Small Town Talk

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 51

In which Ginger Baldy goes to the cinema to catch a slice of America.
 
1.   Much Later - Jackie Brenston with Ike Turner’s Kings Of Rhythm
2.   Rocket “88” - Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats (Ike Turner’s Kings Of Rhythm)
3.   Cadillac Boogie - Jimmy Liggins & His Drops Of Joy
4.   Going Back To New Orleans - Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers
5.   New Orleans - Elvis Presley
6.   New Orleans - The Staple Singers
7.   New Orleans - Gwen Johnson
8.   I Got A Woman - Ray Charles
9.   Down In The Willow Garden - The Everly Brothers   (This month’s death song)
10. Omaha  - Moby Grape
11. Sister Andre - Pokey LaFarge
12. (It’s A) Wonderful World - Sam Cooke   (This month’s earworm)
13. America - Simon & Garfunkel
14. Big Mamou Daddy - Carmen Taylor
15. Big Mamou - The Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm, Gene Taylor Band
 
Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles
 
WHY’D YOU GO AWAY AND LEAVE ME IN BIG MAMOU
WHY’D YOU GO AWAY AND LEAVE ME SO SAD AND BLUE
OH AH AH CHERIE-O
COME ON LIVE WITH ME IN BIG MAMOU
 
Big Mamou - Doug Sahm, Amos Garrett & Gene Taylor with Queen Ida. (1987)
One of my all-time musical heroes, Texan Doug Sahm spent two years living in Canada, starting in 1985, where he met roots guitarist Amos Garrett and keyboard player Gene Taylor.  Together they released the award winning 1987 “roots” album, “Return of The Formerly Brothers”, the title jokingly referring to the fact that they were often billed as formerly of one band or another.  Track 15, “Big Mamou” is taken from that album.
 
Last chance to get James Hunter tickets!  He’s at Margate’s Funk N Soul weekender on Friday 12th July and Birmingham’s Mostly Jazz Funk & Festival on 14th.
Small Town Talk will be at The Jazz Cafe to see James on July the 16th. and there are still a few tickets left, see you there.
A week later he’s back in the US, continuing his American tour. If you are anywhere near Norwich, NY you can see him FREE in Norwich’s NBT Bank Summer Concert on July 25th. Check his whole US tour, and all the above at:
https://www.jameshuntermusic.com/
 
And released yesterday, episode 39 of Johnny Corsair’s Bright Lights Big City podcast.  I had a listen this morning, some great soul and R&B - just love the Big Walter and his Thunderbirds original of “Pack Fair And Square."
Johnny’s giving away a great prize this month - A brand new Ace CD, "This is Fame 1964 -1968."  Check it out at:
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
 
And on STT, five tracks this month from five different ACE Records - Not just the best reissue record label, but I think, the very best record company in the world.  Check out their excellent website:
https://www.acerecords.co.uk/
 
And to win the vinyl of Nick Waterhouse’s “The Fooler” (It's brand new, unopened but not sealed because it's a SIGNED copy) email me with your answer to:
smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com
 
Episode 51 Illustration:  Ginger Baldy paints a clip from a favourite film; “Who is this & which movie?” It's a further clue to winning the above LP.

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 50 B - The Long Song show.

In which, by the glow of the turntable light on Stanyan Street, Ginger Baldy and Nick Waterhouse play TB Sheets on heavy repeat.
 
1.   Drivin’ Wheel - The Butterfield Blues Band  (From “The Resurrection of Pigboy Crabshaw” - 1967)
2.   Stanyan Street - Nick Waterhouse  (From “Never Twice” - 2016)
3.   TB Sheets - Van Morrison  (From “Blowin’ Your Mind” - 1967 & “TB Sheets” - 1973)
4.   Born To Be With You - Dion  (From “Born To Be With You” - 1975)
5.   Evil, Mean And Nasty - Swamp Mama Johnson  (From “Wetlands” - 1995)
6.   Backwoods Girl - Sir Douglas Quintet  (From “Together After 5” -1975)
 
Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles (1972)
 
PLAYING TB SHEETS ON HEAVY REPEATAND THE MEDICINE KEEPS ME VOIDRUNNIN’ HOME IN THE RAIN, HALF OUTTA MY MIND,WITH MY FRIEND GEORGIE BOY
Stanyan Street - Nick Waterhouse  (From “Never Twice” - 2016)
 
