SMALL TOWN TALK: Episode 50
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In which Ginger Baldy remembers the magnificent Moby Grape and observes the fall of The Great Joe Bob - He was the pride of the backfield, ah, the hero of his day.
1. Travelin’ Band - Creedence Clearwater Revival
2. Watch Your Step - Bobby Parker
3. Watch Your Step - Ted Hawkins
4. I Can’t Stand It - Spencer Davis Group
5. Howlin’ For My Baby - Howlin’ Wolf
6. Can’t Be So Bad - Moby Grape
7. Someday - Moby Grape
8. Buzz Buzz Buzz - Doug Sahm
9. The Great Joe Bob - Terry Allen
10. Mama Didn’t Raise No Fools - Sugar Pie DeSanto
11. Mama - Roy Orbison
12. Over You - Aaron Neville (This month’s death song)
13. Rock The Bop - Brenda Lee
14. I’m Sorry (But So Is Brenda Lee) - Marshall Crenshaw
15. Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham & The Pharaohs (This month’s earworm)
16. Brown Skin Girl - Leon Bridges
Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles (1972)
AND THEN HE GOT SUSPENDED
AH, FOR ACTING OBSCENE
ROUND THE CUM LAUDE, CUM LAUDE
DAUGHTER OF THE DEAN
The Great Joe Bob (A Regional Tragedy) - Terry Allen 1979
Go see Rich Hall, the man’s a genius. The UK tour can be found all over the web, including here:
https://www.uktw.co.uk/Tour/Comedy/Rich-Hall-Shot-From-Cannons/T64672227/
Any body listening to Small Town Talk in the USA, check out James Hunter, Britain’s finest Soul singer. He’s touring the States all year.
For those in the UK, find those four gigs in the first half of July. Tickets still available:
https://www.jameshuntermusic.com/
Not just the best reissue record label, but the very best record company in the world:
After warming your ears here at Small Town Talk, get yourself over to our sister show, Johnny Corsair’s podcast, Bright Lights Big City. I’ve published early this month, so I don’t know what fab prizes he’s giving away. Go and find out at:
https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/
And to get further information and musings on this podcast or my music collection, email me at:
smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com
Episode 50 Illustration: Ginger Baldy reflects on Moby Grape, the band that blew it all away.
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