Small Town Talk

In which Small Town Talk continues banging on about the Buddy Tapes.

1.   Psycho - The Sonics

2.   Have Love Will Travel - The Black Keys

3.   Going Down South - The Black Keys

4.   Go Back To Your Used To Be - Jessie Mae Hemphill

5.   Get Like You Used To Be - Chicken Shack

6.   Shake It - The Groundhogs

7.   Shake It - Howlin’ Wilf & The Vee-Jays

8.   California Poppy - Theo Lawrence

9.   Tell Laura I love Her - Ricky Valance   (This month's death song)

10.  Stagger Lee - Lloyd Price   (Oops - Last month's death song!)

11.  Peggy Sue Got Married -  Buddy Holly

12.  Please Don’t Tell Me More - Paul Cebar & The Milwaukeeans

13.  The One Who Really Loves You - The Marvelettes

14.  Please Mister Postman - The Beatles

15.  Baby It’s You - The Shirelles

Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles

PLEASE DON’T TELL ME MORE ABOUT MY BABY

I DON’T WANNA KNOW WHO SHE’S OUT PAINTING THE TOWN WITH

OR WHAT HUE IT’S BOUND TO BE

OR WHAT THAT MIGHT HAVE TO DO WITH  ME.

Please Don’t Tell Me More - Paul Cebar & The Milwaukeeans, from Upstroke For The Downfolk (1996)

Hear all about the mercurial Paul Cebar in Small Town Talk, episode 31 or go directly to:

https://paulcebar.com

Ace Records: Check out the marvellous “Sound Of The R&B Hits” and “Cry Wilf” at:

https://acerecords.co.uk

Well June’s Bright Lights Big City is right up my street, I’ll tell you why - Johnny Corsair plays the coolest grooves around. Phone him on Beechwood 4-5789 or 634-5789:

https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/

To give feedback and/or get further information and musings on my music collection, email me at;

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Illustration: Small Town Talk builds Pembrokeshire Yacht Club’s Carnival Float- It’s that flying fish thingy from the new Avatar film.

In which Small Town Talk revisits the Buddy Holly back catalogue and finds great joy.

1.   Loose Lip Mama - Nick Curran

2.   Sunniland - Dion

3.   Blackbird - Dion

4.   F.F.A - Terry Allen

5.   The Fooler - Nick Waterhouse

6.   Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers

7.   Wild Child In A World Of Trouble - Vince Martin & Fred Neil

8.   Candy Man - Roy Orbison

9.   Come Back Baby - Buddy Holly

10.  Come Back Baby - Love Sculpture

11.  Easy To Say Bon Temps Rouler - Geraint Watkins

12.  I’m Jealous - Ike & Tina Turner

13.  The Great Pretender - Carol Fran

14.  Where Have You Been All My Life - Arthur Alexander

15.  Crying, Waiting, Hoping - Buddy Holly

16.  Up On The Roof - The Drifters

Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles

WELL, WHAT ARE WE GONNA TELL YOUR MAMA?

WHAT ARE WE GONNA TELL YOUR PA?

WHAT ARE WE GONNA TELL OUR FRIENDS

WHEN THEY SAY OOH LA LA?

The Everly Brothers “Wake Up Little Susie” [written by Boudleaux & Felice Bryant]

Check out Nick Waterhouse at:

https://www.nickwaterhouse.com

And Geraint Watkins at:

https://www.geraintwatkins.com

Ace Records: They’ve kept me happy for years!  Bookmark their fantastic website, not just the best shop for reissues, but a fantastic historical archive for music fans:

https://acerecords.co.uk

Want to win a cracking Millie Jackson CD on Ace Records, or listen to Johnny Corsair’s guest, fine artist and soul music lover, Martin Grover? Then visit our fantastic sister show, Bright Lights Big City.

https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/

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

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Illustration: Nick Waterhouse - a terrific show at Rough Trade East.

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:

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Illustration: The Ginger Kid dons his Stetson and gets rejected by a beautiful Senorita…

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:

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

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:

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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:

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Illustration: The Ginger Kid wah - wah - wah - wha - wonders why,  why - why - why Mum is so annoyed.

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!

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Illustration: The Ginger Kid (replacing Martin Milner) & George Maharis ride Route 66.

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

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Illustration: Ginger Baldy ain’t gonna lose his Wolf Teeth (see track 9)

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

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

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!

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Illustration: The Ginger kid digs out a Welsh legend.