TB Sheets:
It’s not clear whether Van Morrison’s song, TB Sheets is in any way autobiographical. Morrison has always been incredibly private and has never revealed the song’s origins.The liner notes to the Bang label’s later compilation “TB Sheets” which included TB Sheets, infers that the song was personal, stating that Morrison broke down in tears after the take and the session was abruptly finished.
However, it is worth noting that while recording “Blowin’ Your Mind”, Morrison fell out big time with Bang records owner Bert Berns over his contract, and as a result, the record was compiled and released without Morrison's consent, and that includes the liner notes.
Later that same year, Berns, whose heart had been damaged from rheumatic fever contracted as a child, died from heart failure at the age of 38, and his wife Ilene Berns, who took over Bang, initially blamed his death on stress cause by the arguments with Morrison.  Van Morrison claimed he never received any royalties for Brown Eyed Girl.
As a result, when Morrison moved to Warner Brothers he was left with extremely unpalatable contractual commitments to Bang, which he honoured by a whole series of recordings that were intended to be of absolutely no financial use to the Bang label.
 
Swamp Mama Johnson were:
Drums / Backing Vocals - Kim Carson
Tenor Sax - Tracy Ferrara
Bass  - Patty Mey  / then from 1999, Leah Hinchcliff
Guitar - Laurie Miller
Lisa Mills - Lead Vocals & Harmonica
The Excellent Tracy Ferrara is a private music instructor, currently gigging with three bands and owns her own company Saxbombs Productions, out of Seattle.
Leah Hinchcliffe, plays in a number of bands around the Northwest US and teaches Bass:
https://www.leahhinchcliff.com/ 
Vocalist Lisa Mills died in a motorcycle accident in 2012.
You can find other Swamp Mama Johnson tracks in episodes 6, 23 & 34 of Small Town Talk.
 
Anybody listening to Small town Talk in the USA, check out James Hunter, Britain’s finest Soul singer.
He’s touring the States all year.  For those in Blighty however, there are four UK gigs in the first half of July. Tickets still available:
https://www.jameshuntermusic.com/
 
Not just the best reissue record label, but the very best record company in the world:
https://www.acerecords.co.uk/
 
And the man who knows where it’s at - and where it’s been!  The incomparable Johnny Corsair with our sister show Bright Lights Big City:
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
 
And to get further information and musings on this podcast or my music collection, email me at:
smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com
 
Episode 50 Illustration:  The long songs show symbol. It’s my old Revox showing it’s age

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 50

In which Ginger Baldy remembers the magnificent Moby Grape and observes the fall of The Great Joe Bob - He was the pride of the backfield, ah, the hero of his day.
1.   Travelin’ Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival
2.   Watch Your Step - Bobby Parker
3.   Watch Your Step - Ted Hawkins
4.   I Can’t Stand It - Spencer Davis Group
5.   Howlin’ For My Baby - Howlin’ Wolf
6.   Can’t Be So Bad - Moby Grape
7.   Someday - Moby Grape
8.   Buzz Buzz Buzz - Doug Sahm
9.   The Great Joe Bob - Terry Allen
10. Mama Didn’t Raise No Fools - Sugar Pie DeSanto
11. Mama - Roy Orbison
12. Over You - Aaron Neville   (This month’s death song)
13. Rock The Bop - Brenda Lee
14. I’m Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee) - Marshall Crenshaw
15. Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs    (This month’s earworm)
16. Brown Skin Girl - Leon Bridges
 
Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles (1972)
 
AND THEN HE GOT SUSPENDEDAH, FOR ACTING OBSCENEROUND THE CUM LAUDE, CUM LAUDEDAUGHTER OF THE DEAN
The Great Joe Bob  (A Regional Tragedy) - Terry Allen 1979
 
Go see Rich Hall, the man’s a genius. The UK tour can be found all over the web, including here:
https://www.uktw.co.uk/Tour/Comedy/Rich-Hall-Shot-From-Cannons/T64672227/
 
Any body listening to Small Town Talk in the USA, check out James Hunter, Britain’s finest Soul singer. He’s touring the States all year.
For those in the UK, find those four gigs in the first half of July. Tickets still available:
https://www.jameshuntermusic.com/
 
Not just the best reissue record label, but the very best record company in the world:
https://www.acerecords.co.uk/
 
After warming your ears here at Small Town Talk, get yourself over to our sister show, Johnny Corsair’s podcast, Bright Lights Big City. I’ve published early this month, so I don’t know what fab prizes he’s giving away. Go and find out at:
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
 
And to get further information and musings on this podcast or my music collection, email me at:
smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com
 
Episode 50 Illustration:  Ginger Baldy reflects on Moby Grape, the band that blew it all away.

