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 the 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 the Purple Sage
Songs of the New 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

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 and 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

Instrumental: Flyin' Rite The Fly-Rite Boys
Big Sandy Presents: The Fly-Rite Boys, Hightone

Planet Claire B-52s
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 Electric Guitar, Columbia

End Bed: Visitor from Venus Modern Jazz Quartet
Space, Apple

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