Don't Scandalize My Name
From Pretty Polly and Poor Ellen Smith to Lil’ Liza Jane and Old Joe Clark, this American Routes deals with the nomenclature of music. We’ll chat with a man many of you might know, and learn what it’s like to grow up as John Smith. Plus, the San Antonio native and leader of the barnstorming 1950’s band Mando & the Chili Peppers tells us how he took a turn from Tejano music to rock n’ roll and ended up in Las Vegas with a stage name that stuck. And learn more about Jody, that shadowy figure that’s got your girl and gone.
HOUR ONE
Open Bed: Tipitina Allen Toussaint
American Routes Original Recording
Tipitina Professor Longhair
Fess: The Professor Longhair Anthology, Rhino
Lewis Boogie Jerry Lee Lewis
Classic Jerry Lee Lewis, Bear Family
Sadie Green Big T Tyler w/Earl Palmer
Backbeat: The World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Drummer, Ace
Sadie Green (She's the Vamp of New Orleans) Roy Newman and His Boys
Western Swing and Cowboy Jazz, JSP
Don't Scandalize My Name Bill 'Jazz' Gillum
The Bluebird Recordings, 1934-1938, RCA
Puddin' n' Tain The Kit Kats
Philly Doo-Wop Classics, Jamie/Guyden
Barnacle Bill the Sailor Louis Prima w/Keely Smith
Breaking It Up!, Columbia/Legacy
Instrumental: Sweet Lorraine Sidney Bechet
Ken Burns Jazz, Columbia/Legacy
INTERVIEW: James and Troy Andrews on nicknames
Lil' Liza Jane James and Troy Andrew w/Dr. John
12 & Shorty, Keep Swingin'
Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley Lee Dorsey
Yes We Can / Night People, Raven
Ophelia The Band
The Band: A Musical History, EMI
Instrumental: Crying Steel Chuck Berry
The Chess Box, MCA
Lena Mae Lawrence Walker
Lafayette Saturday Night, Ace
Carol Chuck Berry
His Best, Vol. 1, MCA/Chess
INTERVIEW: Mando Cavallero
Congo Mambo Mando & the Chili Peppers
On the Road With Rock and Roll, Ace
Farmer John The Premiers
Brown-Eyed Soul, Vol. 2, Rhino
Mr. Brown Bob Marley and the Wailers
Trenchtown Rock: The Anthology 1969-78, Trojan
HOUR TWO
Open Bed: The Jody Grind (Pt.1) Horace Silver
Blue 45s: The Ultimate Jukebox, Blue Note
Jody Benny Richardson and Group of the Ellis Unit
Wake Up Dead Man, Rounder
Jody's Got Your Girl And Gone Johnnie Taylor
Lifetime: A Retrospective of Soul, Blues & Gospel, 1956-1999, Stax
Hey Joe Jimi Hendrix
Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix, MCA
Ezekiel Saw the Wheel Golden Gate Quartet
The Very Best of the Golden Gate Quartet, Capitol
I'm Gonna Be a Wheel Some Day Fats Domino
Out of New Orleans, Bear Family
Hello Josephine Snooks Eaglin
Soul's Edge, Black Top
Josephine par se ma femme (Josephine is not my wife) Clifton Chenier
King of the Bayous, Arhoolie
Instrumental: Corrine, Corrina Chet Atkins
Galloping Guitar, Bear Family
Corrine Corrina Big Joe Turner
Big, Bad & Blue: The Big Joe Turner Anthology, Rhino
Corrine Corrina Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
San Antonio Rose, Bear Family
INTERVIEW: Tom Sawyer
Mississippi Sawyer Man Curt and Irene Blackwell
Field recording by Nick Spitzer
Jim Dandy Rose Maddox
The One Rose, Bear Family
Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line John Doe
Lonesome, On'ry and Mean: A Tribute to Waylon Jennings, Dualtone
Instrumental: Rory Mae Kid Future
Fonotone Records 1956-1969, Dust To Digital
INTERVIEW: John Smith
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues Bob Dylan
No Direction Home: The Soundtrack, The Bootleg Series Vol.7, Columbia
Dink's Blues Jack McDuff
The Honeydripper, Prestige