Small Town Talk

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 37

In which Small Town Talk discovers that Spanish is a Loving Tongue but….
 
1.   I Love My Baby - The Phaetons
2.   I Need Your Loving - Don Gardner & Dee Dee Ford
3.   Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac
4.   One Night Stand - David Ackles
5.   Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles
6.   Small Town Talk - Dakota Danielle
7.   She Never Spoke Spanish To Me - Texas Tornados
8.   You’ve Never Seen Me Cry - The Flatlanders
9.   Nosey Joe - Bull Moose Jackson   (This month's death song)
10. Is She Really Going Out With Him - Joe Jackson
11. It Tears Me Up - Jeanne Newman
12. Cry Like A Baby - The Box Tops
13. Yonder Comes the Blues - Fred Neil
14. Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams) - Doug Sahm
 
And of course our theme song is also Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles
 
LOOK, OVER THERE.
WHERE? - THERE!
HERE COMES JEANIE WITH HER NEW BOYFRIEND
THEY SAY THAT LOOKS DON’T COUNT FOR MUCH
IF SO, THERE GOES YOUR PROOF.
Joe Jackson -  Is She really Going Out With Him?  [written by Joe Jackson]
 
Ace Records: They’ve kept me happy for years!  Bookmark their fantastic website, not just a shop, but a fantastic historical archive for music fans:
https://acerecords.co.uk
 
Want to win a cracking Ace CD, or just listen to the very best of Blues, R&B, Gospel and Soul - old and new?  Then visit our fantastic sister show  Bright Lights Big City, hosted by the erudite Johnny Corsair:
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
 
Dakota Danielle, the small town girl with a big voice and a profound poetic vision can be found at
https://www.dakotadanielle.com
Dakota is on Facebook and she has a number of fine YouTube videos - start with this and spread the word:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPak5P-eum0
 
To give feedback and/or get further information and musings on the music email me at:
smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com
 
Illustration: The Ginger Kid dons his Stetson and gets rejected by a beautiful Senorita…

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

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 35

In which Small Town Talk spends six shillings and eight pence on a Del Shannon single and plays it until it’s no longer groovy!
 
1.   Where You At  - Lloyd Price
2.   Sick And Tired - Ronnie Dawson
3.   Sick And Tired - Boz Scaggs
4.   Spanish Harlem Incident - Bob Dylan
5.   Changing Of The Guards - Patti Smith
6.   Streets Of Laredo - Marty Robbins   (This month's death song)
7.   Spanish Stroll - Mink DeVille
8.   Soulful Dress - Sugar Pie DeSanto
9.   Sometimes She Will - Lightnin’ Hopkins
10. Stick With Me Baby - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
11. Runaway - Del Shannon
12. Loneliness Is Searching - Slink Moss Explosion
13. To Tell - Nick Waterhouse
13. Dolphins - Tim Buckley
 
Theme Tune “Small Town Talk” - Bobby Charles
 
WAKE UP IN THE MORNIN’,
GET YOU SOMETHING TO EAT
‘FORE I GO TO WORK,
I EVEN BRUSH YOUR TEETH
COME HOME, YOU’RE STILL IN BED
GOT A RAG TIED AROUND YOUR HEAD
Boz Scaggs, “Sick And Tired” from the 1997 album “Come On Home”
 
A brief visit east to the Bright Lights, Big City, revealed Johnny Corsair with a stack of Ace CD’s to give away. How to win one? Well, it’s easy - simply listen in to BLBC at:
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
 
Slink Moss Explosion - Too good to miss!  Start here with “Honey Bee Bop”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXUr_C7s_FY
 
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: The Ginger Kid wah - wah - wah - wha - wonders why,  why - why - why Mum is so annoyed.

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 34

In which Small Town Talk travels back to the 60’s to watch some old black & white TV shows.
 