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 49

In which Ginger Baldy loses his beans, learns the Bacon Fat and loses out to a Red Cadillac.
 
1.   Rock Granny Roll - Hank Ballard
2.   Slow Twistin’ - Chubby Checker & Dee Dee Sharp
3.   Bacon Fat - Andre Williams
4.   Diddybop - The Valaquans
5.   Cops & Robbers - Bo Diddley
6.   Leader Of The Pack - The Shangri-Las   (This month’s death song)
7.   Song To The Siren - Tim Buckley
8.   Carry On You Fishermen - Harbottle & Jonas
9.   Alabama Blues - Elmore Nixon with Henry Hayes & His 4 Kings
10. Alabama Blues - J. B. Lenoir
11. Women And Cadillacs - Doc Starkes & The Nite Riders
12. Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache - Warren Smith
13. I Should’ve Spoke Up - The James Hunter Six
14. Yeh Yeh - Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames    (This month’s earworm)
15. Naked If I Want To - (The band who blew it big time. All will be revealed in episode 50)
 
 
Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles (1972)
 
HE SAID, “DIG DADDY, THIS IS A NATURAL FACT
IT’S A-SWEEPING THE SOUTH, THAT THING, THE BACON FAT”
YOU GO,
DIDDLEY, DIDDLEY, DIDDLEY, DIDDLEY, DIDDLEY, DIDDLEY, DIDDLEY, DIDDLEY,  BOP, BOP  - BOP, BOP
AND THEN YOU GO
DIDDLEY, DIDDLEY, DIDDLEY, DIDDLEY, DIDDLEY, DIDDLEY, DIDDLEY, DIDDLEY,  BOP, BOP  - BOP, BOP
 
Bacon Fat - Andre Williams  1956
 
 
For Tim Buckley’s performance of Song To The Siren on the last ever Monkees’ show:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaa22Ulitds
 
 
"The legendary Harbottle and Jonas... incredible" –  Tom Robinson, BBC 6 Music.
Check out the Wild Goose launch gigs - they may be near you!Find the amazing Harbottle and Jonas at:
https://www.harbottleandjonas.com/
 
 
Any body listening to Small town Talk in the USA, check out James Hunter, Britains finest Soul singer.He’s touring the States all year.  For those in the UK, find those four gigs in the first half of July:
 https://www.jameshuntermusic.com/
 
 
Not just the best reissue record label, but the very best record company in the world: 
https://www.acerecords.co.uk/
 
 
After warming your ears here at Small Town Talk, get yourself over to our sister show, Johnny Corsair’s podcast, Bright Lights Big City. He’s giving away the brand new Ace release, Candi Staton’s Fame album. Choose either Vinyl or CD!
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
 
 
And to get further information and musings on this podcast or my music collection, email me atsmalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com
 
 
Episode 49 Illustration:  Ginger Baldy gets bacon fat all over this month’s playlist.

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 48

It’s 1958 and the Ginger Kid is transported to Ramsgate and Barnett’s emporium to purchase some magical black discs.
1.   As Long As I’m Moving - Ruth Brown
2.   Your Cash Ain’t Nothing But Trash - The Clovers
3.   Smack Dab In The Middle - Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm, Gene Taylor Band
4.   Back In The Night - Dr Feelgood    (This month’s earworm)
5.   Cruisin’ - Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
6.   Lonesome Train (On A Lonesome Track) - Johnny Burnette And The Rock ‘N’ Roll Trio
7.   Poor Jenny - The Everly Brothers
8.   Take A Message To Mary - Bob Dylan   (This month’s death song)
9.   Keep A Knockin' - Bobby Fuller Four
10. Keep A Knockin' - Chuck Willis
11. Working For The Man - Roy Orbison
12. Nighthawkin’ - Tim Buckley
13. Dreamboy - Theo Lawrence & The Hearts
14. Not In Nottingham - Theo Lawrence & The Hearts
16. Shama Langa Ding Dong - Lloyd G. Williams
16. He’s So Fine - The Chiffons
17  Zenizenabo - Miriam Makeba
 
Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles (1972)
 
WELL JENNY HAD HER PICTURE IN THE PAPER THIS MORNING,
SHE MADE IT WITH A BANG.
ACCORDING TO THE PAPER THIS MORNING,
JENNY IS THE LEADER OF A TEENAGE GANG.
 
