SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 36

In which Small Town Talk vows to play only the very best of female artists down the years.

 

1.   Baby Doll - The Del Moroccos

2.   Keep Your Hands On The Plow - Mahalia Jackson

3.   Up Above My Head, I Hear Music Playing - Sister Rosetta Tharpe with Marie Knight

4.   Parchman Farm Blues - Bobbie Gentry   (This month's death song)

5.   Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Patti Smith

6.   Dancing Barefoot - Patti Smith

7.   Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton

8.   I’m So Sorry - Carroll Thompson

9.   I’m So Sorry -Mary Wells

10.  Let Me Down Easy - Paloma Faith

11. Somebody To Love - Jefferson Airplane

12. Stay Awhile - She & Him

13. People Get Ready - Dionne Warwick

14. I’ll Take You There - The Staple Singers

 

Theme Tune “Small Town Talk” - Bobby Charles

 

YOU MADE ME FEEL SO BLUE

YEAH, YOU MADE ME WEEP AND MOAN

CAUSE YOU AIN’T LOOKIN’ FOR A WOMAN

ALL YOUR LOOKIN’, IS FOR A HOME

Big Mama Thornton, -  Hound Dog  [written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller]

 

Over at Bright Lights, Big City, Johnny Corsair is still handing out free Ace CDs. Go listen - he also plays the very best in Blues, Soul and Gospel and while basking in the music, win a brand new album.  BLBC  is at:

https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/

 

Sister Rosetta Tharpe knocking your socks of with a guitar solo years ahead of it’s time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeaBNAXfHfQ

Crazy stuff on the Gospel Train at a disused Manchester Railway Station. It’s the good Sister again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9a49oFalZE

And check out Yola  as Sister Rosetta Tharpe in Elvis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOEsowxwxSc

 

And don’t forget to check out Nick Waterhouse: Live signing at Rough Trade East (Friday 28th April 7.00pm):

https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/events/east-london

 

To give feedback and/or get further information and musings on the music email me at:

smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com

 

Illustration: Small Town Talk  digs up some antique family photos for Ladies Night