1.   Roberta - Frankie Ford
2.   (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 - Them
3.   Baby Please Don't Go - Them
4.   Triad - The Byrds  (Tribute to David Crosby)
5.   Me And Billy The Kid - Joe Ely
6.   Ruby Ridge - Peter Rowan  (This month’s death song)
7.   A Woman In Love - Peter Rowan
8.   Oh! Baby (We Got A Good Thing Goin') - Barbara Lynn
9.   Tick Tock - The Innocents
10. Tick Tock - Si Cranstoun
11.  Medicine - Nick Waterhouse
12.  Pills - The New York Dolls
13.  Who Do You Love - Bo Diddley
14.  Diddy Wah Diddy - Captain Beefheart
15.  Cradle Robbin’ Mambo - Swamp Mama Johnson
 
Theme Tune “Small Town Talk” - Bobby Charles.
 
Audio clips from US TV Series: 77 Sunset Strip - Mack David & Jerry Livingston / Route 66 - Nelson Riddle
 
ME AND BILLY THE KID NEVER GOT ALONG
I DIDN’T LIKE THE WAY HE COCKED HIS HAT
AND HE WORE HIS GUN ALL WRONG.
Joe Ely with the clever "Me & Billy The Kid", from the album “Lord Of the Highway” - 1987
 
Is there no stopping the brilliant Mr Corsair?  Well, no - there isn’t - go and see why!
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
 
To give feedback and/or get further information and musings on the music email me at:
smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com.
 
Illustration: The Ginger Kid (replacing Martin Milner) & George Maharis ride Route 66.

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 33

In which Small Town Talk fears that ol’ moon won’t go down soon.
 
1.  Rockyn Up - Ronnie Moleen
2.  I’d Rather Go Blind - Chicken Shack
3.  I Loved Another Woman - Fleetwood Mac
4.  Well All Right - Big Joe Turner
5.  Well…All Right - Buddy Holly
6.  Cookie Jar - Mark Mulcahy
7.  I Ain’t Ready - Paul Cebar & The Milwaukeeans
8.  Johnny Don’t Do It - 10cc   (This month's death song)
9.  Wolf Teeth - J.D. McPherson
10. Poo-Poo In The Prawn - Ian Dury
11. Ghost Town - The Specials
12. Town Called Malice - The Jam
13. San Francisco Bay Blues - Richie Havens
14. One Night Stand - Janis Joplin
 
Theme Tune “Small Town Talk” - Bobby Charles
&  in the outro a very small tribute to Gladys Pugh, the late great smouldering Ruth Madoc.
 
I WAS A VERY HUNGRY FELLA
I DEFROSTED MY PAELLA
CAME DOWN WITH SALMONELLA
THREE WEEKS INTENSIVE CARE.
“Poo-Poo In The Prawn” from the 1992 album “The Bus Drivers’ Prayer” by Ian Dury.
 
If you liked the sound of track 3, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac, check out either of these albums: " Black Magic Woman The Best Of Fleetwood Mac" - a double CD available from as little as £2 online, and "Love That Burns: The Blues Years"  - a double CD digipac - again available for around £3! British Blues was never ever better.
 
Check Out Mark Mulcahy at:
https://www.markmulcahy.com
 
And Johnny Corsair’s Brilliant Bright Lights Big City Podcast is now in Season 3. Check out the very best in Blues, R&B, Soul, Gospel and much more - old and new. Just click on the link below:
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
 
To give feedback and/or get further information and musings on the music email me at:
smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com
 
Illustration: Ginger Baldy ain’t gonna lose his Wolf Teeth (see track 9)

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 32

In which Small Town Talk skins a mule and mourns the great Wilko Johnson.
 