Poor Jenny - The Everly Brothers  /  written by Felice & Boudleaux Bryant
 
 
Some thoughts on Nighthawkin’ by Tim Buckley:
I don’t often publish the full lyrics to a song, but in this case, because it’s so unusual I felt it worthwhile.
On the original gatefold sleeve of Greetings from LA, the lyrics as presented by Tim Buckley were sparse and incomplete.  In live performances,Tim Buckley changed and added extra lyrics, enlarged performances with extra verses, and it is suggested that he published only what he had at that given moment.  More likely, to avoid censorship, Tim avoided writing down anything that might frighten off record executives, after all Greetings From LA is an album full of steamy sex -  except that is, for it’s shortest song, Nighthawkin’.
As I hint at in the podcast, Nighthawkin’ does seem autobiographical, an interchange between a cab driver and an unhinged, dangerous customer.  The last part of the song is a crazed account by the drunken passenger, a Vietnam war veteran of his boast to murder a “Gook” (a derogatory term for a S.E. Asian)
Buckley’s final riposte is tongue in cheek - basically, the things I do to earn a dime!
 
I was a-nighthawkin' in my taxi
On a cruise below the deadline.
My fare was a shaky ol' lush,
So I kicked it over and took off.
Then he whipped out this switch blade
Straight outta nowhere, level to my throat.
He said, "You ever been over to the war boy"
I said "Man I was a combat paratrooper daddy."
Well then he slumped back cool and he pocket that steel.
He said "Take me down to Fourth and Main."
Ah that paratroop bluff always cools those red-eyed geezers down.
Man - that last block - that cat was singing,
Oh - Man he was sittin' in the backseat singing to me this song'
“I got my B.A.R boy,
I got my M1 on my hip, right.
You better listen, Mr. President,
Oh boy, don't you mess with my war.
I wanna do, I wanna do,
Lord, I wanna do the Blood Boogaloo.
I'm just a Redneck son of a gun,
I wanna kill me a gook before dawn."
Ah, nighthawkin'  - Ah for my change.
 
Notes:
On the album sleeve, the published lyrics for Nighthawkin’ finished at “Fourth and Main” and thereafter the song’s lyrics (see above) would invite censorship, and are not printed.
B.A.R is the older Browning Automatic Rifle, and the M1, the Garand M1 carbine, a semi-automatic, extensively used in the Korean and Vietnam wars.
I love Buckley’s ability to “feel” a song, his vocal asides, whoops and cries, adding to the absolute funk and melody that would never be apparent in reading the lyrics - lyrics that do not rhyme, but sound simply like a conversational verbal account, perhaps to a friend in a bar.
 
Don’t forget to check in with our sister show, Johnny Corsair’s Bright Lights Big City for R&B, old and new, Gospel, Soul and Blues over at:
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
 
And to get further information and musings on this podcast or my music collection, email me at:
smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com
 
Episode 48 Illustration:  It's 1958 and Small Town Talk’s younger self, the Ginger Kid drops in at his favourite haunt, Barnett's at 15 Queen Street, Ramsgate to pick up some late 50’s Rock ‘n’ Roll.

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 47

In which the Ginger Kid’s Time Machine crashes in on probably the greatest Rock & Roll song ever.
 
1.   She’s Got It - Little Richard
2.   Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps
3.   Love My Baby - Little Junior’s Blue Flames
4.   Mystery Train - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
5.   Important Words - Gene Vincent
6.   Reet Petite (The Sweetest Girl In Town) - Jackie Wilson    (This month’s earworm)
7.   Reet Petite And Gone - Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five
8.   Losin’ Boy - Eddy Giles
9.   Born To Lose - Ray Charles
10. Born To Cry - Dion
11. What’s The Matter With You Baby - Christine Ohlman & Rebel Lopez with Marshall Crenshaw
12. I’m Just A Fool For You - Bettye Lavette
13. I’m Just A Fool For You - Gene Chandler
14. Johnny Remember Me - John Leyton   (This month’s death song)
15. Your Ma Said You Cried In Your Sleep Last Night - Doug Sheldon
16. Bits & Pieces - Dave Clark Five
17. Welcome To The Working Week - Elvis Costello
 
Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles (1972)
 
WELL, OH NOW SHE’ MY CUTIE, MY TUTTI-FRUTTI,
MY HEART, MY LOVE, MY BATHING BEAUTY,
SHE’S ALRIGHT,
SHE’S GOT JUST WHAT IT TAKES,
SHE’S GOT WHAT IT TAKES,
AND WITH ME, SHE REALLY RATES.
 
