In which Ginger Baldy enjoys some Tex-Mex, gets excited about a new release, and looks back at John Mayall.

1. You Mostest Girl - Bobby Lee Trammell

2. Shirley Lee - Ricky Nelson

3. Who Will The Next Fool Be - Charlie Rich

4. Laredo Rose - Texas Tornados

5. Looking Back - Clarence “Frogman” Henry

6. Looking Back - John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers

7. Gangster Of Love - Johnny Guitar Watson

8. Mary Lou - Young Jessie & The Cadets

9. I Wish You Would - J. D. McPherson

10. I Was Fooled - Billy Boy Arnold

11. O Death - Ralph Stanley (This month’s death song)

12. Hard Time Killing Floor - Chris Thomas King

13. Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band (This month’s earworm)

14. Forty Days - Ronnie Hawkins

Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles

A MILLION DOLLAR REWARD FOR ME

IN EACH AND EVERY STATE

SHERIFF SAY “IS YOUR NAME JOHNNY GUITAR WATSON?”

IN A VERY DEEP VOICE,

AND I SAY “YES, BROTHER SHERIFF

AND THAT’S YOUR WIFE ON THE BACK OF MY HORSE”

Gangster Of love - Johnny “Guitar” Watson: 1957

The Doug Sahm article can be found at: https://www.mojo4music.com/magazine/latest-issues/mojo-370-september-2024-nick-cave/

Check out JD McPherson’s Nite Owls at:

https://www.jdmcpherson.com/

It’s always there, so go get it; it’s our sister show, Johnny Corsair’s Bright Lights Big City - and this month there’s a super Ace CD “This is Goldwax 1964-1968” to be won, 28 tracks including James Carr with the best deep soul song ever made.

https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/

And on the subject of ACE Records: go check them out, you can find all the above tracks from Young Jessie, Johnny Guitar Watson, Clarence Frogman Henry, John Fred and Ronnie Hawkins on Ace CD’s

https://www.acerecords.co.uk/

Any comments, queries about Small town talk's podcast can be fired off to:

smalltowntalktalk@gmail.com

Episode 51 Illustration: Flaco Jimenez, one of the nicest guys you can ever meet.

In which Ginger Baldy gets Real Real Gone and remembers a man who never ever did what he should.

1. Ride Jockey Ride - The Lamplighters

2. My Gal’s A Jockey - Big Joe Turner

3. Real Real Gone - Van Morrison

4. Good Golly Miss Molly - Little Richard

5. Chain Gang - Bobby Scott

6. Chain Gang - Sam Cooke

7. Ella Speed - Leadbelly (This month’s death song)

8. He’s A Rebel - The Crystals (The Blossoms)

9. Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals

10. Chicken Payback - The Bees (This month’s earworm)

11. Magazine Lady - “Spider” John Koerner & Willie Murphy

12. You Can’t Stop Love - Popa Chubby

13. Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac

14. All Your Love ( I Was Missing) - Otis Rush

15. Time After Time - Miles Davis

Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles

"HE’S A REBEL AND HE’LL NEVER BE ANY GOOD HE’S A REBEL BECAUSE HE NEVER EVER DOES WHAT HE SHOULD BUT JUST BECAUSE HE DOESN’T DO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE DOES THAT’S NO REASON WHY WE CAN’T SHARE OUR LOVE

Written by Gene Pitney, produced by Phil Spector & credited to The Crystals but recorded by The Blossoms with Darlene Love on lead vocals.

The true story of the murder of Ella Speed (track 7) can be found at:

https://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=3584.0

Small Town Talk’s sister show, Johnny Corsair’s Bright Lights Big City, can be found burning ever so brightly over at:

https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/

The Lamplighters compilation "Loving Rocking Thrilling" (track 1) can be found at the finest record company there is:

https://www.acerecords.co.uk/

Any comments, queries about Small Town Talk's podcast can be fired off to:

smalltowntalktalk@gmail.com

Episode 52 Illustration: Tom Absolom’s excellent “Real Real Gone”

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.