Vietnam War: The Music - S. 2 / E. 10 - Jody's Got Your Cadillac

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 manuvers. 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. ******

Ain’t no use in lookin’ down,
Ain’t no discharge on the ground,
Ain’t no use in going back,
Jody’s got your Cadillac. **

Ain’t no use in calling home,
Jody’s got your girl and gone,
Ain’t no use in feeling blue,
Jody’s got your sister too. **

Ain’t no use in going back,
Jody’s got your Cadillac. *****

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