Reet Petite (The Finest Girl You Ever Want To Meet) - Jackie Wilson (1957)
Written by Tyran Carlo & Berry Gordy.
 
Gene Vincent - from the film Girl Can’t Help It:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN3VLv3ZSF0
 
Dion’s new album “Girlfriends” available on March 8th everywhere, but check it out here:
https://www.noblepr.co.uk/press-releases/dion/girl-friends.htm
 
Well, have you ever heard a guy for whom your soul you'd give?
For whom you'd fight for, cry for, pray to God you'd die for.
Well he’s Johnny Corsair with the hippest show in town - listen in at:
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
 
And to get further information and musings on this podcast or my music collection, email me at:
smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com
 
Episode 47 Illustration:  Small Town Talk’s younger self, the Ginger Kid cuts in on Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps for a publicity photo.
 

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 46

In which Small Town Talk realises there's no peace in the barnyard since the Little Red Rooster's been gone.
 
1.   Baby Workout - Jackie Wilson
2.   Jackie Wilson Said (I’m In Heaven When You Smile) - Van Morrison
3.   Stay - Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs    (This month’s earworm)
4.   Learning The Game - Buddy Holly    (Original undubbed master recording)
5.   Not Fade Away - The Rolling Stones
6.   Little Red Rooster - Howlin’ Wolf
7.   King Bee - Slim Harpo
8.   I Don’t Know - J. B. Lenoir
9.   I Don’t Know - Ruth Brown
10. Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday   (This month’s death song)
11. Talkin’ Bout A Revolution - Tracy Chapman
12. Destination Anywhere - The Marvelettes
13. I’m Sorry - Brenda Lee
14. A Railroad Trestle In California - Eddie Hinton
15. B. Santa Ana 1986 - Nick Waterhouse
16. Apache - The Shadows
 
Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles (1972)
 
I'VE BEEN STANDING IN THE WELFARE LINES,
CRYING AT THE DOORSTEPS OF THOSE ARMIES OF SALVATION,
WASTING TIME IN THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINES,
SITTING AROUND, WAITING FOR A PROMOTION.
 
Talkin’ Bout A Revolution - Tracy Chapman (1988)
 
 
J. B. Lenoir:
The letters J & B are not initials, J. B. was his given name!
Two clips  of J. B. Lenoir with Steve & Ronnog Seaburg:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbI-NpYFJEg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVzp7IkGUA8
 
The Seaburgs recollecting their interview with J. B. Lenoir, filmed by Wim Wenders  for his excellent documentary “Soul Of A Man”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQTjhg5LK6A
 
 
Alan Parker’s film of Roddy Doyle’s “The Commitments”
https://ww8.soap2dayhd.co/film/the-commitments-11168/
 
 
Want more R&B, Soul, Funk, Ska, Reggae, Gospel - old and new?  Then visit Johnny Corsair over at Bright Lights Big City on the Breaking Records label:
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
 
 
And to get further information and musings on this podcast or my music collection, email me at:
smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com
 
 
Episode 46 Illustration: Little Red Rooster’s on the prowl!
 
 

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 45 B - The Long Song show.

In which Small Town Talk presents the first of the long-song bonus episodes.
 
1.   Porch Light - Robert Cray Band
2.   Don’t Answer The Door - Love Sculpture
3.   Get On Top - Tim Buckley
4.   Land Of The Navajo - Peter Rowan
 
Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles. 1972
 
WELL, LIKE A BITCH DOG IN HEAT,
MAMA, WE HAD THOSE BED SPRINGS A-SQUEAKING
ALL NIGHT LONG,
AND DIDN’T YOU HEAR THOSE WALLS A TALKIN’, VOODOO MAMA,
I FEEL YOU RIGHT, FEEL YOU RIGHT, FEEL YOU RIGHT WITH ME
OHH -
 
Get On Top - Tim Buckley
 
The thing about Buckley, was that he never sang the same song twice.  His songs always evolved  each time he performed them, often adding lyrics, more verses, and in particular, he augmented them with all sorts of vocal nuances - whoops, moans and cries. Get On Top is a perfect example of this, where indeed, as he states in the lyrics, he really does talk in tongues!
Although this beautiful gatefold album, “Greetings From LA” came with Buckley’s submitted lyrics, all the songs are considerably longer; the published lyrics only represent a small fraction of each song, and many of the suggestive verses are not included. Perhaps he was hoping to sneak them past the  legal staff at Straight Records.
Greetings From LA is still available on CD and 180 gram vinyl. Treat yourself!
 
