Small Town Talk

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 - D...

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...

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...

In which Small Town Talk hosts the second all-female Ladies Night live from Mackerel Quay.   1.   Sistershake - Swamp Mama Johnson 2.   Missing Words - The Selecter 3.   (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction - Cat Power 4.   Blue Moon Revisited (Song For Elvis) - The Cowboy Junkies 5.   Will You Love Me Tomorrow - The Shirelles 6.   Dead - Carolyn Sullivan 7.   Almost Persuaded - June Conquest 8.   Almost...

In which Small Town Talk visits the prize winning Bright Lights Big City and checks in on old mate Johnny Corsair who’s giving it all away.   1.  Too Much Rockin’ - Tiny Lewis 2.  Daydreaming Of You - The Hellions 3.  Security - The ’N Betweens 4.  Player - Nick Curran 5.  Abraham, Martin & John - Dion 6.  Hitch Hike - Marvin Gaye 7.  Bye Bye Baby - Mary Wells 8.  Bye Bye Baby - Big Brother &a...

In which the Ginger Kid hot-foots it home to spin the latest Decca single   1.  You Baby Face Thing - Joe Tex 2.  Silver Bracelet - Nick Waterhouse 3.  Checking In - Kat Eaton 4.  My Sunday Feeling - Jethro Tull 5.  People Gonna Talk - James Hunter. 6.  I Pity The Fool - Bobby Bland 7.  Ask Me ‘Bout Nothing (But The Blues) - Boz Scaggs 8.  Hey Little Girl - Del Shannon 9.  Hey Little Girl - Doug S...

In which Ginger Baldy dons the Santa outfit for the second year running and offers up yet another weird & wonderful alternative Christmas playlist. There’s happiness and heartache, disappointment and delight and the occasional very naughty Santa.   1.  Hey Skinny Santa - J. D. McPherson 2.  Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Mabel Scott with The Maxwell Davis Orchestra 3.  Christmas Time - The Debona...

In which Small Town Talk is going weird, raving about 60’s Psychedelic poster art and then sneaking uninvited into a disturbing film poster.   1.  Respectable - The Isley Brothers 2.  What Kind Of Love Is This - Joey Dee & The Starliters 3.  I Think I’m Going Weird - Art 4.  Strange Brew - Cream 5.  The Road I’m On (Gloria) - Dion 6.  Gloria - Them 7.  Move On - The Blossoms 8.  Move On - Jean...

In which Small Town Talk gets stuck in a Road Block with a Bad Little Woman.   1.  Be Baba Leba - Thurston Harris 2.  Helen’s Advice - Helen Humes 3.  Aged & Mellow Blues - Little Esther 4.  Oh Yeah - The Shadows Of Knight 5.  Bad Little Woman - The Wheel-A-Ways (The Wheels)  US single. 6.  Road Block - The Wheels 7.  You Ain’t Tuff - The Uniques 8.  Tracy Hide - Wondermints 9.  Headspin - Hi...

In which Small Town Talk  takes a psychedelic trip to ‘66, does the Beer Bottle Boogie, and leaves the Dirty Dishes for another day.   1.  Barbecue - Wendy Rene 2.  Hot Dog - Young Jessie 3.  300 Pounds Of Hongry - Tony Joe White 4.  Indian Summer - The Doors 5.  Sitting In The Rain - John Mayall & The Bluebreakers 6.  Problems - The Everly Brothers 7.  Oh, So Many Years - The Everly Brothers...

In which Small Town Talk gets halfway to paradise with fake Elvis and takes a trip to Florence, Alabama for a taste of Fame.   1.  Ring-A-Ling-A-Ling (Let The Wedding Bells Ring) - The Isley Brothers 2.  The Stuff I Got - Dion 3.  Katie Mae - Dion 4.  Katie Mae - Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup 5.  That’s Alright - Elvis Presley 6.  So Close To Heaven - Ral Donner 7.  Little Sister - Ry Cooder 8.  You Bet...

In which Small Town Talk, gets up and does it again, admonishes vaccine Stupidity, while Jackson waxes lyrical and David discovers, to his distress, that times have changed forever.   1.  My Babe - Ron Holden 2.  My Babe - Little Walter 3.  Last Night - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band 4.  Stupidity - Solomon Burke 5.  Le Jeu Du Téléphone - Caroline 6.  You Must Have Met Little Caroline - J. D. McP...

In which Small Town Talk celebrates it’s First Birthday with the Wild Tchoupitoulas at the Mardi Gras   1. Let’s Have A Party - Wanda Jackson 2. Meet The Boys On The Battlefront - The Wild Tchoupitoulas 3. Go To The Mardi Gras - Professor Longhair 4. Land of 1000 Dances - Cannibal & The Headhunters 5. Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett 6. Sally Go Round The Roses - Tim Buckley 7. Having A Party -...

In which Small Town Talk gets a little agitated about kiss-curls and sharp practice in the music business.   1. See You Later Alligator - Bobby Charles 2. Before I Grow Too Old - Tommy McClain 3. It Keeps Rainin’ - Fats Domino 4. Uptown Top Ranking - Althea & Donna 5. I’m Still In Love With You - Alton Ellis 6. I’m Still In Love With You - Jimmie Vaughan 7. Sapphire - Big Danny Oliver 8. Ruby...

