Small Town Talk

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:
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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.
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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.
 
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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
 
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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.
 
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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!:
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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:
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Illustration: Small Town Talk sends Greetings from L.A. (See Track 7)

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 27

In which Small Town Talk visits the King Of The New York Streets
 
1.  Party In Nogales - Ron Levy’s Wild Kingdom
2.  Adios Mexico - Texas Tornados
3.  Teardrops On Your Letter - Amos Garrett, Doug Sahm & Gene Taylor
4.  Junco Partner - Gene Taylor
5.  You Got Me Going - Daphne’s Flight
6.  Chaplin House - Frabjoy & Runcible Spoon
7.  King Of The New York Streets - Dion
8.  Don’t Cry - Aaron Neville
9.  Don’t Cry - Charley Crockett
10. Oh No Not My Baby - She & Him
11. Bring It On Home To Grandma - Mississippi Mud Mashers
12. Mama Say Blue - Larry Dowd with First Garrison
13. What A Party - Bobby Charles Theme Tune:
 
Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles
 
YOU KNOW, EACH TIME I JUMPED BEHIND THE WHEEL
OF A PIN-STRIPED CUSTOM OLDSMOBILE
THE GUYS WOULD BOW AND THE GIRLS WOULD SQUEAL
“King Of The New York Streets”  a song written in rhyming triplets - Dion. 1989
 
If you liked “You Got Me Going” check out the marvellous Lockdown Videos by Daphne’s Flight:
https://www.daphnesflight.com/videos
 
Remember to check out our twinned sister show, 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:
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Illustration: Small Town Talk drops back to mid 50’s New York, when Dion was King.

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 26

In which Small Town Talk waxes lyrical after traveling to Wiltshire to see Daphne’s Flight.
 
1.  The Hustle Is On  - Taj Mahal
2.  I Don’t Buy It - The Limboos
3.  When The Night Falls - The Eyes
4.  Ha Ha Ha - The Excitements
5.  Egg Or The Hen -  Koko Taylor
6.  Laissez-Faire - David Ackles
7.  That’s Just Life Around Here - Daphne’s Flight
8.  You’re Gonna Need Me - Barbara Lynn
9.  Umbopo - Doctor Father
10. Hey Baby - Chicken Shack
11. Hey Baby - Bruce Channel
12. Anna - Arthur Alexander
13. Bring Me The Head Of My So-Called Lover - Geraint Watkins
14. She’s Mean - Joey Gee & The Come-Ons
 
Theme Tune: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles
SURE, I’VE HEARD WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
“SHARE THE WEALTH”, AH, THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
BUT I DON’T BELIEVE IT.
THE GOVERNMENT TAKES ALL THE CASH AND EATS IT OR SOMETHING
SO THE RICH GET RICHER
AND THE POOR GET NOTHING
“Laissez-Faire” - David Ackles 1967.  55 years on, what’s changed?
 
Check out the marvelous Lockdown Videos by Daphne’s Flight; you will be amazed:
https://www.daphnesflight.com/videos
 
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Illustration: Small Town Talk visits another small town to see the Fabulous Daphne’s Flight and brings them back home.

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 25

In which Small Town Talk recalls the enticing adverts in 1950’s American comics. (Check out track 8)
 
1.  Your Line Was Busy - Big Bob
2.  Bambalam - Du Droppers
3.  Get It ‘Fore It’s Gone - Pokey LaFarge
4.  Anyway - OK Jive
5.  She’s My Baby - Steve Alaimo
6.  She’s My Baby - Fats Domino
7.  You Don’t Know What You Got (Until You Lose It) - Ral Donner
8.  Sand In My Face - 10CC
9.  Making Time - The Creation
10. Big Shot - The Limboos
11. Don’t Feel Sorry For Me - The Ikettess
12. Time Is On My Side - Irma Thomas
13. That’s A Pretty Good Love - Big Maybelle
14. Travelin’ Mood - Wee Willie Wayne
15. Is Anybody Going To San Antone - Doug Sahm & Band
 
Theme Tune: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles
 
WIND WHIPPING DOWN THE NECK OF MY SHIRT
LIKE I AIN’T GOT NOTHIN’ ON
BUT I’D RATHER FIGHT THE WIND AND RAIN
THAN WHAT I WAS FIGHTIN’ AT HOME.
(Is Anybody Going To) San Antone” - Doug Sahm & Band.
A cheerful sounding melody, but the lyrics are pure vitriol!
 
CHECK OUT THE LIMBOOS. Google "Limboos", visit their website but start at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C-JTX3FRsE
 
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To give feedback and/or get further information and musings on the music email me at:
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Illustration: The Ginger Kid gets sand in his face (This time it’s apologies to Charles Atlas and his 1950’s  Dynamic Tension Adverts.)

SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 24

In which current events drag Small Town Talk back to the early 60’s
 
1.  I Will Follow Him - Little Peggy March
2.  Going Down To Big Mary’s - The Paladins
3.  All Around The World - Titus Turner
4.  Bread & Butter - The Newbeats
5.  Should I Ever Love Again. - Tommy Ridgley
6.  Carry On - Jerry Byrne
7.  Carry On - Crosby, Stills & Nash
8.  What’s That Sound (For What It’s Worth) - Art
9.  Seven Day Fool - Etta James
10. Eddie My Love - The Teen Queens
11. Old Man Boogie - Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson & His Orchestra
12. Somethin’ Else - Eddie Cochran
13. Breakaway - Tracey Ullman
14. Whole Wide World - Wreckless Eric
15. The Old Place - Nick Waterhouse
 
Theme Tune: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles
 
WELL, I GOT HOME EARLY ONE MONDAY
MUCH TO MY SURPRISE
SHE WAS EATING CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS WITH SOME OTHER GUY
Bread & Butter - The Newbeats
 
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Superb acoustic version of Whole Wide World:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5Z3H9Joj84
Will Ferrell singing Whole Wide World from “Stranger Than Fiction”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFU545ZtOpE
 
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Illustration: Small Town Talk recalls youthful nightmares (apologies to Stanley Kubrick’s "Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb")