SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 53

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: [email protected] Episode 53 Illustration: Flaco Jimenez, one of the nicest guys you can ever meet.