In which Small Town Talk sings the praises of Arthur Lee and Love's  sublime "Forever Changes" album.   1. Mess Around - Ray Charles 2. Speedoo - The Cadillacs 3. Linda Lu - Ray Sharpe 4. 7 & 7 Is - Love 5. Alone Again Or - Love 6. Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James & The Shondells 7. This Time - Troy Shondell 8. Dark End Of The Street - James Carr 9. Early In The Morning - Louis Jordan...

In which Small Town Talk heads back to the Sixties to meet the Queen of the Beatniks and then wanders on down to Marloes beach to join the Counter-culture.   1. Do Do Do - Commonwealth Jones 2. Triskaidekaphobia - Jimmy Sutton’s Four Charms 3. Have Love Will Travel - Richard Berry & The Pharaohs 4. Louie, Louie - Paul Revere & The Raiders 5. High Flying Bird - Judy Henske 6. Rosalyn - The...

In which Small Town Talk heads down to the bright lights of the Astoria on Milford Haven’s Charles Boulevard to host Ladies’ Night   1. The Devil Hates You - Rebecca Lea 2. Home Is Where The Hatred Is - Esther Phillips 3. Tough Lover - Etta James 4. When The Train Comes Back - Christine Perfect 5. Sea Of Love - Cat Power 6. Who Does Lisa Like - Rachel Sweet 7. Soul Kitchen - Patti Smith 8. A Fool...

In which Small Town Talk is Down at the Doctor’s for a much needed shot of Rhythm & Blues.   1. Down At The Doctors - Dr. Feelgood 2. My Baby Left Me - Elvis Presley 3. My Baby Left Me - Buster Brown 4. Amarillo Highway - Terry Allen 5. The Road To Cairo - David Ackles 6. Don’t Do It No More - Julie Driscoll 7. Whatcha' Gonna Do - Billie Davis 8. Rock And Roll Woman - Buffalo Springfield 9. Wo...

In which Small Town Talk joins the Free Mexican Airforce   1. Let The Good Times Roll - J. D. McPherson 2. Let The Good Times Roll - Shirley & Lee 3. Love Is Strange - Mickey & Sylvia 4. Man With Money - Everly Brothers 5. Gone, Gone, Gone (Done Moved On) - Robert Plant & Alison Krauss 6. Ooh My Love - The Rowans 7. The Free Mexican Airforce - Peter Rowan 8. Telephone Baby - Johnny Oti...

In which Small Town Talk rummages through the ginger Santa’s sack and digs out the grooves to boogie through lockdown all the way to Christmas Day.   1. Christmas Day - Detroit Junior 2. Hooves On The Roof - Nick Lowe 3. Christmas Blues - Gatemouth Moore 4. Christmas Blues - Canned Heat 5. My Christmas Prayer - Billy Fury 6. Merry Christmas Baby - Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers Feat. Charles Brown (...

In which Small Town Talk explores the Potteries and observes the invention of salt and vinegar crisps in the Art School Canteen.   1. Wine, Wine, Wine - The Nightcaps 2. House Un-American Blues Activity Dream - Richard Farina 3. Blues Man - Stephen Stills & Manassas 4. Going Up Country - Canned Heat 5. Columbus Stockade Blues - Doc & Richard Watson 6. Morning Glory - Mac Gayden 7. Morning...

In which Small Town Talk leaves behind the girls in the record shop and heads to Stoke-on-Trent, embraces graphic design and feels the need to talk about Kevin.   1. The Shape I’m In - Johnny Restivo 2. The Shape I’m In - The Band 3. 96 Tears - ? & The Mysterians 4. Don’t Leave Nobody But The Baby - Emmy Lou Harris, Alison Krauss & Gillian Welch 5. Lisa Sawyer - Leon Bridges 6. Katchi - Ni...

In which Small Town Talk leaves grammar school, applied mathematics and the past behind and ponders the future while lazily studying the human form in all it’s glory. Oh, and playing the jukebox.   1. The Train Kept A-Rollin’ - The Rock ‘n’ Roll Trio 2. Clown Shoes - Johnny Burnette 3. Niki Hoeky - P. J. Proby 4. Promised Land - Johnny Allan 5. Redondo Beach - Patti Smith 6. Wang Dang Doodle - Kok...

In which Small Town Talk contemplates the end of the world, But still plays even more great music with a bang - the only way to go.   1. My Man - Dolly Cooper 2. Don't Mess With My Man - Margo White 3. Who Were You Thinking Of (When We Were Making Love) - Texas Tornados 4. Shook Up Mixed Up Girl - Mink DeVille 5. Back Door Love - Graham Parker & The Rumour 6. I Knew The Bride (When She Used To...

The Kid, Curly Jones (A.K.A Panama Red) forces his older self to play a cowboy song.   1. Dirty Robber - The Wailers 2. You're Gonna Miss Me - 13th Floor Elevators 3. After Laughter Comes Tears - Wendy Rene 4. Lay This Burden Down - Mary Love     Interlude - Jonny Q 5. Scandalous - J.D. McPherson 6. Midnite Moonlite - Peter Rowan 7. Broken Wheel - While & Matthews 8. Country Boy - Fats Domino...