In Which Ginger Baldy gets in the time machine and heads on down to 1969 to see Eddie Hinton at Muscle Shoals.

1. What About Love. - Nick Curran

2. Mama, Mama, Mama (Look What Your Little Boy’s Done) - Warren Storm

3. Walking To New Orleans - Bobby Charles

4. Bad Luck And Trouble - Fats Domino

5. The Shape You Left Me In - Jimmy Donley

6. Everybody Needs Love - Drive By Truckers

7. Cover Me - Eddie Hinton

8. Cover Me - Bruce Springsteen

9. Oh La De Da - The Staple Singers

10. Tell Mama - Etta James

11. Let It Be Me - Betty Everett & Jerry Butler

12. Baby (You Got What It Takes) - Dinah Washington & Brook Benton

13. Do You - Aleighcia Scott taken from the album “Windrush Baby” - 2023

14. Ghost Riders In The Sky - Marty Robbins (This month’s death song & earworm combined!)

Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles

Mama, you taught me About the bees and the birds Mama, you taught me The meaning of a lot of words But there is one thing, mama, I just got to know Mama, what about love?

Track 1 “What About Love” From the album “Player” - Nick Curran 2004

Listen in to Johnny Corsair’s podcast.at :

https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/

And win the Charlie Gillett Radio Picks Volume 2 CD

Aleighcia Scott’s excellent album "Windrush Baby" is still available: check her out here:

https://aleighciascott.com/

And check out her radio show on BBC Wales here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00160d1

Simply use your favourite search engine to check out Eddie Hinton. The man plays on just about every great soul record from out of the South. He is the guy standing to the right of Ginger Baldy in this month’s illustration.

Did you know if you right click on the illustration, you can open a full size version!

Also visit the brilliant Ace records: Small Town Talk plays a track from an Ace album every month. Their site is much more than just an online record shop. You can check out Johnny Corsairs prize album there:

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

All queries and comments to STT. Don’t be shy, contact me at:

smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com

Episode 65 illustration: STT photobombs the Swampers and special guests down at the Muscle Shoals Studio in Sheffield, Alabama.

In which the things that Ginger Baldy used to do, Lord he won’t do no more.

1. The Things That I Used To Do - Doug Sahm from the album Hell Of A Spell (1980)

2. Niki Hoeky - Swamp Mama Johnson from the album Wetlands (1995)

3. Blues With A Feeling - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band from the album The Paul Butterfield Blues Band (1965)

4. Marquee Moon - Television from the album Marquee Moon (1977)

5. The Free Mexican Airforce - Peter Rowan from the album (Flaco’s Amigos) 1988

6. Across The Borderline - Ry Cooder from the album Get Rhythm (1987)

7. Shanghai Lady - Theo Lawrence & The Hearts from the album Homemade Lemonade (2018)

Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles

When you reach the broken promised land Every dream slips through your hands And you'll know it's too late to change your mind 'Cause you pay the price to come so far Just to wind up where you are And you're still just across the borderline.

Track 6 - Across The Borderline - Ry Cooder

Leonardo “Flaco” Jimenez, who features on tracks 5 & 6, and died on the 31st of July was one artist I remember fondly from his many trips to the UK, with Ry Cooder in the late 70s and throughout the 80s with Peter Rowan and Su Conjunto. He played in pubs and smaller venues and was always approachable.

He was a virtuoso button accordion player, known for his tejano conjuto style, a fusion of German and Polish Polkas with traditional Mexican music. He was a master of Norteña (northern mexico) music where the accordion and the bajo sexto (a twelve stringed guitar) are the essential instruments.

But Flaco was also adept at rock music and spent his later years in The Texas Tornados, a veritable super group, along with Doug Sahm, Freddy Fender and Augie Meyers, playing norteño, rock, blues and country. I’ve played many of their songs in past episodes.

Over the years, many musicians have sought out Flaco, needing his input on their songs. They are too numerous to list, but you can check him out for yourselves below:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/aug/11/flaco-jimenez-obituary

And here are a selection of videos - but there are loads more:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsw-RW77zHg&list=PLE50FEDCD0FBAEF11&index=15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TphoKBScfM&list=PLE50FEDCD0FBAEF11&index=20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOMRNSmwa3U

Listen in to Johnny Corsair’s essential podcast.at:

https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/

Also visit the brilliant Ace records: Small Town Talk plays a track from an Ace album every month. Their site is much more than just an online record shop. Check it out here:

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

And don’t be shy, contact Small Town talk here:

smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com

Episode 65 illustration: The trusty old Revox signifies the latest in our occasional longer-songs bonus show.

In which Small Town Talk heads down that Lost Highway.

1. The Nazz Are Blue - Yardbirds

2. I Believe I’ll Dust My Broom - Robert Johnson

3. I Believe My Time Ain’t Long - Fleetwood Mac

4. Before The Beginning - Fleetwood Mac

5. Someday Baby - Otis Spann

6. Someday Baby - B.B. King

7. Tower Of Song - Tom Jones

8. Lost Highway - Hank Williams

9. Back In The Game - Stone Foundation with Paul Weller

10. Soul Girl - Jeanne & The Darlings

11. Dirty Man - Laura Lee

12. Better Off Dead - Bill Withers (This month’s death song)

13. The Clapping Song - Shirley Ellis (This month’s earworm)

14. I Looked Away - Derek & The Dominos

Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles

Now, boys, don't start your ramblin' round

On this road of sin or you're sorrow bound

Take my advice or you'll curse the day

You started rollin' down that lost highway

Track 8 - Lost Highway - Hank Williams

Track 1, The Nazz are Blue is from the studio album, Yardbirds (also called Roger The Engineer)

This classic album has been re-released and available in a variety of formats.

I heartily recommend the recent Yardbirds documentary, You can watch it on Sky Arts or NOW TV if you're in the UK. For U.S. audiences, keep an eye out for its upcoming release.

Check out the official site:

https://www.theyardbirds.com/

There’s a fair bit of Lord Buckley online -

The Nazz (beat poem):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0x5x8lyON8

- On Ed Sullivan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIx5C94EDRw

Check out Stone Foundation here:

https://www.wipeoutmusic.com/roster/stone-foundation/

Listen in to Johnny Corsair’s podcast.at :

https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/

And you can email me at:

smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com

Also visit the brilliant Ace records: Every time I look at their website, my mouth starts to water. I can't get enough. Unfortunately the Jeanne & The Darlings album has sold out, otherwise I could have completed my collection:

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

Episode 65 illustration: Ginger Baldy holds in his hand the greatest country record ever, probably.