I was lucky enough to see Geoff solo at a bar in Newport called Salt in the late 70's. Fantastic show and this song was the highlight of the night. He was on that night and that's the way I remember it.
I heard Geoff and Amos perform this song back in 1978 in a small venue called Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill, NC. I had never heard of Bobby Charles before Geoff introduced the song. He did mention the Fats Domino connection. I have since come to recognize Bobby Charles as one of the great American songwriters, who is not nearly as well known as he deserves to be.
I first saw Geoff with Paul Butterfield's Better Days, in the early '70s. Got to meet/ hear him here in Paris in the early 2000s. Marvelous voice, great guy. There's a link above to another killer version of "Small Town Talk" by its co-author, the inimitable Bobby Charles. And also a link to a Wiki bio of Bobby -- one of America's Greatest Little-Known Songwriters -- who was running around with Butterfield and Danko back when I lived in Bearsville, outside Woodstock, in the mid-'70s.
From the album 'Bobby Charles' Bearsville Records 1972. Mr. Charles wrote 'See ya later, alligator' in 1955, when he was 15 years old. See the book 'Small Town Talk' by Barney Hoskins, a very entertaining book..
Tom, have you heard Rick Danko's version from his 1977 solo album? Rick co-wrote the song with Bobby Charles. If you shoot me your e-mail address (I'm at phildemetrion@gmail.com), I'll send you an mp3 of it . . .
I was lucky enough to see Geoff solo at a bar in Newport called Salt in the late 70's. Fantastic show and this song was the highlight of the night. He was on that night and that's the way I remember it.
Man this things a Gem …..Thanx immensely
I heard Geoff and Amos perform this song back in 1978 in a small venue called Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill, NC. I had never heard of Bobby Charles before Geoff introduced the song. He did mention the Fats Domino connection. I have since come to recognize Bobby Charles as one of the great American songwriters, who is not nearly as well known as he deserves to be.
I first saw Geoff with Paul Butterfield's Better Days, in the early '70s. Got to meet/ hear him here in Paris in the early 2000s. Marvelous voice, great guy. There's a link above to another killer version of "Small Town Talk" by its co-author, the inimitable Bobby Charles. And also a link to a Wiki bio of Bobby -- one of America's Greatest Little-Known Songwriters -- who was running around with Butterfield and Danko back when I lived in Bearsville, outside Woodstock, in the mid-'70s.
From the album 'Bobby Charles' Bearsville Records 1972. Mr. Charles wrote 'See ya later, alligator' in 1955, when he was 15 years old. See the book 'Small Town Talk' by Barney Hoskins, a very entertaining book..
HIS VOICE HAS ALWAYS MELTED ME....GREG MULDAUR.... Smooth...
SM. TOWN GIRL.......
Rick Danko and another person, not Bobby, but his version is great!
ｼﾞｪﾌ･ﾏﾙﾀﾞｰと神の手ｴｲﾓｽ･ｷﾞｬﾚｯﾄの日本公演より"SmallTownTalk"～アメリカ音楽の底力
えも言えぬｷﾞﾀｰ!～スゲエ(;ﾟДﾟ)!
blackandtanful 70年程前に金沢で見たよ！
Tom, have you heard Rick Danko's version from his 1977 solo album? Rick co-wrote the song with Bobby Charles. If you shoot me your e-mail address (I'm at phildemetrion@gmail.com), I'll send you an mp3 of it . . .
One of the most important
Messages through music.
Genius WRITING....
That Paul Butterfield..x...
Heart on the sleeve,
Knowing others heartaches.