1.  Mule Skinner Blues - The Fendermen
2.  Back Door Man - The Muleskinners
3.  Itchycoo Park - The Small Faces
4.  The Coo - Wayne Cochran
5.  Last Kiss - Frank J. Wilson & The Cavaliers   (New regular feature - The death song)
6.  Such A Night - Elvis Presley
7.  Such A Night - Dr. John
8.  Doctor Doctor Blues - Memphis Minnie
9.  He was Really Sayin’ Somethin’ - The Velvelettes
10. The Drum Is Everything - Carmel
11. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog) - Roky Erickson
12. Goodbye Johnny - Primal Scream
13. Blue Yodel # 8 (Mule Skinner Blues)
14. The Way You Love Me - Ike & Tina Turner
15. Roxette - Dr. Feelgood
 
OH YEAH, YOU CAME HERE WITH MY BEST FRIEND JIM,
HERE I AM, STEALIN’ YOU AWAY FROM HIM,
OH, BUT IF I DON’T DO IT, YOU KNOW SOMEBODY ELSE WILL
BUT IF I DON’T DO IT, YOU KNOW SOMEBODY ELSE WILL
“Such A Night”  from the 1973 album “In The Right Place” by Dr. John
 
Johnny Corsair’s Brilliant Bright Lights Big City Podcast has now reached episode 20. Can it get any better? Yes it can! Simply click on the link below to find out for yourselves.
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
 
If you don’t already have them, seek out these Dr. Feelgood albums for the infectious guitar playing of Wilko Johnson.  “Down by the Jetty”, “Malpractice”, “Stupidity” and “Sneakin' Suspicion” also have a listen to “Going Back Home” - Wilko with Roger Daltrey.
 
To give feedback and/or get further information and musings on the music email me at:
smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com
 
Illustration: Ginger Baldy is suffrin’ those ol’ Mule Skinner Blues

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 31

In which Small Town Talk gets in a truck and visits some Milwaukeeans
 
1.  Nothin’ Shakin’ - Eddie Fontaine
2.  Ain’t Nothing Shaking - Peppy Prince & His Orchestra with Christine Chatman
3.  Ring Dang Dilly - Big Maybelle
4.  Ring-A- Ding-Doo - Little Esther
5.  Just Say Goodbye - Esther Phillips
6.  It’s All Right - Solomon Burke
7.  It’s All Right - Koerner, Ray & Glover
8.  I've Got To Get To You - Dion with Boz Scaggs
9.  Love Don’t Have A Clue - Paul Cebar & The Milwaukeeans
10. What’s Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made A Loser Out Of Me) - Charley Crockett
11. Honey Man - Tim Buckley
12.. White Honey -  Graham Parker & The Rumour
13. Six Days On The Road - Taj Mahal
 
Theme song: Small Town talk - Bobby Charles
 
LOVE WILL FIND A WAY TO WRACK AND RUIN
LOVE WILL MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND THE TWIST
AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE MACHINATIONS OF THE LIKES OF ME AND YOU
LOVE DON’T HAVE A CLUE
“Love Don’t Have A Clue”  from 1996, by Paul Cebar & The Milwaukeeans
 
I would never have discovered the brilliant Paul Cebar if not for Johnny Corsair, so discover some more great music for yourself over at Mr Corsair’s Bright Lights Big City Podcast at:
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
 
And check out the mercurial Paul Cebar at:
https://paulcebar.com
 
And for that spectacular vocal performance from Tim Buckley on Whistle Test:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCe33zbLDPY
 
To give feedback and/or get further information and musings on the music email me at:
smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com
 
Illustration: Ginger Baldy is rollin’ down the eastern seaboard

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 30

In which Small Town Talk traces the evolution of a blues classic, grabs his walking cane and gets going before the going gets tough.
 
1.  The Blues had A Baby And They Named It Rock & Roll - Muddy Waters
2.  Be My Love - Geraint Watkins
3.  I Believe To My Soul - Love Sculpture
4.  You Stole My Money Honey - Stereophonics
5.  Money Honey - Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
6.  A Lover’s Question - Clyde McPhatter
7.  Psycho - Bobby Hendricks
8.  Do Right -The Limboos
9.  Do Right - Etta James
10. Look Over Yonders Wall - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band 11.
One Way Out (It’s A Man Down There) - Him & The DeVons
12. Take A Heart - The Sorrows
13. Hey Gyp (Dig The Slowness) - Donovan
14. Always David - The Sweet Inspirations
 
YOUR MAN WENT TO THE WAR,
I KNOW THAT IT WAS ROUGH
I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY MEN HE KILLED
I KNOW HE KILLED ENOUGH
“Look Over Yonders Wall”  from 1965, by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band.
 