I expect these occasional bonus episodes to average out at about 30 minutes each, but at this moment, I am not committing myself to a regular timetable for publishing.
Feel free to let me have your views on the “Longer Songs” show.
The regular Small Town Talk  episodes will continue to find their way on to the world wide webby thing at the end of each month and will have, as you may have guessed, no more  lengthy tracks.
 
For more short,snappy slices of gratification, continue to tune in to that incomparable disc-spinner, Johnny Corsair over at his Bright Lights Big City podcast:
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
 
And to get further information and musings on this podcast or my music collection, or anything Rock & Roll,email me at:
smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com
 
Episode 45 B Illustration: My old Revox Reel to Reel, reeling out the really long songs. It’s real gone, man.
 
 

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 45

In which Small Town Talk celebrates the birth of new grandchild, Leon with some Rock & Roll Lullabies
 
1.   Come Along - Jimmy Donley
2.   Think It Over - Bill Kirchen & Austin De Lone
3.   Think It Over - Buddy Holly
4.   Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison
5.   Rock And Roll Lullaby - B. J. Thomas
6.   Rock 'n' Roll Lullaby - 10 CC
7.   Pull Away - Leon Bridges
8.   You Left The Water Running - Otis Redding
9.   Pushin' Too Hard - The Seeds
10. The Prom - Del Shannon   (This month's death song)
11. Half Heaven, Half Heartache - Ral Donner
12. Outside Woman Blues - Jim McCarty Band
13. Saved - LaVern Baker
14. Daydream Believer - The Monkees   (This month's earworm)
15. Travellin' Light - Cliff Richard
16. Outro - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - The Orioles
 
Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles
 
I USED TO SMOKE
I USED TO DRINK
I USED TO SMOKE, DRINK AND DANCE THE HOOCHIE-COO
 
Saved - Lavern Baker (Written by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller - 1960)
 
Simply copy the link below and get transported to Bright Lights Big City on the Breaking Records label The spectacular Johnny Corsair’s podcast can now be found here:
 
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
 
 
Small Town Talk collects Ace Records.  Go see for yourself:
 
https://www.acerecords.co.uk/
 
 
Contact Small Town Talk here, always willing to share musical interests:
 
smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com
 
 
Episode 45. Illustration: Just a few hours old, Baby Leon.

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 44

In which Small Town Talk goes a-walkin' hand in hand all along the sand.
 
1.   Funnel Of Love - Wanda Jackson
2.   Chesil Beach - Age Of Reason
3.   Alley Oop - Hollywood Argyles      (This month's earworm)
4.   I Got The Blues - Dion & The Belmonts
5.   I Got the Blues - Geraint Watkins
6.   Nadine - Dion
7.   You Never Can Tell - Chuck Berry
8.   Sweet Nuthin's - Brenda Lee
9.   Ay La Bah - Dolly Cooper & Maxwell Davis & His Orchestra
10. Big Hunk Of Love - Elvis Presley
11. Terry - Twinkle      (This month's death song)
12. I'm Into Something Good - Earl-Jean
13. Chains - The Beatles
14. Buzzin' Fly - Tim Buckley
 
Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles
 
AS I GOT ON A CITY BUS AND FOUND MYSELF A SEATI THOUGHT I SAW MY FUTURE BRIDE WALKING UP THE STREET
I SHOUTED TO THE DRIVER, "HEY CONDUCTOR, YOU MUST SLOW DOWNI THINK I SEE HER, I'M GETTING OFF THE BUS."
 
Nadine - Dion / written by Chuck Berry
 
 
Simply copy the link below and get transported to Bright Lights Big City on the Breaking Records label - If you want to win that fantastic Candi Staton CD do it now. The spectacular Johnny Corsair’s podcast can now be found here:
 
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
 
 
Small Town Talk collects Ace Records: The best there is. From this episode you can find Wanda Jackson, Dion, Gary S. Paxton of the Hollywood Argyles, Chuck Berry "On the Blue Side" and Brenda Lee. 
 
https://www.acerecords.co.uk/
 
 
Check out Geraint Watkins here:
 
https://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/geraint-watkins
 
 
For the alternative Christmas playlists, keep scrolling down to episode 20 and then episode 7. You can't miss them. Ginger Baldy is wearing the Santa gear.
 
Contact Small Town Talk here:
 
smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com
 
 
Episode 44 Illustration: A photo I took in Phuket some years ago seemed to fit those great lines from Tim Buckley's Buzzin' Fly  "A-walking hand in hand, all along the sand, a seabird knew your name. He knew your love was growing...."