Small Town Talk is back.

We’d like to thank all of our beautiful friends all over the country

For all the beautiful vibrations. We love you.

1. I’m Tore Up - Ronnie Dawson

2. Got Love If You Want It - Andy Fairweather Low

3. Baillando - Texas Tornados (vocal Augie Meyers)

4. Mendocino - Sir Douglas Quintet (This month’s earworm)

5. You’re Gonna Miss Me - Sir Douglas Quintet

6. You’re Gonna Miss Me - Muddy Waters

7. Spasms - Little Willie John

8. Sweet Cocaine - Fred Neil

9. Down To The River To Pray - Alison Krauss

10. What Do You Want the Girl To Do - Boz Scaggs

11. Big Iron - Marty Robbins (This month’s death song)

12. Sugaree - Hank Ballard & The Midnighters

13. Shake For Me - John Hammond

14. No Money Down - Chuck Berry

Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles (1973)

Mendocino, Mendocino,

Where life's such a groove.

You'll blow your mind in the mornin'

We used to walk through the park,

Make love along the way in Mendocino.

Track 4 “Mendocino” - Sir Douglas Quintet (1969)

We have a bit of catching up to do at Small Town Talk, - four month’s worth. Hopefully we can get back into the swing of things over the next few episodes. At the top of this page, the written intro to this episode, appropriate as it is, was appropriated from Doug Sahm’s spoken introduction to the gloriously cheerful “Mendocino”, track 4.

While we’ve been away I sincerely hope you’ve all been listening in to Johnny Corsair’s “Bright Lights Big City” podcast.at:

https://johnnycorsair9.podbean.com/

Even if you haven’t, as with Small Town Talk, the great news is that all episodes, from day one, are still available to listen to again and again, and for free!

Small town Talk is here:

https://smalltowntalkrecords4.podbean.com/

Also visit my favourite record company, the brilliant Ace Records:

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

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

smalltowntalkrecords@gmail.com

Episode 72 illustration: My favourite band, The Sir Douglas Quintet. (Drawn mostly from the cover of the 1969 album Mendocino - from left to right, Doug Sahm, Johnny Perez, Augie Meyers, Frank Morin and Harvey Kagan. Note: the image of Augie Meyers is drawn from a different source, since Augie’s features are mostly hidden in the shade or bleached by the sun on the original album cover photo.