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