Bright Lights Big City, our sister show and essential listening is available over on Johnny Corsair’s podcast. It’s unbelievable that something this good is actually free, so get over there and treat your aural cavities - and win yourself a crucial prize!
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
 
To give feedback and/or get further information and musings on the music email me at:
smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com
 
Illustration: The Ginger kid digs out a Welsh legend.

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 29

In which Small Town Talk keeps on rocking - rocking and changing, rocking and changing…..
 
1.   B-A-B-Y - Rachel Sweet
2.   Bottle To The Baby - Charlie Feathers
3.   Daddy Loves Baby - Don Covay & the Goodtimers
4.   Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - Cookie & His Cupcakes
5.   Breaking Up Is Hard To Do - Alton and Hortense Ellis
6.   Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
7.   The Answer To Everything - Del Shannon
8.   Temptation - The Everly Brothers
9.   Hello Mary Lou - Ricky Nelson
10. The Price Of Love - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
11. Hey Grandma - Moby Grape
12. I Guess The Lord Must Be In New York City - Harry Nilsson
13. Annie Had A Baby - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters
14. Mi Ideal - Pokey LaFarge
15. Be Bop Grandma - Solomon Burke
SHE HAD TO WALK WITH THE BABY - INSTEAD OF ME
TALK TO THE BABY - INSTEAD OF ME
SING TO THE BABY - INSTEAD OF ME
CLING TO THE BABY - INSTEAD OF ME
“Annie Had A Baby”  from 1954, a follow up to “Work With Me Annie” by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters.
 
And for more Hank Ballard, the guy who wrote “The Twist”, get over to Johnny Corsair’s “Bright Lights Big City” - Blues, Soul, Gospel, R&B, old and new - Yes Mr Corsair is up with the hep-cats!:
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
 
To give feedback and/or get further information and musings on the music email me at:
smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com
 
Illustration: Small Town Talk sees Jonny take charge. (see track 2)

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 28

In which Small Town Talk breathes in the smog of L.A.  and visits the folkies of Greenwich Village
 
1.  Honey Hush - The Rock & Roll Trio
2.  Shake Rattle & Roll - Big Joe Turner
3.  Thirteen -  Big Star
4.  The Letter - The Box Tops
5.  The Letter - Chicken Shack
6.  Breakdown - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
7.  Move With Me - Tim Buckley
8.  Everybody’s Talkin’ - Harry Nilsson
9.  Bleecker & McDougal - Fred Neil
10. Down So Low - Mother Earth
11. Sweet Baby Of Mine - Ruth Brown
12. Holly - Nick Waterhouse
13. Stacy’s Mom - Fountains Of Wayne
14. You’ll Lose A Good Thing - Barbara Lynn
 
Theme Tune: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles
 
I WENT DOWN TO THE MEAT RACK TAVERN
AND I FOUND MYSELF A BIG OL’ HEALTHY GIRL
NOW SHE WAS DRINKIN’ ALONE
AW, AH WHAT A WASTE OF SIN
“Move With Me”  taken from the album Greetings From L.A. - Tim Buckley 1972
(One of my favourite albums of all time)
 
Check out Fred Neil here:
https://pleasekillme.com/fred-neil/
 
As Mama Cass said, “It’s getting better every day”; she must be listening to Bright Lights Big City by the fantastic Johnny Corsair:
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
 
To give feedback and/or get further information and musings on the music email me at:
smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com
 
Illustration: Small Town Talk sends Greetings from L.A. (See Track 7)