hank Snow | Lonesome 7-7203 | 1964 (Warped 6406) | 1964 | 11:52 |
| 5 | George Jones | Talk to Me Lonesome Heart | 61* [Box Set] Disc 1 | 2003 | 14:44 |
| 6 | The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome | Will The Circle Be Unbroken Vol. III | 2002 | 17:00 |
| 7 | Milo Twins | Weary Lonesome Blues | 1939-1947 (Warped 3972) | 1939 | 20:42 |
| 8 | Delmore Brothers | Remember I Feel Lonesome Too | 1944-1946 (Warped 4401) | 1945 | 29:72 |
| 9 | Delmore Brothers | I'm Lonesome Without You | 1944-1946 (Warped 4401) | 1946 | 32:00 |
| 10 | Clyde Moody | I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome | 1945-1947 (Warped 4500) | 2012 | 34:37 |
| 11 | Hank Williams | Long Gone Lonesome Blues | 24 Greatest Hits Vol. 2 | 1950 | 37:14 |
| 12 | Hank Williams | I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry | 24 Greatest | 1952 | 39:47 |
| 13 | Jimmie Skinner | Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues | 1960-1962 (Warped 6188) | 2013 | 42:30 |
| 14 | Bill Clifton | Lonesome for You | 1963 (Warped 6366F) | 1963 | 44:25 |
| 15 | Bill Clifton | Lonesome Field | 1963 (Warped 6366F) | 1963 | 47:00 |
| 16 | Country Gentlemen | Sad and Lonesome Day | 1963-1964 (Warped 6371) | 2011 | 50:35 |
| 17 | Charlie Moore | Lonesome Guitar | 1964-1966 (Warped 6562) | 2011 | 59:24 |
| 18 | Waylon Jennings | Lonesome Onry And Mean | Nashville Rebel (1970-1974) | 2006 | 1:01:58 |
| 19 | Steve Young | Lonesome Onry And Mean | Seven Bridges Road | 0 | 1:05:27 |
| 20 | Hawkshaw Hawkins | Lonesome 7-7203 | 22 Greatest Hits | 0 | 1:09:02 |
| 21 | Louvin Brothers | Weary Lonesome Blues | A Tribute To The Delmore Brothers | 1960 | 1:11:41 |
| 22 | Dolly Parton & Alison Krauss | The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me | King Of The Road: A Tribute To Roger Miller [Disc 2] | 2018 | 1:14:19 |
| 23 | Roger Miller | The Last Word In Lonesome Is Me | All Time Greatest Hits | 1965 | 1:17:14 |
| 24 | Don Gibson | Oh Lonesome Me | 30 Years Of No. 1 Country Hits 2/4 | 0 | 1:24:10 |
| 25 | Don Gibson | Lonesome Old House | A Legend In My Time | 1959 | 1:26:33 |
| 26 | Johnny Bond | Lonesome Train | Put Me To Bed | 1956 | 1:28:41 |
| 27 | Harlan Howard | I Hope You're Lonesome | 1959-1963 | 2015 | 1:30:49 |
| 28 | Buddy Jones | Mean Old Lonesome Blues | The Western Swing: Doughboys/Playboys & Cowboys – Playboy Stomp [Disc 2] | 1999 | 1:33:06 |
| 29 | Johnny Horton | Goodbye Lonesome (Hello Baby Doll) | 36 All-Time Greatest Hits | 2021 | 1:38:04 |
| 30 | Billy Graves | The Lonesome Ape | Age of Worry?From Country-Pop to Freak-Folk: The Space Age Relics of Monument Records 1960?1970 | 1966 | 1:40:21 |
| 31 | The Seldom Scene | Another Lonesome Day | Act 3 | 2005 | 1:42:44 |
| 32 | Porter Wagoner | Walk That Lonesome Valley | 20 All-Time Greatest Hits | 2005 | 1:44:45 |
| 33 | Kitty Wells | Lonesome Valley | Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances: Vol. 3: Country Gospel | 1959 | 1:48:23 |
| 34 | Vince Gill | High Lonesome Sound | 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – Best Of Bluegrass | 1996 | 1:53:38 |
| 35 | Elvis Presley | Just Call Me Lonesome | The Country Collection | 1967 | 1:56:06 |
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