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HOW CAN I MISS YOU WHEN YOU WON'T GO AWAY? DAN HICKS AND COMMANDER CODY
Join American Routes for two hours of wry humor, outlandish puns and gonzo attitude when we sit down with two high-flying musicians: Dan Hicks and Commander Cody. Mr. Hicks spins tales of sartorial genius and fine times in the ’60s as a ragtime-country-cowboy-jazz musician in San Francisco. And direct from Adirondacks, we’ll spend time with the artist and bandleader Commander Cody to hear about his musical travels and travails with the Lost Planet Airmen, across the country and through space with stops in Texas, of course.
HOUR ONE
- Open Bed: Fujiyama Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks
Striking It Rich , MCA - Ragtime Cowboy Joe Foy Willing & The Riders of Purple Sage
Songs of the West , Rhino - Two Little Men in a Flying Saucer Ella Fitzgerald
Brain in a Box: The Science Fiction Collection , Rhino - Life is So Peculiar Louis Jordan and Louis Armstrong
Let the Good Times Roll , Bear Family - Laughing in Rhythm Slim Gaillard
Laughing in Rhythm: The Best of the Verve Years , Verve - The Laughing Song Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks
Striking It Rich , MCA - Instrumental: I Scare Myself Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks
The Most of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks , Epic - SEGMENT: Dan Hicks
Listen - Lazybones Hoagy Carmichael
A Portrait of Hoagy Carmichael , Gallerie - The Devil Ain't Lazy Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
San Antonio Rose , Bear Family - Shim-Me-Sha-Wabble Sidney Bechet
Runnin' Wild , Blue Note - Instrumental: Mamacita Fats Waller & His Rhythm
Strictly Instrumental , BMG - Fashion Plate Daddy Memphis Minnie
Queen of the Blues , Columbia - Going Up the Country Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Speed of Life , Sugar Hill - Sunshine Twist (You Are My Sunshine) Jelly Roll Kings
Rockin' the Juke Joint Down , Earwig - Down in the Valley Solomon Burke
Home in Your Heart: The Best of Solomon Burke , Rhino - Blow Wind Blow Dr. John
Gumbo , ATCO - End Bed: Sittin' on Top of the World Jelly Roll Kings
Off Yonder Wall , Fat Possum
HOUR two
- Open Bed: Armadillo Stomp Commander Cody
Live From Deep In The Heart Of Texas , MCA - Mr. Highway Man Howlin' Wolf
His Best, Vol.2 , Chess - Down the Road Apiece Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones, Now , Abkco - Blue Driver Vetiver
Thing of the Past , Gnomonsong - Radar Mr. Bear & His Bearcats
Hot Rods and Custom Classics , Rhino - Highway Patrol Junior Brown
Hot Rods and Custom Classics , Rhino - Instrumental: Pink Elephants Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang
Wild Cats , ASV - 61 Highway Eleanor Ellis
Comin' a Time , Patuxent - Big Road Blues Big Maceo
The Victor/Bluebird Recordings: 1945-1947 , RCA - Beat Me Daddy Eight to the Bar Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen
Lost In The Ozone , MCA - SEGMENT: Commander Cody
Listen - Instrumental: Flyin' Rite The Fly-Rite Boys
Big Sandy Presents: The Fly-Rite Boys , Hightone - Planet Claire B-52's
Brain in a Box: The Science Fiction Collection , Rhino - Beep! Beep! Louis Prima
Brain in a Box: The Science Fiction Collection , Rhino - Tiny Space Man Jumpin' Bill Carlisle
Gonna Shake This Shack , Bear Family - Space Buggy Asleep at the Wheel
Comin' Right At Ya , United Artists - Gone with 'What' Wind Charlie Christian
The Genius of the Electric Guitar , Columbia - End Bed: Visitor from Venus Modern Jazz Quartet
Space , Apple
