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:

https://www.jdmcpherson.com/

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

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

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