Episode 155: Vietnam War: The Music - Jody's Got Your Cadillac

Danny Lane's Music Museum

Our goal with The Vietnam War: The Music is to honor the fallen and the survivors with the music that got them through “just one more day”. Our shows are broadcast around the world. They say thank you & “welcome home” to all Vietnam Vets. *****

As we close season three, the theme is centered around a military cadence call, “Jody's Got Your Cadillac”. Cadences are used by soldiers during marching or running maneuvers. They are sometimes called “jody calls” or “jodies”, after Jody, a recurring character who figures in many traditional cadences; Jody refers to the man with whom a serviceman's wife/girlfriend cheats while he is deployed. Jody stays back home, drives the soldier's car, and gets the soldier's sweetheart while the soldier is stationed elsewhere. ******

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In this episode you’ll hear two songs, by soldiers who served there. ********

One is Saigon Warrior by Saul Broudy (lead) & Robin Thomas (back-up vocal) ****

SAIGON WARRIOR is a military folksong about rear echelon personnel. It descended from a British Army World War I song entitled "The Lousy Lance-Corporal." It circulated widely in Southeast Asia in both Army and Air Force tradition. *****

SAUL BROUDY served as a platoon leader, in the 96th Quartermaster Battalion, 1st Logistical Command, at Phan Rang, 1966-1967. *****

The second song, GRUNT, was written & performed by in-country soldier Bill Ellis. This song is a detailed description of the "little things that mean a lot" in the daily life of the combat infantryman—mail from home, a drink of cool water, sharing what you have with your buddies. *****

BILL ELLIS was drafted out of a rock band in San Francisco in 1968. He became known as the "singing rifleman" of the First Cavalry Division. In March, 1969, he was pulled from field duty as a rifleman with A Company, 1st Battalion, Fifth Cavalry, and reassigned to Special Services. He toured the Cav area of operations, performing for grunts on the fire support bases. *****

Both are available on the CD “In Country: Folk Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War” (Rounder Records, https://store.rounder.com/) - - - - - -

For a look at in-country soldier musicians, watch the video at: ***

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mLgkMqt_Bw

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------ In this episode, you’ll hear: --

1) Every Picture Tells a Story by Rod Stewart

2) Drive My Car by The Beatles

3) Welcome Home by Country Joe McDonald

4) Wanted (A Solid Gold Cadillac) by The Aquatones (w/ Lynne Nixon, vocals)

5) Who's Making Love by Johnnie Taylor

6) A Letter From Sherry by Dale Ward

7) Hoochie Coochie Man by The Allman Brothers Band

8) Wild One by BR5-49

9) Saigon Warrior by Saul Broudy (lead) & Robin Thomas

10) Bitch by The Rolling Stones

11) Long Live Our Love by The Shangri-Las

12) Kentucky Rain by Elvis Presley

13) Have You Seen Her by The Chi-Lites

14) When a Man Loves a Woman by Wolfman Jack

15) You Can Have Her by The Righteous Brothers

16) I Put A Spell On You by Creedence Clearwater Revival

17) Please Mr. D.J. by Merle Haggard

18) Stoned At The Jukebox by Hank Williams Jr.

19) Requiem For The Masses by The Association

20) The Devil Went Down To Georgia by The Charlie Daniels Band

21) Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da by The Beatles

22) Grunt by Bill Ellis

23) Come See About Me by Junior Walker & The All Stars

24) L.A. Woman by The Doors

25) Talking Vietnam Blues by Phil Ochs

26) A Worried Man by The Kingston Trio

27) For The Good Times by Ray Price

28) Folsom Prison Blues by Johnny Cash

29) Little Girl Blue by Janis Joplin

30) Did You Boogie (With Your Baby) by Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids (w/ Wolfman Jack, narrating)

31) Rock Bottom by Kenny Chesney

32) Oh No Not My Baby by Maxine Brown

33) (You're My) Soul And Inspiration by The Righteous Brothers

34) One by George Jones & Tammy Wynette