In which Ginger Baldy explores early Fats Domino, Gene Pitney, Hank Ballard, the Moody Blues and Ritchie Valens, who never got past early and finally pays tribute to a Yardbird.
1. The Fat Man - Fats Domino
2. The Fat Man - Billy Bland
3. Harmony - Billy Bland
4. I Wanna Love My Life Away - Gene Pitney
5. Get It - The Royals
6. The Slummer The Slum - The “5” Royales
7. Rack My Mind - The Yardbirds
8. It Sounds Like My Baby - Bessie Banks
9. Go Now - The Moody Blues
10. A Quiet Place - Garnet Mimms
11. His Eyes - Johnny Dollar
12. Needle Of Death - Julie Felix (This month’s death song)
13. La Bamba - Ritchie Valens (This month’s earworm)
14. Come On Let’s Go - Dion
15. Some Kind Of Hero - Wilko Johnson & Roger Daltrey
16. Santa’s Got A Mean Machine - J. D. McPherson
Theme song: Small Town Talk - Bobby Charles
I can't get no sleep
In this noisy street
I've got to move (I've got to move)
I've got to find me a quiet place
Track 10 “A Quiet Place” - Garnet Mimms (1964)
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He plays old stuff like me, but if you wanna hear something a bit more current, he’s the man for you.
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Episode 65 illustration: Small Town Talk takes a look at Chris Dreja’s cover of the Yardbirds sole studio album.
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